Whenever we went to his place, my Gramps always tried to give
his grandchildren wholesome and, as he called it, "pure" food. He kept a
vegetable garden, and grew mango, papaya, banana and guava trees in
his backyard. He knew a person who kept cows and got them to deliver
fresh milk every morning and evening. He also kept bees for honey. This
was part of a cooperative - they would come over to check the bees and
collect the honey and beeswax. We would get a share of the honey - I can
taste the wild, rich flavour even today. Best of all, the bees NEVER stung. Gramps moved house recently and had to give up up bees and fresh milk and is only creating a new garden. But he instilled in all of us a preference for
fresh, handmade, natural produce and products created with care and love.
More than 15 years ago, Ohio-based Amy and David Rzepka began keeping bees on their family farm, when a co-worker asked if they would look after a hive he could no longer care for. One day, David took a look at his shampoo label and was shocked by some of the chemicals listed. A health-conscious couple who wanted their children to eat healthy, they decided to manufacture skin and hair care products from the honey, propolis and beeswax in their own hives.
The process began nine years ago in their basement. Today, they run an established manufacturing unit and their family business, named Beessential, is known for 100% natural, environment-friendly products hand-made in the US using pure honey, beeswax and other harm-free ingredients.
Scroll down for more about Beessential products and my thoughts on them.
REN products are always free of parabens, sulphates, silicones, PEGs, TEA, DEA, glycols, mineral oil, petrolatum, synthetic fragrance and artificial colours. Nor are they tested on animals.
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