Although my yard still looks more or less like this:
it is starting to melt, and in a month or so, hopefully it’ll be all gone. And I can start to think about gardening.
Last year, I dug out the overgrown lavender plants that were woody and misshapen and replaced them with new ones. I’m hoping they survived this tough winter, but hopefully the heavy blanket of snow kept them safe. Just hope the plow didn’t dig them up.
At any rate, I love lavender because it smells so wonderful. Also, I use it to make sachets and in cooking. Plus the color is just great especially when paired with yellow-blooming plants. But most important is that bees love lavender, and the bees are in trouble. I love to plant plants that attract bees and butterflies to help sustain them both.
Because I love bees and all the good that they do, I was so happy when I was approached by the folks at Beessential to try their skincare products. Beessential Natural Skincare products started with a single hive. The owners discovered they loved beekeeping and the honey that the bees produced. From there, they decided to get more bees and produce skincare products made from beeswax, honey and other natural ingredients. Now, they have a wonderful line of bee-dependent skincare products including products for lips, hair and skin.
Here are all the goodies I was sent to try out:
I saw a review of Beessential Natural Skincare products online a few months ago, and I really wanted to try the products. And I love them even more than I thought I would. Check out the entire product line on the Beessential website.
Hand & Body Cream
As I have mentioned many times, I have super-dry skin. The Beessential Original Honey Hand & Body Cream is fabulous. It is thick but easy to apply, and it is extremely hydrating for my winter-dry skin. And I know it’ll be great in the summer too. I use it on my body after a shower and on my hands during the day. It is very long-lasting, and it’s fragrance-free.If you have dry skin, I strongly recommend trying this wonderful cream. It comes in two other scents/ingredient combos: lavender-bergamot and cucumber-green tea. It’s priced at $12.99.
Here are the details and the ingredients:
- A Fragrance Free Moisturizing Cream for hands, face and body
- Silk Proteins & Beeswax seal-in moisture
- Hydrating Honey
- Antioxidant-rich
- Bee-derived Propolis Extract
- 7 Nourishing Moisturizers
- Non-Irritating
- All Natural
- Paraben-Free Body Cream
Ingredients: Cupuacu Butter, Shea Butter, Squalene, Olive Oil, Cetearyl Olivate, Honey, Propolis Extract (Bee-Derived), Isotearyl Isotearate (Vegetable Derived), Oleyl Oleate (Vegetable Derived), Silk Protein, Beeswax, Cetyl Palmitate, Sorbitan Palmitate, Sorbitan Olivate, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol (Paraben-Formaldehyde Free Preservative) and Xanthan Gum
Lip Balm
I carry all kinds of lip balms around with me and I have them all over the house. The Beessential Natural Honey Lip Balm smells like honey, and it is divine. It is thick and emollient. It is NOT grainy like some natural lip balms can be. Plus it stays on my lips for hours. The Natural Lip Balm is made with a blend of replenishing Virgin Olive and Coconut Oils, and moisturizing Beeswax, Aloe and Hemp. Here’s what Beessential has to say about it:
“This naturally deilicious Honey Lip Balm tastes as sweet as the honeycomb it came from and leaves no greasy residue. Honey is a natural humectant able to trap moisture for supple lips that last for hours. So, sit back and smile while others incessantly reapply this summer. With this un-bee-lievable formula of Beeswax, Olive Oil, Shea and Cupuacu butters, lips stay ultra-soft and hydrated.”
Ingredients: Beeswax, Coconut Oil, Shea Butter, Cupuacu Butter, Olive Oil, Tocopherol (Natural Vitamin E), Propolis Extract, Honey, Natural Honey Flavor, Monk Fruit Extract.
It comes in a variety of flavors:
- Pure Honey
- Peppermint
- Lavender-Lemon
- Cinnamon-Clove O’Christmas
- Orange-Ginger
The Lavender-Lemon was a Total Beauty.com award winner.
The lip balms are sold individually for $2.99 or in tins of 5 either of the same flavor or in a variety pack for $14.95.
