Our Ingredients

Our certified organic ingredients are edible concentrated nutrition! 

The flower is the most vital part of a plant -- the seed of life. Our bees collect nectar and pollen from organically grown flowers and concentrate their pure essence into the organic honey, beeswax, and pollen you find in our products.

In its natural and raw state, honey provides bees with all the nutrition they need. Royal jelly is a superfood and beeswax has natural antibiotics with over 300 active nutrients good for the skin.

We intentionally keep our ingredients in their most pure and natural forms so the body can easily recognize and utilize them for their full healing benefit.

We make our creams by hand in small batches, using ideal low-heat conditions to maintain the integrity of the naturally occurring nutrition their ingredients provide.

We invite you to use nature’s finest and most concentrated nutrition. HGO’s blend of organic and nutrient dense ingredients feeds the skin, enhancing your own natural, radiant beauty. 

Each Ingredient Serves a Purpose. Everything You Want. Nothing You Don't.

The Dubai Specialized Medical Center and Medical Research Laboratories have found that a combination of honey, beeswax and olive oil was very useful in the treatment of many skin disorders like eczema, psoriasis and rashes.

Our promise to you: These products are all non-GMO, Cruelty Free, Gluten Free and BEE-Friendly! They contain NO artificial preservatives, additives or fillers. NO parabens, petroleum products, hormones, silicones, fillers, etc.

Only nature’s organic ingredients kissed by the sun! 

Honey Girl Organics is food for your skin & body! 

Our ingredients have been known to be helpful, but results will vary by person and skin type. Always test each product on a small area of your skin first! 

Beehive products have demonstrated great antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that make them a natural fit in our moisturizing products and suitable for sensitive skin.

    Our Ingredients

    A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | J | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | V | W | Y | Z

    A

    Alcohol: The alcohol used in our products is certified organic cane alcohol. It's used to make our propolis extract and needs to be listed separately from the propolis on our labels due to Organic labeling regulations when ingredients are made in house. The purpose of the small amount of alcohol is to extract the skin-enhancing nutrients of the waxy propolis so it can be used in our skin care products.

    Aloe Butter: Helps soothe skin and quickly hydrates, moisturizes and softens skin.

    Aloe Gel: Is cooling and ultra-healing. It softens and moisturizes the skin, aids in wound healing and has anti-inflammatory properties that help reduce skin inflammation.

    Aloe Vera: Contains antioxidants, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties which help to moisturize and firm skin, as well as lighten blemishes. Speeds up skin cell reproduction by as much as eight time and penetrates the epidermis four times faster than water. The antibacterial, antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties protect the skin from bacteria and pathogens that lead to inflammation and infection.

    Argan Oil: Contains high level of antioxidants, Vitamin E, and fatty acids, which are very moisturizing and can help reduce signs of aging. It's also shown to treat several inflammatory skin conditions like psoriasis and eczema. With its anti-sebum effect, it also helps different kinds of acne and promotes a smoother and calmer complexion.

    B

    Bee Pollen

    Bee pollen is flower pollen collected by the bees and used as their primary food source, rich in many nutrients and easily absorbed by your body.

    • It has powerful antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral properties that strengthen the capillaries and reduce inflammation to help improve your skin’s appearance, tone and complexion.
    • Made of water, carbohydrates and proteins, pollen contains vitamins, minerals, amino acids, phytochemicals, carotenoids, flavonoids and phytosterols and carotenoids, which promote cell regeneration.

    Beeswax

    Beeswax is a nutrient-rich substance secreted by bees to make honeycomb.

    • Unfiltered beeswax contains over 300 micronutrients and obtains its golden color from the propolis and bee pollen inside, both also known for their incredible health benefits (see below).
    • Beeswax softens and hydrates your skin while creating a long-lasting protective coating against the elements.
    • Beeswax is a naturally nourishing moisturizer as well as being anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, antibacterial, anti-allergenic and an antioxidant.
    • Our skin and beeswax have the same wax esters, making the wax easily absorbed to nourish our skin.
    • Beeswax can help to alleviate itchiness and irritation.
    • Beeswax helps lock in your skin’s own moisture and creates a barrier against any harsh environmental elements. 

    Bergamot Essential Oil: Contains antibiotic and disinfectant properties, effectively prohibiting infections. It is an astringent which helps to tone and rejuvenate skin. It also helps balance skin oil production.

    Bulgarian Rose Oil: This oil hydrates, reduces signs of aging, and soothes eczema and rosacea. It has antibacterial and antifungal properties. This regenerating oil has also shown to help decrease stress and anxiety.

