blog — ingredients

What’s your skin care game changer?

Posted by Renee Harris on Jan 17, 2022

How do you tackle the overwhelming task of getting better skin this year? Choose one game-changing activity, find the expert (we have many!), create just ONE action plan for the month, and then do it. (Not enough time? Create the 'not-to-do list' of things you won't do so that you have time to do the important stuff.

Tags: ingredients, skin condition

Know the Ingredients in your Lotion [and how they affect you]

Posted by Renee Harris on Jul 23, 2021

What skin care ingredients should you avoid? For one, WATER. Find out why water in your skin care can actually be making your skin worse.

Tags: allergy, eczema, ingredients, low carb skin care, petroleum, psoriasis, rash, skin condition

Beesilk Jr as an Emollient and Beesilk Lotion as a Hard Lotion Bar...

Posted by Renee Harris on Feb 16, 2021

What's the difference between Beesilk and Beesilk Jr? Beesilk Jr is an emollient while Beesilk is a hard lotion bar. Each has its own use.

Tags: beesilk, beesilk jr, children, eczema, ingredients, petroleum, shea butter, travel

Burt's Bees Mama Bee Belly Butter - what's in it?

Posted by Renee Harris on Nov 30, 2019

A question that came in: "Hello, I’m interested in some of your products. My wife is 6 months pregnant and I was looking into belly butter…what is your version of this and is the price comparable?" He attached a photo of Burt's Bees Mama Bee Belly Butter (with the tagline "Be Good to Your Bump" - ahh, love that tagline!) What a great question to research. At first peek, their first ingredient is water, which makes it completely different than ours. We purposefully avoid water because it introduces the need for other ingredients, like these: glyceryllaurate, sodium stearoyl lactylate, sucrose...

Tags: allergy, ingredients, pregnancy

Making Perfume from Essential Oil Blends

Posted by Renee Harris on Jun 08, 2019

Researching essential oil blends for perfumes is actually somewhat stressful for me (unless it has lavender... then it should calm me, right? 🤣) There are so many factors involved - the obvious is that I need to love the scent blend. But there's more to it than that. What to know before making your own perfume bottles: What percentage of essential oil to carrier oil? Which essential oils are safe for the skin? Within the overall percentage of essential oil to carrier oil, what percentage of individual oil should I consider to 1.) keep it safe, and 2.) balance out...

Tags: DIY, ingredients