OK, so I go out to dinner with my friends Bill and Rhonda. Now what you need to know about Bill is he has no patience for your standard product talk. He’s the sort of guy whose eyes start to roll when Rhonda and I start singing the praises of one lipstick over another if you know what I mean. So imagine my surprise when he sucks up at least 15 minutes of our evening’s conversation to wax on and on and on about some new shaving gel he discovered. HUH? Who is this man? I turn to Rhonda, “Oh it’s fabulous,” she chimes in. “I use it all the time when I’m shaving my legs.” Well, needless to say, now I’m interested (if only because maybe you guys might want to know about this), so I decide right there and then to find out more about this stuff. And well, here’s the scoop.
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he product responsible for Bill’s sudden consumer chattiness is Bee Rescued Propolis Shave Gel for Him from Little Honeyzzz, a small family-owned company tucked away in Janesville, Wis. Together with the help of thousands of honey bees busy doing their thing in hundreds of locally maintained sustainable hives, they dedicate themselves to making the best and purest personal care products from natural raw honey, pollen, beeswax, royal jelly and propolis (that’s the stuff honey bees use to fill small gaps in their hives). Apparently, it’s the soothing properties of the propolis that help give Bill such close and comfortable shaves. And good news for Rhonda, due to customer demand, the company now also offers a gentle Bee Rescued Propolis Shave Gel for Her to keep ladies legs and delicate underarms smooth. Because Bill and Rhonda gave it such a big build up, of course you know I had to try it, and well, this stuff works just as good as they say it does.
Better yet, along with producing natural products that are gentle and kind to people and the environment, Little Honeyzzz is devoted to changing lives and donates 15 percent of all profits to help meet the medical, educational and vocational needs of women and children around the world. In short, doing the right thing is what Little Honeyzzz is all about, and because they’re the only beekeeper to release 40 percent of their healthy bees into the wild in an effort to stabilize the health of the bee population at large, even the bees benefit.
Look for the company’s full line of natural products, including After Shave, Rescue Balm (great for eczema, skin rashes and burns), Moisturizing Cream, Hand & Body Lotion, Lip Balm, Royal Jelly Eye Cream, a Lotion Bar and a Propolis Toothpaste, at Whole Foods (2305 N. Prospect, 414-765-2333, wholefoodsmarket.com), Good Harvest Market (1850 Mead
ow Ln., Pewaukee, 262-544-9380) and online at beerescued.com.
But before (like Bill) I go blathering on and on, spreading the word about Bee Rescued, I have to also pass along this warning: If you’re someone who’s got a severe allergy to bee venom, don’t you dare use any of these products without first speaking to your doctor or allergist.
