Honey Buzz! — Amy E. Goodman

September is National Honey Month, and from new beauty finds containing honey to delicious ways to eat it, I share oh-so-sweet ways to include this golden elixir in your life! As seen on the 3rd Hour of NBC’s TODAY show!

Flanked by Al Roker and correspondent Jill Martin

I fostered bees at my home for a year to help rebuild populations in my local neighborhood.

My son would tell his friends at school: ‘We have thousands of pets!’

BEAUTY

Manuka Honey Mask

This healing exfoliating mask's potent Manuka Honey--with its antimicrobial properties that draw impurities from the skin--organic Papaya and Apricot enzymes to brighten dull skin, and Rice Bran to exfoliate for cell regeneration, reveals soft and radiant skin. Appropriate for all skin types.

How to use: apply a quarter-size amount of the Manuka Honey Mask onto the skin. Wait 5-10 minutes. Rinse off with warm water. Do this treatment 1-2 times a week.

Tip: Apply in the shower! Let it steam in the shower to melt honey into the skin for detoxification, approximately 3-5 minutes, then gently rinse off.

Travel size $22 for .5 oz // 2 ozs. for $64, savorspa.com

sk*p Generation Hair & Bodycare Products

This shampoo, conditioner, body wash and moisturizer by sk*p generation uses g-honeybiome—a fermented honey extract--from their own bee farms in upper state New York--to balance skin and scalp’s microbiome.

sk*p products are made of clean, ethically-sourced ingredients and free of all the gunk: parabens, synthetic fragrance, synthetic preservatives, dyes, silicones, sulfates, PEGS, or heavy metals. The beauty cartons are 100% recyclable.

The story behind the name is incredibly sweet: sk*p was inspired by the owner’s dad, Skip, who always told his sons, “Make the world a better place.”

From $18, skpgen.com

Honey Heel Glaze

I do my own pedicures at home, and end of summer and post-sandals, my heels really take a hit from which it’s tough to recover. Give yourself an at-home pedicure, apply the heel glaze with the Kabuki brush provided, put on a pair of dark socks and your feet will be super soft by morning! Texas wildflower honey-based serum seals in moisture and brings rich color back to tired feet.

$26, farmhousefresh.com

EAT

Chocolate Honey Caramel Bees

These Chocolate Honey Caramel Bees have a liquid caramel center and a clear, caramelized honey taste. This unique flavor comes naturally from the fragrant honey they use, supplied by the Draper Family Apiaries in Millerton, PA. Once the liquid, caramelized honey is filled into the 62% dark chocolate shells, each of the nine bees is carefully painted by hand with a paper-thin layer of yellow and black cocoa butter.

$32.95, 9 pieces, johnandkiras.com

Whipped Honey with Cinnamon

One of my favorite honey flavors in the world is the Savannah Bee Company’s Tupelo honey. But you have to check out these WHIPPED honey from the brand, that comes in a variety of flavors! It’s a different spin on liquid honey because it undergoes a controlled crystalization process that makes the honey appear “creamy” or “spun,” and this makes it more easily spreadable. Available in Cinnamon, Lemon, Chocolate, Original.

$7 for 3 oz jar, $18 for 12 oz, savannahbee.com

In 2013, the Savannah Bee Company founded The Bee Cause Project, which does bee hive installations in schools for STEM bee education. To date, The Bee Cause Project has provided hives for 330 schools in 50 states and 4 countries around the world. Thebeecause.org

Bite-sized Honeycomb

Honeycomb is naturally nutrient-dense, unfiltered, good for your gut and a booster of immunity, says this company, Pass the Honey. And they took a very sticky situation of slabs of honeycomb...and made it palatable for everyday use, cooking and consumption, with single-serve honeycomb packets: 7 servings per hexagonal box! Fans love it for its incredible flavor, ease of use. Can be consumed in any way that liquid honey can be.

Ideas of how to eat honeycomb:

Crumble it into your Greek yogurt.
Top a salad with slivered almonds, goat cheese and honeycomb.
Pancakes, waffles, warm oatmeal...you get the delicious picture!

$34.99 for7 servings, passthehoney.com

Pass the Honey is on a mission to dedicate 7 million acres towards pollinator research.

HOME

Beeswax Wrap Food Storage

I discovered Bee’s Wrap in Vermont, their home base, in a local bookstore, and I’m now are finding them everywhere: Nordstrom, Eatly, to name a few. They are changing the way of food storage with their delightfully printed 100% organic cotton cloths coated in sustainably sourced beeswax that can then be used to wrap and store nearly any food item: wrap cheese, half a lemon, bread, fruits and vegetables (only meat is not advised). I have one for my sandwich! It’s washable, reusable and compostable. The life of a wrap is approximately one year.

From $5.99, beeswrap.com

Honey Hand Soap Trio

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One way I encourage my kids to wash their hands these days is by switching up the hand soaps in our home. Savannah Bee Company uses honey as an ingredient in their hand soap because it is naturally antibacterial and seals in moisture to the skin, leaving it soft and smooth.

Set includes one 9.5 oz pump bottle of each fragrance -- Orange Blossom, Tupelo Honey, and Lemongrass Spearmint

Trio, $45, savannahbee.com

To see these products in action, watch the NBC TODAY show segment here!

Prices reflect time of publication. #editorial