Natural Bar Soap
I know not everyone uses bar soap, but I happen to love it. I still find it handy and the easiest way to feel really clean. But fairly recently, I switched to a cream cleanser for my dry skin, and I was a little nervous about trying the black Dead Sea Mud Soap. Well, I was nervous for no reason. The Beessential Dry-Skin Fighting Dead Sea Mud Soap is the creamiest, most hydrating soap I’ve ever tried. The lather is amazing! This is what it looks like on my face…like a hydrating mask!
And though I always apply serum and moisturizer after cleansing, the Dead Sea Mud Soap doesn’t leave my skin feeling tight and dry but supple and hydrated. It:
- Conquers dry skin
- Recommended for Acne, Psoriasis and Eczema
- Moisturizing
- Restores pH balance
- Gentle, mild.
Ingredients: Coconut, Olive, Palm, Shea Butter, Babassu, Beeswax, Castor Oil and Dead Sea Mud.
I use the My Big Fat Greek Yogurt and Honey Bar as an all-purpose body and face bar soap in the shower since the combo of yogurt, honey and juniper oil removes dead skin cells, hydrate and revitalize skin cells. I love this one too! Great lather and again, it leaves me feeling moisturized rather than dry.
Ingredients: Coconut, Olive, Palm, Shea Butter, Honey, Beeswax, Yogurt and Juniper Berry Essential Oil.
There are 7 different handmade, all-natural soaps to choose from here:
- Dead Sea Mud
- Greek Yogurt, Honey & Juniper Oil
- Tea Tree Oil
- Totally Hip Hemp & Lemongrass
- Oatmeal & Honey
- Lavender & Honey
- Mechanic’s & Gardner’s Soap.
Each bar is $5.99.
Do go to the website and check out the entire Beessential line of products. There are also SLS-free shampoo and conditioner and gentle body wash that are on my list to try next.
GIVEAWAY!
The folks at Beessential sent me some extra products by mistake. So I suggested that I host a giveaway, and they agreed. That was before I tried the products. Now, I don’t want to give the extras away, but I promised!!
No really, I’m happy to have the opportunity to run a GIVEAWAY of Beecology Hand & Body Cream, Bessential Dead Sea Mud Soap and Honey Lip Balm to one lucky winner to help get your skin and lips hydrated after a long winter!
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That is a lot of snow! Ten years ago I traded all that in for fire ants, roaches, snakes, mice, and 90+ degrees/ 6 months of the year in the South. We have had snow four times in ten years. It only lasts a few hours usually. I don’t think I am brave enough to be in snow anymore. Good Luck to you!
It’s starting to melt a bit, thank goodness, Tamara. Thanks for entering and good luck!
Like you, I’ve seen many reviews for a range of products from this brand and they’ve all been very good. Beessential definitely caught my attention as a brand of skincare/body products I feel would work well for me. Not to mention the adorable packaging lol. Great giveaway, thank you.
I agree, Heather, the packaging is so eye-catching and cute. And the products themselves are great!
I can’t wait for your garden to thaw out! You have had a long enough winter! These Beecology products look fantastic! These are just the type of products that I am drawn to! What an amazing giveaway as well!
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I can’t wait too, Helen! The Beessential products are wonderful. I hate to give them away, lol 😉
Oh I need that mud soap! Thanks for all the info on this brand, sounds wonderful!
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The mud soap was an incredible discovery, Tina. It is sooooo creamy and gentle. Just love it and all the others I tried too!
I like the ingredients that they use and think they would work great for my sensitive skin.
I think they would, LaTanya. I have sensitive skin too, and they are sooooo gentle. Thank you for entering and good luck!!
looks like a fun product!!
The packaging makes the products look so cute and so fun, but they work sooooooo well!
Oh my goodness! That’s a lot of snow! What a great giveaway! The products sound great! I’m always a big fan of products like this! That Yogurt and Honey Bar sounds amazing and the Hand and Body Cream sounds like something I’d love. I have used something similar and loved it! I’ll have to check out the line. Glad that you’re finally melting!!
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It sure the heck is a lot of snow. In fact, I’m headed out to reshovel the walkway from the couple of inches last night that put us over the top for snowiest winter ever. Beessential Skincare is a fabulous brand. Worth checking out, Christine!
Our snow is all gone.. thanks to rain =\ so it’s muddy, flooded types of wet =\ I think I want to try out that Dead Sea Mud Soap!
