Saskya ask…Does any one know some about Juice Beauty
The Left Beauty Brain replies
If you are looking for a new moisturizer but don’t want to spend a lot of money then Juice Beauty
true of most facial products. Truthfully, a facial moisturizer is not much different than a moisturizer you might use on your hands.
Juice Beauty Moisturizer
At $36 for 2 ounces of product Juice Beauty moisturizer is only about 50% more expensive than a store brand like Olay or Neutragena. But is it 50% better? To figure this out we need to look at the ingredients and the marketing story.
Juice Beauty Ingredients
Here is the ingredient list for their nutrient moisturizer.
organic juices of vitis vinifera (white grape) juice, daucus carota sativa (carrot) juice & aloe barbadensis leaf juice, organic botanical extracts of calendula officinalis flower, matricaria chamomilla flower, tilia europea (linden) leaf & rose canina (rosehip) fruit, glycerin, organic plant oils of butyrospermum parkii (shea butter) & simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed, organic essential fatty acids of oenothera biennis (evening primrose), linum usitatissimum (linseed) seed & borago officinali (borage) seed, organic honey, vitis vinifera (grape) seed oil, organic algae extract, squalane, limnanthes alba (meadowfoam) seed oil, tocopheryl acetate (vitamin E), retinyl palmitate (vitamin A), magnesium ascorbyl phosphate (vitamin C), panthenol (vitamin B5), hyaluronic acid, hydroxypropyl starch phosphate, glyceryl stearate, potassium sorbate, phospholipids, beta carotene, palmitic acid, stearic acid, cetearyl glucoside, xanthan gum, disodium edta, sodium hydroxide, benzyl alcohol, phenoxyethanol, litsea cubeba (may chang), cananga odorata (ylang ylang), boswellia carterii (frankincense) & commiphora myrrha pure essential oils.
I have to give them credit, they sure pack a lot of ingredients into their formulas. But this is the first red flag. In fact, it could be a basic Beauty Brains belief.
“Beware of long ingredient lists”
You don’t need a lot of ingredients to make a good moisturizer so when you see a long list you can be fairly certain that the company is trying to trick you. Why have carrots, aloe, grape juice, rose hip, jojoba, linseed, ylang ylang and more? Is this a martini, a salad or a moisturizer?
Of the nearly 40 ingredients in the formula, only about 12 of them are actually making the product work. Those are the thickeners (hydroxypropyl starch phosphate, xanthan gum), and the “fatty/oily/moisturizing” materials (palmitic acid, stearic acid, cetearyl glucoside, glycerin). Other cosmetic ingredients like sodium hydroxide, benzyl alcohol, phenoxyethanol & disodium EDTA are for preservation and formula adjustment. All of these ingredients can be found in less expensive store brands.
The rest of the ingredients are marketing fluff to make you think the product is worth more.
Juice Beauty story
On their website, Juice Beauty has the quote “Buy it because it’s organic…use it because it works.” They then go on to explain why “organic” is better than “non-organic” in an interesting Question and Answer section. In reality, no one has ever shown proof that using “organic” ingredients in skin care products will make them work any better or be any safer for you. It’s one of those things that might feel better even though it’s not.
Brain’s Bottom line
Juice Beauty moisturizer contains ingredients proven to help moisturize your dried out skin. But these ingredients are the same ones you’ll find in less expensive store brands so you might want to try those products first. While Juice Beauty moisturizer is 50% more expensive, it’s not 50% better.
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Sarah Bellum Says:
For the most part, I agree with Lefty about Juice. But I disagree with the comment that facial moisturizers aren’t much different than hand moisturizers. Hand and body lotions use lots of heavier ingredients like fatty alcohols and dimethicone. Facial products use less greasy ingredients like esters because they feel lighter. While both types of products moisturize, there’s a big difference in the way they feel on your skin. Have you ever tried putting make up on over a hand lotion?? Yuck!
thebeautybrains Says:
Details, details Sarah. You can find lighter hand and body lotions.
Robyn Says:
Well if you still want to try Juice Beauty, you can go to Juice Organics which you can get at many drugstores. The ingredients are very similar, and they are both made by the same company.
Emmy Says:
I know I’m a little late to the party, but I have to disagree. I use Juice Beauty products, including the moisturizer, and my skin has never been so soft, smooth, even and just glowing. I’ve used everything from Neutrogena to Aveda to Lancome to dermatologist brands, and the difference is seriously night and day. People actually compliment me on my skin, for the first time in my life. Obviously you’re aware that the ingredients listed first on a label make up the bulk of the product (I read your post about it so I know you know that) - and yet in this post you completely ignore that to focus on the ingredients that are listed last, which according to your own post means they could make up less than 1% of the product. I like what you’re trying to do with this site, but you seem to have it in for anything labeled organic. Heaven forbid you admit that anything natural and not chemically processed might have beneficial properties - honey for example is medically proven to be anti-bacterial and is included in the Juice Beauty moisturizer, yet you make no mention of that. And since one of the causes of acne is bacteria, couldn’t it be possible that the presence of honey in the formula IS a benefit not delivered by drugstore brands? But of course, that would mean admitting that the chemicals you never fail to hype aren’t the end-all be-all answer to all beauty problems.
