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What’s in a name? None of your beeswax!

Actually, the main ingredient in many Burt’s Bees products is just that, real beeswax.

Burt’s Bees started off as a small little business venture that came about from making natural beeswax candles and selling them at the local craft fair. Today, Burt’s Bees is a multi-million dollar corporation that is staying strong to its natural roots and producing hundreds of products free of additives and preservatives.

Yeah, there are the usual beauty brands one expects to find, like Maybelline and CoverGirl, but those brands don’t really offer much in terms of environmental friendliness. In fact, many of those products can get expensive and make zero effort to be all natural and minimize chemicals or harsh additives.

Maybe she’s born with it, maybe she’s got a face full of chemicals? Doesn’t have quite the ring I think they were going for...

Burt’ Bees on the other hand provides us with products over 99 percent natural, over half of them being completely 100 percent natural. Now I know you’re going to say something here about how I just told you how much the word “natural” does and doesn’t mean, but Burt’s Bees puts that in perspective for you. They offer a complete ingredient glossary as well as an ingredient Guide to help their customers better understand what all-natural means to them.

We all know about Burt’s Bees lip balm, we’ve heard the praises and maybe even given it a try, but did you know there are products out there for your face, body, and hair?  They offer anything from facial moisturizers to solid perfumes. AND there are a plethora of new items for baby care and even men.

Don’t even try and say men wouldn’t be interested in some fancy all natural product to make them smell nice. My dad is the biggest redneck you’ll meet and even he can get down with Burt’s Bees hand salve and body wash. He uses them daily. So there!

What’s even better is that most of the products barely hit ten dollars so going all natural won’t break the bank. Even better, check their twitter for special deals and new products.

Okay, so maybe I haven’t sold you on the Burt’s Bees revolution yet. But listen closely to what I’m about to tell you and you’ll never look past the Burt’s Bees website when looking for natural products again.

All the packaging used is recyclable and there is absolutely no animal testing for their products!

What could be better?!

Just in case you do happen to look for another brand that offers recyclable packaging and all natural beauty products with zero animal testing, you should hit up LUSH,

It’s another favorite of mine. Every location has the products available for you to try on the spot and several stores have deals where you can bring in 5 empty LUSH pots and receive free products.