Juice Beauty is an organic beauty brand that describes itself as using "Farm To Beauty" ingredients. The brand sells everything from haircare to skincare to makeup.

But are Juice Beauty products really cleaner than competitors'? Does the brand use any unhealthy ingredients? And is Juice Beauty better or worse than popular organic skincare brands like Norse Organics?

In this article we'll answer all of these questions and more, as we analyze the ingredients in two of Juice Beauty's most popular products (Stem Cellular Serum and CC Cream) to give our take on whether or not they're effectively formulated.

We'll also compare Juice Beauty to other popular organic skincare brands in terms of formulation quality to pick our winners (and losers).

Key takeaways:

• Both products analyzed contain many anti-aging ingredients
• Both products analyzed are entirely free of unhealthy ingredients
• We currently recommend Juice Beauty

Stem Cellular Serum Review

The ingredients in Juice Beauty Stem Cellular Anti-Wrinkle Booster Serum are shown below:

This serum contains a large number of active ingredients that are clinically shown to have anti-aging effects.

Grape was described as having "strong cosmetological-related properties, such as anti-ageing properties" in a medical review published in the Pharmaceutics journal.

Sunflower seed oil was shown to protect human cells from UV ray damage in a 2019 clinical trial.

Evening primrose oil has been described in at least one medical review as possessing potent anti-aging compounds, as we documented in our review of Bubble Moisturizer.

Magnesium ascorbyl phosphate can moisturize the skin, according to a 2022 clinical trial.

There are other active ingredients in this formulation with research backing, but our main point is that this serum contains a large number of effective ingredients and no ingredients we consider to be unhealthy.

While Stem Cellular Serum contains two synthetic preservatives (sodium benzoate and ethylhexylglycerin), these are two of the mildest preservatives used in cosmetics, and we haven't come across any clinical evidence that they're harmful when used in combination.

Overall, we consider Juice Beauty Stem Cellular Serum likely to have an anti-aging effect, and we consider this to be one of the best-formulated anti-aging serums that we've reviewed to date on Illuminate Health.

CC Cream Review

The ingredients in Juice Beauty Stem Cellular CC Cream Deep Glow, which is a sunscreen, are shown below:

Zinc oxide is the active ingredient, and is clinically shown to be effective at protecting the skin from damaging UV rays, and to be non-toxic.

We consider this to be a much healthier choice than "chemical" sunscreen ingredients such as oxybenzone which can be hormone-disrupting.

There are several inactive ingredients in this sunscreen with research backing for improving skin quality.

Vitamin C is clinically shown to "significantly reduce signs of visible aging," as we documented in our Youth to the People reviews article.

Sunflower seed oil was shown to improve skin barrier function and hydrate the skin in a 2013 clinical trial.

There are no ingredients in this formulation that we consider to be unhealthy.

Overall, we consider Juice Beauty Stem Cellular CC Cream likely to protect the skin from sun damage and to improve skin quality. 

Juice Beauty vs. Organic Skincare Brands

Here's how Juice Beauty compares to other popular organic skincare brands in terms of formulation quality, in our opinion:

Ogee Makeup

This brand uses effective active ingredients like coffee seed oil, which is clinically shown to increase collagen and elastin production when applied topically.

Both brands are free of any harmful additives.

Winner: Tie

Norse Organics

Like Juice Beauty, this brand uses naturally-derived active ingredients and no unhealthy additives.

The main difference is that Norse Organics had some mislabeled ingredients on their website upon our last review, which is a consumer safety issue, as we documented in our Norse Organics reviews article.

We noted no such issues on Juice Beauty's website, so we consider them to be the higher-quality brand.

Winner: Juice Beauty

KORA Organics

We reviewed one formulation from this brand and while it had a highly impressive active ingredient profile, it contained two fragrance ingredients which we consider (mildly) unhealthy and sensitizing.

We give Juice Beauty the slight edge from a healthiness perspective.

Winner: Juice Beauty

Our Clean Anti-Aging Pick

MindBodyGreen Best Skin+ is our top anti-aging skin supplement.

It contains orange extract which is clinically shown to increase skin moisturization, skin elasticity and skin radiance.

This supplement also contains astaxanthin which is clinically shown to cause "wrinkle formation reduction."

This supplement is free of ingredients that we consider to be unhealthy.

Juice Beauty Pros and Cons

Pros:

• Effective formulations
• Clean formulations
• Organic ingredients
• Stem Cellular Serum should have anti-aging effects
• CC Cream should protect skin from sun
• Uses safe preservatives

Cons:

• Relatively expensive
• Brand website charges for shipping orders under $50

Conclusion

Juice Beauty is one of the best-formulated cosmetic brands we've reviewed to date on Illuminate Health.

In this article we analyzed the formulation of two of the brand's most popular products, and we consider both safe and effective.

Stem Cellular Cream is rich in anti-aging, botanical active ingredients, and has no unhealthy additives.

CC Cream contains a non-toxic, "physical" sun blocking active ingredient, and also contains botanical inactive ingredients that can improve skin quality.

We consider Juice Beauty to be a higher-quality skincare brand than Norse Organics and KORA Organics, and equivalently formulated to Ogee Makeup.