Left Brain Says:
Emmy,
If you read through our blog there are plenty of times we mention the benefits of natural ingredients. Most drugs come from plants!
We do not “hype” chemicals. We merely point out what has been proven to work and what hasn’t. You’re theory about honey preventing acne is an excellent hypothesis but where’s the proof? Just because something could work doesn’t mean it does work. If it is shown to work we would crow about it.
As to your experience with Juice Beauty, they are fine products. That they work better for you than anything else you tried is not surprising. Everyone’s skin is different. That doesn’t mean that it will be true for everyone or even most people.
The reason we focused on the ingredients we focused on is because they are the ones that are making the product work. You are correct that the higher the ingredient on the list, the higher the concentration. Unfortunately, that is only for companies that follow the labeling rules. Juice Beauty doesn’t follow the rules. By putting extracts at the beginning of their label list, they are either dishonest or ignorant.
The ingredients “organic juices of vitis vinifera (white grape) juice, daucus carota sativa (carrot) juice & aloe barbadensis leaf juice” are mostly water. If they followed proper labeling rules, water would be the first ingredient on this formula. This is a common trick that some companies try to play on consumers. Unfortunately, consumers just assume companies are honest and would come to the conclusion that the products have more “organic” ingredients than they actually do.
Hope that helps clear things up. I have no affinity for chemicals and believe that you should minimize your contact whenever and where ever you you can. But just because something is Natural or Organic doesn’t mean that it’s good. People should require proof of a company’s claims before just buying their story.
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Tania Says:
Isn’t EDTA toxic? (yes it is!)… So the product isn’t organic, its just has a few organic ingredients … totally not worth it. I’ve been using WILD SAGE facial moisturizer forever… only $12.00, and totally ORGANIC. I get compliments every day. My face glows! So expensive doesn’t mean better.
thebeautybrains Says:
And you say EDTA is toxic based on what information?
According to the Cosmetic Ingredient Review board, EDTA has been studied and classified as safe to use in cosmetics. They don’t however, recommend that you ingest the stuff. Fortunately, cosmetics aren’t meant to be ingested.
Here is what they said exactly…
“The Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) Expert Panel recognized that oral exposures to EDTA produced reproductive/developmental toxicity in test animals. Dermal exposures to EDTA in cosmetic products, however, would result in very little EDTA penetrating the skin, resulting in systemic levels well below those shown to produce adverse effects in the oral dosing studies. The CIR Expert Panel was concerned, however, about EDTA in cosmetic formulations that may be inhaled and absorbed through lung tissue in sufficient amounts to produce adverse systemic effects. An exposure assessment was done assuming the maximum reported historical concentration of EDTA in any cosmetic formulation, 25%. Measurements of the amount of an aerosolized cosmetic formulation available within an individual’s personal breathing space demonstrated a maximum concentration of 62 mg/m3 (Mokler 1976; Elder 1983).
If a 60-kg individual inhaled 0.5 l of air with the aerosolized cosmetic formulation (assumes only one breath during use of a spray), at the maximum measured concentration that contains EDTA at the maximum concentration of 25%, then the dose of EDTA via inhalation of an aerosolized product would be 1.24 x 10-4 mg/kg. This systemic dose is below that producing reproductive/developmental toxicity. Based on this assessment, the Expert Panel is not concerned about adverse effects of EDTA and its salts in aerosolized formulations.”
um... lets use common sense Says:
lol.. have you ever bought 100% orange juice… it will say orange juice as the first ingredient, not water, orange juice… unless the water has been taken out and put back in… says who?? says my mother the molecular biologist. (i checked the carton too lol) i think you should write an apology note about the water thing… but i love you guys like i love ice cream. it’s a yearning. keep up the mostly awesomely amazing good work!!!
thebeautybrains Says:
LOL. I have bought and drank 100% orange juice. But OJ (even the 100% juice kind) is still about 80% water.
Try this experiment and find out for yourself.
um... once again Says:
i know juice is mostly water (my mom is a molecular biologist LOL) , but i was referring to the listing of ingredients, and water would not be listed, so they aren’t lying (that’s what i meant lol). but i think a cream with a juice base is really cool… not only do you get the standard water, but the vitamins and minerals are also present in the juice. my mom said it really sounds good beauty brains, plus they have the super cheap line, which is almost exactly the same. idk, maybe i’ll buy it after my olay definity…