When: May 10,2008  Kicks off at 9a.m.

The Buzz about Burt's Bees visit:

Sure, natural sounds better than artificial, synthetic, chemical, unnatural—but when it comes to personal hygiene products like shampoos and moisturizers, what makes natural a better choice? Like many  consumers I don’t know the answer to this question because there’s so much confusion about what the term “natural” even means. That’s where  Burt’s Bees is tour of North America comes in, demonstrating the benefits of natural personal care through the Burt’s Bees Bee-utify Your World Mobile Tour. This year stopping at Maryland's- Laurel Main Street Festival on May 10, 2008 from 9am – 4pm. This interactive mobile experience will help clear up confusion and offer real answers about going natural.

Designed to de-mystify the world of natural personal care products, the Burt’s Bees Bee-utify Your World Mobile Tour is a FREE educational and interactive experience held in a one-of-a-kind multi-tiered “Hive.” Here, consumers can see, touch and learn about renewable, natural “hero” ingredients that Burt’s Bees uses and their advantages over chemical, synthetic alternatives. The Hive will feature our over 100 natural products to help consumers jumpstart a natural, healthy lifestyle. Consumers can test their spelling skills while discovering what’s really in the personal care products we use everyday and perhaps walk away with a prize and natural solution to label confusion.

The Burt’s Bees Bee-utify Your World Mobile Tour is the ultimate destination to learn about the benefits of natural personal care products as well as other choices we can make in our daily lives for the good of our well-being, the good of the environment – the greater good. For example, the tour will be handing out free packets of bee-friendly seeds that will contribute to a healthy habitat for bees while bee-utifying the world. The tour will also be screening a Public Service Announcement to educate visitors about the critical issue of Colony Collapse Disorder and how crucial Honeybee pollination is to the world’s food supply. In addition, the Bee-utify Your World Mobile Tour is “green” in a variety of ways: The fleet and generators will run on biodiesel, and many of the materials used are recycled or recyclable. It is Burt’s Bees’ hope that consumers find inspiration they can apply to their lives after they visit the Hive.

Here’s  the BUZZ on what people will find in the hive:

• Product Demonstrations– Consumers can touch, smell and see the wide range of Burt’s Bees products including hair, body, lip and baby care – more than 100 products total. Plus, they can learn all about the benefits of specific Burt’s Bees’ ingredients from Royal Jelly to Grapefruit to Pomegranate. But perhaps best of all, consumers will receive FREE samples to take home and see for themselves why natural is better.

• FREE Massages – Trained professionals will provide complimentary hand massages using Burt’s Bees hand and body cremes.

• Ingredient Information Booths – Find out why a natural sunscreen is better than a chemical one. Or exactly why Beeswax is a natural alternative to synthetic like petrolatum. Consumers will get the scoop straight from Burt’s Bees experts

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