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Texas Hill Country Holiday Gift Guide
The holiday season is officially here–meaning it’s time to get ready for mistletoe, candlelight, and fun with family and friends! While the holidays may look a little different this year, it doesn’t mean you can’t still find the perfect gift for everyone on your list. To help you get started, we’ve put together our own…
Our Best Beeswax Lip Balm Recipe
We’re thrilled that pure beeswax products like beeswax lip balm have taken off. Unlike popular lip balms that include chemicals and engineered waxes like paraffin, beeswax lip balm nourishes, protects, and enhances your lips the way Mother Nature intended. What’s not to love? If you’re looking to make a batch yourself, have we got a…
Recycle Beeswax? We do it!
With Fall knocking on the door, it is the time of year for candles to be back out in your living spaces and in use. With that in mind, we wanted to remind everyone what we offer in place of tossing out your unused beeswax candle remnants. While this post was originally published a few…
Why Do Natural Beeswax Candles Vary in Color?
We’re often asked why our natural beeswax candles vary slightly in color from batch to batch. It’s a great question, and we have a fantastic answer—one we hope will help you better appreciate how natural beeswax candles are made. Mother Nature does a remarkable job of supplying consistency in the word around us, but natural…
Beeswax: A Non-Toxic Wood Treatment for Your Raised Garden Bed
Backyard gardens are back! We’re thrilled homeowners have taken the lemons 2020 has thrown at them and turned to some terrific hobbies to pass their time at home. Backyard gardening is a great way to grow your own food and feed not just you and your family, but our precious local bees, too. And did…
Beeswax Food Wrap DIY
The beeswax food wrap craze was already taking off as an eco-friendly and healthier alternative to using plastic wrap and disposable baggies for school lunches and leftovers. Then came the coronavirus pandemic, and plastic wrap and baggies became harder to find in stores. Reusable wraps to the rescue! Making your own beeswax wraps isn’t as…
Don’t Run Low on Beeswax
Wow. The world has changed dramatically since we last posted. From our family to yours, we hope you’re healthy and happy, taking time during this forced vacation (for many people) to light your beeswax candles and just be (or bee?). We want you to know, also, that we’re still open and working away. The bees…
Can You Eat Beeswax?
A question that always makes us smile is “Can you eat beeswax?” While we wouldn’t recommend taking a bite out of one of our artisan-made pure beeswax candles, just a little nibble won’t hurt. That’s because, yes, you can eat food grade beeswax! In fact, it’s likely in more of the foods you eat than…
What is Beeswax? A Trip to the Bee Yard
How do bees make wax? And what is beeswax anyway? We love answering those questions. Once in the beeswax business, bees themselves became irresistibly fascinating to us. The more we learned, the more we wanted to know. Our family even became hobby beekeepers in the process. Bees are extraordinary creatures. The way they live and…
Beeswax DIY Stocking Stuffers: Our Lip Balm Recipe
High-end, natural products are all the rage this holiday season. Why not jump into the trend by making beeswax lip balm as thoughtful gifts? They’ll make the perfect stocking stuffers and you can customize the scents and packaging however you’d like. Here is our homemade beeswax lip balm recipe shared with Austin Woman Magazine readers….
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