Power Skin Solutions Magazine

in flowers and often together
holding each other’s feet. The cutest
photo ever! Onto more serious
stuff. As one of the pioneers in
using Manuka Honey we’ve seen
it’s magical effect on healing
wounds, ulcers, eczema, and many
other skin conditions. As well as
being antiseptic, it also creates a
reaction in the skin that brings cell
nutrients to the skin layers which
further aids in the wellbeing of
the cell. Honey includes enzymes,
vitamins, minerals. It’s the only
food that contains “pinocembrin”,
an antioxidant associated with
improved brain functioning. It
also is a humectant which helps the
skin retain moisture and be supple.
Combined with HLA, glycerin and
xanthan gum, it makes for a great
moisture enhancer.
BEAUTIFUL
BEES AND THEIR
AMAZING GIFTS
T
hese amazing tiny, but mighty creatures have to fly
the same distance as three times around the planet
to make 500g of honey. That means that in each of
your Power products there’s a few grams of honey,
so they’ve had to fly a massive distance to make that
for you.
On their travels each day they visit around 50 - 100 flowers on
each trip from the hive. I quite like the idea of my day being spent
visiting flowers and what I love even more is that they communicate
by dancing. What a life! I only recently learnt that the bee’s brain
is oval in shape and about the size of a sesame seed, yet it has a
remarkable capacity to learn and remember things. For example, it is
able to make complex calculations on distance traveled and foraging
efficiency. (Fact from http://www.golden-green.ca).
There’s lots more interesting facts about bees and I love this latest
image you may have already seen on social media. That bees sleep
I love all the products bees create
for us and find the bee venom
really interesting in how rapidly
it promotes collagen production.
Of course, there is NO harm to the
bees in the collection of the venom.
It’s collected by a sticky pad on a
vibrating plate at the entrance of the
hive and the bees drop their stinger
in response to the vibration, the
sticky pad collect a tiny portion of
venom. This is collected over time
and by very patient beekeepers.
Since it is at such a high price point
to buy, they are pretty careful about
it. For me, anything that encourages
beekeeping and increasing the bee
population is something I want
to support, but how cool that we
get to use such incredible, unique
ingredients like bee venom, honey,
propolis and beeswax, all wonderful
healing elements for us humans.
Next time you see a bee, take a
moment to marvel at the long
journey it’s been on to make honey,
but also that it does get to sleep in
flowers and spend much of its
day dancing.
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