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11 Ways Honey Can Make You Beautiful

11 Ways Honey Can Make You Beautiful

By Food & Wine

Updated September 16, 2015

Courtesy of Kiehl’s Since 1851

Sure, honey is great in your tea or the occasional cocktail, but it’s useful in so many other ways—like in your daily beauty regimen. Here, 11 ways you can use honey to keep yourself looking good.

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Airelle Manuka Mask

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Airelle Skin, a natural anti-aging skin care collection from a Los Angeles dermatologist, uses a hydrating antioxidant rich formula made from Manuka honey (sourced from New Zealand and Australia) to soften and cleanse. Dubbed a “miracle in a jar,” it's packed with vitamin B and a concentrated blueberry extract called BERRIMATRIX. It will make your complexion gloriously hydrated and supple.

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Rodial Bee Venom Serum

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Packaged in a shiny, canary yellow bottle, this potent, concentrated serum uses bee venom and a complex of plant stem cells and Cyclopetite-5 to help rejuvenate, correct skin tone, and smooth fine lines and wrinkles.

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Library of Flowers Honeycomb Bath Oil

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The small-batch perfumery Library of Flowers by Margot Elena was created to instill “memorable journeys through sight and scent.” Made in Colorado, this captivating, feminine honeycomb bath oil combines a blend of essential oils with cocoa butter, bee balm and flower extracts. A lovely lather releases scents of sugared fig, ambrosia honey and warm notes of royal bee blossom.

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Fresh Crème Ancienne Ultimate Nourishing Honey Mask

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After your summer skin has taken a beating from the sun, sand and surf, Fresh’s hydrating Crème Ancienne Ultimate Nourishing Honey Mask comes to the rescue. Made with pure honey and enriched with the potent antioxidant echinacea, it will provide hours of soothing hydration.

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Jo Malone Nectarine Blossom & Honey Cologne

Credit: © Jo Malone London

Close your eyes and channel London’s beautiful Covent Garden district with a divinely minimalist composition of scents bursting with nectarines, peaches, a touch of cassis and soft, delicate flowers. Most swoon-worthy is the soothing, seductive warmth of golden acacia honey.

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L’Occitane Shea Butter Melting Honey

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Launching this fall, the French outlet L’Occitane will release a limited edition Melting Honey hand cream. Using a blend of lavender and honey from a private honey co-op in France’s Rhone region and West African shea butter, this easily bottle is enhanced with 25 percent shea butter to protect tired, overworked hands.

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Laura Mercier Coconut Milk Honey Bath

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Sweeten your bathing experience with La Mercier’s decadent honey bath gel. Under warm water, twirl the natural wooden honey dipper to create thick foaming bubbles and mask your senses in a unique blend of milk, coconut, almond and vanilla for über-velvety, soft skin.

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Perlier Imperial Honey Super Nourishing Body Cream

The Italian skin-care brand Perlier’s latest foray into their already well-curated, expansive collection combines honey from black bees with fresh royal jelly in this newly released moisturizing body cream. The drops melt instantly, giving you silky soft skin and a sensual, rejuvenating scent of honey and exotic oriental woods. Everyone will want to know where you’ve been.

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APIVITA Queen Bee Anti-Wrinkle and Restoring Eye Cream

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APIVITA’s natural Queen Bee line combines a lightweight meld of potent Greek royal jelly to penetrate to the deepest layers of the skin. Coupled with the pleasant scent of honey and elements of rich shea butter and olive oil, the QB cream restores deep layers of skin while lipoamino acids act against unsightly dark circles and puffiness.

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Burt's Bees Beeswax Lip Balm

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The venerable skin-care brand Burt’s Bees delivers a healthy honey dose to any pesky dry skin. Since 1991, this classic, yellow tube of original beeswax lip balm conditioner has given skin a surge of moisture thanks to vitamin E and peppermint oil provides that refreshing tingle.

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Kiehl's Soy Milk and Honey Body Polish

Credit: Courtesy of Kiehl’s Since 1851

Buff, polish and amply hydrate your skin with cult favorite Kiehl’s grainy moisturizing body scrub. Comprised of a divine mix of honey, jojoba oil shea butter and an exfoliant of ground luffa (a gourd-like fruit), any rough patches will get softened and smoothed.

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