Organic Health & Beauty Products: Spotlight on Burt's Bees

Most people have heard of Burt's Bees products. The most famous of the company's products would be their beeswax lip balm. The company started about 25 years ago when a beekeeper named Burt started selling honey by the quart, later finding out that the real money was in selling beeswax because it had a natural ability to moisturize skin. Later his business grew and he moved to North Carolina and started experimenting with the beeswax and making it into lip balm. His business boomed from there. To learn more about his story, the company website is www.burtsbees.com. The company is all about creating natural products. Over 150 of their products are 100% natural and they say they are working on improving their products so that all of them are. Also, the company does not test on any animals, which is part of the reason why the products are so popular in the organic market. It seems Burt's Bees has thought their business through very thoroughly and take pride in their mission for organic bath & beauty products:

Additionally, we use only natural colors in our products. Some of these include beta-carotene, chlorophyll, titanium dioxide and mica. These natural colors have been proven safe, unlike many artificial colors that have been banned by the FDA over the years. As far as fragrance components go, we use them only when absolutely necessary, and all of our fragrances are phthalate-free.

Since our products are made from as many natural ingredients as possible, we think it makes sense that most of our packaging is created from recycled materials, or is developed with recyclability and re-use in mind, like our easy-to-recycle aluminum containers.

We don't want to create any additional garbage on the planet, and work hard to reduce, reuse and recycle. For example, before we would launch our world famous lip balm in a plastic tube, it took us years to convince a plastic company to make recycled plastic for us. Now, that very same company is one of the leading manufacturers of recycled plastic.

And by the way, our packages are designed to hold just enough product for you to use up before it expires, so you don't end up throwing out half used tubes and jars. We're full of good ideas, naturally.


Here is a list of some of their common products:

• Beeswax lip balm
• Beeswax Moisturizing Creme
• Beeswax & Banana Hand Creme
• Naturally Fresh Perfume
• Radiance Body Lotion
• Orange Essence Facial Cleanser
• Radiance Exfoliating Body Wash