Burt’s Bees Essential Kit

I have been hearing rave reviews about Burt’s Bees products and have been wanting to try out some products for a very long time. I finally laid my hands on this awesome pack recently.

The essential Burt’s Bees kit has:

• Hand salve (8.5)
• Beeswax lip balm.
• Coconut foot cream.
• Milk and honey body lotion (25 gm).
• Soap bark and chamomile deep cleansing cream (20 gm).

Price

$10

Burt’s Bees products are made from 100% natural ingredients and does not contain parabens and formaldehydes.

My Experience with Burt’s Bees Essential Kit:

Let me start with the overall packaging.  The products come in a cute yellow cardboard packing with a plastic display window through which the products are visible. The products are neatly placed in a styrofoam tray. The packing and the overall kit is great for travel.

Starting with my favourite product from the kit – the coconut foot cream.

The foot cream contains coconut oil along with peppermint and rosemary. I have used this product only 3-4 times, but I totally love it. The weather here is very dry and so are my feet. The coconut foot cream made my feet very soft and smooth and my usually rough feet felt very soft and happy. On application, the cream produces a heating effect which soothes the feet. It works absolutely like magic. The cream has a strong coconut milky smell. I cannot wait to lay my hands on the full-sized tube. 

Moving on to one of the most used one – the beeswax lip balm.

Beeswax works great to condition the lips and this lip balm also contains vitamin E which leaves the lips nourished and soft. The peppermint oil in the lip balm leaves a tingling sensation on the lips which does bother me, but I love the fact that the lip balm comes in a convenient stick which makes it great to carry around and is very easy to reapply. On the flip side, the balm is a little too waxy. It is very stiff and does not glide easily on the lips. It also feels a bit heavy on the lips, so I keep it mostly for travel purpose. It not a great winter product.

The honey and milk lotion has a strong sweet smell but nourishes the skin.

The soft creamy lotion easily blends and is absorbed by the skin. It does make the skin very soft and smooth. The lotion smells of honey and milk and something vanilla. The strong sweet smell is a little overwhelming for me and the sickly sweet smell is strictly for people who like strong sweet smells.

Soap bark and chamomile deep cleansing cream is one of my least liked products from this kit.

The cleanser did remove dirt and oil from my face, but I didn't really care for the tingling sensation I felt after the wash. It makes my face dry and stretchy. 

The Hand Salve is a very interesting product.

I love its soft waxy balmy texture. I like to use it on my elbow and cuticles as it makes them very soft and supple. It works great to soothe cuts and scratches on the skin and it is a wonder product for winters. This has become a must have for me and i carry it around with me all the time.

What I Like about the kit: 

• No parabens.
• All natural products.
• Economical pack.
• Amazing foot cream.
• Great smelling products.
• Sample sized products are great for trial

What I disliked: 

• Product size is too small.
• Availability.

Recommendation:

I would totally recommend it to first time Burt’s Bees users.  It’s a great way to sample the products and then buy full-sized ones.