Hair Care Formulations
Learn to make your own hair products that are exactly what your hair needs, from cleansing conditioners and shampoo bars to mists and balms!
Conditioning Super Nourishing Hair Balm
One of the first recipes I ever shared on Humblebee & Me was for a "Super Nourishing Hair Balm", all the way back in October of 2011. I'd actually made the balm months earlier, before I'd launched the blog, and had been testing it all summer and fall before I...
Conditioning Ginger Oak Moss Beard Oil
It's been a while since I made a beard thing, and since I've been working with this lovely ginger oak moss essential oil blend quite a lot, I got to thinking... goodness. Beards should smell like this.... I could make beards smell like this. And here we are, with a...
Ginger Oak Moss Hair Masque
The inspiration for this Ginger Oak Moss Hair Masque came from a rather persistent Facebook advert for a similar product. It stalked me all over, pelting me with montages of women with stunning, shiny, voluminous hair and positively chiseled eyebrows. I did end up on...
Silky Volumizing Conditioning Shampoo
I am so excited to share this recipe with you guys. I've been working on it since shortly after new years, and sharing the progress on my Instagram stories as I've been testing and tweaking. This is a conditioning shampoo; more lather than a cleansing conditioner, but...
Vanilla Spice Conditioner Bar
When I was in university I had the most wonderful roommate in second year. Harriet and I started as roomies and are still fast friends to this day. There were many things that made us fantastic roommates, including our shared appreciation of pizza nights, clean door...
Snowflake Shampoo Bar
I'm so excited to share this with you; it's something I've been working on for almost a year! This particular recipe has been in testing and tweaking since July. I've had a lot of requests for a surfactant-powered shampoo bar (as opposed to a soap based one), and I...
Silky Camellia Hair Serum
This Silky Camellia Hair Serum is a wonderful combination of a leave-in hair conditioner and an oil serum. It helps reduce frizz, add shine, prevent breakage, and even provides a touch of heat protection along with making your hair smell pretty. A drop or two is more...
Monoi de Tahiti Hair Conditioner
You don't have to read much about Monoi de Tahiti to decide that you must have a bottle—stat—as it is clearly going to transform you into a tropical goddess with the waist-long luscious hair of Disney princesses and the skin of a sun-kissed Victoria's Secret model. It...
Conditioning Rose Water Hair Mist
Am I the only one who imagines herself as a glamorous women frolicking through clouds of tiny droplets of magical wonder whenever she mists herself with something? I hope not. Misting is basically the grown-up skin care version of running through a sprinkler, complete...
Conditioning Beard Balm
A couple weeks ago I was having a patio chat with my friend Dallas, who was dithering over what to do with his facial hair. It was at the scruffy hipster beard stage, and he was considering sporting mutton chops, or perhaps a sturdy 'stache. In his beard researching...
Orange Blast Solid Conditioner Bar
This sunny Orange Blast Solid Conditioner Bar has a new position of prominence and glory in my shower. It smells like the juiciest of oranges, leaves my hair feeling downright divine (I'd invite you to run your fingers through it via the internet if I could), and I'm...
Marula Overnight Hair Mask
With drier days on the way, and a few months of sun exposure behind us, this rich and hydrating Marula Overnight Hair Mask couldn't be more timely. I learned about overnight hair masks from a YouTube video of "beauty hacks that work" (or something to that effect), and...
Mermaid Silk Shampoo Bars
Prepare to feel like you're sudsing up in a lagoon in Neverland with the mermaids; these seriously beautiful Mermaid Silk Shampoo Bars are just the sort of thing I imagine mermaids would use (do mermaids wash their hair? A question for another day, perhaps.). Super...
Coconut Aloe Shampoo Bars
These pretty, citrussy Coconut Aloe Shampoo Bars are utterly lovely—between the fresh, summery colours and the bright, citrussy scent I'm quite smitten. It occurred to me a few weeks ago that it'd been ages since I'd made a straight-up shampoo bar. I tend to use my...
Two-in-One Creamy Hair Conditioner
Ever since I started publishing creamy hair conditioner recipes a few months ago, readers have been asking about the possibility of including some vinegar in the water part of the emulsion to create a two-in-one conditioner that eliminates the need for a separate...
Natural Dry Shampoo Spray
I've been watching lots of hair tutorials on YouTube lately, and I can't help but notice how many of them use dry shampoo to achieve a bit of added texture and volume for updos. So, a few weeks ago when I was wandering the aisles of Costco a pack of Batiste dry...
Restorative Hydrating Hair Conditioner
Perhaps you are thinking "but Marie, didn't you just publish a hair conditioner recipe?". And you wouldn't be wrong—it's barely been a month. But I am smitten. I love my Olive & Jojoba Silk Hair Conditioner. I've been asking coworkers to touch my hair to prove how...
Olive and Jojoba Silk Conditioner
This recipe for Olive and Jojoba Silk Conditioner was inspired by a request from Nick, who says "Came across your website and it's great. Despite being the manliest of men I do like the finer things in life and the rubbish mass produced stuff from the high street just...
1915 Redwood Beard Balm
This softly fragrant, intoxicating 1915 Redwood Beard Balm was inspired by a series of photos of lumberjacks in California's Redwood forests at the turn of the last century. Tiny men dwarfed by awe inspiring trees, working in teams with long, jagged saws to fell...
Spiced Bergamot Beard Oil
This lovely Spiced Bergamot Beard Oil smells warm and sweet, with a hint of pith and a woody, spicy base. Know somebody suffering from itchy winter beard? This oil is just the thing. The base is made from some of my favourite oils. Argan oil is my all time favourite...
Winter Shimmer Hair Mist
This pretty, shimmery hair mist was inspired by a recipe request from Kim. She requested a hair mist that would "repair damaged and dry hair, add a lovely fragrance, and give the hair a subtle golden shimmer." She described a shop-bought version she'd tried, saying...
Midnight Coffee Beard Oil
As the days get colder and the air gets drier, a few of my bearded male friends have approached me about something for their increasingly scratchy, dry beards. Challenge accepted, gents. This lovely oil was gifted to my friend Tekoa. He's got a magnificent beard...
Kombucha Hair Rinse
Have you fallen in love with kombucha yet? The fizzy, sweet-and-sour, probiotic tea drink is available for purchase all over these days. In glass bottles and cute little cans it comes spiked with ginger, berries, and other flavourings, and will really get things...
My Hair Care Routine
I did a post on my skin care routine back in May, and Maggie asked if I could write about my hair care routine as well—so here we are! Let's start with what I'm working with. My hair is long, thick, and straight. If you're into "hair-typing" I'm probably a 1b, but...