    C

    Calendula Oil: Anti-inflammatory, aids in wound healing, helps heal cracked nipples and inflamed and itchy skin conditions, rashes.

    Cane Sugar: Acts as a natural exfoliator that gently dissolves on contact with water. The glycolic acid present in cane sugar helps remove dead skin cells, dirt and oil that can clog and stretch pores. An excellent ingredient found in many exfoliators and masks.

    Carrot Seed Oil: Helps to protect skin from environmental factors. It is moisturizing and rejuvenating to promote firm, toned skin. Balances oil production and provides moisture without clogging pores. Has strong antioxidant properties, to help in the reduction of fine lines and wrinkles.

    Cinnamon Leaf Oil: Helps to increase circulation due to the presence of a blood thinning compound. Also known to have anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antifungal, antibacterial, antiviral, astringent and antiseptic properties. The astringent property helps to firm and tone skin. 

    Clove Bud Essential Oil: Has antimicrobial, antifungal, antiseptic and antiviral properties. Helps to increase blood flow under unhealthy skin, stimulating and rejuvenating it, reducing the effects of aging. 

    Coconut Oil: Contains essential components that aid in cellular growth and repair. Keeps skin smooth and hydrated. Absorbs quickly and deeply cleanses skin cells, removing dirt and dead skin cells while moisturizing. Prevents premature aging and wrinkling of the skin.

    Cypress Essential Oil: Regulates blood flow and tones the veins. Due to its antiseptic properties, it keeps pores clean and removes excess oil from the skin. It also helps to lighten scars and reduce swelling. 

    D

    Decyl Glucoside: Derived from coconut and glucose (corn starch), it is a mild and gentle surfactant and does not dry the skin. Has great foaming powers, as well as mildness and the ability to retain skin moisture. Non-irritating, non-allergenic, non-toxic, non-carcinogenic, and doesn’t have any known adverse effects on bodily organs or reproductive health.

    Diatomaceous Earth: Fossilized remains of marine phytoplankton; made of mostly silica, an important trace element. Used as an exfoliant, because of its ability to remove dead skin cells polluted by toxins. 

    E

    E Vitamin - See "Vitamin E, d-alpha"

    F

    Fir Balsam Needle Essential Oil: It relaxes muscles and soothes pain. The stimulating nature of the oil brings blood to the surface of the skin, helping to flush out toxins and increase the rate of healing and recovery. 

    Frankincense Oil: Helps to protect skin cells, reduces acne blemishes, the appearance of large pores, and slow signs of aging. Helps to heal wounds, decrease the appearance of scars, dark spots, stretch marks and eczema. Supports overall healthy cellular function, increasing blood flow, circulation and reducing inflammation.

    French Green Clay: Beneficial in removing impurities and tightening pores, as it pulls bacteria and toxins to the surface of the skin and absorbs them. Increases circulation, exfoliating dead skin cells to revel a smooth, toned and fresh complexion.

    G

    Geranium Essential Oil: An astringent that tightens facial skin and helps slow the effects of aging. Increases blood circulation directly below the surface of the skin, helping to heal acne, dermatitis, wounds, and other skin irritation’s faster by promoting new cell growth.

    Ginger Essential Oil: Contains multiple vitamins, minerals, and fatty acids as well as about 40 antioxidant properties that help to prevent free radical damage and protect ageing skin. It is also an antiseptic, killing infections caused by microorganisms and bacteria.

    Grapefruit Seed Oil: Contains antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral properties which help to treat acne and cleanse the skin. It is plentiful in antioxidants, sterols, tocopherols, Citric acid, limonoids, and other minerals.

    H

    Hawaiian Blue Green Algae (Spirulina): Protects and supports collagen and elastin, and provides antioxidant support. to boost overall health and radiant appearance of your skin while helping to prevent acne. Being compatible with the skin’s natural properties makes it easily absorbable. Helps rejuvenate, firm and tone the complexion. Cleanses impurities and hydrates the skin. Helps to fight free radicals, increase cell turnover, and cleanse. Contains a wide array of minerals, has detoxifying effects and can help with uneven skin tone. It helps to lift and tone, firm and tighten your appearance.

    Hemp Seed Oil: Good source of essential fats such as omeg-3 and 6, like those found in the skin and are needed to maintain healthy cells, moisturize, and increase elasticity of skin. Absorbs quickly and does not block pores, helping to balance oil production. It is also rich in vitamin A, E and is high in antioxidants which helps to slow aging skin and rejuvenate it.  

