A few more resources for you to read up on natural skin and hair care using raw honey.

Care2 - facial masks and honey baths.

8 raw honey beauty tips

For centuries now, honey has been a healing, health, and beauty product.  Why stop now?

Click here to find out how fare you are from a store that carries My Local Honey – certified raw, certified local, certified to be the best honey you have ever tasted.

]]> http://mylocalnw.com/beauty-tips/feed/ 0 http://mylocalnw.com/honey-avocado-face-mask/ http://mylocalnw.com/honey-avocado-face-mask/#comments Sat, 28 Jul 2012 03:53:07 +0000 The Honey Girl http://mylocalnw.com/?p=686 Dry skin?  In need of repair?  Here’s a creative all natural way to refresh your face with raw honey and avocado.

1 half avocado

2 teaspoons of raw My Local Honey

Spread over face (neck/chest optional)

Leave on for 15-20 minutes

Gently wash off with warm water

Pat face dry

Feel the My Local Difference.

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“According to the California Avocado Commission: ‘Avocados contribute nearly 20 vitamins, minerals and beneficial plant compounds that can contribute to the nutrient quality of your diet.’ “

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Other sources:

Benefits of Honey

Organic Passion

Until next time,

the Honey Girl

As of tomorrow morning, your favorite, raw, My Local Honey will be available on all Market of Choice grocery store shelves!

Whether you’re enjoying your morning coffee and news intake, de-stressing at work via break room, or doing whatever it is you may be doing on the internet today, take a minute to come read about us over here.  As of tomorrow, Eugene, Corvallis, Ashland, and Portland residents can now pop in to any of Market of Choice’s 8 stores and pick up a jar of My Local Honey!

Also, the team here at My Local would like to say a big thank-you to our honey-fanatics.  We are working on bringing you more recipes, beauty tips, and beekeeper insights on this blog.  However, we have been expanding much faster than expected and have had lots on our hands!  So 1) thanks to you all for buying our honey.  It’s made our job extremely fun and exciting.  2) Thank-you for your patience – stay tuned for more on the recipe, beauty, and beekeeper side of our lives.

Head on in and look for our gallon, 1/2 gallon, quart and pint sizes.  Kruger’s has tremendous staff, an authentic farm store environment, great energy, and now your favorite local raw honey on sale in a size that will meet your needs.  Thank you, Kruger’s!

We want to give a huge thanks to Ben Martin-Horst at LifeSource for such a well-written account of the My Local Honey product that is now available on their shelves.  He said it best: “For us here in Salem, you can’t get much more local than My Local Honey.”  

Thanks again to Ben and the LifeSource team – we love partnering with you!

You can find the full LifeSource Newsletter HERE.

Readers: come on by this weekend and see the great products that LifeSource has to offer!  Not only that, I heard some buzz about there being prizes……..

Hey girls. We’re so glad you’re here.

Don’t mind the paper towels.  Matt was only driving around with 6 hives in his car…..

In case you didn’t know, at My Local Honey we partner with other beekeepers throughout Washington and Oregon. This enables us to bring you the most local honey possible to wherever you live. BUT, we also love the creatures so much we have our own as pets! We have hives in Vancouver, WA, and more  down in Salem, OR.

My hubs and his dad are the expert beekeepers around these parts. We’ll be sharing pictures and beekeeping information throughout the summer. If you are interested in starting bee-keeping as a hobby, don’t hesitate to email us!

honeygirl@mylocalnw.com
honey@mylocalnw.com

Have a bee-autiful day!

Salemites -

Today from 11-3 

LifeSource Natural Foods (South Commercial, Salem, OR)

Come sample our raw honey and ask us all your questions!

[on the checkout counter at LifeSource!]

And just for kicks and giggles…… a little bit of the honey girl out of costume! (Don’t tell the bosses… )

This month begins a season of demos, fillings, bee-keeping, labeling…. everything that comes with this wonderful “job” (can you even call it a job when it’s something you love to do so much?)   Our demo-schedule-lineup is lookin’ pretty sweet, friends.

Tuesday and Friday of this week we’ll be at Chuck’s Produce in Vancouver Washington between 9 -11am and 3-7pm.  Stop by for a spoonful’o'honey and all the info you could possibly need – bring us your questions!!

