It started with a promise.
Eight months after I started making sun cream in my kitchen for my two little boys, I was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer. What I promised myself in the weeks that followed became Sweet Bee.
First came the sun cream.
I had two little boys, Louis and Odin, and I was getting fed up.
Every product I picked up felt like a compromise. The sun cream I was told to trust, made from things I would never put mine or my childrens skin. The 'natural' snack with eleven ingredients I couldn't pronounce. The promise on the front, and the reality on the back.
The tipping point was sun cream. I couldn't find one I felt comfortable putting on their precious skin. So I decided to make my own. In small batches. In my kitchen.
It wasn't meant to be a business. It was meant to protect them. But friends started asking for tubs. Then friends of friends. And a jar of sun cream I made for two boys became the start of something much bigger than I ever planned.
Then came the diagnosis.
Eight months after Sweet Bee began, I was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer. I had two little boys, Louis and Odin, and I was absolutely terrified.
I had major surgery and began the long road to recovery. And then came another devastating blow - they had found cancer in my lymph nodes. I was faced with decisions I never thought I'd have to make.
What followed was one of the most defining periods of my life. I questioned everything. I researched englessly. I searched for natural ways to support my body and my wellbeing.
If I survive this, I am going to make it mean something.
It became my life's work.
When I came out the other side, my perspective on everything had shifted.
The small jar of sun cream I'd made in my kitchen didn't feel small anymore. It felt like the shape of something I was meant to build.
Now every product we make has to pass the same test. Would I happily put this on Louis and Odin? If the answer is anything less than yes, we don't make it. That's the promise, in the everyday.
From a kitchen in Somerset to families around the world.
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2018
A kitchen, a jar, and two little boys.
The first sun cream. Made by hand for Louis and Odin because I couldn't find one I trusted on their skin.
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2019
The diagnosis, and the promise.
Eight months in, an aggressive cancer diagnosis. The kitchen project became a life's work overnight.
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2020
Sweet Bee Organics is born.
The first proper range. Handmade in small batches from a workshop in Frome, Somerset.
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2022
The range grows. So does the standard.
Skin, sleep, body care, and calming rituals. Every new product held to the same test as that first jar.
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2023
250,000 orders and counting
My kitchen worktop was a thing of the past as we scaled through our 250,000th order. Our dedicated in-house production teams tirelessly work to keep up with demand.
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2024
Sweet Bee grew globally
We had been selling in the US for a few years, but 2024 was the year it grew beyond my wildest dreams - pretty much overnight!
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2025
Appeared on ABC's The View
A show I used to watch growing up in the US, Sweet Bee were personally recommended by Sunny Hostin on The View which sparked incredible demand for our wonderful products.
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Today
30th fastest growing company in the UK
The accolades keep on coming, being rated 30th fastest growing UK brand by The Times. Also rates 18th on the FEBE Growth 100.
Three things I won't compromise on.
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01 · The kitchen test
Would I put this on Louis and Odin?
Every product still has to pass the same test as that first jar of sun cream. If the answer is anything less than yes, we don't make it. That's the promise, in the everyday.
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02 · No 'nearly'
Our 'won't use' list is longer than most brands'.
No parabens, PEGs, or synthetic fragrance. No fillers, no shortcuts, no 'natural-inspired'. If we won't put it on our own children, it doesn't go in.
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03 · Organic certified
Always, always organic
We tirelessly work every single day to ensure our ingredients, packaging, practices, partners and more are organic certified.
The proof, in your own words.
Three ways to start.
Whether you're testing the waters or coming back for a favourite — start with one of these.
Over £110 in free gifts along the way.
Subscribe to Sweet Sleep and unlock free gifts on your first, second, and fourth orders. Ours to say thank you for coming back.
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Choose Calming Sage or Midnight Slate
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Elderberry Elixir (200ml)
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Sweet Bee exists because I couldn't find products I trusted for my own family. Not 'nearly natural'. Not 'inspired by nature'. Actually safe, actually honest, made by people who care about what goes on your skin.
If you're new here, everything we make still passes the same test. Would I put this on Louis and Odin? If the answer is anything less than a straight yes, we don't make it. That's the reason Sweet Bee is here.
If you're coming back, thank you. Really. It's what keeps this a place worth building.
