Liquid Gold! All the Sweet Ways to Use Honey in Your Beauty Routine

Honey is the bee’s knees when it comes to sweetening your tea or baked goods — and the sticky syrupy substance is also great at other things around the house!

The golden nectar is not only loaded with such good-for-you stuff as vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, it also has antibacterial and antifungal qualities.

Here are ten uses for honey:

Packed with natural antibacterial properties and antioxidants, honey is great for your skin and is gentler than soap. Wet your kisser, massage a teaspoon of raw honey into the skin, and rinse with warm water after five minutes.

Adding some sweet stuff to your homemade scrub brings a natural moisturizer for brighter, healthier skin.

A tablespoon of raw honey mixed with two to three tablespoons of warm water moisturizes your scalp, prevents dandruff and leaves hair silky smooth. Feel free to add an essential oil like lavender.

A teaspoon each of raw honey, coconut oil and apple cider vinegar left on your fingertips for ten minutes makes your cuticles soft.

Adding a little honey to your homemade balm gives you soft, smooth and sweet-smelling lips.

Honey helps speed recovery from cuts and burns due to its powerful antibacterial properties. Manuka honey is best at this task.

Research reveals the trace amounts of pollen in local honey can boost your immunity to seasonal allergies. And you don’t need a spoonful of sugar to help THIS medicine go down!

A tablespoon of honey coats your throat, relieving soreness and coughing. If you make them at home, add some sweet nectar to throat drops and cough syrup.

Some say a spoonful of sugar will halt hiccups, but honey works just as well and supplies nutrients, too.

Mix a teaspoon of honey with 1/8 teaspoon of cinnamon and a half cup of warm water to make a mouthwash that wipes out bacteria. Gargle in the morning and evening.