April 21st you can find us at Lifesource in Salem Oregon doing the same thing: 11am-3pm!  If you’re from around these parts, come stop by and pick up some raw honey  - why not get started on all those baking projects you’ve always wanted to try where you substitute raw honey for sugar???

Starting in May we’ll be doing demos in various Market of Choice stores – beginning in West Linn on May 19th!

Thanks for stopping by, and don’t forget – always bee yourself!

The article states that “a mixture of honey and cinnamon cures most diseases”.  The examples are endless.  Here’s a few just to get you even more excited about this shelflife-less and delicious product:

1) A paste of cinnamon and natural, raw, honey spread on bread (instead of PBJ) and eaten regularly has been shown to reduce the risk of heart disease [site of study: nursing homes in America and Canada].

2) 1 cup hot water, 2 tbs raw honey and 1 small tsp of cinnamon powder taken every morning and night can help with arthritis pain [site of study: Copenhagen University].

3) 2 tbs cinnamon and 1 tsp raw honey in a glass of lukewarm water speeds recovery from bladder infections.

4) 3 tsps cinnamon powder and 2 tbs raw honey mixed in 16 ounces of water can “reduce the level of cholesterol in the blood by 10 percent within two hours”.  The journal also reports that raw honey eaten daily can reduce complaints of cholesterol.

5) 1 tbs of lukewarm raw honey with 1/4 spoonful of cinnamon powder daily for three days can help kick your mild or severe cold in the booty.

6) Raw honey + cinnamon powder can help cure upset stomachs, and attacks stomach ulcers at their roots!

7) Studies in India and Japan show that raw honey + cinnamon powder can help relieve the stomach of gas.

8.) Raw honey and cinnamon help protect the immune system from viral attacks.  ”Scientists have found that honey has various vitamins and iron in large amounts.  Constant use of honey strengthens the white blood corpuscles (where DNA is contained) to fight bacterial and viral diseases”.

9) Apparently… a scientist in Spain showed there is a special ‘ingredient’ in raw honey that can help save patients from influenza!

10) 4 tsps raw honey, 1 tsp cinnamon powder and 3 cups of boiled water for tea can “arrest the ravages of old age”.  Keep your skin fresh with a natural remedy that tastes good!

11) Sip on 1 tbs raw honey every 3 hours when you have a raspy, sore throat to improve your symptoms and get back to the normal-spunky-you.

12) For you youngsters with pimple problems!!! : Use 3 tbs raw honey + 1 tsp cinnamon powder to make a paste.  Apply it to your face at night and wash it off in the AM.  Repeat this for TWO WEEKS and note the beautiful difference in your skin.

13) Put some raw honey + cinnamon powder on your eczema, ringworm, and other skin infections to help cure ‘em faster.

14) Drink some raw honey and cinnamon in boiled water 30 minutes before breakfast (make sure your stomach is empty) and before you go to bed.  It can help with weight loss!!  Regular consumption of this concoction does not allow fat to accumulate throughout the body.

15) Studies in Japan and Australia show that stomach and bone cancer have successfully been cured with the regular use of 1 tbs raw honey mixed with 1 tsp cinnamon powder, three times a day for a month straight.

16) Fatigue, hearing loss, and bad breath have also shown to be improved with the regular use of raw honey and cinnamon powder.

And….of course raw honey from anywhere is great for you, but remember: if it’s local it will always have the added bonus of local pollen. Check out our products page for some of the best raw honey from Oregon. If you’re from Portland, or anywhere up and down I-5, our hives are close!

 [source: http://www.janebluestein.com/fun/honey.html]

So, now you know.  The health benefits of raw honey don’t have to be so ambiguous anymore.  Hopefully one of these (or more!) can help you or a friend out, so pass the good news along and we’ll see you soon here at the Honey Girl Blog!!!

Lots of love,

The Honey Girl

The playful bee (who is still yet to be named…contest perhaps?) is the foundation of the design and the backside (not shown…yet) provides some education and insight into my Local Honey.  Let us know what you think and keep an eye out the next time you are in the honey aisle for our colorful label lineup.