Popping pills! I’ve been doing a lot of reading and researching in the last few months about the aging process, in particular, how it affects your body’s largest organ. Your skin. When you’re young, you might eat, drink and live with abandon… but as you start to get older, at least as *I* start to get older- I seriously question the things I eat and supplement my body with and how they will affect it.

Three or four years ago, I wouldn’t have considered taking two supplement pills each day in hopes that these would have any effect on my skin’s health. But today, as I write this, I’ve been doing this very thing for over a month. And my mind whirls with thoughts of free radicals, and antioxidants and lycopene. Vitamins, toxins, collagen, elastin and alpha lipoic acid.

Here’s a range of various skin care supplements from different price brackets. I’ve listed everything from Perfectil, at $16.99 to the caviar of skincare vitamins- N.V. Perricone’s Total Skin and Body… at a whopping $130 for a 30 day supply! Yikes! I’ve been reading a lot about Dr. Perricone and have even ordered one of his books. A lot of what he says about diet and supplements really resonates with me. But the prices of his products are a little hot to handle.

With that said, there’s a world of supplements out there. Until recently, Oil of Olay had a skincare supplement as well- I remember seeing it at Walmart. I wanted to include it in this list, but found that it had been discontinued.

What do you think? Do you take a skincare vitamin or supplement? Would you? What’s your age bracket? Do you think about how what you eat or drink will affect your skin, or your aging and health in general?

Do you consider your skin to be one of your most important beauty features, or do you give your hair or nails or physique more of a score?

Gotta go, I’ve got to take my enterically coated fish oil, antioxidant cap and one a day for women, washed down with a dose of emergen-c!

xoxo

Miss K (whose skin is looking pretty fine today! Is it the vitamins, or another recent addition I’ve made?! More on that… later!)

Borba Skin Balance Confections - Acai Skin Treatment Gummi Boosters
BORBA’s Skin Balance Confections contain a revolutionary, cultivated bio-vitamin complex that helps the skin regenerate its natural support system, as they help remove toxins and improve skin clarity.

Perfectil TRIPLE ACTIVE BEAUTY NUTRITION
Certain nutrients are vital to help maintain healthy looking skin, hair and nails in both women and men. Their effect is of greater importance than even the most expensive creams and conditioners because they are delivered via the bloodstream, at the very deepest level. Perfectil® is designed to complement your daily skin and hair care routine with a range of over 20 micronutrients specially formulated for utilization by nails, hair follicles and the skin’s lower dermal layer.

Murad Optimal Health & Beauty Dietary Supplement:
A once a day dietary supplement formula containing key hydrating and cell-strengthening vitamins and nutrients that promote optimal skin health.

Imedeen time perfection for ages 35-50
Sold in Europe and Asia since 1991, Time Perfection is clinically and scientifically shown to increase your skin’s density, moisture and protein synthesis while visibly decreasing fine lines and wrinkles. The result is skin that looks softer, smoother and younger — from head to toe.

N.V. Perricone, M.D. Skin and Total Body Nutritional Supplements
An advanced, comprehensive dietary supplement support program to help maintain healthy skin, joints, bones, hair, and nails. Specially formulated to work from the inside out, this nutritional system combines synergistic powerful antioxidants, B-complex energy enhancers, macrominerals, lipotropic factors, enzymes, and herbal extracts.

Drugstore.com Naturals: The Skincare Support is formulated to contain specific fatty acids that may promote healthy skin.
Gamma-linolenic acid (GLA), an essential fatty acid present in EPO, has general anti-inflammatory effects that may promote healthy hair, skin, and nails. Evening Primrose Oil may also have hormone balancing effects. Due to their anti-inflammatory effects, Omega 3 fatty acids may also be beneficial for maintenance of healthy skin.