The products labels say it all: "I'm great all over the house", "Let me do your dishes", "I promise I'll be gentle".  Cleaning products that speak for themselves and packed in clear bottles, B_E_E (Beauty Engineered for Ever) is a New Zealand based company that offers your standard array of green cleaning products: laundry liquid, laundry powder, fabric wash for delicates, fabric whitener, multi-surface cleaner and dishwashing liquid.

What's interesting about B_E_E products, aside from the clever marketing, is the effort put into the sensual aspects of the products and the South Pacific touches.  Their fabric whitener contains South Pacific kawakawa (a traditional Maori healing herb) and their delicate fabric wash has been infused with esseential oils of lavendar, beramot and patchouli.

Many of their products contain kawakawa, sugar and coconut.  The only fault I do find in their products is the use of palm oil, the production of which is devastating the few remaining wild orangutan habitats.  They don't say so specifically on their site, but I would hope they are sourcing their palm oil from local sources and not places like Borneo and Sumatra. The B_E_E web site is a little short on information in general.  For example, are their containers made from recycled materials?  Can I return bulk-sized bottles to B_E_E retailers for recycling or reuse?  A little more info would be useful and even after a bit of online hunting I could find very little additonal info.

Hit the jump to learn more about B_E_E and if you see one of these bottles "speaking" to you from a shelf at your local market be sure to give them a try.

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