Palm Springs AfterGlo is a remarkable, hand-crafted skin moisturizer with a luscious, creamy texture, and pleasant spa-like scent. (*)
It’s a happy amalgamation of multiple commercial moisturizers — combined with emollient-rich cocoa butter, shea butter, organic beeswax, Manuka honey, and several natural oils — which work WAY better in this unique combo, than on their own.
AfterGlo feels luxurious, slick, and slightly oily. . . but absorbs almost immediately. The scent, strong on application, dissipates rapidly leaving you with a faint “I just visited a spa” or “I used an expensive European soap” smell. One client said it smells like “vacation” to him.
BUY IT
Email fullplatebyjay@gmail.com or text to (206) 954-6570 with the following:
How many jars you want
Your email address, phone number, and mailing / shipping address
PRICE
$20 for one 3 oz. cosmetic jar / $15 each if you buy three or more
Shipping is typically $10 - $15 — depending on your order
PAYMENT
I’ll send you an invoice — including shipping. When your order arrives, use PayPal, Venmo, or Facebook Messenger’s payment mechanism… checks also accepted. Whatever’s easiest.
RE-USE AND RECYCLE DISCOUNT: Return your empty jar(s) to me for $2 off your next order!
INGREDIENTS
As a hand-crafted product, the ingredients vary a bit batch-to-batch. But here’s a break down for you:
Organic Cocoa Seed Butter (and extracts); Organic Shea Butter; Organic Coconut Oil (and its caprylic fatty acid); Organic Aloe Vera Extract; Organic White Beeswax; Water; Petrolatum; Extra Virgin Olive Oil; Vitamin E; Vitamin C (Ascorbic / Citric Acid); Stearic Acid; Glycerin; Cetyl Alcohol; Glyceryl Stearate; Allantoin; Biotin; a mixture of rich Jojoba Seed Oil; Safflower Seed Oil; Argan Oil; Avocado Oil; Sweet Almond Oil (if you have a nut allergy, be aware of this one); Cotton Seed Oil; Hemp Seed Oil; Propolyne Glycol; Methylparaben; Propylparaben; Oat Kernel Extract; Limonene; Vitamin A; Vitamin B5; Vitamin D3; Organic Manuka Honey; Magnesium Chloride Hexahydrate; Dimethicone; Triethanlamine; and steam-distilled essential oils, which typically include: Lavender, Eucalyptus, Rosemary, Sweet Orange, and/or Geranium Essential Oil
No one like putting scary-sounding, weird gunk on our skin. But commercial moisturizers — including for babies and sensitive skin — always have a couple long-chemical-named preservatives, humectants, and surfactants to make the product work. I researched what every ingredients is, and why it’s used, and I’m comfortable with everything in Palm Springs AfterGlo.
(*) As a hand-crafted product, AfterGlow is pretty-darned consistent, but each batch varies slightly. It will sometimes separate when it’s knocked around in shipping. Don’t worry, the product is still good — I use it daily. If it separates, just use a chopstick to stir it; refrigerate it for a day or two to help it re-set. I’ve also left the lid off for a day or two, to let the excess moisture (generally excess aloe and/or magnesium chloride) evaporate, which solves the problem).
BACKSTORY
Moving to Palm Springs I was warned about desert dryness — and got loads of moisturizing suggestions. Through trial-and-error an inexpensive, high-quality moisturizer with Vitamins A & D became my go-to. But I now had a drawer full of different creams, lotions, oils, and butters — and some were really expensive!
I had a “Eureka!” moment and put all my moisturizers into my Cuisinart; added essential oils, honey, and some melted beeswax; and whipped up a completely new moisturizer. It was a total “wow” experience — my face, hands, arms (even my sandal-callused feet) just it drank up!
It made a lot, so I gifted jars to friends. Not long after, requests for more, and offers to pay, started coming in. Voila. . . Palm Springs AfterGlo was born! Now I make a fresh batch every month or so — adding extra, emollient-rich cocoa butter, aloe, shea butter, honey, and oils to commercially available “base” products — for my happy customers, and my own skincare needs.
OTHER USES
Try it on dry leather. . . you’ll BE AMAZED!
Palm Springs AfterGlo excels at restoring desert-dried, sun-faded leather belts, shoes, chairs and ottomans, and even car seats. The before-and-after results are truly remarkable. . . and if an application or two of Palm Springs AfterGlo can make dried, worn leathers soft and supple again, just imagine what it can do for your skin!
The chair on the left has had one application of Palm Springs After Glow. The jealous chair on the right is anxiously awaiting its AfterGlo rubdown!
CUSTOMER TESTIMONIALS
“I have the world’s worst, crunchy-desert-feet. Over the years I’ve tried numerous specialty moisturizers (all claiming they could fix my ugly heel condition.) Well this one actually did it!” ”
“I love this stuff!”
“My skin gets really dry after desert hiking... I started using Jay’s skin cream après hikes, and the dryness was just gone! AfterGlo soaks in nicely, and my dryness disappears!” ”
“I use AfterGlo every day! And for the holidays I gifted it to family in New York and Vermont — they love the smell and feel of it as much as I do!” ”
“I have very dry skin as a Coachella Valley resident; but using AfterGlo I see a marked improvement... when I use it on my dry, cracked feet, after only a few nights of use I see big improvements!” ”
“ I’m a regular user of this product, and love it so much I introduced it to my sister — now a regular customer — and gifted it to four friends!
One of my favorite uses? I moisturize my hands right before going to sleep, so I drift off in a lovely fragrance cloud of AFTERGLO!”
“I’m a part-time desert resident. Whenever I get return from Seattle, my skin gets dry and itchy. Jay came to the rescue with his AfterGlo! I use it primarily as a body moisturizer — especially on my arms and legs. It’s creamy as it goes on, and absorbs quickly. No more dry, scaly, itchy desert skin! ”