By Frances Mocnik
Pollen Nation
With experience tending family beehives and an interest in the medicinal application of honey, nurse Ezra Eldridge brings first-hand experience to her label Pollen Nation. The hero ingredient of its targeted treatment gel is Queensland manuka honey, known for its antioxidant and antibacterial properties. Also containing niacinamide and green tea extract, the gel is designed to reduce redness and inflammation.
Honey Shots Clearing Gel, 30ml $56 pollennationskin.com
Beeswax Lip Balm; Abeille Royale “Cic a Balm”; Moisturising Body and Hand Cream; Honey Shots Clearing Gel.
Guerlain
The French skincare company has partnered with UNESCO in the Women for Bees beekeeping entrepreneurship program, based in UNESCO biosphere reserves. The honey from two such reserves is used in Guerlain’s BlackBee technology, which the company claims will speed up the skin’s natural self-repair mechanism by boosting connections between the skin and nerve cells – a key feature of its Abeille Royale product line.
Abeille Royale “Cic a Balm”, 80ml $362 davidjones.com
Burt’s Bees
“Nature has the best answers” is the guiding principle of Burt’s Bees, a nature-based skin and haircare brand that started 30 years ago after a chance meeting between a beekeeper and an artist. Its Conditioning Lip Scrub uses honey crystals to gently buff away dry skin and condition lips with beeswax and cocoa butter, while the ever-popular, bestselling Beeswax Lip Balm is a rich fix for chapped or dry lips, be you skier, surfer or socialite.
Beeswax Lip Balm $7 burtsbees.com.au
Jarrah Honey
Sourced from the jarrah forests of Western Australia’s Darling Range and known for its antimicrobial properties, jarrah honey is the hero ingredient in this Australian-made and owned collection of skin, body, bath and home-fragrance products. With extracts of quandong, wattleseed and desert lime, the formulations offer a blend of vitamins, antioxidant and antimicrobial properties. Each recyclable bottle carries a “save our bees” tag, with a QR code that connects to the brand’s ongoing work protecting bees.
Moisturising Body and Hand Cream, 400ml $25 trelivings.com.au
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