Today’s giveaway is from Summer of Butterbean! Summer just happens to be one of my closest friends, so it’s great fun to get to introduce her and the amazing products she has created here! I absolutely love Butterbean sunscreen. It is perfect for sensitive skin, and really filled a need for my family. Beatrix has very fair skin and is sensitive to even the “natural” sunscreens available at the store. Butterbean is the first sunscreen that I can actually use all over her face, even around her eyes, without a reaction. It’s amazing really. Of course we use it on the whole family, and love having a safe product for babies, but I am especially grateful to have an effective and non irritating option for sensitive little Bea. Oh, and I should add that it rubs in nicely and completely, and doesn’t sit on the surface of the skin looking thick and pasty like some zinc oxide based sunscreens do. Now, I’ll stop writing, and let Summer introduce herself and share the story behind Butterbean:
Thank you for your interest in Butterbean! I got the idea to make my own sunscreen when I was pregnant with my fourth baby. I grew up in a health conscious family, so I became used to questioning ingredients from an early age. I was the kid eating sprouts on my crumbly homemade sandwich while the other kids peered at me over their Lunchables box with squinched up noses! It embarrassed me at first, but I soon realized that my mom made these choices because she wanted the best for me.
I grew up in Florida so sun protection has been drilled into my brain. I wanted to have a sunscreen that I could pronounce all the ingredients! After research and trial runs, I came up with a sunscreen that seemed good on all skin types and made my family and friends happy in the sun!
I think the greatest thing about my products is the ingredients. I use the very best ingredients from the most reputable suppliers. My coconut oil is certified organic, fair trade and raw (which preserves the beneficial components). The Shea butter is certified organic and sourced through a company in VT. The owners go to Africa to buy Shea from the local women. This ensures fair wages and conditions as well as understanding the process from start to finish. My favorite is the beeswax. I just love the guy who sells it to me. Anyone who can speak bee has got to be pretty intuitive and have a big heart. The beeswax smells like warm liquid flowers, and what the bees have been eating determines the color of the wax (as well as the color of the sunscreen). Sometimes it is creamy white and sometimes it looks like eggnog! My apricot kernel oil is free of chemicals, and my vitamin E is from a company that makes a pledge against GMO’s.
I am excited to offer 2 new products this season—Bug-a-boo bug spray and Butterbean lip balm! My favorite lip balm is Burt’s Bees because it has the perfect amount of peppermint and a nice texture. I have modeled my lip balm after it. You will have to let me know what you think! My children do not like peppermint lip balm. They claim it is “too spicy.” So, I made a flavor with them in mind. I use pure, steam distilled essential oils of sweet orange, lime and grapefruit to give a smooth warm feeling that is perfect for moisturizing lips!
Bug-a-boo bug spray is a safe and effective way to keep pests (not people) away. Bugs despise Neem oil so that is a significant ingredient in our bug spray. Neem has a garlicky smell that is not overwhelming when paired with citronella, lemon grass, cedar wood, and peppermint oil. Bug-a-boo feels soothing and fresh on the skin.
I must say that Butterbean would not be up and running without the help of my family! My husband, Thomas, has created the images and color scheme. My children help tape boxes and place stickers. They also wait patiently when their mother is running around blending sunscreen or making their house smell like a citronella candle. Thank you all for your support and encouragement!
For today’s giveaway Summer is offering one winner 1 3oz sunscreen and a peppermint lip balm, and a second winner will receive 1 gift package including 1 3oz sunscreen, 1 bug-a-boo, and 1 sweet citrus lip balm.
Summer is also offering a 10% discount on all orders placed through May 31. Use the code BUTTERBEAN at checkout. Be sure to “Like” Butterbean on Facebook, and you can also follow Summer on her blog!
For your chance to win, simply leave a comment on this post. Comments are closed and the winners are:
Mandi@herbanhomestead “My Moonpie has the same reactions to sun screen as well. I’m going to try this for sure! Thanks for the source!”
and Erica “Would love to try this! I have two blue eyed babies and we are living in south texas, I’m always looking for a natural sunscreen to rub all over them and gentle to use everyday!”
Thanks, Butterbean!
