admin Who knew that the year’s most viral beauty inspirations would read like a café menu? Glazed donut skin. Tomato girl summer. Latte and strawberry makeup. Seriously, the PR pitches are making all of our staffers hungry—which got us thinking about how to really snack one’s way to better skin. Especially given there are more edible beauty options than ever, from a.m. shots of apple cider vinegar to Erewhon’s cultish beverage options (see: Hailey Bieber’s ‘skin glaze’ smoothie or the store’s first-ever beauty branded juice, released in partnership with Origins) to It ingredients like sea moss and myriad mushrooms.
But what’s the easiest way to eat your beauty?
“Eating your beauty starts at the farmers market,” says board-certified naturopathic doctor Maria Geyman. “Taking care of the inside through healthy food, hydration, and supplementing with vitamins if needed is an essential foundation.” And should you be interested in bolstering such a well-rounded regimen, an ever-expanding list of herbal supplements rooted in ancient and Indigenous traditions offers a wealth of all-natural beauty-boosting options, all easily incorporated into your dietary routine.
Companies like Moon Juice and Anima Mundi Herbals offer adaptogenic herbs, flowers, barks, and fungi in powdered and extracted forms, with one-offs and special blends designed to aid in mood elevation, stress alleviation, gut health, and better skin. “Beauty is a mirror of inner balance,” says Amanda Chantal Bacon, founder and CEO of Moon Juice. “When we feel the most beautiful, it’s a reflection of a calmed nervous system, tamed inflammation, balanced hormones, and flowing lymph. Targeted ingestibles can create harmony from the inside out.”
Meanwhile, products like Anima Mundi’s Butterfly Pea Flower powder feature star ingredients inspired by ancient traditions (in this case Ayurveda), and include antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties primed for calming internals and skin. A Collagen Booster powder aims to aid in the production of collagen via an entirely plant-based formula that supports multiple collagen-adjacent areas. Holistic is, after all, the name of the game. “We designed our original Collagen Booster formula as a mineralizer that tackles multiple systems, piecing a formula that assisted longevity and rejuvenation as a whole, rather than thinking of it to achieve a singular function,” says Adriana Ayales, founder of Anima Mundi. The powder also includes horsetail (said to promote collagen), nettle (a natural astringent), and calendula (a soothing antibacterial).
