Vitamin Bee® Day Cream

Vitamin Bee® Day Cream is a five-vitamin facial moisturizer for daily morning use, scented with citrus essential oils. The formula combines apricot kernel oil (Prunus armeniaca), cupuacu seed butter (Theobroma grandiflorum), and rosehip seed oil (Rosa canina) with vitamins A, B, C, D, and E. Press a dime-sized amount into clean, slightly damp skin and give it about thirty seconds to absorb. Sunscreen and makeup go on next, with no waiting.

This is the formula Kara spent eighteen months developing for people who react to most face creams. No synthetic fragrance, no parabens, no sulfates. Customers with eczema, rosacea, and dermatitis have written in to say they finally have a daily moisturizer their skin tolerates. Everyone's skin reacts differently, so patch test on the inside of your wrist for 24 hours before going to your face, especially if you have a known reaction to citrus essential oils.

Yes, that is the design intent. The cupuacu seed butter (Theobroma grandiflorum) base is dense in the jar but absorbs quickly on skin, so you are not standing at the mirror waiting for cream to dry. Apply a dime-sized amount to clean, slightly damp skin, work it from your cheeks outward, and give it about thirty seconds. By then your skin is ready for SPF, serum, foundation, or whatever you layer on next.

Vitamins A (retinyl palmitate), B (pantothenic acid), C (ascorbyl palmitate), D (cholecalciferol), and E (tocopheryl acetate) are paired with daytime use because most skin shows its environmental wear in waking hours. Together they support hydration, brightness, and the skin barrier. The formula is built around a base that absorbs rather than sitting on the surface of your face, so the vitamins actually have somewhere to go.

The Day Cream and Night Cream share the same plant-based base of apricot kernel oil and cupuacu seed butter (Theobroma grandiflorum), so they feel familiar on your skin from one to the other. The vitamin profiles and scents are tuned for time of day. The Night Cream is lavender-scented to settle you toward sleep and adds MSM and DMAE to the A, C, D, and E vitamin complex. Most people use both: morning after washing, evening before bed.

A 1oz recyclable glass jar holds plenty for nightly (or twice-daily) use once you find your pea-sized amount, since a little really does go far. Use it within six months of opening so the vitamin complex and essential oils stay at their best. Store the jar away from direct sunlight and heat. A bathroom shelf out of the shower steam, or a bedside drawer, both work. The glass jar is recyclable when you've finished.

Every Vitamin Bee® product is formulated and poured by hand at our USDA-licensed facility in Owings Mills, Maryland. Small batches, checked for scent and texture before each one goes out the door. The 1oz jar is recyclable glass, the formula carries no synthetic fragrance, and the lavender and other essential oils are real botanicals rather than fragrance compounds. You are buying the version Kara would put on her own face.

Yes. Every product in the Vitamin Bee® line is plant-based and vegan, which is a little unexpected from a brand built around beekeeping. The vitamins come from cosmetic-grade plant and lab-derived sources rather than beeswax or honey. The base is apricot kernel oil, cupuacu seed butter, and rosehip seed oil (Rosa canina), with essential oils for scent. No animal-derived ingredients, no animal testing, no exceptions.

The Vitamin Bee® line is built on a plant-based base of apricot kernel oil (Prunus armeniaca) and cupuacu seed butter (Theobroma grandiflorum), the soft cocoa-relative butter from the Amazon that absorbs without leaving a film. From there, each product layers in its own vitamin complex and scent profile for time of day. No parabens, no sulfates, no synthetic fragrance. Everything is made in small batches at our Owings Mills facility, checked by hand before it ships.

Reuse it. Once the wax is gone, wash the 6oz jelly jar with hot soapy water and put it back to work. It’s the right size for sugar, tea bags, paper clips, hair ties, bobby pins, spare buttons, loose change, jewelry, or a tea light. Some customers use them as bud vases or tiny salt cellars on the kitchen counter. We’re not big on single-use anything, and the jars are too solid to throw out.