BEE-Kind....anyway
(Ephesians 4:32)
natural homemade pampering and healing products
from Mother Nature
Welcome to my very plain website!
My name is Karen Andersen and, in addition
to making my natural pampering and healing products,
thanks to Mother Nature,
I am a middle school Exploratory Spanish teacher.
I’m also a mom of 2 sons, and I love animals and nature.
I currently have 4 rescued dogs and 1 rescued cat.
My cat, however, has recently decided to move in with my parents next door. She’s old and not in the mood to deal with my overly playful dog.
Here’s a listing of things available for purchase.
Check back from time to time as I will add items
when I have time to make them and ingrdients are accessible.
***If something you want to order is not currently available, let me know and I’ll reserve it for you; if it’s something there aren’t enough of available, let me know and I’ll see what I can do.
soap
1. “ugly” aloe soap (hot process) : $3.00
about 3 oz bar; currently available: 13
Ingredients : fresh aloe, cocoa butter, olive oil, rice bran oil, coconut oil, French green clay, lye water solution
2. “really plain” aloe soap (cold process) : $2.00
about 2 oz bar; currently available: 12
Ingredients : fresh aloe, lye solution, olive oil, coconut oil, castor oil
3. honey and beeswax soap: $3.00
about 3.5 oz bar; currently available: 3
Ingredients : coconut oil, palm oil, beeswax, olive oil, sunflower oil, castor oil, honey, colloidal oatmeal, lye water solution
4. honey and beeswax soap: $3.50
about 4 oz; currently available: 6
Ingredients: coconut oil, palm oil, beeswax, olive oil, sunflower oil, castor oil, honey, colloidal oatmeal, lye water solution
5. lavender soap: $3.50 (ready 30 April)
about 2.5 oz; currently available 18
Ingredients: lye water solution, olive oil, coconut oil, lavender mica powder, lavender powder, kaolin clay, lavender essential oil, lavender buds
6. goat’s milk soap: $3.00/$3.50 (ready 20 April)
about 3.5 and 4 oz; currently available 5/6
Ingredients: olive oil, coconut oil, lye solution, goat’s milk, ylang ylang and grapedfruit essential oils
7. vanilla goat’s milk soap: $3.50 (ready 30 April)
about 3.5 oz; currently available 12
Ingredients: olive oil, coconut oil, lye solution, goat’s milk, homemade vanilla
lip balms
8. honey lip balm: 3/16 oz regular size tube; $3.00
currently available: 10
Ingredients : coconut oil, beeswax, shea butter, honey
9. vanilla lip balm: 3/16 oz regular size tube; $3.00
currently available: 13
Ingredients : coconut oil, beeswax, shea butter, homemade vanilla
lotion bars
10. cocoa butter lotion bar: $3.50
about 1.5 oz currently available: 10 Ingredients: coconut oil, shea butter, cocoa butter, beeswax
11. honey lotion bar: $3.50
about 1 oz currently available: 9
Ingredients: shea butter, almond oil, cocoa butter, beeswax, honey
12. lavender lotion bar: $3.50
about 1 oz currently available: 6 round, 9 (round with bee)
Ingredients: beeswax, shea butter, coconut oil, lavender essential oil, vitamin E oil
candles
13. lavender and chamomile tea candle: $5.00
**only 1 of mini cup with saucer (about 3 oz) and 1 of tiny tea cup (about 2 oz)
Ingredients : lavender and chamomile tea, lavender and chamomile essential oil, coconut oil, soy wax
14. vanilla chai tea candle:
**only 1 of mini cup with saucer (about 3 oz) $5.00
**only 1 of mini glass (about .5 oz) $1.50
**only 1 of mini fancy glass (about 1 oz) $2.00
**only 1 of small glass with rounded bottom (about 2 oz) $2.50
**only 1 plain glass (about 2 oz) $2.50
Ingredients: vanilla chai tea, homemade vanilla, soy wax
15. beeswax candle (unscented): $4.00
**only 2 like this
Ingredients: beeswax, soy wax
salves
16. daisy salve: daisy-infused olive oil, beeswax
17. dandelion salve: dandelion-infused olive oil, beeswax
18. lavender salve: lavender-infused olive oil, beeswax, lavender essential oil, lavender mica powder
.07 oz : $1.00
(2 g)
.2 oz : $2.50
(5 g)
.5 oz : $3.50
(15 g)
aloe vera
19. fresh aloe in liquid form: $1.00/oz (plus price of container unless you don’t mind some of my odd jars that are free as they are repurposed....)
**This is made-to-order as fresh aloe should be refrigerated and used within a week OR (what I recommend) frozen in small ice trays which will last a good year.
I choose the best leaves from my plants. Then, I harvest the gel from the leaves (takes a little time), Using my stick blender, I blend the gel into liquid form, then strain it through some cheesecloth. It’s then ready for freezing. Again, freezing is the recommended storage as aloe in the refrigerator will only last about a week.
Pricing and Shipping/Packaging
**All prices are for ingredients plus a little extra for my time and effort.
**I don’t offer free shipping nor do I include shipping/packaging in the price of the item since not everyone wants or needs items to be shipped.
**I use recycled packaging whenever I can to help keep prices down.
I also look for items at yard sales and goodwills.
**After payment is received for the order, I will mail the package and, on the honor system, a second payment for shipping and packaging can be submitted.
PLACING AN ORDER
- After choosing what you would like to order, please send me an email with specifics about items, prices, and how items are to be delivered.
email: karenandersen12@gmail.com
2. I will respond to your email with a qr code for making payment through zelle, venmo, or paypal, and of course, cash. Let me know which one you want to use.
3. If items are being mailed, I will mail them after payment is received. I will send another email with the amount for shipping and packaging and the qr code for making a second payment for the shipping and packaging through zelle.
Why did I name this “BEE-Kind...anyway”?
Well, there are a couple reasons.
The BEE is, of course, from my brother’s bee hives and the source of my honey and beeswax ingredients....and we need to be kind to our honey bees!
“Bee-kind....anyway” is from my mom.
I’m overwhelmingly blessed having the mom that I have and she has taught me so much about everything...everything good in my life. She hasn’t always had it easy in her life, and she has been around people who, no matter what you do nice to them and for them, they just aren’t nice back. But she says, “well, I’m just going to be kind to them anyway”. God has blessed her with such a kind heart and peace that truly goes beyond understanding.
Customer comments
About the honey lotion bar:
“This is way too good.....I’ve been using it on my burn, as chapstick, and I’ll try it out as a moisturizer.”
About the honey lotion bar:
“It’s so soft and smooth.”