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The best honey-infused beauty buys to sweeten up your routine

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By Briar Clark

BEAUTYcrew Beauty Editor / September 09 2021

Honey is kind of like nature’s golden elixir, boasting anti-bacterial, humectant and nourishing properties. From medicinal to skin care benefits (we’re looking at you manuka honey) and everything in-between, honey has an otherworldly ability to make anything it’s dropped into feel all that more indulgent.

In fact, this decadent delicacy is the sweet addition to all of the beauty products in this carefully curated line-up. From serums to fragrance, the natural ingredient is the star of the show in every single one of these beauty buys.

Here are five honey-infused picks that we think are the bee’s knees.

GUERLAIN Abeille Royale Advanced Youth Watery Oil

We can’t talk about all things honey-infused without mentioning the iconic Abielle Royale range from Guerlain. This watery oil is the latest addition to the bee-crazy family and it boasts a formula that helps to repair skin up to nine times faster than it would on its own. Made from 95 per cent naturally-derived ingredients (including four types of honey and royal jelly), it works to promote skin health and immunity for a more youthful-looking and resilient complexion.

$152 at Sephora

FOREO Manuka Honey Revitalizing UFO™ Activated Face Mask

Snap this manuka honey-infused mask onto your FOREO UFO 2 ($395 at Adore Beauty) to experience a decadent at-home take on an in-salon facial. Harness the UFO 2’s full-spectrum LED light, thermo-therapy, cryo-therapy and t-sonic pulsation capabilities to amplify the experience of the soothing and nourishing manuka honey mask serum. Smooth, supple and youthfully-plump skin, here we come.

$25 at Sephora

HUDA BEAUTY Silk Balm Honey Kiss

Enjoy the same lip-plumping pout-enhancers from Huda’s OG balm formula (AKA soybean, liquorice, and hyaluronic acid) alongside organic manuka honey for an extra dose of nourishing hydration and a tasty, subtly sweet honey scent.

$32 at Sephora

FARMACY Honeymoon Glow AHA Resurfacing Night Serum

Honey and hyaluronic acid are the powerful humectants behind the hydration-powered pressure blast your skin is going to experience with this little winner in your routine. Thanks to the addition of AHAs, BHAs and a blend of gentle flower acids, this serum resurfaces, hydrates, and clarifies dull skin as you snooze for a sinfully glowy complexion by breakfast. Yum.

was $100 now $80 at Sephora (waitlist only)

WISHFUL Honey Balm Jelly Moisturizer

This unique water-in-silicone formula really seals in moisture, ensuring that the moisturiser’s ingredient complex can maintain its potency and deliver all that skin-loving honey extract, niacinamide and turmeric straight to where it’s needed. You can look forward to a hydrated complexion for up to 24 hours after application, as well as an improvement to the appearance of any hyperpigmentation and texture. The promise of a brighter visage, basically non-existent pores and reduction in redness means you’re on the fast track to that glass skin we’re all after.

$66 at Sephora

Swisse Skincare Manuka Honey Daily Glow Foaming Cleanser

It’s all natural and all good when it comes to this daily cleanser. Boasting a formula that includes not only Manuka honey but a blend of vitamin C and papaya enzymes, it helps to keep dull, tired skin firmly at bay. Consider this the perfect wake me up to get any day started.

$6.49 at Chemist Warehouse

Antipodes Aura Manuka Honey Mask

Designed to add a bit of luxury to your everyday, this cleansing mask is formulated for daily use (if you like it like that, otherwise once or twice a week should do the trick) and combines Manuka honey extract and organic avocado oils rich in omegas 9, 3 and 6 for hydrated soft skin that’s free from impurities post-rinse. Simply carve out a cool 15 min mask sesh and you’re good to go. We love.

$36.69 at Chemist Warehouse

Jo Malone London Nectarine Blossom & Honey Cologne

Now that your skin care routine is honey-infused, you should probably smell like the sweet and natural offering too. Spritz some of this nectarine blossom and honey cologne over yourself and enjoy playful notes of nectarine, peach, cassis, spring florals and acacia honey. Nature’s nectar never smelled so good.

$106 at Myer

Know what else is a godsend for skin? Vitamin C. This is why a vitamin C serum needs to be in your skin care routine.

Main image credit: @kehlani, @jomalonelondon, @antipodesskincare

Briar Clark

Briar Clark got her start in the media industry in 2017, as an intern for Marie Claire and InStyle. Since then, her keen interest in fashion and beauty has landed her gigs as a Digital Content Producer and Beauty Editor with titles like Girlfriend, Refinery29, BEAUTYcrew and beautyheaven. She loves the way seemingly innocuous topics like skin care and style have the ability to put a smile on people’s faces or make them think about themselves a little differently. A big believer in self love and experimentation, Briar has made a point of becoming the Australian beauty industry’s unofficial guinea pig for unusual treatments and daring hair trends. When she’s not testing out the latest beauty launches, Briar is big on broadening her horizons, mostly in the form of food but she’s also partial to travelling to new destinations both near and far (and of course, allocating an extra bag to bring their best beauty offerings home with her).