Ingestible beauty supplements have become a mainstay in the beauty and skincare industry, with many everyday skincare routines extending beyond serums and lotions to encompass capsules and potions. But while collagen and greens have long become household terms, there is a niche selection of wellness brands doing things a little differently. In an increasingly crowded market, there are a select few brands offering more targeted ingestible beauty supplements that directly target skin health and condition from the inside out.
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Whether you’re looking to enliven a dull complexion, treat dark spots, tackle ongoing rosacea flare-ups, or simply promote overall skin health, these are the best ingestible beauty supplements to try.
1. For uneven skin tone: Vida Glow Radiance
Leading the way forward in a new era of ingestible beauty, Vida Glow Radiance marks a foray into cellular skincare. Targeting uneven skin tone for a cellular level, Vida Glow Radiance addresses skin discolouration, dark spots, dark circles, and overall skin tone through the active component SkinAx as well as a blend of brightening antioxidants, plant extracts, vitamins, and minerals. The hero ingredient SkinAx is composed of Champagne grapeseed and French meon extracts and improves melasma pigmentation, post-acne dark spots, age and sunspots, and dark circles from the inside out by tackling excess melanin production.
Dietary considerations: vegan-friendly, vegetarian-friendly
2. For clear, glowing skin: WelleCo The Skin Elixir Capsules
Founded by supermodel Elle Macpherson, WelleCo has become known for The Super Elixir, an all-rounder supergreens powder. Now, the ingestible wellness brand has released The Skin Elixir, a supplement that directly targets skin health through greens, antioxidants, and skin-supporting vitamins and minerals. Best of all, it’s in a convenient capsule form. Formulated by a team of experts, including clinical nutritionist Dr Simoné Laubscher, WelleCo The Skin Elixir supports skin health from every angle, working to promote collagen production, skin firmness and elasticity, and support gut health, as well as protect from free radicals.
“Since the skin is our largest organ it needs essential nutrients to function well and slow down the main triggers of aging,” Dr Laubscher tells Albert Review, going on to explain the reasoning behind each ingredient in The Skin Elixir. “The skin needs protection from inflammation so we chose barley grass, broccoli, turmeric, black pepper, and spinach. The skin needs antioxidants to hoover up free radical damage to slow down the signs of aging and disease so we chose acai, aloe vera, pomegranate, and green tea. The skin also needs essential vitamins and minerals for anti-stress and wound healing ability such as vitamin B3, B6, E, zinc, copper, and silica. In addition to this, the skin needs the building blocks to produce more collagen and this is why acerola as a whole plant based vitamin C is such a powerhouse synergistically working with the amino acid methionine to cleanse the liver, prevent age spots, process heavy metals and 21st century toxic load, as well as working as a catalyst to produce more collagen.”
Dietary considerations: vegan-friendly, vegetarian-friendly
3. For congested, acne-prone skin: Life-Space Probiotics+ Skin Rebalance
Leading probiotic brand Life-Space has released a skin-focused range, designed to target common skin concerns like acne, dull skin, and loss of elasticity. The Life-Space Probiotics+ Skin Rebalance is a vegetarian-friendly capsule supplement that combines probiotics to support the intestinal microbiome and overall gut health with lactoferrin, an antibacterial and antiviral protein that aids with acne and congested skin. The addition of zinc, vitamin E, and vitamin C further support skin healing and reduce the occurrence of acne.
Dietary considerations: vegetarian-friendly
4. For overall skin health: The Beauty Chef Glow Powder
A pioneer in the ingestible beauty space, The Beauty Chef Glow Powder is a naturopathically-designed daily supplement that taps into the gut-skin connection, supporting the skin by improving gut health. The Beauty Chef’s unique probiotic strain addresses gut microbiome and supports the digestive system, while B vitamins, provitamin A, and vitamin C support energy levels, cellular turnover, and collagen synthesis. With gut health directly linked to inflammatory skin issues like acne, rosacea, and eczema, The Beauty Chef Glow Powder is a good all-rounder.
Dietary considerations: vegan-friendly, vegetarian-friendly
5. For skin, hair, and nails: Wanderlust Wander Glow
Luxury wellness brand Wanderlust has recently launched an extensive array of vegan-friendly wholefood supplements, targeting specific issues like stress, cognitive function, and digestive health through the use of natural, plant-derived ingredients. Our pick for beauty from the inside out is the Wanderlust Wander Glow which comes in easy to take capsule form and combines plant-sourced zinc, silica, and vitamin C with calendula and dandelion to support collagen formation, skin elasticity, healthy hair, and strong nails.
Dietary considerations: vegan-friendly, vegetarian-friendly
Words by AR Staff
Feature image courtesy of Nadine Ijewere for Nina Ricci