    Honey

    Honey has been known for centuries to heal wounds and treat infection, as well as being antioxidant, antibiotic and antiviral.

    • Honey is a humectant (it attracts and retains moisture), and acts as an anti-irritant.
    • Water combined with honey results in hydrogen peroxide gently time-released in small amounts to enhance the antibiotic effect on your skin, which helps to reduce blemishes and pimples.
    • Honey stimulates collagen production, which helps with cell regeneration and reduction of fine lines and wrinkles.
    • Honey is a free-radical scavenger - it neutralizes damaging free radicals at the molecular level.  
    • Contains minerals, vitamins, and natural enzymes, which nourish skin and help to refine skin texture.

    Hyssop Oil: An astringent that tightens skin and helps to prevent aging skin. Improves and promotes circulation. Also, an antiseptic that promotes cellular regeneration and helps wounds to heal quicker, preventing infection and diminishing the look of scars.  

    J

    Jojoba Oil: Moisturizes and reconditions the skin, balances oil production and provides barrier protection. It's easily absorbed by the skin and helps with skin imbalances like psoriasis and eczema.  Its packed with peptides and lipids and contains the highest levels of phenolic compounds found in nature along with antioxidants and all soluble forms of vitamin E.

    L

    Lavender Essential Oil: Contains antioxidants that help protect skin from free radicals, which contribute to fine lines and wrinkles. Improves blood circulation, reducing redness, blotching and other skin discoloration. It also helps relieve sun damage and assists in healing minor burns and wounds.

    Lemon Essential Oil: Helps to purify and rejuvenate skin, treat acne and other skin disorders. Shrinks large open pores and provides a balanced sebum production, this reduces excess oils, boosts collagen and makes the skin look and feel rejuvenated. Supports the production of new cells and balances PH skin level. 

    Lemongrass Essential Oil: Contains antimicrobial, antibacterial, fungicidal properties that help to purify and tone the skin; as well as regenerate and strengthen connective tissue of the skin. 

    Lime Essential Oil: Invigorates and tones tissues and skin. This helps to purify and promote new skin cell growth and provides anti-aging benefits. Contains antioxidants and valuable nutrients.

    M

    Marula Oil: Helps lock in moisture, effective for softening and smoothing fine lines, and helps oily/acne-prone, dry and aging skin. Rich in anti-oxidants, essential fatty and amino acids, 

    N

    Neroli Essential Oil: Helps to shed oil skin cells, stimulate new cell growth, and improve elasticity of the skin cells. Helps to improve circulation, regenerate skin cells, and heal broken capillaries under the skin.

    O

    Olive Oil, Extra Virgin

    Organic extra virgin olive oil has been used for thousands of years by the Mediterranean population to give them beautiful skin. High in antioxidants like Vitamin A and E, polyphenols and phytosterols, and oleic acid, this oil provides anti-aging and anti-inflammatory properties protecting against age-accelerating free radicals.

    • Absorbs deeply into your skin resulting in long lasting moisture and nutrient absorption. Its unique ability to absorb into your skin comes from its similar composition of fatty acids to that of our skin.
    • Has antibacterial properties and helps inhibit inflammation.
    • Helps to heal sunburned skin. 

    Orange Essential Oil: Antiseptic and anti-inflammatory. Increases the ability to absorb vitamin C, promotes collagen production, and improves circulation; all of which are important components for anti-aging.

    P

    Palmarosa Essential Oil: Helps regulate skin moisture and oil production, allowing the body to retain moisture in the tissues. This benefits cell renewal, relief of inflammation and helps keep skin soft, hydrated and youthful.

    Patchouli Essential Oil: Promotes the regeneration of new skin cells by increasing circulation. It is an astringent, stimulating contractions in skin thus providing anti-aging affects. Helps to soothe inflammation and irritations.

    Peppermint Essential Oil: Antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antibacterial, and antifungal properties and effects. Increases blood circulation and has regenerative effects.

    Pollen: See Bee Pollen

    Prickly Pear Cactus Seed Oil:  Contains a powerhouse of antioxidants and nutrients that work together to protect your skin from sun damage while simultaneously helping to repair inflamed or sunburned skin. It has the highest amount of vitamin E of any other beauty oil and is extremely rich in essential fatty acids, including omega 6 and 9, antioxidants, polyphenols, amino acids and vitamin K.

    Propolis

    Propolis is also called ‘nature’s penicillin’ or nature’s antibiotic, and is known for its healing, antiseptic and restorative capabilities.

