This sweet and delicious substance not only adds great flavor to a big, fluffy biscuit and decadent desserts, it is packed with nutrients that are good for your body inside and out. September marks National Honey Month – here’s why we’re celebrating nature’s, original sweetener.

WHY HONEY IS A FAVORITE                                                                      

A. It’s a Natural Sweetener:

Perfect for our sweet tooth, honey is a natural product free of processed sugars and other chemicals and contains virtually no fiber, protein, or fat.

B. It’s Healthy for You:

High-quality honey is rich in antioxidants. Two studies have shown that buckwheat honey increases the antioxidants value in your blood.

C. It Can Improve Your Zzzzz’s:

Serotonin, which is released as a result of honey causing your insulin level to rise, gets converted into melatonin, with melatonin helping you drift off into dreamland.

IT’S GOOD FOR YOUR SKIN

A. It Moisturizes

Drawing moisture from the air and into your skin, raw honey hydrates your skin and leaves it soft and radiant.

B. It Exfoliates

Crystallize the honey by rubbing it between your fingers and use as a gentle scrub on your face.

C. It Fades Scars

Antioxidants in honey work to reduce scar and stretch marks. Mix with lemon juice for better results.

D. It Heals

Wounds and burns benefit from the healing powers of honey with its antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects.

IT’S GOOD FOR YOUR LOCKS

A. Deep Conditioning

Applying honey to your hair helps moisturize and condition it, leaving it shiny and bouncy.

B. Scalp Cleansing

Honey smooths a dry, itchy scalp helping prevent scalp infections.

C. Promotes Hair Growth

Being packed with lots of nutrients, honey helps moisturize the hair follicles to help promote natural hair growth.

It’s a favorite of Winnie the Pooh

“If everything is honey, and I am what I eat, I must be made of honey…and life is very sweet.”

This First Honey Skin Saviors Bundle of skin remedies has you covered from head to toe in this set of healing wonders. Powered with the highest quality medical grade Manuka honey harvested from bees in New Zealand, it’s all-healing for all of your skin needs.

$27.99    |    firsthoney.com

These reusable and biodegradable wraps are the perfect alternative to plastic — for storing sandwiches, cheese, fruits, or for covering a bowl. Made with organic cotton, beeswax, organic jojoba oil, and tree resin. Bee’s Wrap® is washable, reusable, and compostable.

$17.99    |    beeswrap.com

Bee-Cause Body Bar is organic raw honey, unrefined beeswax, and bee propolis harvested right from hives in California. With its melty texture and creamy color, Bee-Cause Body Bar feels like it just bee-longs on your skin.

$38    |    philanthrobee.com

With key ingredients of royal jelly, honey butter, beeswax, honey & propolis, Banila Co.’s Miss Flower & Mr. Honey Ampoule is a super serum delivering the best honey has to offer with highly concentrated actives for glowing, healthy skin.

$52    |    banilausa.com

When your skin is tired, dull, and dry — reach for I’m Honey Deep Moisture Rescue Mask. Infused with nourishing antioxidant-rich honey, propolis, and royal jelly extracts, this mask will work hard to replenish your skin in as little as 15 minutes.

$15    |    tonymoly.us

This handcrafted 100% pure beeswax candle fills your room with honeyed scents from Texas wildflowers, fragrant prairie grasses, citrus, herbs — and even tantalizing hints of wild berry, all sourced from honeycombs from Texas beekeepers.

$41.95    |    beeswaxco.com