Beeswax Uses As a Product

The warm, golden hue and the slightly sweet scent of beeswax adds to its appeal, but the lure of this natural bee product lies in the effect it has on skin and hair and in its contribution to other products. Before the honeybee fills its hive with honey, it constructs honeycomb from beeswax. During harvest, the beekeeper extracts the honey and melts down the honeycomb, refining and filtering out impurities before selling the beeswax.

Cosmetics

When combined with creams and lotions, beeswax provides a silky barrier on the skin that locks in moisture and repels dirt. Through emulsification, a process whereby the melted wax blends smoothly into water-based ingredients, beeswax offers protection for the skin without irritating or clogging pores, according to Botanical.com.
Beeswax gives lipsticks and lip balms a smooth feel that coats and protects the lips from dryness and irritants. Vitamin A, a natural ingredient in beeswax, offers additional protection and healing in salves, ointments and sunscreen lotions. It is also a popular ingredient in natural soaps.
Some mustache waxes and hair pomades contain beeswax.

Household/Food

The natural lubricant property of beeswax makes it a popular addition in some household products. Beeswax furniture polish leaves a smooth sheen on real wood. Some antique dealers prefer natural beeswax furniture polish to other commercial polishes, according to the website Pioneer Thinking.
Some car waxes may also include beeswax in their formula, because of the wax's ability to form a protective seal on the car's exterior.
Although new manufacturing methods have reduced the use of beeswax in food protection, some cheeses still bear a coating of beeswax. Food-grade beeswax may be an ingredient in candy making.

Crafts

Beeswax makes a soft candle that burns slowly and does not smoke.
Artisans sculpt beeswax into a figurine, coat it with plaster and then heat the hard plaster, melting away the beeswax and leaving a mold suitable for casting replicas. The use of beeswax in casting molds isn't a new technique, employed by craftsmen hundreds of years ago.
Beeswax is beneficial in the production of European batik egg decorating, used to protect portions of the egg during the coloring process. Handmade crayons may contain beeswax.

Beekeeping

Some beeswax returns to the hive in the form of wax-coated foundations. A foundation is a plastic panel or a screen, inserted into a frame, providing the base for honeybees to build new comb. Honeybees quickly accept foundations coated in wax, increasing productivity.