    • It is a resin-like paste gathered by the bees from the buds and bark of some types of trees. They bring it back to the hive in their pollen baskets and mix it with wax to seal the hive entrances. Its antiseptic properties ensure a germ free environment.
    • It can assist in balancing, healing and soothing problematic skin, protect against bacteria and function as a great anti-inflammatory agent.
    • Contains an abundance of minerals which supports the rebuilding of damaged skin cells.
    • Contains antioxidants and regenerative properties. 

    R

    Raspberry Seed Oil: A skin conditioner with potent  antioxidant and antibacterial properties. Helps to protect and moisturize the skin. It contains strong antioxidants that help stimulate cell repair and inhibit UV damage, helping to protect your skin from the sun, reduce inflammation, moisturize deeply, while regenerating skin cells.

    Rose Hydrosol: Rose oil contains multiple vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants, essential components for moisturizing skin. It offers antiseptic, astringent, anti-inflammatory properties, therefore helping to treat inflammation, blemish prone skin, and preventing & reducing scarring. It is a certified organic floral water/hydrosol that comes from the Rosa damascene rose in Bulgaria. Hydrosols contain all the essence of the plant, just like essential oils, but in a milder form, making them suitable for people with extra sensitive skin.

    Rosehip Seed Oil: Helps to regenerate collagen and elastin fibers that keep skin firm and youthful. Repairs damaged skin tissues, thus improving the appearance of wrinkles, stretch marks, scars and burns. Reduces the damage caused by the sun and improving the skin’s moisture level.

    Royal Jelly

    Royal Jelly is a substance produced by worker bees to feed the queen bee. Royal Jelly is believed to be a useful supplement because of the queen bee’s superior size, strength, stamina and longevity compared to other bees.

    • Consists of a rich blend of proteins, vitamins, minerals and amino acids.
    • The long list of health benefits attributed to royal jelly includes providing antibacterial and anti-inflammatory action, and protecting the skin from dehydration, healing wounds and skin disorders, assisting in the regeneration of cells, reversing the aging process, promoting sexual rejuvenation and stimulating the immune system.

    S

    Sea Buckthorn Berry Oil: An incredibly hydrating oil, helps to even out skin tone and diminish the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles due to its high fatty acid content. It's a natural source of Vitamins A and E, carotenes, and flavonoids, has a high Vitamin C content and is rich in Vitamin B1, B2, K, tocopherols and phytosterols. Helps with cellular regenerations, supports wound healing and provides hydration to epidermis while reducing water loss. Used to treat dermatitis, eczema, acne and hyperpigmentation.

    Shea Butter: Nourishing and moisturizing for skin, prevents drying while boosting the skin’s natural collagen production. Protects from UV radiation. 

    Stevia Extract Powder: Effective in reducing and curing acne and blemish problems. Contains antibacterial and antimicrobial properties which ease skin inflation, rashes and reactions. Aids in healing dermatitis, eczema, seborrhea and wounds.

    T

    Tangerine Essential Oil: Contains anti-fungal and antiseptic properties. It also has cytoplasmic properties that help to restore damaged tissues in the body, reducing the appearance of scars and stretch marks.

    V

    Vanilla Extract: Contains antioxidant properties that help to protect against free radical damage and other environmental stresses on the skin. Has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties that aides in wound healing, reducing skin infections and soothing irritated skin.

    Vitamin E, d-alpha: Helps strengthen & repair skin, hydrates skin, speeds wound healing, slows natural aging of skin, encourages collateral circulation in smaller blood vessels, has antioxidant properties.

    W

    Water: Purified water is primarily used as a solvent. It helps form the emulsions in which the oil and water components of the product are combined.

    Witch Hazel Extract: An astringent and anti-inflammatory, which can reduce infections while speeding up healing. Protects hair and skin by tightening pores and cleansing them.

    Y

    Ylang Ylang Essential Oil: helps balance and regulate oil production to prevent excessive dryness or oiliness, helps soothe inflammation and irritation while supporting skin strength.

    Z

    Zinc Oxide: The best natural broad-spectrum sun protection. Covers a wider range of UVA radiation than titanium dioxide. Is a non-nano, oil coated mineral with anti-inflammatory properties, aids in wound healing and is beneficial for acneic skin. Does not break down with sun exposure like chemical sunscreens and is reef safe.

    It helps lower skin inflammation associated with rashes, allergies, irritation and acne, and helps improve the construction of collagen and formation of new connective tissue, locking in moisture.