I'm no Nara Smith, and I'm certainly no cosmetic chemist—so I'd rather drop coin on a commercially-formulated product than ...

It comes from the nectar of the flower of Leptospermum scoparium — also known as Manuka, which is only native to New Zealand. Mānuka, in fact, is a Maori word. "The plant itself is very rare.

The Cleveland Clinic explains that Manuka honey is created because bees in New Zealand and Australia pollinate the flowers on a type of tea tree called the Manuka bush. They further explain that ...