Enhance Your Beauty With Honey

Honey has become a staple ingredient in some of today's most sought-after beauty products and for good reason. Besides its deliciously sweet scent, this natural moisturizer is hailed for its wide variety of therapeutic properties, such as the ability to keep skin hydrated and moist, as well as the power to fight against the signs of aging.

Honey is an anti-irritant, so it is safe to use on even the most sensitive skin.

Benefits of honey

Derived from the hives of honeybees, honey is a natural humectants, meaning it attracts and retains moisture. Honey contains essential vitamins such as B5 and panothenic acid.

It's also full of minerals like zinc and magnesium, which increase the skin's moisture retention and it improves cell production and scalp circulation.

Honey also contains loads of enzymes and amino acids, making it a powerful antibacterial ingredient that is excellent for treating acne, as well as reducing redness and inflammation.

Rich in antioxidants, honey also helps regenerate damaged tissue, deflect free radicals and improve skin tone and elasticity.

To reap the full benefits, look for dark-coloured honey, which contains more antioxidants than light-coloured versions.

History of honey for cosmetic purposes

Using honey in beauty rituals dates back to ancient Egypt, when Cleopatra would bathe in a mixture of honey and milk to keep her skin feeling soft and looking young. Roman emperor Nero's wife, Poppea, was also a devotee of honey and milk, although she preferred to mix the ingredients together into a paste for a facial mask. Renowned Greek physician Hippocrates used honey to cure skin infections, infected wounds and ulcers on the lips, while Queen Anne of England would blend honey and oil together to form a hair serum that helped keep her locks thick, shiny and lustrous.

Firming Face Mask

Whisk together 1 tablespoon honey, 1 egg white, 1 teaspoon glycerine and enough flour to form a paste (approximately 1/4 cup). Smooth over face and throat. Leave on 10 minutes. Rinse off with warm water.

Honey Facts:

Honey never spoils. No need to refrigerate it. It can be stored unopened, indefinitely, at room temperature in a dry cupboard.
Honey contains vitamins and antioxidants, and is fat free, cholesterol free and sodium free!
Honey is the only food that includes all the substances necessary to sustain life, including water.
Honey is nature’s energy booster! It provides a concentrated energy source that helps prevent fatigue and can boost athletic performance.
Due to the high level of fructose, honey is 25% sweeter than table sugar.
Honey has the ability to attract and absorb moisture, which makes it remarkably soothing for minor burns and helps to prevent scarring.
Honey speeds the healing of open wounds and also combats infection.
In order to produce 1 pound of honey, 2 million flowers must be visited.
A hive of bees must fly 55,000 miles to produce a pound of honey.
One bee colony can produce 60 to 100 pounds of honey per year.
An average worker bee makes only about 1/12 teaspoon of honey in its lifetime.
At the peak of the honey-gathering season, a strong, healthy hive will have a population of approximately 50,000 bees.
We should appreciate honeybees for their honey and pollination services. 80% of the pollination of the fruits, vegetables, and seed crops is accomplished by honeybees.