00:02Beeswax has been used in products for ages and can be traced all the way back to the 7th century.
00:09Today, beeswax is still used in many products, specifically beauty products for its superior moisturizing capabilities.
00:20Burt's Bees is a company that was founded on the principle that bees are magical.
00:28It all starts with a bee. Well, many bees.
00:35Burt's Bees sources their beeswax from Tanzania.
00:42Using a combination of new and traditional methods, these beekeepers are able to supply half the wax used in Burt's
00:49Bees lip balms and other products.
00:53Traditional hives are suspended from trees and lowered down to access the honeycomb.
01:03The honey is extracted and the comb is boiled down to get the raw wax.
01:10This wax is then sent to Burt's Bees factory in North Carolina.
01:20Here, the raw wax is filtered until pure.
01:24This purified wax is then made into pellets that are ideal for melting.
01:35The raw ingredients that make up the lip balm are beeswax, coconut oil, sunflower oil, vitamin E, rosemary leaf extract,
01:48and peppermint oil.
01:53Each of these ingredients is measured out precisely and mixed with the beeswax.
02:14This mixing tank holds the equivalent of 100,000 lip balms.
02:26After mixing for several hours, the recipe melts down to a smooth, final liquid and is ready for filling.
02:49Empty tubes travel through the filling machine at a rate of roughly 500 lip balms per minute.
02:57The filled lip balms then go through two heating and cooling chambers.
03:03This step is crucial to the texture of the lip balm and helps the beeswax formula avoid cracking as it
03:09hardens uniformly to room temperature.
03:14Caps are added one by one at a rate of 600 balms per minute.
03:22A machine called the Sorting Hopper arranges the cooled balms in a row.
03:33The tube is then ready to be labeled and hot stamped with a lot code.
03:38This code is unique to each lip balm, ensuring that each tube is traceable to its original batch.
03:50There you have it! This lip balm is now ready and waiting to cure any case of chapped lips.
03:58Next time you grab this little tube, don't forget to thank the bees.
04:02Next time you grab this little tube and fill it in the leaves.
04:03It's the best place to do and see where it is!
04:03Keep it up!
04:04Next time you grab this little tube and see how you lose!
04:05Here!
04:05Each tube is open and sees how you can use it!
04:07If you leave a little bit more easily, don't forget to wait until the end of time.
04:07There's always been amazing.
04:07Please know everything.
04:08Where are you ready?