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I think you’d love the Dead Sea Mud soap. It’s soooo creamy, mild and gentle. Love it!
i am very scared of bees but i know they are vital to this planet!
Kelly, I was afraid of bees too, but since I started growing lavender and starting picking raspberries at a local farm, I have found that honey bees aren’t very interested in people. They just want to do their thing, and they leave me alone. Now wasps and yellow jackets are another story! Thanks for entering the giveaway and good luck!!
I’ve tried other bee products that have worked pretty well, but am always on the lookout for something new, especially to repair my skin after a long winter
Rebecca, the body cream, lip balm and Dead Sea Mud Soap are so incredibly hydrating! I just love ’em and wasn’t kidding when I said I hate to give away the extras…they’re that good for my dry skin. Thank you for entering and good luck!!
Nice giveaway!
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Thanks!
I love hearing honey bees buzz around almost as much as I love my lavender plants, so that works out nicely. The bees are also especially fond of our apricot tree, and there is nothing like standing under its branches and hearing them all hard at work. Happy bees in surround sound! 😀
I can just picture it, Rach! And I’ve had a similar experience when I pick raspberries at a local farm: the bees do their thing and pretty much ignore me as I pick the fruit! Thanks for entering the giveaway and good luck!
These sound great, and I love the variety of scents. I want to try the mud soap! I believe that without bees, there wouldn’t be anything else, so it’s important to save them! I just don’t want them right around me, though. I’m kinda scared of them! lol
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What’s so cool about honey bees as opposed to wasps or yellow jackets is they are not interested in people! I pick raspberries several times in the summer and honey bees are all over those bushes, but they don’t’ seem to care about me picking them. They do their thing, and I do mine. I do keep my epi pen with me, but I have never had to use it. Now wasps are another story! These products are fabulous BTW. Actually, the only one with a scent so far is the Honey Lip Balm; the cream and soaps are pretty much fragrance-free.
Sounds like a wonderful line of products!
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It really is, Leigh! Worth a try!
I’ve never heard of this brand but all of these products sound really great! I am all about a honey lip balm, it sounds delicious! Also, that mud bar sounds great and MUCH more affordable than the Erno Laszlo one I fell in love with!
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Definitely worth checking out, Kristina! Natural, affordable and incredibly gentle. Love ’em!
I’m super intrigued with the black Dead Sea Mud Soap. I will have to add it to my wish list!
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It is one of the best facial soaps I’ve ever used, Lisa! Love it 🙂
<3 Bees. I've been super into honey lately in my tea, and want to try out more eco friendly, bee loving products! This looks like a great company!
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I love bees too. They are so amazing. And I love honey in my tea too, and even plain. These are fabulous products. I hope you entered, Tess!
I love the name of the ‘My Big Fat Greek Yogurt and Honey Bar’!! So clever! I’ve never heard of this brand, but it looks great!
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Isn’t that a cute name?! I laughed too! It is a wonderful brand. Definitely worth checking out!
I would love to win because I’m slowly replacing all of our skincare/house products with natural products and these look amazing! I love the smell of products like this that have honey.
That’s great, Alona. I think that’s so smart. The body cream and the Dead Sea Mud Soap are essentially fragrance-free, but the Honey Lip Balm definitely smells like yummy honey. Thanks for entering the giveaway and good luck!!
Thanks for the great giveaway! I like the beessential products!
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I’m glad you know and like them too! And glad to see you back. Hope you’re feeling well.
I love how this whole company started from one single hive! Thanks for the giveaway.
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Isn’t that great? And it’s still a family-owned business 🙂
These products sound heavenly! I have been on the hunt for a new lip balm, one that’s natural but still effective, and this honey scented one sounds perfect! What a great giveaway too! 🙂
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The honey lip balm is wonderful. I would love to try all the flavors of lip balm one of these days. The Honey Lip Balm does smell and taste like honey! Beessential/Beecology is a lovely brand!
what cute packaging! I’ve never heard of this brand but now I’m intrigued!
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I agree, the packaging is the cutest! I think they’ve done a great job. And the products themselves are wonderful. Highly recommend them!
Holy moly, so much snow! I’ve actually never heard of this brand before so I’m super glad you reviewed some of their products! I’m tempted to purchase that lip balm and soap!!
