Alternate Uses for Juice Beauty Products

Lately I've been finding all kinds of other uses for Juice Beauty facial skincare products.

I was having a minor shaving crisis because I really hate to buy extra products and it just seems that shaving cream isn't necessary. (but try telling razor-burned legs that!)

I had been using Kiss My Face Moisture Shave cream because I received it in a Makeup Alley swap. I really liked the fragrance, (both the name and the smell!) Vanilla Earth and it felt ok on my skin, but I still noticed some razor drag and the ingredients weren't great. (the website says 'contains no unnecessary chemicals! Ha!)

Ingredients:

Water, Potassium Myristate, Sodium Myristate, Propylene Glycol, TEA Stearate, Coconut Oil, Olive Oil, Aloe Vera, Vitamins A & D, Tocopherol Acetate (Vitamin E), Allantoin, Lecithin, Extracts of Lime, Peppermint, Lady’s Mantle, Soapwort, Horsetail, Watercress, Lemongrass, Sage, Goldenseal, Orange Flower, Arnica, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Fragrance, Sodium Benzoate

Also, it foamed slightly which I just don't want or need in a shaving cream. Not only do I not want the foaming agents, but if I wanted a foaming shaving cream I would just keep using shower gel. (even though right now I'm using Dr. Hauschka rose body washl and it doesn't really foam)

I had this issue every time I took a shower and every time I went to Whole Foods or any of my other natural product haunts I felt frustrated when I was looking at all the shaving cream options. I just didn't want to buy a shaving cream.

So one day I decided to use a bit of my Juice Beauty exfoliating cleanser to shave with. It was fantastic. I got the closest shave I have had in recent history and the jojoba beads didn't clog my razor, like I feared they would.

Later I tried using the cleansing milk, and it works great, too.

Using a $25 cleanser to shave with probably doesn't sound like a very good bargain but I only shave the lower half of my legs and so only need a tiny bit for each leg and find that I can easily use what is leftover from washing my face.

Another great alternative use for a JB product is to use the oil-free moisturizer as a smoothing cream for the hair. Their oil-free moisturizer is the most nourishing oil-free product I've tried and I love it underneath sunscreen.

I have very fine hair and everything I use makes it flat and oily...but one day I had a bit of oil-free moisturizer on my hands so I ran it over the ends of my hair and it was great! It smoothed and sealed my dry ends and added a bit of shine. It even added a bit of definition to my layers without weighing down my hair or causing it to look oily, even hours later. As with the exfoliating cleanser, I only used a tiny amount, less than a pea-size.

A local esthetician who uses JB products in her practice gave me the tip of refrigerating the cleansing milk to use as a post-extraction soothing mask. It feels amazing. It would be a great to refrigerate the entire Spring/Summer to use as a refreshing makeup remover or mask for dry or post-swimming skin.

The last JB tip is to use the hydrating mist(which is one of my favorite JB products) as a room spray. It smells amazing and sprays in a very wide arc so you only need one or two sprays for a small-to-medium sized room.

Which products (Juice Beauty or otherwise) do you multi-task with?

*complete list of Juice Beauty ingredients can be found at www.juicebeauty.com