Honey

[Offthegrid]

I can work in my garden while they are working with no worries.

You are braver than I!

[DarcyInOregon]

There is also a company that makes cosmetics, creams, lotions and such from bee stuff. The products are reasonably priced and of high quality. The company is Burt's Bees. Here is the link:

http://www.burtsbees.com

I use the eye cream they make out of royal jelly. I like their lip balm, and I use a lot of it because of doing you know what outside all the time, with the wind blowing against my face.

Sometimes I see a few of the Burt Bee products for sale at a pharmacy like Walgreens, or at a grocery store like Thriftway. I imagine some of the products are sold at the whole/natural food stores also.

I am interested in other members' recommendations regarding honey products. Any links?

[crazycanuck]

The honey stingers look ymmy and would love to order some over the net however...would they make it through Australian Quarantine??? I know i can't bring NZ honey to Aust & vice versa..hmmmm...

Off to email the nice quarantine folks...

BTW-which honey stingers are the best? The chocolate ones look yummmmy...

c

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Yeah the honey stingers look good, but are kind of expensive. Hmm...I could either buy two cartons of honey stingers....or I could buy another merino base layer!

Darcy- I used Burt's lip balm for YEARS every day, I just loved it. Then one day I put it on and suddenly out of the blue it felt all burning and my lips got all red and swollen and it was horrible! I looked awful- the red swelling even extended around beyond the edge of my lips! I stopped using it for several days and it took like 3 days for my lips to feel and look normal again. Then I put just a bit on to see if it was really the Burt's doing it, and BOOM! lips immediately swelled up all red and burning again! I then did some internet research and found a couple other women who had used it for years and then suddenly became allergic to it with the exact same symptoms. I think it's the peppermint essential oil or another essential oil in it, nothing to do with bee-ish ingredients. After that I have only used lip balms without essential oils and I seem to be fine. The only other time I've had an allergic reaction to anything was last summer to some PABA sunscreen- gave me BOILS all over my neck and back! Had to switch to sunscreen with only titanium oxide as the active ingredient, and all natural types.

[emily_in_nc]

A few honey products: Bath and Body Works. I was given one of the Le Couvent des Minimes body balms, and it smells and looks just like honey. Makes my hands smell luscious. I really do have to remind myself not to start licking my fingers!

Burt's Bees is made near where I work, in Durham, NC. I'm partial to them because they're local and natural and seem to be a very good company, but most of their products aren't heavy on the honey that I've noticed. They do use a lot of beeswax, though. And I love their lipbalm (no allergies yet).

Emily

[DarcyInOregon]

Darcy- I used Burt's lip balm for YEARS every day, I just loved it. Then one day I put it on and suddenly out of the blue it felt all burning and my lips got all red and swollen and it was horrible!

Hi Lisa, getting sudden allergies is normal. I developed an allergy to walnuts and fresh pineapple and the allergies lasted for about two decades. The symptoms were face and body rashes that were equivalent to a bad skin burn. Eventually enough time passed and I am no longer allergic to walnuts and fresh pineapple.

I can give you two recommendations for lip balm. One is a lip balm made with macadamia nut and kukui oils, along with white beeswax, coconut oil, castor oil, avacado oil, jajoba oil and vitamin E. You have to do a search to find a maker who uses that combination. It is an excellent lip balm. The second is a French lip balm, called Amilab. I don't know the ingredients, but it is a real high end lip balm that provides excellent protection. I am pretty certain the two lip balms I mentioned do not contain peppermint oil.

Darcy

[KnottedYet]

SunDog/Dr. Bronner's makes some nice ones, too. I have the ginger one. I think I put up a link before somewhere. This is the balm that's nursing my lips back to health after my last Burning Burt's Bees encounter. (I'm a slow learner)

Here it is again. http://www.drbronner.com/sun_product...gredients.html

They support a couple of cool charities. And I've been using Dr. Bronner's soap since I was a baby.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

After my Burt's reaction, I looked around and found a lip balm that was gentle and didn't burn my lips- I settled on the Kiss My Face lip balm sticks which don't hurt my lips:
http://www.kissmyface.com/Category/K...anic+Lip+Care/
I didn't like the ginger one. I like the peach one and have been using that, but the honey/vanilla one now sounds tempting! (as long as I don't EAT it).
I'll look for the Dr Bronner's too. Oddly, I love the Bronner's peppermint castille liquid soap in the shower, and that don't burn me anywhere- just feels nice and cool.

P.S. thanks Emily