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It is a lot of snow, Priyanka! It snowed yesterday, and it put us over the top for the snowiest winter on record. Beessential is a wonderful brand. I love the products I’ve tried so far. I don’t think you’d be disappointed if you tried the lip balm and soap. I love them. Please feel free to enter the giveaway!!
That’s a lot of snow! I love honey (especially in skincare) so I’m a fan of bees!
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It is a lot of snow, Molly! I can hardly wait to see grass and flowers again. I’m glad you’re a fan of honey and the bees. Thank you for entering and good luck!!
Some friends of ours are mead makers and we are very concerned about hive collapse in honeybees. We are happy to support companies that support bees!
A couple of friends have become beekeepers, and they are quite consumed with caring for their hives. And yes, around here hive collapse is a big problem. I used to see a lot of honey bees in my garden, and over the past couple of years, not so much. I’m glad you entered the giveaway, Leah. Good luck!!
the hand and body cream sound right up my alley, I want it all !
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I hope you’ll be trying them soon, Norah! The hand & body cream is just great, so rich!
What a coincidence! I posted a picture of my shampoo and conditioner from Beesentials a few days ago on Instagram! So far that is all I have gotten except for the sample of body wash they sent me. (To die for!) I am a huge advocate for the use of bee “by-products” for several reasons. One, by buying products from companies like Beesentials, we are helping to keep honeybees alive. They are an essential part of our eco-system. Second, bee by products like propolis, royal jelly, beeswax and raw honey are so versatile. For instance, raw honey is a great humectant, cleanser, anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial. Third, I like knowing where the ingredients of a beauty care product come from and when using Beesentials’ products, there’s not a long list of strange chemical compounds. I could go on and on about why I endorse and use bee by-products but I’ll spare you! So thrilled you are getting the word out about this company and I would love to win more of their products.
Amen, Debra! That’s so great that you know this brand, and clearly know the benefits of bees and using bee by-products in skincare! Thank you for entering the giveaway! I wish you good luck 🙂
I’m just happy that you are letting others know about this brand. This is a great little company. Think I’ll just put off my order until the end of the giveaway- just in case!!
Why not wait, just in case! Thanks Debra 🙂
Aside from being stung, I love bees! Everything about them and it’s such a shame that they are having such problems in our area. But I do have a friend that raises them and there are several people in my neighborhood that keep them too. There’s nothing like getting that wonderful honey each year.
I agree, Robin! We have a friend who keeps bees in Maine, and the honey that he gives us at the holidays always tastes better than any other honey I’ve tried. I hope that hive collapse will soon be a thing of the past, and bees will continue to be the little powerhouses that they are. Thank you for entering the giveaway, and good luck!!
I’m with you on bar soap, I use it often. This line sounds great. When I think of bees I think of how terrified my 3 year old grandson is but he likes pictures of them at least.
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I can understand how he would be afraid of them. The honey bees are smaller than other bees, and I was surprised at home uninterested they are in people when they are going about their business. I pick raspberries at a local farm and the bushes are loaded with honey bees. I was shocked that they didn’t mind that I picked while they did their thing (tho’ I bring along my Epi pen just in case!). And Beessential products really are wonderful. I adore the Dead Sea Mud Soap, so gentle, creamy, mild!
Bees feed the world. Without them, we can’t grow crops, we can’t survive. It is on us to do everything we can to preserve and protect them, not keep on wiping them out in record numbers.
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Hear, hear! I couldn’t agree more, Erika! Thank you for entering the giveaway. Good luck!!
These look fabulous! Thanks for the giveaway!
They’re wonderful natural products, and I love that they’re made with bee by-products!
Can’t imagine your pain– it was in the 90s here in LA today!! This line sounds fab
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At this point, I can’t even imagine temperatures in the 90s. It still goes down to the teens here at night. Luckily today it will be in the 40s and it rained a bit. Hopefully some of the snow will melt. ugh
Reminds me of Burts Bees but it’s always good to have options. That’s a whole lotta snow! I’d freeze to death there!!!!
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It is similar to Burts Bees during the early days before they were bought by Clorox. And yes, it is a ton of snow. We just broke the record for snowiest winter ever, 108.7 inches. It can’t melt fast enough for me!
