Honey, Seven Ways
The gift that makes people text "where did you get this?" It's not one thing—it's seven ways to use honey that most people never think about. Body scrub with actual honey crystals that melt on warm skin. Body butter that absorbs without leaving you greasy. Lip balm made with real honey. A lollipop that dissolves slowly enough to sweeten tea. A candle that smells like honeycomb, not honey-scented candle. Tea that tastes better with honey than without. And a jar of Florida orange blossom honey that's bright enough to make toast interesting again.
People keep this set on bathroom counters, in desk drawers, next to the kettle. The canvas bag gets repurposed for farmers market runs. The lip balm tube is plant cellulose, which means it composts instead of sitting in a landfill for the next 400 years. The body scrub lives in the shower until it's gone. The honey crystallizes because it's raw—no one heats it past what bees naturally maintain in the hive.
This is what happens when you stop thinking of honey as just something for pancakes. It's in the body scrub exfoliating January skin. It's in the body butter you're rubbing on elbows after every shower. It's in the lip balm keeping your mouth from cracking during cold morning walks. It's in the lollipop you're using to sweeten chamomile tea without getting up for a spoon. It's the scent note making your bedroom smell lived-in instead of fragranced. It's the flavor pairing that makes rooibos tea taste rounded instead of sharp. And it's the bright citrus note on yogurt that makes breakfast feel less autopilot.
Sunday Night (and Every Day) Reset
- In the shower: Wet your skin. Massage the Nectar + Honey Body Scrub in circles on elbows, knees, anywhere that's rough. The honey crystals dissolve, the sugar exfoliates, the oils stay behind. Rinse.
- Right after: Pat dry but leave skin slightly damp. Warm the Nectar + Honey Body Butter between your palms and smooth it on while your pores are still open. It absorbs in 30 seconds. No greasy residue on your pajamas.
- Light the candle: Put the Nectar + Honey candle on your nightstand or bathroom counter. Give it 10 minutes to fill the room with actual honeycomb scent.
- Make the tea: Boil water. Steep Bee's Knees Tea for 5 minutes. The honeybush is naturally sweet, but add a spoonful of the Orange Blossom Honey anyway—the citrus notes make it brighter.
- Or skip the spoon: Drop the Honey Lollipop directly into your hot tea and let it dissolve slowly while you're reading, scrolling, or staring at nothing. Takes about 15 minutes.
- Before bed: Apply the Honey Lip Balm. The hemp seed oil absorbs quickly, the honey and beeswax seal everything in. Your lips won't crack overnight.
- Reuse the tote: When everything's gone, the bag becomes your farmers market carrier, your toiletries bag, your "stuff to return" holder. People have been using these for three years.
What’s Inside the Set?
- Nectar + Honey Body Scrub (2oz): Cane sugar and dried honey crystals with sunflower oil, coconut oil, cocoa butter, and shea butter—scrubs without stripping
- Nectar + Honey Body Butter (1.7oz): Sweet almond oil, coconut oil, cocoa butter base with actual Bee Inspired honey—absorbs quickly, no greasy residue
- Honey Lip Balm (0.15oz): Plant cellulose tube with sunflower oil, beeswax, hemp seed oil, olive oil, aloe, real honey, vitamin E, rosemary extract
- Original Honey Lollipop (0.75oz): Cane sugar, tapioca syrup, honey, natural honey flavor—slowly dissolves for tea sweetening or just savoring
- Nectar + Honey Candle (2oz): 100% American soy wax, cotton wick, phthalate-free fragrance that smells like actual honeycomb
- Bee's Knees Tea (1oz): Honeybush tea leaves from South Africa—caffeine-free, naturally sweet, nutty character
- Orange Blossom Honey (3oz): Raw, minimally filtered honey from Florida orange groves—light amber with bright citrus notes
- Canvas Zipper Tote Bag: Reusable storage bag
Why Choose the Bee’s Knees Set?
- Seven Different Uses: Body scrub for exfoliation, body butter for moisture, lip balm for winter, lollipop for slow sweetening, candle for scent, tea for evenings, honey for everything else. Not decoration.
- Plant Cellulose Tube: Lip balm packaging is 100% plastic-free and compostable. People ask about it at the gym.
- Small Batch, Owings Mills: Made by hand in our Maryland facility. We smell every candle batch, check every body butter consistency, test every scrub formula.
- Tote Gets Used: Canvas bag holds up to being thrown in cars, bathroom drawers, suitcases. Not something that goes to the back of the closet.
- Raw Honey Crystallizes: The orange blossom honey will crystallize because we don't heat it past hive temperature. Just warm the jar in hot water.
- No Phthalates: Candle and body product fragrances are clean—no endocrine disruptors, no synthetic musks.
- Real Honey Throughout: Not honey fragrance. Not honey extract. Actual honey in the scrub, butter, lip balm, lollipop, and jar.
Ingredients
Nectar + Honey Body Scrub: *Cane Sugar, Honey Crystals (Dried Honey, Cane Juice and Molasses), *Helianthis Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, *Stearic Acid, *Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Butter, *Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter), Polysorbate 20, **Fragrance
Nectar + Honey Body Butter: Purified Water, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Emulsifying Wax (Cetearyl Alcohol, Polysorbate 60), *Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter, *Stearic Acid, **Fragrance, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Sorbic Acid, Bee Inspired Honey
Honey Lip Balm: *Sunflower Oil, *Beeswax, *Hemp Seed Oil, *Extra Virgin Olive Oil, *Aloe Vera Oil, *Natural Honey Flavor, GMO-FREE Vitamin E, *Rosemary Leaf Extract, *Honey
Original Honey Lollipop: Non-GMO Cane Sugar, *Tapioca Syrup, Honey, Natural Honey Flavor, Canola Oil (Releasing Agent), Soy Lecithin
Nectar + Honey Soy Candle: 100% American-Grown Soy Wax, Phthalate-Free Fragrance Oil, 100% Cotton Wick
Bee's Knees Tea: Honeybush Tea Leaves
Orange Blossom Honey: Pure, Raw, Minimally Filtered Orange Blossom Honey
*Organic Ingredient
**Phthalate-Free Fragrance Oil
Dimensions
4 x 7 x 6.5 inches
All orders ship via UPS Ground. We DO NOT ship to PO Boxes.
You can also order and pick up from Honey House in Owings Mills, MD.
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