One of bees' most splendid gifts to us - apart from honey - is beeswax. Worker bees produce this yellow wax to build their incredible honeycomb structures in their hives. This honeycomb is used to create chambers to raise new bees, to produce bee bread and to store honey reserves.
Beeswax benefits your skin because it’s a natural humectant filled with protective lipids, or fats, that draw moisture into your skin. It's also a source of skin-loving vitamin A that fights the free radicals that can age your skin. Like honey, beeswax has potent antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties, which make it a popular ingredient in products targeted toward dry-skin conditions. Beeswax also provides gentle exfoliation to keep your skin soft and smooth.
To sum up, used cosmetically, Beeswax hydrates, conditions, soothes, and calms the skin. As well as locking in moisture and other beneficial skin topicals, it exfoliates, repairs damage, promotes the skin's regeneration, diminishes the signs of ageing, soothes itchy and irritated skin, and creates a protective barrier that prevents against trans-dermal water loss and environmental pollutants.
Tor & Co uses New Zealand beeswax in our Soothing, Hydrating Hemp Handcream, our Sun, Sea & Surf Hair Balm, and our Moisturising Bliss Balm:
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