Is Jones Road Miracle Balm worth it?

The gurus mostly approve it, but with enough reservations to keep it in the middle at a Guru Score of 68%.

What is Jones Road Miracle Balm's Guru Score?

Jones Road Miracle Balm holds a Guru Score of 68%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 3 expert reviewers we have collected.

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Jones Road Miracle Balm.

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Blush & Bronzer

About this product

A rich, oil-based balm in multiple shades designed to moisturize, highlight, and add luminosity to the face.

Full ingredients

Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Cera Alba/Beeswax/Cire D'Abeille, Castor Isostearate Succinate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Diisostearyl Malate, Caprylic/Capric/Myristic/Stearic Triglyceride, Coconut Alkanes, Mica, Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Brassica Campestris/Aleurites Fordi Oil Copolymer, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Argania Spinosa (Argan) Kernel Oil, Zingiber Officinale (Ginger) Root Oil, Citrus Grandis (Grapefruit) Peel Oil, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Oil, Hippophae Rhamnoides (Sea Buckthorn) Fruit Oil, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Oil, Pelargonium Graveolens Oil, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Phenoxyethanol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Silica, Tocopherol, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Iron Oxide/Ci 77491, Ci 77499, Ci 77492, Ci 77163/Bismuth Oxychloride, Ci 77891/Titanium Dioxide, Ci 77861/Tin Oxide, Ci 45410/Red 28 Lake

Guru Score

68%

Mixed

3 experts · Moderate agreement

What the gurus are saying

The gurus split sharply on this one. Those who love it praise how deeply moisturizing it is for dry skin, especially around the eyes and mature complexions, and appreciate its natural, dewy finish when used sparingly. However, those who didn't connect with it found the texture heavy and tacky, felt it didn't sink in or look natural on skin, and noted it requires trial and error to figure out how much to use and where it works best. The strong fragrance is worth knowing about if that's a concern for anyone.

Synthesized from 3 expert reviews · most recent take December 2024

What they liked

Rich in oils, good for very dry skin
Keeps under-eye area moisturized all day
Luminous finish as a highlighter

What they flagged

Thick, tacky texture feels like Vaseline
Massive tub, very little needed per use
Heavily fragranced

Type

Blush & BronzerBalm & ointment

Key actives

Vitamin E

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

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What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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Beyond50Skin

32k subs

~Nay

"I have tried and tried and tried and I just can't get it to work. It feels so heavy on my skin. It never sinks into my skin, it never looks natural. Even the little bit that I use, [...] I can feel it on my skin. It's just not a texture that I enjoy. [...] I think it's more the sheen of the fact that this is more of a petroleum-type product as opposed to the actual pigment in the formula. [...] So unfortunately the Jones Road Miracle Balm was a miracle bust for me."

All 4 takes from Beyond50Skin

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"It actually requires some education and it's not an intuitive product. The [...] tub is massive and I will never go through this product given how little you're supposed to use to get the effect that is recommended. [...] As far as texture, [...] it's not lightweight, it feels like Vaseline on the skin. As far as skincare ingredients, [...] it's mostly emollients and some perfuming ingredients. Nothing really stands out as a good skincare ingredient."

I Slugged Nightly With CASTER OIL For 30 Days at 58 Years Old

"Castor oil is an emollient and an occlusive. It's in many cosmetic products that we use. It's in the Jones Road Miracle Balm."

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"It's in the Jones Road Miracle balm. It's actually in one of my favorite lip masks these days, this is the Pudding by Fenty. I love this, and actually when I put it on I was like this seems a lot like castor oil and I looked it up, castor oil was the third ingredient."

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HotandFlashy

1.23M subs

~Mixed

"I like the Miracle Balm simply as a highlighter. Using this as that I think it's fine, but of the highlighters that I own it's never going to be the first highlighter that I reach for. There are highlighters that I like much much better than this because they actually dry down and they look better on my skin. This also is very heavily fragranced and I don't really like things with a strong fragrance."

Skin Obsessed Mary

33k subs

~Yay

"I have them in loads of different colors and I'll tell you why: they are so rich in oils that are so good for mature skin. I have been experiencing some very intense dryness because of a device that I use that just made the area under here severely dry and I'm still combating it, so I use this little Miracle Balm as the last step in my makeup because I almost think it's more skincare than makeup. [...] I put this right underneath my eyes and it keeps my eyes moisturized all freaking day."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Sunscreen filters

Sun protection is the best evidenced way to slow visible ageing, and the filters are what does the work. Mineral and chemical filters both protect when a product is applied thickly enough and often enough, which is where most people fall short rather than on the choice of filter.

Source: DermNet

Vitamin E

Vitamin E is an antioxidant, and it is often in a formula to keep the other ingredients stable rather than as the active itself. It pairs well with vitamin C, though on its own the evidence for visible change is limited.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine