The link between manuka honey and beauty/care
To understand the link between manuka honey and beauty and skin care, we need to know a few basic skin facts. First of all, it’s the biggest organ in the human body. Skin can age like any other organ, and some factors (external and internal) accelerate aging, such as through changes in collagen. Beauty and care products can give your skin what it needs to balance itself against certain environmental and internal factors, and manuka honey can be a quality source for that nourishment.
Cosmetics’ effect on natural skin aging
As stated, skin can age for a variety of reasons, both external and internal. Chronic sun exposure and UV exposure in particular can be an external cause of aging, while the biological aging process is the key internal factor. As a result of the skin aging process, the epidermal layer may spasm and the amount of collagen decline for reasons connected to increased collagenase synthesis. In short, as collagen levels fall, so does skin elasticity and the number of fibroblasts. Result: wrinkles. Or at least, that’s the scientific understanding current in the cosmetics world.
Bee venom as cosmetic element
What can be done to help? Thus, cosmetics were designed for each potential influence on biological aging – whether internal or external. And as a result, to improve the appearance and vitality of your skin. In this case, we’re discussing bee venom, which can be conveniently found as a component of manuka honey. Bee venom, despite the exotic name, has been in use since the beginning of the 20th century. Some attribute anti-inflammatory and pain relief activity to it, and so it is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and MS. In certain cases, it was also used to treat various skin conditions.
Cosmetics that contain manuka honey
Bmanuka makes specific and targeted use of cosmetics and pro-aging products that contain bee venom in order to extract its skincare and nutrition properties. “Naturally,” Bmanuka’s cosmetics are not cheap and are considered premium products as they are sufficiently highly processed to allow clients to enjoy cosmetics with natural manuka honey that preserves its positive effects to meet all skin needs. In fact, manuka honey is considered to be 4 times as effective as other honeys.
On the Bmanuka site, you can find bee venom serum, which was developed as a cosmetic to reduce the accumulation of wrinkles related to the process of skin aging. In contrast, not many studies were performed on the anti-wrinkle effect of cosmetics containing bee venom. Nonetheless, there is research from the department of Agricultural Biology at the National Academy for Agricultural Sciences in South Korea (in collaboration with DongSung Pharmaceuticals Ltd.)
Research evidence for the effect of bee venom
Thus there are studies and findings that already establish that bee venom has a positive effect in skin health and nutrition. Some sources report an interesting link between bee venom and skin bacteria. Warning: in this case, a bacteriostatic effect is produced by the bee venom. This is supported later through anti-inflammatory activity on skin bacteria, by depressing cytokenase secretion. We know this might sound a bit odd. To go into more detail, we should note that the same anti-microbial property of bee venom was tested in a study on individuals with acne – with interesting findings.
Reducing the number of fine lines with bee venom
One advantage of bee venom is its high uptake because it simply doesn’t cause skin irritation – as shown in animal tests. Thus the research into bee venom shows that “major” changes were seen in the overall wrinkle area, their number, and even their depth. There was a marked change at the visible level after 8 weeks of a study involving the use of bee venom serum. Thus the assumption is that bee venom can have a relatively quick effect on changes in the rate of skin wrinkles.
How can I buy cosmetics that contain manuka honey?
It’s not surprising that manuka honey is so beneficial as a cosmetic and as a skincare product. Or, at least, it’s not as surprising as the assumption that it is 4 times as effective as other types of honey. Some say that it is 4 times more potent than regular honey for various purposes. Right at this moment, you can obtain care products derived from manuka honey – like the serum mentioned in the previous paragraphs. You can also buy the serum through us, on the Bmanuka site – the first in Israel to provide care products with manuka honey.
