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Mother’s Day Gift Guide 2024: The Best Ingestible Beauty Brands

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The ingestible beauty market is composed of consumable products aimed at benefiting one’s skin, hair and wellness-specific concerns (which include elements such as the reduction of stress and boosting energy levels, as well). From pills to powders, these items are allowing us to hone in on our specific needs.

Nourishing our internal health is equally as important as our external health these days, so seek out these brands to help you look and feel your best. These are the top Ingestible Beauty Products to make that happen, whether gifting to yourself or to loved ones this Mother’s Day.

Feed That Brain

About: Rena Dempsey is the Founder of Feed That Brain, a Toronto-based health supplements company. With her two decades of leadership and expertise in natural health and the nutraceutical industry, Dempsey brings her wealth of knowledge into her company. “Our beauty and wellness philosophy is to provide consumers seeking to elevate their health with simple, smart nutritional choices made from the highest-quality, research-supported ingredients,” she explains. The overarching goal is for them to be more than a supplements brand, “Feed That Brain is also a ‘partner’ on people’s journey to better health, providing them with engaging content and information on topics such as self-care, sleep, movement, meditation and time outdoors to nourish their entire being, body, mind and soul,” Dempsey adds.

With a focus on women’s health, beauty, and cognitive function —Feed That Brain is designed to help achieve optimal mind-body connection. “With our supplements, we address some of the key pillars of wellness like sleep quality, mental focus, metabolism, stress and energy.

What to get: The Collagen + MCT Oil powder in natural, chocolate, and vanilla flavors has primary ingredients like collagen to support joints, gut, and skin health. The formulation also includes MCT C8 & C10 for increased energy, mental focus, and metabolism. Feed That Brain’s line of wellness gummies are also top sellers and include their Strawberry Swirl Energy flavor (featuring essential Vitamin B12, along with Green Tea Extract and MCT); and beauty-rest worthy Citrus Sleep gummies (with Magnesium Citrate, Melatonin and L-Threonine) that supports your ability to get a balanced circadian rhythm.

Ingestible beauty supplements are sold as individual units. See HERE for their complete line.

Womaness

About: Founded by Sally Mueller and Michelle Jacobs, the two have embarked on a mission to support a community of women in the U.S. and beyond entering menopause who they feel lack relief (from physical and mental ailments), education, and support. “We founded Womaness to empower women to feel and look great as we age. Womaness is modernizing aging through clean, modern skincare, sexual wellness, and supplements formulated to meet the needs of your changing skin, hair, and body,” they explain. Whether experiencing menopause or not, the company offers a range of supplements to aid in internal health functioning.

What to Get: Top supplement recommendations include their Active Glow to support the growth and maintenance of skin, hair, nails, and healthy joints thanks to a formulation of ingredients like biotin, hyaluronic acid, curcumin (derived from turmeric); and Let Me Sleep — where essential ‘beauty rest’ is achieved through their use of magnesium, GABA (for its stress-reducing superpower), and their proprietary MicroActive® Melatonin.

Ingestible beauty supplements are sold as individual units and personalized kits. See HERE for their complete line.

Lemme

About: Kourtney Kardashian Barker created this vitamin and supplement brand with innovative formulations when she was unable to find anything suitable for herself on the market, “after years of struggling to find the right supplements, I embarked on a journey to create science-backed products that you would legitimately look forward to taking everyday,” says Kardashian Barker.

With five years of research alongside a team of leading scientists, MD’s, and botanists — Lemme was born — offering a line of delicious gourmet flavored gummies targeting a range of beauty/wellness needs, all housed inside chic vintage-inspired candy jars. Dr. Thais Aliabadi, a board-certified physician specializing in women’s health and who sits on Lemme’s Medical Advisory Board adds that, “Kourtney has spent years working with a team of top scientists and specialists to create innovative formulations leveraging clinically-researched nutrients, vitamins, and botanicals. She prioritized ingredients that were bioavailable and filled nutritional gaps in people’s diets.”

What to get: The Build Your Bundle is the best way to go and recommendations include their Let Me Glow whose formulation includes Types 1 and 3 Collagen Peptides, Biotin, Zinc, Vitamins A, C & E and more; Lemme Chill (which combats stress) which contains adaptogenic botanical Ashwagandha and aids in the support healthy cortisol levels, and reduction of stress-related food cravings; and Lemme Debloat — which are Digestive Probiotic & Multi-Enzyme Capsules which helps break down hard-to-digest foods, aid in nutrient absorption, and the reduces bloating.

Ingestible beauty supplements are sold as individual units and personalized bundles. See HERE for their complete line.

