Honey: The Perfect Ingredient for Healing and Pampering

Honey is a sweet food that is produced by bees from the nectar of flowers. It is an anti-bacterial and anti-fungal agent, effective at treating skin inflammations such as eczema, and preventing staph and yeast infections that cause diaper rash. Honey is also a natural humectant, attracting moisture from the air to your skin and makes a terrific addition to homemade spa treatments.

Recipe #1: Vanilla, Honey & Brown Sugar Face Scrub

This gentle face scrub smells wonderful and feels just as good.

• 1 rounded tablespoon brown sugar

• 1 tablespoon of almond oil

• 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla extract

• 2 tablespoons honey

• 3 tablespoons oatmeal

• Juice of 1/2 lemon or lime

Mix together brown sugar, honey, almond or olive oil, and vanilla extract. Stir in oatmeal. Apply to face and gently scrub. Rinse with warm water. Will last for one week if stored in airtight container in refrigerator.

Recipe #2: Honey Almond Foot Scrub

Massage this foot scrub onto your feet before bed to help you really relax!

• 3 tablespoons honey

• 1 tablespoon brown sugar

• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

• 11 almonds (1/2 oz.)

• Juice of 1/4 lemon

Grind almonds into a fine meal in a blender or food processor. Mix almonds, olive oil, honey, brown sugar, and juice of lemon. Rub onto feet and massage, then rinse off. Makes enough for a single foot scrub application.

-Heleigh Bostwick Staff Editor

Growing up in Vermont, her education and work as a botanist and landscape architect, and now her job as a mom of twins, have all contributed to Heleigh’s “Green Living” lifestyle. She has a BA in Botany from Connecticut College and a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania.