If you have a few lines and wrinkles, then you can just accept laughter lines (!) or use more natural alternatives to Botox. This poison (used to stop sweating for medical use) freezes muscles (and makes you look odd). It’s also very painful and expensive, and due to being a medical product, each fresh batch is (by law) tested on mice. Here are some kinder alternatives.
Green People Line Eraser Serum is like a ‘natural Botox’ to help reduce appearance of crows’ feet and lip lines in 15 minutes. Use with Firming Eye Serum to plump skin around the eyes, within an hour. Made with natural vegan ingredients, sold in easy-to-recycle packaging. Hibiscus tea should not be consumed during pregnancy/nursing, so it may be best to avoid this too.
Did you know that most ‘hyaluronic acid (often used in ‘anti-aging creams & supplements) is from farmed roosters?
Beauty obviously is from the inside, so the best way to help your skin is by how you live: good food and more water than wine (!), plenty of gentle exercise, lots of sleep and a bit of general self-care. This will do more than any cream or supplement.
try a good vegan collagen supplement
You don’t have to buy collagen from cows or fish, as these supplements help your body to make it’s own collagen (which decreases as we age).
Ask GP before taking supplements if pregnancy/nursing (or for medical conditions/allergies). Keep away from young children & pets.
Raw Beauty Lab offers a vegan collagen supplement trusted by over 20,000 happy customers. Created by a former Miss World contestant (and scientist – who obviously wanted more than world peace) and her husband, it’s sold with a reusable scoop and a special version for pregnancy (don’t use the other one as it contains vitamin A).
You should start seeing results within 4 weeks, and there are plenty of before/after photos to view before you buy. Just mix the powder (in plastic-free packaging) into water, juice or smoothies. Developed using research from Oxford University, the only caveat is that taking this won’t make you look like the founder!
an easy-to-digest vegan collagen gel
Feel (code ‘partner20’ for 20% discount excluding bundles/existing subscriptions) offers potent peach/strawberry flavour (or cherry) collagen supplements that are vegan-friendly and better at digesting due to the tiny molecule sizes. Proven to reduce fine lines and wrinkles by a third in a month, 80% of users saw big improvement. There are discounts for students, NHS emergency staff and Armed Forces.
Dr Vegan’s skin saviour supplement
Skin Saviour is a vegan collagen supplement sold in a metal tin for your first order, then buy refills in sustainable pouches. Formulated by expert nutritionists, this award-winning formula focuses on healing your digestive system, as gut healthy is strongly linked to skin conditions. Take this at least 20 minutes before or after a hot drink, as the skin-friendly bacteria is effected by heat. Uses plant-based hyaluronic acid and also contains vitamin C.
cherry & bamboo vegan collagen supplement
Vegan Vitality (code ENGNAT15 for 15% discount) offers a vegan collagen that uses plant-based extracts like acerola cherry and bamboo, plus L-lysine, biotin and 5 essential vitamins. Sold in easily-recycled kraft paper packaging, this is 3rd party tested by independent labs for quality and safety. These supplements use a blend of vitamin C, silica, zinc and copper (along with protein amino acids) to help you create your own collagen naturally.
anti-wrinkle paper patches for your face!
Frownies have been around since the 30s, when Hollywood stars would wear them overnight, before heading to the Oscars. These are temporary fixes that stick to your face using water-based adhesive for a few hours to ‘iron out wrinkles’. When you take them off, your wrinkles return! But they are cheap and harmless, acting like splits on lines between the eyes and crows’ feet. Just tear the perforations, massage your wrinkle lines for 10 seconds, then press and leave for a few hours, soaking with water to remove. Do not use on neck area, nor under the eyes.
