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[@HumblebeeAndMe]

Have you made any formulating resolutions for 2022?

[@sharonhamilton6107]

Yes. To find out how TKB makes mousse. I want creamy eye shadow. Mary Kay used powder eye shadow that lasted til off. I wanna know why.

[@sharonhamilton6107]

It will be just mine. Lol I refuse to try a color for EVERYONE. I'm staying green

[@sharonhamilton6107]

Profecting soaps. Slowing back down. I have helped psoriasis.. I am looking into creating . A gel? Creamy feel for this. It involves kokum butter.. )

[@CC-yq9kv]

I am planning to keep trying vitamin C face serum. I have been trying for almost 6 months with ascorbic acid powder from different suppliers and different formulas but always ended with undissolved particles. I ordered some Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate and Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate and I am looking forward to experiment with these. I also want to try to make face toner with rice ferment filtrates like in SKII product. Yeah lots of things to look forward to. Thanks for giving us tips and advices really love all of your videos and blogs and formations! Happy new year to you 💕💕💕

[@alinasir2326]

Dear i want to make hair clay, only using petroleum jelly, parrafin oil and wax... Costs Jelly- 7 $ per kg Paraffin 4$ per kg Wax 4.5 $ per kg, please tell me the percentage of them which is cost effective? 🙏

[@Mango-wy3gz]

My goal is to attempt to make more parts of a curly hair routine (leave in, gel, and low-poo). But my resolution is to temper my expectations of perfection from the interaction of products and hair!

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

I love this! Good luck :)

[@lecreuset771]

I do really love your encyclopaedia which helps me to understand all kind of materials. Thanks for your generous sharing. It’s priceless.❤️❤️❤️ Happy new year 🥳

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

I'm so thrilled you are enjoying it and finding it helpful! ❤️

[@AuntieTriza]

Gosh you really do have the best information. Your blog and videos are absolutely full of so much info. Many times I have gotten lost down a fabulous rabbit hole of diy skincare knowledge when I go to just look up one thing lol. It is so very kind of you to so freely share your recipes and knowledge. I can't tell you how grateful I am that you have enabled me to be a creator of my own skincare goodies 💗

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

You've put the biggest smile on my face, Auntie Triza ❤️

[@lyndabell1966]

OH. MY. GOODNESS!! LOL YOU always settle my 🐝 hind down!!!! Ugh I feel like a slingshot more than a bee!! Lol thank you so so so much❤❤❤

[@DiaryofaDeafLady]

Totally agree with u!!! Also don't ever give up if u messed up.. keep trying til u get there Or like u said Take a break From it for a while something will come to u

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

❤️ Happy making!

[@missfifibrown]

This was goooooooood! Thanks Marie!

[@cherylmeyer9857]

You are simply incredible!

[@alexxdaye1]

I really appreciate your honesty! These are all exactly where I am! This was positive confirmation! You're awesome! THANK YOU!!!!

[@teenafrench7236]

Oh you're on fire this year! You look so pretty in this clip🤩 Love the info in this vid too...so needed to hear it! Cheers Marie🌹

[@alyssafrazier8207]

Happy New Year Marie! I wanted to thank you again for all of the helpful information you provide in your blog and videos. The projects I created for Christmas turned out beautifully (well for the most part lol) and I’m very proud of them. I learned a lot about what to do and also a lot about what not to do for next time. When I originally began following you, It was for the sole purpose of making Christmas gifts this year but I enjoyed it so much I’ve decided to continue making skincare and bath and body products. I have already learned so much from watching your videos and thoroughly reading your “DIY for beginners” blog post and I plan to on make more of your formulations in the future including the ones you send via email. All of your information has made me curious about the science of it. I’m extremely interested in understanding the fundamentals of formulating along with gaining an in-depth understanding of how and why to use certain types of ingredients so that some day I can create my own formulations with a solid amount of knowledge. Do you have any suggestions on where I could find that information? I know you studied at Formula Botanica. Is that the best place for understanding and learning to formulate or do you have any other recommendations? Hoping to find some free resources, but I’m also open to spending some $ if there is something you recommend that comes with a subscription of some sort. So excited to learn more! Thanks again Marie! Can’t wait to see the formulas you create in 2022! 💥💞

[@tinybarabo]

This was so encouraging!! Thank you Marie!! 🥳🤩

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

You are so welcome! ❤️

[@victoriasteinberg772]

You are an inspiration❤ helps a lot in my journey of a newbee formulator🎉😊

[@chellespeace8171]

You are awesome. So timely with this post and I love the resolutions, especially the first one - I have so many ideas and just need to try it and observe the results. Thank you so much!

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

Glad it was helpful! ❤️

[@deeli8790]

Love this marie and love you marie!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@Christy6865]

Thank you!! Wonderful tips

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

Glad it was helpful! ❤️

[@carolinap9]

I am watching this from Lima Peru 🇵🇪 I will make my own first shampoo ❤All your content is priceless , thank you

[@camiperez3081]

More than resolutions, I think of them as wisdom tips from all you have learned until now. Love each of them, thank you very much. ❤

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

I'm so glad you loved them ❤️ Thanks for DIYing with me, and happy making :)

[@camiperez3081]

@@HumblebeeAndMe 😘😘😘

[@naturalgardenbysavondarthu4039]

Happy New Year 🌹❤️

[@radhikanagdev5937]

Thank you so much for this vedio very helpful 💖

[@meztiza26]

I want to not be scared trying things, or not being scared if people will like them or not. Thank you for this video

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

❤️ Happy making!

