Propolis: Bees' Natural Shield for Your Skin

What is propolis?

Propolis is a resinous substance made by bees from plant resins and wax. Its name comes from the Greek pro (in front of) and polis (city) – because bees use it to protect the entrance to their hive. A true natural shield, it cleanses, protects, and strengthens the colony against infections.

It takes an entire colony to produce only 100 to 300 g of propolis per year – a precious and rare resource.

Exceptional composition

Propolis is one of the most complex natural ingredients known: more than 300 different compounds have been identified, including powerful flavonoids, organic acids, trace elements, and vitamins. It is this richness that makes it a key ingredient in natural cosmetics.

The benefits of propolis for the skin

• Purifying: helps cleanse acne-prone skin and reduce the appearance of blemishes
• Soothing: calms irritation and comforts sensitive and reactive skin
• Protective: helps strengthen the skin's barrier against external aggressions
• Moisturizing: helps maintain the skin's hydration level

Our propolis products

• Organic API Propolis Purifying Cream 100 ml: a purifying cream formulated with organic propolis, made in France, for clear and balanced skin daily.
• Organic Green Propolis 120 capsules — Natural defenses: propolis in capsules to support your natural defenses from within, certified organic.
• Organic Tonic Force — Drinkable ampoules 10x10 ml: a toning complex based on propolis and organic active ingredients, in drinkable ampoules for renewed vitality.

Other propolis products are coming soon to our API range!

For the curious 🐝

Used since Antiquity, propolis was already used as an embalming product in ancient Egypt and was part of the Roman soldiers' pharmacy. In the Middle Ages, it was used to disinfect wounds.

Bees use it as mortar to seal cracks in the hive, as an antiseptic varnish inside the cells, and even to mummify intruders too large to be removed (mice, insects...) to prevent their decomposition.

Its composition varies according to the regions and the tree species foraged by the bees: poplars, conifers, birches, horse chestnuts... Each propolis is unique.

Nature has provided everything. We have bottled it.