DIY Rich Mocha Body Lotion ☕️

[@nsingh2155]

I have been watching your videos and tried lots of your formations. I want to thank you for providing so much insight into every aspect of formation and great resources to back up. You have given great foundation skills to so many people in making safe and quality products. I salute you Marie for your services to the community. Keep doing the good work.

[@d8264]

I didnt know "coffee" helps reduce cellulite. I just started my coffee oil infusion. When i finish work, i will make this AMAZING lotion. Thanks Marie!👍🏿

[@TessieDobey]

Try making a coffee scrub using coffee grounds you body will love it!!

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

I can't wait to hear what you think of it! ❤️

[@johanna5844]

Gorgeous lotion! I'm enjoying my coffee infused oil. I made simple coffee body oil too today and it's super nice. Macadamia white chocolate lotion is also my new favorite. Scent blend is to die for and it is cool alternative to emulsified body butters. Thank you! xx

[@swaymist]

You have such great content! I subbed cuz I saw Safiya Nygaard do her lipsticks! Keep up with the good work....

[@ruefeee]

Welcome to the bee family! Maria creates exceptional cosmetics enjoy it all.

[@swaymist]

@@ruefeee Ikr

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

Thank you so much! ❤️ I really appreciate it!

[@vanessathevas1865]

I'm so glad I subbed to you once Saf did a video including one of your recipes, I love how informative this is!!

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

Hooray! I'm so glad you are enjoying my content ❤️ Don't forget to check out my blog (humblebeeandme.com)-I've been blogging since 2011 while I’ve only been on KZbin since about 2016, so there is TONS more content on the blog!

[@ruefeee]

Good morning sunshine thanks for this beautiful formulation just perfect for my thirsty hands.

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

Thank you so much! ❤️

[@ivywells2909]

I'm excited to see a lotion formula with that emulsifier, I bought it for one of your body butters and have been wondering how to work it into a thinner viscosity product.

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

Hope you like it! Also-have you ever looked up Glyceryl Stearate (and) PEG-100 Stearate in the Humblebee & Me DIY Encyclopedia (www.humblebeeandme.com/diy-encyclopedia/)? There's a list of lots of formulations I've shared that use it ❤️ I do this for every ingredient!

[@jorgemolinar5969]

Marie.... I just wanna buy this stuff from you.... I promise, I'll be your number one customer!!!

[@fabricatedreality8218]

This looks lovely

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

☕️😄

[@clarissanatalia2457]

Wow it's really amazing. Can you make a brightening body lotion or face cream?

[@wilmarvaldes2641]

Thank you for vídeo is very excellent and much important... My God bless You life Marie 🙏🙌

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

Thank you so much!

[@wilmarvaldes2641]

@@HumblebeeAndMe thank you for you 😘

[@hohoho4712]

Could you use green tea powder?? Or will that make it hard to preserve?

[@harmanayurveda]

Thank you Marie

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

Thanks for watching!

[@coinchaser9920]

My brain loves you🧔🏾🧠💙

[@ellaellala8741]

Thanks for the video it's lovely 😍

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

Thanks for watching!

[@kittys.2870]

I already have a chocolate soap and body spray for my personal use.

[@AliceWanders]

Is there a way to make this less greasy? Followed the recipe to a T and this certainly doesnt "just melt into the skin and dissapear"

[@bryaniasadae]

Is there a way to incorporate hyaluronic acid with oil? I have a formula for a nice healing serum and I’m not sure where to begin. Any advice would be lovely. Love your videos.

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

Definitely! Please watch my "Which hyaluronic acid should I buy? How much should I use? + 10 awesome HA DIYs // Humblebee & Me" video :)

[@NesseyRocks]

Thank you for sharing!! Are you checking the ph during this process too? I was wondering at want points? Before the preservative?

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

I'm not-it would be in the video if I had :) I don't do secret off-camera stuff :P I do with some formulations, but it wasn't required for this formulation as it didn't contain any really pH-sensitive ingredients.

[@NesseyRocks]

@@HumblebeeAndMe ohh I see. Thanks!

[@tomfoster6622]

Can you make some new videos with a different emulsifier instead of PEG?

[@ayalightfire4030]

I tried this yesterday and... failed? It's a lovely lotion but very thick despite me using the specified emulsifying wax. Is it possible to over blend lotions? I'm quite new to making lotions. Anyway. It feels great o my skin and smells delicious. Thanks for sharing the formulation :) Maybe next time I'll do better

[@GreatMindsSeekTruth]

Id think you need to add more oil to it. Cocoa butter hardens very easily. I thought I ruined a body butter I made. I put it in a pot of water & re- melted it, added more oil, whipped it up & it came out perfect!

[@ayalightfire4030]

@@GreatMindsSeekTruth thank you :) I'll try that next time. This batch I have repotted. It's thick but useable. Just not made for a pump top 🤷

[@clarewhite3004]

If you live in a cool area, that might explain your results being thicker than expected.

[@tonyacortez5959]

Is it possible ok to cut back a little bit of the distilled water and add a coffee extract in exchange? Like a gram or so?

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

Yup!

[@bnnyrae]

Hey Marie ! I loved this lotion so much and i would like to make it but i have a question, can i make distilled water at home? Unfortunately we don't have it where i live 😔

[@GreatMindsSeekTruth]

Yes, it takes awhile though. There’s videos how to make on KZbin. I’m sure you could just use spring water though.

[@bnnyrae]

@@GreatMindsSeekTruth oh thank you so much girl ! I'll def check them out 🥰

[@anonymousperson2839]

This sounds amazing! But is there a similar preservative to the liquid germall plus, that is easily accessible in the UK? (Edit) I've read the blog posts on preservatives but I'm still not sure as to what preservative would be best.

[@TessieDobey]

I love using optiphen!

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

I agree with Tessie-I've had good success with Optiphen Plus :)

[@laurakuhlmann3752]

Hi everyone. I know this isn’t related to this video but I am learning in mixing DIY body products. My first product will be a cuticle oil. With the research I have done so far, it’s been hard to find out whether I can use multiple essential oils in my recipe. 84% of it would be carrier oils and the remaining would be essential oils and vitamin E. I have them each under the maximum concentration but still wondering whether it is still safe to mix in 14 different essential oils into it?

[@kimberleymoss8400]

14% EO is way too much. If you want to use 14 different EOs you’d need to make a master blend and find out the dermal limit for it

[@laurakuhlmann3752]

@@kimberleymoss8400 I have all my EOs under their respective dermal limits. Some just happen to have a relatively high one. i.e. eucalyptus with 20% or Rosemary with 16.6%. Most of them are concentrated at below 1% or even 0.5%

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

Kimberley is correct-14% is WAY too much essential oil for such a formulation, even if each one is under its individual dermal limit. There's a lot more to essential oil blending than just staying under each essential oils individual limit; there are IFRA allergen limits that can easily be exceeded because the allergens are present in multiple essential oils. You can learn more from Tisserand (htisserandinstitute.org/safety-guidelines/), but generally speaking you'd want to stay under 2-4%. I usually work below 1%. I've become sensitized to some essential oils and it's a major, irreversible, life-long bummer :(

[@laurakuhlmann3752]

@@HumblebeeAndMe thank you so much! Really a great help!

[@ellaellala8741]

What do you mean by "coffee oil roasted" is that an oil like coconut oil that was heated with coffee beans inside of it to infuse it? Wouldn't it be a preservation problem?

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

You'll find the answer to your question in the blog post that's linked in the description box below the video ;) If you're not sure what that means, read this: www.humblebeeandme.com/faqs/whats-the-description-box-on-youtube/. Happy making!