Sounds like a great range of products! “Beessential” is such a cute name too 😀
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They just changed their name from Beecology to Beessential, Bailey, and I think both are cute names that really suit this lovely products
I’d love to win this prize because these products sound amazing. Thank you.
I love these Beessential products, Megan! Thanks for entering and good luck 🙂
The blossoms and flowers look so pretty! Also, love the sound of these bee friendy products 🙂
I can hardly wait to see those blossoms & flowers in a month or so, Albertine! Thank you for entering the Beessential giveaway, and good luck!!
Our snow is almost all gone. Some of the rather huge mountains of snow are still melting but for the most part – gone! Yay!!! I’ve never heard of this brand before but it sounds divine. Definitely entering to win some Beesential goodies!
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Ours is beginning to go, but it will be weeks before it’s all gone here at the coast. We were just inundated with snow. Ugh. It’s all dirty now, and we can see some of the damage to trees and shrubs. On a better topic, glad you entered, Ashley! The Beessential products that I’ve tried are all that. Good luck! 🙂
I want to win because MAN, after your post, what’s not to love?! I definitely agree that a lot of natural lip balms can feel pretty icky on your lips, so having one that really does the job is on my list of things to find! Also can we talk about how funny that pun is on the Big Fat Greek soap??? I love clever marketing like that – I’m a sucker!
I agree, Erica. They do such a great job with names, packaging etc. And the products really are all that. Good luck!!
Wow, these look like fantastic products. I love Bees and I’ll definitely have to look into this brand when I run out of my current skincare! Thanks for sharing and what an amazing giveaway! xx
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Thanks for stopping by, Brigette. Beessential Skincare products really should go on your “to try” list. They’re wonderful!
I love trying new skin care products that are made with healthy ingredients, so this is something that interests me.
I agree, Annette, when it comes to skincare, it’s best to check for healthy ingredients. Beessential products have been terrific for my skin. Thanks for entering and good luck!
i hate bees but i love honey
I’ve learned to love honey bees, Stephanie. When I pick raspberries, there are always lots of them around and on the bushes. At first, I was afraid, but then I realized they weren’t interested in me, they were “busy bees”! Thanks for entering the giveaway, and good luck!
I totally need to try these products! They sound fabulous!
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They are quite wonderful, Jamie! And I love the natural scents of each of them 🙂
I love bees! They are so important to our ecosystem. These products sound wonderful!
I agree, Holly! And the Beessential products are terrific! thank you for entering and good luck 🙂
This is a great line and the owners are such great people!!
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I think so too, Cindy: such a great product line. I don’t know the owners very well, but I’m not surprised to hear good things from you about them. They have obviously created their brand and products with care and whimsy!
Bees are the best! I was a huge Sherlock Holmes fan as a kid and I always thought when I grew up, I’d keep bees like he did. Oh well, maybe next year!
I was a big Sherlock Holmes fan, too, Mina. How did I miss that he was a beekeeper? Makes perfect sense. Love your comment <3 Thank you for entering the giveaway and good luck 🙂
This mud soap is very intriguing….
Rachel, the Dead Sea Mud Soap is everything! I was so surprised at how much I love it, so creamy and great for dry or sensitive skin. Thanks for entering and good luck 🙂
I would like to try these products because if I like them, I would love to support the business. I feel like bees are always misjudged LOL. Everyone is afraid of them so they kill them, and it’s thanks to them we have beautiful flowers! Bees aren’t so bad. (:
I was amazed, Loyda, when I pick raspberries at a local farm that the bees who are all over he raspberry bushes don’t care a thing about me. They just go about their business and I mine. Bees are so important for the flowers and for all of our crops! And the products that Beessential made from bee by-products are wonderful. Thank you for entering the giveaway and good luck 🙂
Bees are so important not only for the plants in my yard, but for the farmers also. Bees help keep the world fed.
Absolutely, Lisa! I hope that the bees made it through this harsh winter in the northeast OK. The farmers around here really have been having problems since hive collapse started. Thank you for entering the giveaway, and good luck 🙂
I want to win this because I want to actually try natural “Beauty Products” for once, and Beessential and Burt’s Bees are my first choices to try! Plus, I love the smell, and sometimes the consistency, of Honey based products, natural/organic or not 😀
I know you’d love these products from Beessential! Thank you for entering and good luck 🙂
Bees are critical to our ecosystem and we need to help them out by planting flowers for them. Love these products!