[@mokshalani8414]

My resolution is to actually physically make stuff. I haven't yet dished out the cash to try anything out, so as a result all of my back burner projects are completely mental/idealistic, absolutely lacking real world experience that isn't vicarious research/speculation from resources such as your blog. You know how everyone is hopping on trends to home cook more quality yet affordable meals (usually with bulk ingredients) for themselves & their families instead of just trusting pre-formulated "healthy" labels? My thirsty adolescent-scarred skin that's lucky to see hand-me-down drugstore lotion once in a while is the definition of neglect & premature aging, and I'm determined to fatten it up on a from-scratch diet of anti-neglect as if I could afford to shop Sephora.

[@acousticmotorcycle]

Yes, go for it! Best of luck!

[@mokshalani8414]

Thank you@@acousticmotorcycle ! I think I may need a pinch of luck for my ambitions ಥ‿ಥ

[@wilmarvaldes2641]

Happy New year Marie beatiful... thank You for vídeo and important information magnífic congratulations. My God bless you life Marie 🙏💖

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

Happy new year!

[@MT-fk4ky]

Definitely slow down and not be afraid to try some things people say won’t work 😁 I just today tried a small amount of cocoa butter in my whipped body butter, even though you said not to put it in 😂 I’ll see how it works out

[@BlaueEisRose]

This helps so much. I am just starting to make things. Your formulation are awesome but a lot of the ingredians and the substetutions can#t be brought hear. So I have to resarch on my one. Next week I want so make a face gel based on one of you formulations but with a lot of changes. Now I am looking forward to it, even if it goes wrong.

[@clarewhite3004]

I don't do New Year's resolutions, but I think I need to include pH testing more regularly and not just assume it'll turn out how it said it would in the recipe, especially when I make changes.

[@beegorgeous9373]

Hello Thanks for your content, i am starting to experiment with skin care products and is a bit challenging and intimidating, so the resources you've shared are very well welcome. Just a question, as for soap making there is a soap calc for formulating a recipe, is there some tool similar for making lotions or deodorants? Greetings from Bolivia 😃🐝🌷

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

Hello and welcome! I'm afraid I can't recommend anything-there are SO many more variables for non-soap products that it would be quite the undertaking and even then a calculated formulation would still just be a starting point. I've heard of a few paid tools, but haven't tried them.

[@____Ann____]

Hi! Would you ever make a oil body wash? Is it just a mix of oils and polysorbate 80, similar to a facial cleansing oil? Edit: I checked a commercial oil wash and they used Cocamidopropyl Betaine. Maybe that could work too?

[@EXEMPLOSPARAVIDA]

Olá boa tarde,conheci seu canal hoje e quero te parabenizar muito,seu canal é maravilhoso, quero ser formuladora

[@rmxrealmofbeauty]

I'm sorry. I absolutely love your videos and I'm looking into starting DIY formulations myself. But I cannot help but to ask do you color your hair and if so what is that hair color??? Sorry lol it's beautiful. Everytime I see your videos I can't help but to notice how well your hair and skin compliment each other. Im a weirdo. K byeee.

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

Hi! I think this is mostly my natural hair colour at this point. The last time I dyed my hair was in October 2020 with Clairol Natural Instincts 5G Medium Golden Brown, which is supposed to wash out in 28 washes. I think I went a bit darker than I was supposed to so it didn't wash out that fast, but October 2020 was a lot of hair washes ago so what you see in this video (especially around the roots) will be my natural hair colour :) If you see videos from 2020 with quite dark hair that'd be either Clairol Natural Instincts 4W Dark Warm Brown or Clairol Natural Instincts 5 Medium Brown (Hazelnut) 🙂

[@marie-everaymond1805]

Do you have the video with glycirine you mention? Thank you

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

Search "repair" at www.humblebeeandme.com/search-there's a lotion and a cream to choose from, and both contain 30% glycerin. Happy making!

[@lauriewilson4741]

One time I made a pomegranate lip gloss that ended up being a great lip scrub

[@malwinapolska9122]

Marie, do you know any preservatives which don't, well stink😵‍💫 I cannot stand geogard, benzyl alcohol. Having done a few formulation from Formula Botanica, with eco preservative they've recommend, I just couldn't use it😔 all my friends and family where very satisfied with smell of final product, so it must be just me, I do have sensitive sense of smell, which most of times is my curse🙈😅

[@ayalightfire4030]

Well, I guess my only resolution is to nail the dupe I had nailed and then lost my notes on :/ I'm now on test run number 4... It's okay, but not as great as formulation 1 (which has disappeared :( Otherwise. I'll focus on improving my making skills to be more consistent. :)

[@ayalightfire4030]

@Giganta Store absolutely. Particularly because I'm not generally messy... :/

[@irajfatima8577]

I have a question ma'am , face mist making in a two phases like heat phase and cool phase ?

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

It depends! :)

[@irajfatima8577]

@@HumblebeeAndMe Ma'am , can you please guide me a formulation for face mist .. using these ingredients hyaluronic Acid , vitamin E oil , glycerin , preservative .. Waiting for your response :)

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

​ @IRAJ FATIMA Please search "mist" at www.humblebeeandme.com/search :)

[@irajfatima8577]

@@HumblebeeAndMe thanks dear , stay blessed ✨

[@SashaInTheCloud]

When you're a software developer, is everything a soft question? ... It depends

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

🤣

[@honybee3501]

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