Boost Your Beauty From the Inside Out

We all know that beauty isn't simply skin deep. And while slathering on serums, moisturisers, and masks are key to bolstering skin and hair health, if you are not following a balanced, nutrient-rich diet or managing your stress levels, your skin, hair, and nails will show it. Healthy skin comes from taking care of yourself inside and out. From ingestible skincare to the power of collagen, here’s how to boost your beauty from within.

You are what you eat

The adage, "You are what you eat," holds true when it comes to your skin and hair. A healthy, balanced diet can do wonders for your appearance, while an unhealthy, imbalanced diet can wreak havoc on your skin and hair. Skin has a natural protective barrier that protects and seals in moisture. Eating properly can help build and maintain this barrier and hydrate the skin from within. Here are some key ingredients to add to your diet:

Omega-3 and omega-6 fats are essential fatty acids. They not only help protect your skin from sun damage and help skin conditions such as acne but will help improve your skin’s hydration and can be found in fatty fish like salmon, walnuts and chia seeds. It also helps regulate the oil production of your skin.


Vitamin C is full of antioxidants which help defend the skin from oxidative stress and free radicals. It also encourages collagen production to keep skin looking plump and healthy and helps ward off signs of ageing. Eating citrus fruit like oranges is the most obvious way to increase your Vitamin C intake, but other great sources include broccoli, spinach, and strawberries.


Antioxidants help combat damage caused by stress, pollution and other toxins and chemicals our body is exposed to on an everyday basis and are readily available fresh fruits and vegetables such as kale, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, and avocados.


Collagen is the body's structural protein that supports your skin, ligaments, and bones. To help boost your body’s collagen production, increase your intake of vitamin C (kale, broccoli, red peppers), vitamin A (dark leafy greens, carrots, sweet potatoes), zinc (meat and fish) and sulphur (eggs, leeks, garlic). And stay away from too much sugar and refined carbohydrates which can cause inflammation and damage collagen.

Get moving

Exercise can be very beneficial to your skin and overall health by increasing blood flow, which not only improves the delivery of oxygen and nutrients to the skin but also makes us sweat, which helps flush out toxins and impurities that can clog pores and lead to breakouts.

Manage stress

Stress ages your skin and can cause flares up. This is because it increases the body's production of hormones such as cortisol, which can make skin oilier and decrease its ability to fight off acne-causing bacteria. To help keep your stress under control, regularly practise stress-management techniques, like yoga, taking nature walks, deep breathing, and meditation. 

Supplement you beauty

While topical skincare is still important, incorporating ingestible beauty into your routine enables you to feed your skin from within – complementing and fully optimising your current beauty routine. Harnessing the power of vitamins, minerals, and superfood ingredients like collagen, biotin, niacin, omega-3 fatty acids, pomegranate and green tea, these products help you glow from the inside out.

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Sleeping beauty

While we’re sleeping, our skin switches to recovery mode. It’s an important time of repair and regeneration so the more sleep you get, the more time your complexion has to rejuvenate. Another key benefit is that once you fall asleep, your body starts producing growth hormones. These growth hormones ensure that your skin is producing enough collagen, which helps your skin to remain tight and bouncy and allows your skin to repair acne and scarring across your body.

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