How to Build a Skin Support Routine from the Inside Out
Healthy skin doesn’t just happen at the bathroom counter; it starts with how you nourish your body each day. While creams, serums, and other topical products play an important role, your skin reflects the nutrients you give it, the rest you allow it, and the balance you cultivate from within.
In this guide, we’ll walk you through simple ways you can support your skin from the inside out — covering nutrition, daily habits, and targeted supplements that can help support beauty from within from every angle.
Nourish with Nutrient-Dense Foods & Prioritize Hydration
Your skin needs a steady supply of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants to repair and renew itself. Think of your plate as the first step of your skin care routine:
Eat the rainbow: Colorful fruits and vegetables are packed with antioxidants that protect against oxidative stress.
Add healthy fats: Omega-3s from walnuts, chia seeds, and fatty fish support skin moisture and elasticity.
Hydrate strategically: Add lemon, cucumber, or herbal infusions to water for an antioxidant boost.
Support Collagen & Cellular Health with Targeted Supplements
Certain nutrients play a direct role in skin structure and repair. While food is foundational, supplements can help consistently deliver the ingredients to support your skin.
Vitamin C: Vitamin C is essential for collagen synthesis and is an antioxidant that protects cells against oxidative stress from environmental factors like UV exposure and pollution. Collagen is the most abundant protein in the human body and provides structural support to connective tissues like skin, tendons, and bones.
Zinc: This trace mineral plays a role in supporting skin health by acting as an antioxidant, protecting the skin from oxidative damage.
Sepitone™: By helping to increase skin elasticity in women, Sepitone, a fermented bilberry fruit extract, supports healthy aging and may promote a youthful skin appearance. This trademarked ingredient is also clinically shown in women to help improve skin firmness and texture, and reduce wrinkle depth and crow’s feet wrinkles, supporting beauty from within.
Lustriva®: Clinically shown to improve fine lines, facial wrinkles, and skin smoothness in women, this ingredient also helps to grow thicker, fuller hair in as early as 3 weeks.
Product Recommendations:
Start with the Foundation: Our AM & PM Routine + Skin Support & Hair Growth bundle includes a multivitamin with Lustriva and a multimineral with Sepitone, plus essential vitamins and minerals. Lustriva helps to improve fine lines, wrinkles, and facial skin smoothness in women. Sepitone is clinically shown in women to help improve skin firmness and texture and reduce wrinkle depth and crow’s feet wrinkles, supporting beauty from within.
Product Recommendation
AM & PM Routine + Hair Growth & Skin Support
Thicker hair, Reduce fine wrinkles, Improve skin firmness
Prefer Gummies? Together, our Skin Restore & Renew Gummies and Multivitamin + Hair Growth Gummies offer an on-the-go way to help support growth of existing hair and reduce fine wrinkles in women with the same trademark ingredients, Sepitone and Lustriva.
Product Recommendation
Skin Restore + Renew Gummies
Improve skin firmness, Reduce fine wrinkles, Increase skin elasticity
Multivitamin + Hair Growth Gummies
Hair growth, Thicker hair, Improves wrinkles
Add Targeted Collagen Support: For those seeking extra help with collagen production, our Vegan Collagen Booster Liposomal may provide regular daily support. Prefer a chewable? Our Vegan Collagen Boosting Gummies also deliver targeted collagen production support in a delicious watermelon flavor.
Product Recommendation
Vegan Collagen Booster Liposomal
Skin Health, Amino Acids, Collagen Production
Vegan Collagen Boosting Gummies
Collagen Production, Skin Health, Connective Tissue Support
Prioritize Restorative Lifestyle Habits
Even the best nutrition and supplements work better when paired with lifestyle habits that give your skin a chance to recover and renew. By tending to the basics, you can create the ideal environment for your inside-out efforts to shine. Here are some simple habits to focus on:
Adequate Sleep: Aim for 7-9 hours a night and establish a nighttime routine that signals to your body it’s time to rest. Read our tips for restful sleep for practical ways to improve your sleep routine.
Stress Management: Elevated stress hormones, such as cortisol, can slow skin barrier function and increase skin inflammation. Integrate daily de-stress practices like breathwork, short walks, time-blocking, or meditation. Make your own self-care checklist or explore our Time Blocking Journal — created by MaryRuth herself to help structure your day and reduce overwhelm. You can even download and print your own sheets for free here!
Choose Smart Topical Care That Complements the Inside Work
Inside-out care sets the foundation, but topical care can also help to lock in your results and protect your skin day-to-day. Think of topical products as your external system — sealing in hydration, strengthening your barrier, and shielding you from environmental stress.
Quick Tips:
Cleanse gently to avoid stripping your skin barrier.
Moisturize intentionally with ceramides or hyaluronic acid to reinforce hydration.
Never skip SPF — an effective topical anti-aging step, even on cloudy days.
Layer antioxidants like vitamin C serum to complement your internal nutrition.
Bringing It All Together
Healthy skin isn’t about any single product or habit — it’s the sum of how you nourish, move, rest, and care for yourself, inside and out. By combining nutrient-dense foods, targeted supplements, restorative habits, and a simple topical routine, you can create the conditions for your skin to thrive.
Support your beauty from within with these supplements and more in our curated collection!
