BUSY BEE REMEDY

Get in step with the sweet and refreshing fragrance of springtime flowers and herbs by creating un-bee-lievable lavender soaps that will have everyone in your house buzzing.

Refresh your rooms with fragrant, two-ingredient hand soaps whose whimsical bee designs make them display-worthy.

Whether as take-home gifts at a small springtime garden party or displayed in pretty containers in the kitchen or powder room until ready for use, these inexpensive DIY bee-themed soaps are the sweeter-than-honey keepsake you can make at home. They not only feature a lovely yet subtle lavender fragrance, but their aromatherapy benefits can also help promote good health and well-being.

Learn how to create your own lavender bee soaps from Jennifer Carroll of Celebrating Everyday Life. Jennifer says she loves the simplicity of her recipe: “Two ingredients and less than 10 minutes are all it takes to make these beautiful and gift-worthy DIY bee soaps!” Jennifer also appreciates what bees stand for. “I remember hearing this quote by Mary Kay Ash [creator of Mary Kay cosmetics] a very, very long time ago,” she reveals. “Aerodynamically, the bumblebee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn’t know it, so it goes on flying anyway.”

The bumblebee flies even though it probably shouldn’t be able to. “That struck me so powerfully because it is about overcoming obstacles, especially ones that seem real and insurmountable. I have faced many of those in my life, and I continue to bump up against them, and like the bumblebee, I go for it.” Like those determined bees, you, too, can accomplish anything you put your mind to, so why not reward yourself with some well-deserved relaxation and pampering?