--- title: Beezin Teens Reportedly Getting High By Rubbing Burt's Bees On Eyelids description: It's called "Beezin" canonical: https://time.com/75596/teens-getting-high-with-burts-bees/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-24T15:27:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:09:05.004Z og:title: Teens Reportedly Rubbing Burt's Bees On Their Eyelids to Get High og:description: It's called "Beezin" og:url: https://time.com/75596/teens-getting-high-with-burts-bees/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltac71a24e5b1d17be/69868c44169ab08580278fb3/94570148.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Burt's Bees products are displayed at Gramercy Natural Front og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Teens Reportedly Rubbing Burt's Bees On Their Eyelids to Get High twitter:description: It's called "Beezin" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltac71a24e5b1d17be/69868c44169ab08580278fb3/94570148.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Cool New Way to Get High Is Apparently To Rub Burt's Bees Lip Balm On Your Eyelids > Sponsored content. 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Clorox Co. reported first-quarter profit that fell less than analysts' estimates and agreed to buy Burt's Bees, the maker of natural personal-care products, for $925 million, its biggest acquisition in nine years. (Photo by Jb Reed/Bloomberg via Getty Images) UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 31: Burt's Bees products are displayed at Gramercy Natural Frontier Market in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007\. Clorox Co. reported first-quarter profit that fell less than analysts' estimates and agreed to buy Burt's Bees, the maker of natural personal-care products, for $925 million, its biggest acquisition in nine years. (Photo by Jb Reed/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Jb Reed / Bloomberg / Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Apr 24, 2014 3:27 PM UTC Apparently, [the youths](http://i.imgur.com/kLUm6Ui.gif) have found yet another bizarre and probably unsafe way to alter their mental states. Oklahoma City’s Fox-25 [reports](http://www.okcfox.com/story/25302985/teens-find-new-use-for-burts-beeswax-lip-balm) that teens are now getting a new kind of “buzz” by applying Burt’s Bees lip balm to their eyelids. Naturally, they’re calling it “Beezin” and apparently it adds to the experience of already being drunk or high by adding an additional tingling sensation. Others say it keeps them alert. But like, why did [the youths ](http://dash.ponychan.net/chan/files/src/138300017269.gif)choose Burt’s Bees? “It’s the peppermint oil that’s causing the burning sensation and I suppose some people think that is kind of funny,” Dr. Brett Cauthen at Today Clinic told Fox-25. Yeah, funny until you get pink eye, dude! Then no one will want to hang out with you because you’re that weirdo with red swollen eyes. If you don’t believe that “Beezin” is a real thing, then allow this video to convince you: ([h/t Gawker)](http://gawker.com/teens-supposedly-get-high-by-putting-burts-bees-on-thei-1567027933) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/75596/teens-getting-high-with-burts-bees/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/75596/teens-getting-high-with-burts-bees/"},"headline":"The Cool New Way to Get High Is Apparently To Rub Burt's Bees Lip Balm On Your Eyelids","datePublished":"2014-04-24T15:27:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:09:05.004Z","description":"It's called \"Beezin\"","url":"https://time.com/75596/teens-getting-high-with-burts-bees/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Teens","Drugs","Youth","Bizarre","kids"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltac71a24e5b1d17be/69868c44169ab08580278fb3/94570148.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltac71a24e5b1d17be/69868c44169ab08580278fb3/94570148.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Burt's Bees products are displayed at Gramercy Natural Front","caption":"Burt's Bees products are displayed at Gramercy Natural Front","creditText":"Jb Reed / Bloomberg / Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/75596/teens-getting-high-with-burts-bees/","name":"The Cool New Way to Get High Is Apparently To Rub Burt's Bees Lip Balm On Your Eyelids"}}]}] ```