Moon Juice Adaptogens, Ingestible Beauty and Magnesium Soaks

Moon Juice Adaptogens, Ingestible Beauty and Magnesium Soaks

Moon Juice began as a juice shop in Venice, California, and grew into a supplement and skincare brand built around adaptogens, mushrooms and minerals. Here is a look at the Moon Juice line, plus ingestible beauty picks and magnesium soaks for winding down.

Moon Juice started as a juice shop in Venice, California. Founder Amanda Chantal Bacon has said it opened in 2011, serving green juice and putting ashwagandha in chocolate milk when that still counted as weird. On the brand's own site she writes that an autoimmune condition went into remission against medical expectations, and that led her to study diet, lifestyle and traditional wisdom. Moon Juice grew out of that. Today it is a wellness brand with a whole shelf of jars, and the first grid is the part I would start with.

Magnesi-Om in Berry is a magnesium powder. The brand says it is made to support relaxation and brain health, and it pairs three forms of magnesium with L-theanine. SuperBeauty is what the brand calls cellular skincare capsules, built around liposomal glutathione, acerola vitamin C and astaxanthin. SuperHair is a vegan hair supplement with ashwagandha, horsetail and saw palmetto. SuperBrain and Brain Dust share a nootropic blend that includes lion's mane, rhodiola and ginkgo, one in capsules and one as a powder you stir into a warm drink. SuperSex and Sex Dust are the brand's libido formulas, made with shilajit, shatavari and maca, and it says they are meant to support healthy hormonal balance. SuperCell is described as a 4-in-1 antioxidant system with liposomal glutathione and vitamin C.

A quick tip: pick one product for one goal and read the whole label first. Then run it by your doctor before you begin.

Big numbers collage for Moon Juice: six products from Moon Juice, Vegamour and HigherDOSE, each set beside a large numeral
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Moon Juice adaptogens and supplements

Beauty from the inside out

The second grid is ingestible beauty, and it is mostly about hair and skin from the inside. Vegamour GRO Biotin Gummies are vegan, strawberry flavored and made with vitamins and minerals that the brand says help support hair density and shine. Vegamour GRO+ is an MD-formulated dual-pill system, and the brand says visible results start in 30 days. Act+Acre Thick + Full Hair Capsules are a vegan daily capsule with bamboo and horsetail extracts, and they taste like mint. Grande Cosmetics GrandeGUMMIES are vegan collagen booster gummies with biotin, folic acid and zinc, in a citrus flavor. On the powder side, Shore Magic Hydrolyzed Marine Collagen Powder and Par Olive Marine Collagen SuperPowder in Unflavored are both collagen powders. Vida Glow Hairology is a hair supplement from the same category, and goop Beauty GOOPGLOW Morning Skin Superpowder comes in 30 packets for a month.

Pairing tip: choose one form you will actually keep up with, whether that is a gummy, a capsule or a powder. A routine you skip is no routine at all.

What I would skip: stacking several hair formulas at once. They often overlap, and it is easier to tell what agrees with you when you add one at a time.

Ingestible beauty supplements

Magnesium, baths and slowing down

Magnesium and baths are the quieter side of wellness, and this grid is the one I would open in the evening. HigherDOSE Serotonin Soak is a magnesium bath salt made with Zechstein flakes, French green clay and apple cider vinegar, and the brand says it is made to relax the body. HigherDOSE Magnesium Spray is a topical version, and the brand says it is designed to ease sore muscles. Kate McLeod The Pebble in Breathe Eucalyptus is a solid bath and shower oil with cocoa butter and baobab oiland it doubles as a shower product. Oak Essentials Dream Bath Soak combines magnesium and sea salt. Kourtney x Barker Calm Magnesium Bath Flakes come in a big 17.6 ounce bag. alo Mindful Magnesium Bath Soak is a smaller 8 ounce option. goop Beauty The Martini Emotional Detox Bath Soak is a large 24 ounce container, and de Mamiel Anchor Bath Soak is a 14 ounce soak.

Pairing tip: dim the lights, put the phone in another room and make the soak the whole plan for twenty minutes.

What I would skip: a very hot soak when you are already tired and dehydrated. Keep the water comfortable and have a glass of water nearby.

Magnesium and bath soaks

Reading a supplement label

Read a supplement label the way you would read a recipe. Look at the ingredient list, the serving size and the brand's own description of what it is for, and treat those as claims rather than promises. Most of these are made to support something, such as relaxation, focus or hair health, and none of them replace sleep, food or medical care. Some ingredients interact with medicines, and some do not suit pregnancy or certain conditions, so run anything new by your doctor first. Then add one thing at a time and give it a fair stretch. Baths and magnesium soaks are the gentlest place to begin, and Moon Juice jars are fun to keep on the counter.