Beeswax is an amazing product with many valuable properties. It is produced in the wax glands of young bees, as a result of processing nutrients absorbed by bees. More than 300 components are contained in beeswax. And its color can vary from white to dark yellow.
Useful properties of beeswax
This product has the following healing properties:
- contains substances with antibacterial action;
- adsorbs various toxins and helps with intoxication;
- has a good shelf life;
- contains vitamins that do not break down after re-heating.
Application of beeswax
Bee wax has been used since a long time. And nowadays it is used in many branches of life:
- metallurgy;
- aviation industry;
- leather industry;
- printing industry;
- cosmetology;
- making church candles;
- paint and varnish industry and others.
The greatest application was beeswax in cosmetology. It is recommended to use yellow wax, because it contains a large amount of vitamin A.
Beeswax for hair is used for the purpose of improving hair follicles. Manufacturers of cosmetics for hair include this unique product in the composition of masks, conditioners, hair dyes. Beeswax is also used in the manufacture of hair styling products. In addition, there are folk recipes for hair, in which beeswax is used.
Due to its curative composition, beeswax for nails enjoys popularity. Apply it only to a cleaned nail plate. You can just rub the product into the nail and cuticle, and you can make thimbles of beeswax. To do this, you need to immerse your fingers in the heated wax, and then try to keep the bees stuck nails for the morning.
Beeswax in cosmetics and medicine
Widely used beeswax in cosmetics. It serves as an ingredient for many different products. For example:
- softening creams for face and body;
- nourishing and protective face creams;
- anti-aging face masks;
- means for protection from the sun;
- cleansers for face;
- means for the care of skin of hands and feet;
- lipstick and lip balms.
In the composition of nutritious and protective creams for face and body is beeswax. Cream of beeswax improves the skin, forming a protective layer on the face, protects from the effects of negative factors. Cream of beeswax due to the protective film retains moisture, which prevents aging of the skin. A huge plus of the product is also that it does not clog pores.
Cream based on beeswax can be made at home. It is quite easy, for example, to prepare a cream for oily skin. To do this, we take the ingredients we need in such proportions: 30% of beeswax, 30% of ammonia and 40% of distilled water. The wax needs to be melt, then pour into it a thin stream of a mixture of ammonia with hot distilled water.
A component such as beeswax contains recipes for creams and masks for any type of skin. Depending on the type of skin, various components are added to beeswax. For example, lemon juice is added with oily skin, and when dry add creamy, olive and other oils.
With the help of beeswax, such well-known personalities as Avicenna and Hippocrates were treated. And till now in folk medicine the treatment with beeswax is widely used. This applies to a greater extent to skin diseases: such as boils, acne, corns and various injuries. Bee wax has also been used in the medical industry. Based on it, patches, creams and ointments are made.