Honeybee Farms – November Buzz Box
I love trying new green beauty products and when a company offers a sample box I typically jump on it. I found Honeybee Farms a couple of months ago but it took me forever to decide exactly what I wanted. When I saw their November Buzz Box I decided this would be the perfect way for me to try some of the products out. Honeybee’s Buzz Box contains 4 full-sized cosmetic products, 1 body/face/hair product and 1 gift (non-cosmetic).In the November box I received their Cosmopolitan Eye Shadow Quad, Jojoba Eye Liner in Belgian Chocolate, Pumpkin Spice Soap, a four sided nail buffer and Eucalyptus – Spearmint Tea Lights. I was very excited about this box since I was very interested in the eye shadow quad.The tea lights smell amazing. I am excited to try them. They are GMO free – soy wax candles made with essential oils, so they are perfectly safe for you to burn! The nail buffer looks interesting. I haven’t found a good, safe nail polish or polish remover so I rarely do my nails. I’m not sure when I’ll use it, but it will be nice to have it on hand. The Pumpkin spice hand soap smells very nice. I haven’t broken it out yet, but I look forward to doing so. The jojoba eye liner is luxurious! It goes on silky smooth and the color is great. It lasts for pretty much the entire day. However, my eyes were super irritated by the end of the day. I’ve never had that issue with the other green beauty brand liners I use, so I’m not sure what is in this one that I’m allergic to.
The eyeshadow quad is my favorite thing in the entire box! I’d had my eye on it before ordering this box and it was a dream to receive it. The shadows are silky and super long wearing. They blend incredibly well and stay all day long. You cannot go wrong by ordering one of these shadows or quads. The brush that comes in the quad is pretty useless though. It doesn't blend the shadows well at all. I did find it made a great lip brush in a pinch.Honeybee Farms is a gluten-free, vegan, non-GMO and cruelty-free company. HOWEVER, they do list carmine as one of the ingredients in their Party Girl Eye Quad. When I emailed the company about this they said:
“Two of the palettes are vegan. But the one shade in the Party Girl palette (Cupcake) MAY contain carmine. There was an issue in its manufacture, and this is why we can't list it as vegan. Our three palette offerings – The Cosmopolitan, Rock the Smokey Eye and Party Girl – all list the same ingredients because they use the same general formula. The only one that has carmine is the Cupcake shade in the Party Girl palette, so it is listed in the “may contain” section of the ingredients list. The Cosmopolitan does not have carmine.”
This is something you’ll need to consider if you decide to purchase from them. It would also be very easy just to avoid that palette/color until they get the manufacturing issue resolved.I am a fan of this company and the products I received in this box. I have already purchased their December box in order to try more new products. I highly encourage you to try them out if you're as interested in green beauty as I am!