Wow, these products sounds just fantastics!! I want them, please!?!?!
Love the products, thanks for the opportunity!
I would love to try some of Butterbean’s sunscreen in hot Tucson! I’d be apply to write a review and tell all my friends?
this looks like wonderful product!
That sunscreen looks good enough to eat!
Enjoyed reading her testimony on her site. Such a cute name behind it and I would be so happy to have these products for my three children.
Thanks for the chance.
My daughter is super sensitive to sunscreen! I would love to try this!
Oh, my goodness! What a great idea – I’d love to try it!
I have very pale, sensitive-skinned, children and this sounds like the answer for us. I’d love to try it!
I have been searching for a good sunblock for my one-year-old. I’d love to try Butterbean!
As a redhead living in Florida with two very fair-skinned daughters, I am so excited to learn about Butterbean!
We usually avoid the regular sunscreen and opt for hats, but that gets complicated with little ones.
this looks good!
Hooray for natural sunscreen. I would love to try!
What gorgeous little ones, I’d love to try neem oil, thank you!
All of that sounds very interesting…thank you for the introduction and the opportunity to learn more.
Would love to try!
So fab! Thanks for sharing about Butterbean; this should eliminate my yearly choosing a healthy sunscreen dilemma……
We also have sensitive skin and I have been looking for a good sunscreen for some time. This one sounds like a great one to try!
I am sure this would smell and feel really wonderful! I would love to try it!
These look like a fantastic products. We would love to try them at our house.
Her products sound fantastic!
This sounds great! It’s hard to find good, natural sunscreen. I think I’ll try it even if I don’t win — thanks for the coupon code too!
Ahhh if I was to win any giveaway, I would want it to be this one. My beautiful niece has the fairest skin and I know her momma would definitely benefit from these products.
Sounds perfect for my fair skinned little red head!
would love to try some of her products!
-MB
My son has such sensitive skin, I really need this ! Thanks so much for the chance to win !
please enter me, thank you!
It would be just in time for the warm weather we’re finally having… I’d love to try before buying, is it possible?
I love this!
About the sandwich, I wonder if you didn’t alway want that “normal” stuff as a kid?
Safe cosmetics are really important to me. These look like really wonderful products; thanks for putting so much love into the products you make!
sounds yummy!
I love that all the ingredients are listed!
I am very eager to try this on my youngest! The boys bronze up nicely and only need sunscreen if we’re at the beach all day. Not so for my little girl. And she has sensitive skin to boot. This may be a godsend!
I would love to try this! I am always looking for a good sunscreen because I burn very quickly!
I would love to win these.
Oops, I don’t think my comment got on. We have sensitive skin at our house, too.
Terrific! We have sensitive skin at our house, too.
Wow, sounds like wonderful products, that I would love to try! My little one has very sensitive skin, but also burns so easily, this sunscreen sounds like the perfect answer!
This sounds lovely! I’m a single girl in medical school so not a lot of your sponsors apply to my life, but I’m always on the lookout for good sunscreen and lip balm. 🙂 Thanks for the chance to win!
all your products sound lovely!
What a wonderful product for safe summer fun! Would love to try it!
ahh, the ongoing search for a sunscreen that isn’t full of horrible chemicals, but isn’t so thick that my older children rebel against it. i will have to give this a try. i love the ingredient list!
This product sounds wonderful! I’m going to have to try it this summer if I win or not!
Would love to try Butterbean!
I keep trying natural bug sprays that don’t work… Will have to try this!
This is so cool! And it works yes? Im guessing there’s no chance of me winning as i live in Switzerland but im very interested in this product!
I have just looked at the Butterbean site and would love to win this giveaway for my grandchildren.Something natural and easier on the skin would be just great!
Enter me in the giveaway!!! Over the counter sunscreens turn my sons skin to LIZARD SKIN (his terminology). It makes his skin hard and rough. We would love to try your sunscreen (and bug spay)! If I don’t win your giveaway, I will be placing an order soon! Thank you!!!
We’d love to try Butterbean! Thanks for the giveaway. :o)
Years ago, I had thought about trying to make my own, but never got to it. This sounds wonderful and I would live to try it on my fair, freckled skin! Thanks!