I agree, Heather! So glad you entered the giveaway. Good luck 🙂
I love the scent of lavender too as it has a really calming effect on me! xxx
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Me too, Laura! Love lavender 🙂
I love bees because I love honey.
Me too, Tracy! Thanks for entering and good luck 🙂
Bees may not look like much, but they are essential to agriculture. Plus, honey is awesome!
I agree! Thanks for entering my giveaway, Cindy! These really are good products! Good luck 🙂
I’m not the biggest fan of bee’s but they are important to our world.
Honey bees pretty much mind their own business which makes them a cut above in my book, Nickie 😉 Thanks for entering and good luck!
I would like to start my own beekeeping
That is awesome, Julie! I know a couple of people who have become beekeepers and the honey from their hives is sooooo much better than store bought. And they love doing it. Thanks for entering the giveaway, and good luck 🙂
I love how soothing their products make your lips and body.
I’m glad you already know how wonderful Beessential Natural Skincare products are, Brittney! Thanks for entering the giveaway and good luck!
This is a great brand! I love the lip balms, and everything else I’ve tried from them! Thanks for the giveaway. So glad you linked up with us at the Best in the Blogosphere this week! Love to see you back next week! <3
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Beessential products really are terrific. I love them! Thank you for entering the giveaway 🙂 And thank you, Amber, for the linkup! I definitely will.
besides loving the nourishment of products with honey, i seem to use honey in a load of savory dishes.
thanks for this opp to saturate my chicago dry skin —
What a great tip for me to try, Judy! These Beessential products are wonderful. Thank you for entering the giveaway and good luck!
I’d love to try this brand and see how it compares to Burt’s Bees
It may be similar, Laura, to Burt’s Bees when it first started. Now BB seems so corporate to me! Beessential is a family-owned, smaller scale company. I love their packaging (especially the Hand & Body Cream) as well as the products themselves.
I got some experience helping a friend with her hives last summer and fall, and I really got a taste for beekeeping! The girls are so lovely to be around, and you can’t help but be thankful and grateful for how hard they work… and how much of our food they’re responsible for pollinating. 🙂
Wow, Christina,that’s great that you’ve participated in beekeeping with a friend! Doesn’t the honey that comes direct from the hive taste better? The Beesseential products are great and you would enjoy them. Thank you for entering the giveaway and good luck 🙂
The honey was amazing! I have even more respect for bees and their hives now… sweet ladies. <3
I love how you call them girls/ladies, of course!!
Haha! I guess I do! The bees (and each particular hive) have such personality. It’s hard not to see them as these busy little women working together, and creating worlds, because well, that’s what they are. The drones are sweet too, and of course, stingerless, but you rarely get to see them. I usually see them at their end, after a mating flight, so I tell them thank you, and just find them a nice patch of grass to go to sleep in. The bee world is just so beautiful. Thanks for beeing (!) excited about it with me. <3
Christina, you are a poet of the hives! I love hearing about the bees from you! If I could choose a winner based on best answer, you would win hands down <3
It’s almost summer here (we live on the South) and a lot of bees in the air. My grandparents used to be beekeepers and we always have honey, propolis etc at home. I like the ingredients in their products.
You are so lucky, Gala! You would certainly appreciate the Beessential products 🙂 Thank you for entering and good luck!
I love the natural products. I don’t have to worry as much if I will break out or not.
The only face product is the Dead Sea Mud Soap for Dry Skin, and it is extremely gentle. Most likely, you would have no problems at all with the Beessential Natural Skincare products. Thanks for entering, and good luck!
I love bees and wouldn’t mind being a a bee keeper and producing my own honey! I would love to win this giveaway b/c I’ve been wanting to try these products but have not done so yet!
That’s great, Laura! I have a couple of friends who are beekeepers and they love it. I think I’m a little too scared to try it. But I love the honey that I get from them. You would love these Beessential Natural Skincare products. Thank you for entering the giveaway, and good luck 🙂
I really don’t care for bees but I love the healthy things that can be made from their honey
I mostly agree with you, Cynthia, about bees and especially about other insects like wasps and hornets. I’ve come to be OK with bees because in working in my garden or picking raspberries at a farm, I have seen that the bees – especially honey bees – aren’t too interested in me; they just want to go about their business. At any rate, their by-products help make for great skincare products. I love the Beessential Skincare products that I’ve tried. Thank you for entering the giveaway and good luck!