SIBU Sea Berry Therapy

About: Based in Salt Lake City, Utah, Bruce McMullin founded the Sibu in 2009, with a primary desire to procure the highest quality sea buckthorn in the world. After a global search, he landed on the "Turkestanica" varietal, found only in the high Himalayan mountain valleys. “Sibu's proprietary sea buckthorn source is the highest in Omega-7 and is 100% wild-growing and hand-harvested” explains Bruce's sons, Peter and Dusty McMullin, who now manage the company and continue to create new, efficacious sea-buckthorn-based dietary supplements and skincare products.

The overarching goal for the company is to help people cultivate optimal beauty from the inside-out through their beauty dietary supplements.

What to get: Their 100% Pure Sea Buckthorn Berry Puree and Pure Organic Himalayan Sea buckthorn Oil Dietary Supplements and respective formulations fortify human epithelial tissue. “This is the tissue that makes up our skin, mucus membranes (digestive and urogenital tracts) and linings of our blood vessels,” the company explains. Additionally, SIBU aids in protecting skin tissue from aging along with related ailments.

Ingestible beauty supplements are sold as individual units and personalized bundles. See HERE for their complete line.

Great Lakes Wellness (GLW)

About: Since 1922, this brand has been a pioneer in collagen peptides. “We offer quick dissolving, textureless, and flavorless collagen powder that can be incorporated into any beverage...so wellness is just a sip away when added to a hot cup of tea, a glass of water, and smoothie, and more,” the company offers. Their line of collagen products boasts a range of health benefits that include strong joints, skin, hair, and nails.

What to get: GLW offers marine and bovine sources of collagen, both of which can provide beauty and joint benefits. Best sellers include their Flavored Variety Pack with six single servings per container — supporting healthy hair, skin, nails and joints in their most popular flavors: Chai, Chocolate and Vanilla. The Daily Beauty Collagen Peptides’s formulation is also a top seller and includes the brand’s clinically researched VERISOL® Collagen, along with hyaluronic acid, biotin, and vitamin C — all of which helps promote skin elasticity and hydration, and minimizes the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.

Ingestible beauty supplements are sold as individual units and bundled packs. See HERE for their complete line.

Chronic Youth

About: The company’s philosophy emphasizes transparency with every product used in its formulation, its sourcing, and its purpose in allowing you to look and feel better. “All our ingredients are carefully sourced and clinically proven to regenerate health from within, backed by studies with proven anti-aging benefits in just 2-4 weeks,” Chromic Youth explains.

Their primary ingredients include sustainably sourced marine collagen (Naticol); probiotics to aid in a healthy gut and improved immunity; hyaluronic acid to give skin hydration and healthy glow; and inclusion of organic coconut or Matcha — the former aids in skin hydration, metabolism, weight loss & digestion, and the latter — improves your energy, mood, and focus.

What to get: Their Bundle & Save Boxes provide both flavors of their coconut and matcha formulas with 40 servings in each kit. Alternatively, they offer their Sample Bags (4 servings), and coconut and matcha flavors, sold separately (20 servings in each pack, respectively).

Ingestible beauty supplements are sold as sample sets and bundled packs. See HERE for their complete line.

Imaraïs Beauty

About: Imaraïs Beauty is committed to using natural ingredients to enhance skincare and wellness from within. Their formulations are clinically-proven and PETA-approved. Founder Sommer Ray also emphasizes their commitment to sustainability, “we are dedicated to eco-friendly practices, aligning with the growing consumer demand for conscious beauty.” The brand also ensures inclusivity and whose self-care products appeal to a range of beauty needs and skin concerns.

What to get: The plant-based range includes De-Puff, Clarity, Glow, and Grow. Favorites from the collection include Glow (with Vegan Squalane, Marine Algae, and Activated-C in its formulation) to help attain hydrated and plump skin; and De-Puff with helps in the reduction of skin bloating thanks to a blend of antioxidants, vitamins, wild hibiscus, and ginger to target and eliminate skin inflammation and swelling.

Ingestible beauty supplements are sold as individual units, half-monthly & monthly supplies, and as subscription sets. See HERE for their complete line.

Nutrition Auri

About: This brand focuses on harnessing the power of mushrooms and channeling its potency into their nutritional gummies and ingestible elixirs. They use a range of high quality and sustainably harvested fungi in their formulations — which include Turkey Tail, Cordyceps, Chana, Lion’s Mane, Reishi, and Maitake.

What to get: Top selections include their Super Mushroom HSN Gummies where 25mg of 10:1 Wild Chaga Extract helps promote supple skin, luminous hair, strong nails, and healthy aging. Alternatively, their Super Mushroom Reishi Elixir helps with getting your essential Zzzs (and we know that a good night’s slumber is key for reduction of stress and anxiety) and promoting inner peace and harmony — thanks to 1,000mg of Wild Reishi per serving.

Ingestible beauty supplements are sold as individual units. See HERE for their complete line.

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