Painting with beeswax inspired artist Kara Brook to make honey-filled food and beauty products from her local hives in Owing's Mills on Maryland's nature-rich Eastern Shore. The newest launch from her Waxing Kara brand is a series of peppermint and vanilla flavored tinted lip balms. The tints are subtle but noticeable, the balm is lightweight, and the honey gives your lips a lovely shine.
This glamorous lipstick created with royal jelly is definitely fit for a queen. Oozing with nourishing ingredients that enrich and plump, Lipstick Queen's formula gives your lips a perfect pout. For added royal pampering, Queen Bee Honey contains chamomile and sunflower extracts that soothe sore chapped lips to keep your smile super soft and healthy. The honey-smooth consistency gives your lips a hug as it glides on, and you can practically taste the fragrance, which reminds us of delicious, honey-maple donuts. But best of all, we love this glam lippy's bronze gold finish that shimmers and shines like royal treasure.
American Provenance doesn't mean to be brash, but they believe their aluminum-free beeswax deodorant -- handcrafted in small batches -- is the best natural beeswax deodorant you can find. After trying it out on our hot and sweaty California armpits, we're inclined to agree. Unlike most beeswax deodorants, it goes on smooth and doesn't leave a sticky residue. We also love the essential oil fragrances and names -- Daggers & Diamonds (rose, bergamot, jasmine), Rosaries & Revolvers (geranium, bergamot, lavender), Pinups & Paramours (coriander, mandarin, tangerine), Virtues & Vices (grapefruit, bergamot, jasmine), and Horseshoes & Hand Grenades (ylang ylang, bergamot and cloves).
Mass-produced honey salves abound, often thick and sticky with man-made additives. So we went off the beaten path to look for one from a popular local pure honey purveyor -- and we found it outside Austin, Texas. Round Rock Honey gets all the buzz in Texas for its organic, locally-produced honey and honey-based skin care products. After trying their Honey Salve, it's no wonder.
Made from a blend of olive and coconut oils infused with calendula and lavender, beeswax, essentials oils and Round Rock wildflower honey, their Round Rock Honey Salve is light, almost weightless and silky smooth. Use it to protect your skin and for soothing burns, bites, rashes and cuts, or dab some on your lips for a protective shine. We also went off-label and found it's great for smoothing down those fly-away hairs.
