Spring Awakening
Spring Awakening
Rejuvenate + Connect
When the World Thaws, So Do You
Spring in Maryland smells like mud and honeysuckle before it looks like anything. The bees wake up before the flowers do, buzzing around the empty boxes like they're late for something.
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The Spring Awakening collection pairs rose, geranium, and lavender—the kind of scent that makes people stop mid-conversation and ask what you're wearing. Body scrub that doesn't feel like sandpaper. Bath soak that actually softens water. Body butter that sinks in before you can get dressed.
Spring honey tastes lighter than winter honey. Tupelo from Florida swamps is so pale it's almost clear. The lollipops taste like flowers without tasting like soap. Everything here is made for skin that spent too long under fleece and turtlenecks.
“Drawing inspiration from the bounty of nature and the honeybee, we create products that nurture your inner and outer beauty with Farm to Body® ingredients sourced from the earth. I hope you'll enjoy the expansive energy and beauty of our apiary in each Bee Inspired® product.”
Kara Brook Brown
Living Seasonally Mantras
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Mind
Inspiration
Encourage your dreams
to break through into the light of day. -
Body
Emergence
Detoxify your body and activate energy flow to clarify your senses. -
Spirit
Rebirth
Be amazed by how far you've come and believe in living out your purpose. -
Colony
Grow
Sow seeds of new life. Plant something that supports bees in Spring.
Step 1
Set an Intention
Light a French Lavender Luxe Soy Candle and brew a cup of Good Night Tea with a spoonful of Tupelo Honey. That's it. Sit with it for a minute before you do anything else.
Step 2
Exfoliate Your Body
Rose Garden Body Scrub uses honey crystals instead of sugar—they dissolve slower, so you're not left with grainy residue in the tub. The seed oils are what make it feel slippery in a good way.
Directions: Apply to damp skin in circular motions, working up from your feet toward your heart. Let it sit for a minute before rinsing. Towel dry and move to Step 3 or apply Rose Garden Body Butter if your skin needs it now.
Step 3
Purify Your Face & Body
Clarity Dry Mask is a powder—you mix it yourself with water, yogurt, honey, whatever you want. The clay draws things out. The oats calm things down. Works on faces and bodies.
Directions: Mix 2 parts powder with 1 part liquid. Apply for 10-15 minutes or until dry. Rinse with warm water, pat dry.
Step 4
Soak
Rose Garden Bath Soak turns tap water soft. The Himalayan salt is pink because of the minerals in it—iron, magnesium, things your skin actually uses. The ground rose petals float on top but dissolve eventually.
Directions: Add 4-6 tablespoons to warm bath water. Soak for 20 minutes. Rinse with cool water after.
Step 5
Hydrate
Rose Garden Body Butter is thick but not greasy—it absorbs before you put clothes on. The rose and lavender smell stronger wet than dry, which is why some people apply it and then sit around for five minutes before getting dressed.
Directions: Massage onto clean skin while it's still slightly damp. Reapply on elbows, knees, hands as needed.
Living with Spring
Spring in the Mid-Atlantic isn't gentle. One day it's 40 degrees and raining. Two days later it's 75 and the pollen's so thick your car turns yellow overnight.
The collection's built for that—body care that works when the weather can't decide what it's doing. Scrub that doesn't strip. Butter that doesn't sit on top of your skin in the heat. Bath soak for when your sinuses hurt from all the blooming.
March through May is when the bees are busiest. They're building comb, raising babies, storing nectar from whatever's blooming that week. That's where spring honey comes from—whatever was flowering when they were working.
Spring honey comes from whatever's blooming in March, April, and May—fruit tree blossoms, clover, wildflowers. It's lighter in color and milder in flavor than fall honey. Tupelo Honey is the palest we carry, harvested from swamps in Florida where tupelo trees bloom for only about three weeks. Once it's gone, it's gone until next spring.
The Body Butter is formulated for neck-down use—it's richer than what most people want on their faces. The Body Scrub can be used on your face if you apply it gently, especially on the T-zone where skin tends to be oilier. The Clarity Dry Mask is made for faces and bodies.
The 8oz jar lasts most people about a month with daily full-body use, longer if you're just using it on dry spots. It has a 6-month shelf life after opening. Store it somewhere cool—not next to a sunny window or on top of a radiator.
The Spring Awakening Experience Gift Set includes the full ritual—Face Oil, Massage Candle, Bath Soak, Body Butter, and Body Scrub. The Petite Spring Awakening Set has four products in smaller sizes. Both come in gift-ready packaging. You can also build your own set by adding individual items to your cart, as well as the Gift Wrap Option.
We ship year-round with one exception: when weekend temperatures hit extreme highs (typically 90°F+), we pause shipping on products that could melt from Friday (sometimes Thursday) through Monday to prevent melting in transit. If you order on a hot weekend, your order ships Monday. We'll never hold your order for weeks or months—just long enough to avoid a melted mess in your mailbox.
Rose Garden smells like actual roses and lavender, not rose perfume or potpourri. But if you're firmly anti-floral, try Place in the Sun (fruit and herbs) or Sea + Tea (coastal herbs and green tea) instead. Both collections have the same spa ritual format.
