Wax is Wax right?
- naturallittlebee
- Aug 20
- 1 min read

So Beeswax is beeswax and it's great for skin right????
Not quite all Beeswax is definitely not equal.
Commercial beeswax that looks lovely and yellow is BLEACHED (literally combined with hydrogen peroxide). This kills off a lot of the properties that make beeswax so effective for skin. It reduces its anti-bacterial and anti-microbial effect and makes beeswax in effect the same as any other wax or oil that might be added to cosmetics.
Why do they feel the need to use BLEACH??? Beeswax is not uniform yellow in nature. Its brown, its white, its yellow. When the Bees go foraging for pollen, they find different plants and these pollens make different honeys.
Special bees then eat the honey and convert it to beeswax through special glands on their body. The use of different honeys makes different waxes and by definition different COLOUR waxes. The vanity of humans extends beyond our own appearance and extends to the products we use if they look different they cannot be right? RIGHT???
WRONG! Beeswax is a natural product and by definition, natural variance should be viewed as a mark of quality.
Which wax is best then??? simply put, wax straight from the hive filtered and then used in products without excessive blending, heating and manipulation will give a product that feels and works better.
Hope this gives you a small insight into why Bees know best.




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