Face Serum: Should You Drink Yours? I Did and This Is What Happened

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are made for sipping. Nor is this new daily habit some sort of viral alternative therapy trend – I'm sure if was guzzling her skin care, we'd know about it.I've been using Ule's Avoir It All In & Out Nuturing Phyto Oil for a month, which is so pure you can consume it via your favourite drink or food, as well as slather it over your face.

Made from only six ingredient— refined vegetable oils (grape seed, sunflower, borage), vitamin E (tocopherols), Centella Asiatica and Tulsi powders—it claims to nourish skin from the inside out, which was good news for my post-holiday, weather-beaten complexion.After procrastinating a lot about exactly how to drink my serum, I initially opted for knocking it back like a tequila shot.

Surprisingly, it didn’t taste horrific. It was neither sweet nor sour but there was definitely a vegetable tang. It was the texture that was most problematic for me— imagine supping on neat olive oil and you get the idea.Adding the serum to a ginger shotFiona with her daily dose of serumGoing forward I opted for a less gung-ho approach and I now add 10 drops to either my morning granola or to a fruit juice.

The serum still sits on the surface like an oil slick but it's virtually undetectable taste-wise.When it comes to ingesting vegetable oils, there are numerous studies proving their efficacy.