RING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH A STING: Are Bees the New Botox?
Jan 03, 2012 Posted by Corrie Shenigo
It’s a new year and you know what that means: resolutions. Eat better (less hotdogs—*sob) exercise more (*sob,) and try, try, try to incorporate a diligent skincare routine—you know, wash before bed, moisturizer with SPF and let an angry swarm of bees sting the hell out of your face. (*Screeeech!) What?
No, no. Put down the stick. This does not mean you should play piñata with your friendly neighborhood bee’s nest. It seems the latest and greatest in anti-aging beauty creams is awash with what the beauty industry is buzzing about: bee stings—10,000 bee stings per pot, to be exact.
A new skincare line called Manuka Doctor premiered in early December (*yep, in tired old 2011), and within a scant three weeks of its launch saw its anti-aging beauty creams flying off the shelves and onto consumers skin. Much like a swarm of angry bees. Get it? Flying off shelves? (*O.K. Sorry.)
UK Health Food chain Holland & Barrett, the purveyors of the fine Manuka Doctor products had this to say about the line’s instant popularity, “We knew these products were special but sales have exceeded all expectations.” (*I like to imaging the “special” is air quotes, followed by a diabolical “mwahaha…”)
Developed in Korea, the use of insects and their stingy-bits isn’t exactly new news in the beauty realm. In fact, the health benefits of an insects poisonous sting has nearly 12 years of research backing it up, not to mention a rumored smattering of celebrity and royalty converts, Kylie Minogue, Victoria Beckham and the UK’s ever-popular princess Kate Middleton.
A recent Huffington Post UK article uses the rather threatening terms poison and venom in describing this new cosmetics phenom—but hell, that can’t scare us! Especially since unnamed “scientists” (ooo… fancy) dubbed the aforementioned venom, “nature’s alternative to Botox, [helping] to prevent aging by smoothing out wrinkles and stimulating collagen growth and cell renewal.” Nature's Botox? We're in! I mean really, needle sting/ bee sting. Apples and oranges. Am I right? No seriously... am I right? Let us know!
And Happy New Year!!
No, no. Put down the stick. This does not mean you should play piñata with your friendly neighborhood bee’s nest. It seems the latest and greatest in anti-aging beauty creams is awash with what the beauty industry is buzzing about: bee stings—10,000 bee stings per pot, to be exact.
A new skincare line called Manuka Doctor premiered in early December (*yep, in tired old 2011), and within a scant three weeks of its launch saw its anti-aging beauty creams flying off the shelves and onto consumers skin. Much like a swarm of angry bees. Get it? Flying off shelves? (*O.K. Sorry.)
UK Health Food chain Holland & Barrett, the purveyors of the fine Manuka Doctor products had this to say about the line’s instant popularity, “We knew these products were special but sales have exceeded all expectations.” (*I like to imaging the “special” is air quotes, followed by a diabolical “mwahaha…”)
Developed in Korea, the use of insects and their stingy-bits isn’t exactly new news in the beauty realm. In fact, the health benefits of an insects poisonous sting has nearly 12 years of research backing it up, not to mention a rumored smattering of celebrity and royalty converts, Kylie Minogue, Victoria Beckham and the UK’s ever-popular princess Kate Middleton.
A recent Huffington Post UK article uses the rather threatening terms poison and venom in describing this new cosmetics phenom—but hell, that can’t scare us! Especially since unnamed “scientists” (ooo… fancy) dubbed the aforementioned venom, “nature’s alternative to Botox, [helping] to prevent aging by smoothing out wrinkles and stimulating collagen growth and cell renewal.” Nature's Botox? We're in! I mean really, needle sting/ bee sting. Apples and oranges. Am I right? No seriously... am I right? Let us know!
And Happy New Year!!