TOS REVIEW: Beeyoutiful!

Through the TOS Homeschool Review Crew, Beeyoutiful sent me two items to review: Hair Shine All-Natural Leave in Conditioner and Beeyoutiful All-Natural Lip Moisturizer {makes the acronym B.A.L.M.}.

I will start with the Hair Shine product that I received. I’ve tried quite a few different shampoos and conditioners in order to get my hair ‘nice’. My problem is that usually the shampoo dries out my hair and the conditioners are too heavy and leave a residue. I have fine, thin hair {sadly, yes, it’s true}.

The bottle says it is a leave-in conditioner that detangles and gets rid of snarls. With the simple ingredients of aloe vera, water, sweet orange eo*, lavender eo and rosemary eo, I couldn’t imagine there would be anything to weigh my hair down. And I was right. It is very light and for me stayed that way. I used it on both damp hair {towel dried} and dry hair {especially when it started to get static}. It didn’t leave me feeling like my hair was dripping in oil. As for the detangling effects…well, it wasn’t too bad. I don’t recall the last time I used a detangler, though.

As far is making my hair shine, I didn’t notice a real difference. Although I did like it for it for something else: my hair resists curl but after using this, it held soft curls- all day. It isn’t like hairspray but it seems to give curl an advantage against the stubborn hair

I give the Hair Shine two thumbs up for the smell, the way it makes my hair feel and for helping me finally get some curl! I’d have to give it no thumbs {as opposed to thumbs down} for detangling and shine- I just didn’t notice that as a benefit. 

Two things that I must mention however: 1) if you are sensitive to scents, you may not like this one. My ds, bless his heart, really dislikes the scent. He says that he gets an instant headache from it. I think that is because I make my own cleaner and lavender oil is the main scent- he just is reminded of work {workitis?}. 2) I wouldn’t recommend using this after using a strong scented shampoo/conditioner. The smell you end up with may be, um, quite interesting {and not always in a good way *wink*- personal experience talking here!}.

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The second item that the folks at Beeyoutiful sent me was their All-Natural Lip Balm. The scent/flavor of the balm is orange- but the product itself is…wait for it…GREEN. The smell is like an orange creamsicle.

We {my daughter and I} have a bit of an obsession with lip balms. We have a collection and we carry around various ones all the time. I was super excited to have a new one!

This lip balm contains only four ingredients- super simple: organic grapeseed oil, organic shea butter, beeswax, and orange eo. It glides on smoothly and I think {and I’m no expert!} that the grapeseed oil keeps it from feeling like it ‘glops’ on your lips. I don’t have a lot of experience with either grapeseed oil or shea butter but do with beeswax. Sometimes if the ratio is not correct that beeswax feels like it’s a wax layer on your lips {until it warms up sufficiently}.

I left my lip balm near a computer at work, however, {in my jacket pocket} and although not terribly hot, it caused the orange oil to ‘leak out’ more than usual. It made quite a mess in my pocket and it made the canister sticky. After that it has felt like using one of those roller lip glosses; my lips felt like there was an excess of ‘flavor’.

For the most part this has worked well for keeping my lips moist and free from dryness. They were slightly chapped once and I tried this to help with that. It only kept them from getting drier; I didn’t notice it taking care of the chappedness {it didn’t moisturize as I hoped}.

I would give this one thumbs up for consistency, scent and moisturizing quality. It’s not bad but I didn’t think it wonderful.
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Beeyoutiful is a company that has “Healthy Living for the Real World” as their goal. From the website you can find a forum for discussions and questions. Also find articles ranging in scope- but all dealing with healthy living; find videos, too.

They offer vitamin supplements, hair care, moisturizers, cleansers, essential oils, and etc- check out all of their products.

You can purchase the Hair Shine at Beeyoutiful for $12.75 (plus shipping). It contains 4 fl oz. and comes with a spray pump.
You can purchase the All-Natural Lip Moisturizer for $3.00 (plus shipping). It contains .15 oz.

*’eo’ stands for essential oils.
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Bottomline:
I enjoyed the products I received although I think I expected more out of them. Both have lasted quite a while and have been used extensively- the price for quantity is good. I like that the ingredients are ones I can pronounce and know what they are. The fact that they are organic doesn’t personally sway me towards their products, but I know there are quite a few people to whom this does matter. I would have no problem recommending this company {and its products} to others.

If I were giving stars for these products I would give a combined 4 out of 5. I like the aesthetically pleasing look of the products {with the exception *possibly* of green lip balm that has an orange flavor}, the exclusivity of natural, safe ingredients, the benefits of each of the products I used {even though they did not fulfill all the claims put forth- no real shine for Hair Shine; somewhat less moisturizing than expected from the lip moisturizer}, the cost is practical and affordable, and the company has many different avenues for educating their customers {and perspective customers}. It loses a star for not living up to all the claims put forth for the products that I tried.

Have a look at other reviews of products from Beeyoutiful at the TOS Homeschool Crew.

***Disclaimer: I received the above reviewed items from Beeyoutiful via the TOS Homeschool Crew free in exchange of an honest review. All opinions stated are my own or those of my family. No compensation was given. See Disclosure/Policies.***