I like bees and look for ways to help them thrive.
That’s great, Pam! I like bees too, and similarly, I like to do things to help them continue. Thank you for entering the giveaway, and good luck 🙂
I’m scared of bees themselves, but I love honey and products that are the results of bees. I bee-lieve that bee products are the best skin care products and I would love to try these!
Ha ha ha, Ashley! I love the clever “bee-lieve”! Beessential Natural Skincare products are wonderful. Thanks for entering and good luck!!
These products sound amazing – I’d love to try them!
They really are wonderful, Andrea! Thank you for entering the giveaway and good luck 🙂
I’ve used some of their products in the past and really like them. The yogurt & honey bar sounds awesome.
They are great! Glad you entered and good luck!
I love bees and am in awe of their massive importance to the well-being of life on our planet… I’m terribly worried for them and for us. Bees are struggling, we have to do whatever we can to help them….and ultimately, ourselves!
I agree with you 100%, Wendy! Thank you for entering the giveaway and good luck!
i have always wanted to try Beecology products but have not had the chance, they sound amazing and good for your skin as well.
The Beessential products are terrific, Andrea! Thanks for entering and good luck!
When I was a youngster you could not walk through the grass barefoot without getting stung by a bee. The clover attracted them. I miss the constant hum of them by the flowers during the summer. Now I rarely see even one and if I do it is usually lying dead somewhere. Sad.
That is so interesting, Laura. I know so many people who used to get stung by the wasps that are in the grass. But you are right, the honey bees are few and far between these days. Last summer, I didn’t get to pick raspberries at the farm but that’s where I mostly see honey bees. This coming summer, I will keep my eyes open. I get a lot of bumblebees and carpenter bumblebees that like my lavender. I hope some honey bees will show up. Thank you for entering the giveaway! Good luck 🙂
Well, I love honey and flowers so I see bees as being pretty valuable. These products look wonderful….I would love to try them.
The Beessential products are terrific, Wendy! Thank you for entering the giveaway and good luck 🙂
I look forward to seeing my first bee each year because it’s a sign that spring is on its way to stay
Me, too, Adrienne. I hope the temperatures will go up one of these days and the bees will return! Thank you for entering the giveaway and good luck 🙂
I try to help the bees and butterflies but growing an all organic pesticide free flower garden in my backyard for them!
Wow, Sue, that is great! I hope you’ll be seeing lots of bees this spring/summer. Thank you for entering the giveaway and good luck!
I dont like bees buy love honey items- lol
Ha, Liz! Beessential Skincare products are made with honey as well as other bee by-products, and they are wonderful! thanks for entering and good luck 🙂
While I’m not a fan of being stung, I understand why bees are vital to our environment.
I agree, Lisa. Thank you for entering the giveaway and good luck!
I love that their making things out of bee products, I would love to try these
What do you make, Laurie? I’m always looking for ideas 🙂 I have made candles, a honey facial and lip balm, I think, from bee products. Thanks for entering the giveaway and good luck!
I like bees and think they’re pretty, even though I’m allergic to them. They serve a useful purpose in nature.
I’m allergic too, Cheryl. I was concerned when I picked raspberries at a local farm because so many bees were on the raspberry bushes. Luckily, they were more concerned with collecting pollen than they were with me! Thank you for entering the giveaway and good luck 🙂
I like bees because they make our world a better place. I like to keep my distance for fear of getting stung, but overall bees are great for pollinating flowers, making honey, and providing us with many benefits such as bee pollen helping our skin. I would love to win because I want to try the hand and body cream since they smell good, hydrated skin, and are paraben-free.
I agree with you, Carolyn. The Beessential products are wonderful. Thank you for entering the giveaway, and good luck 🙂
Awesome giveaway! Would love to try that Mud Soap!
Thank you for entering, Kimmy. The Mud Soap is so gentle, I adore it. Good luck 🙂
*Thanks so much* Never Say Die Beauty and Beessential! I look forward to trying Beessential Natural Skincare products 🙂