Baby bee good

Lily test drove the Baby Bee range from top USA natural skincare company Burt's Bees at bathtime, to try out the range of pure, tear-free formulas designed for little ones' skin in mind.

The brand began in 1984 in Maine, when Roxanne Quimby and Burt Shavitz teamed up selling candles made from the beeswax created as a by-product of Burt's honey business. It grew exponentially and by 1991 they were making half a million candles a year, as well as natural soaps and perfumes cooked up on gas stoves and added lip balm to the product range, to date still their most famous and biggest seller. 

The baby range, Baby Bee, was launched in 2003 to huge acclaim by mums wanting a natural product for their baby. Consumers are incredibly faithful to Burt's Bees, identifying with its ethos of The Greater Good, adhering to strong corporate social responsibility codes in business and in its manufacturing practices for the environment. 

First up, Lily tried the Baby Bee Shampoo & Wash, a tear-free, two-in-one cleanser. We added it to the bath water for a creamy lather and put some on a flannel to wash Lily's hair. 

Then Lily dried off and read about the Baby Bee Buttermilk Lotion (205ml) and loved finding out that like all the Baby Bee products, it's free of parabens, petrochemicals, phthalates and sulfates and not tested on animals. The lotion is perfect for babies but is ideal for sensitive skin for all ages. The excess lotion was lovely on mum's hands as well!

The creamy lotion not only contains real buttermilk but aloe vera, sunflower oil, beeswax, coconut oil and sweet orange to moisturise and protect baby's skin.  

Ow! Soothe those ow-ees with this magic stick.

Burt's Bees Baby Bee All Better Balm is a 97.91% natural soothing balm for baby's skin that soothes bumps and bruises with cocoa butter, Vitamin E, lavendar oil to nourish, soften and soothe. We found it exceptionally soft compared to some balms which are too hard to smoothe onto little limbs. Just rub the stick on then massage in with fingertips. 

Megan Robinson, 8 February 2010