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I tried Love Wellness' women's vitamins for 30 days and I'm convinced they cleared up my skin and helped me sleep better

Jessica DeFino,Jessica DeFino   

I tried Love Wellness' women's vitamins for 30 days and I'm convinced they cleared up my skin and helped me sleep better
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Love Wellness Vitamins

Love Wellness

There are seven different types of supplements, each retailing for $25.

  • I've been taking five daily vitamins from Love Wellness specifically designed for clearer skin, better gut health, and more for a month and so far, I'm impressed.
  • The buzzy vitamin brand is on a mission to bring positivity into the women's wellness space by normalizing sometimes-shameful issues like yeast infections, bloat, and even depression, and offering women prettily-packaged supplements that support natural healing. The products range from $10 to $25.
  • Love Wellness was founded by Lauren "Lo" Bosworth, previously of "Laguna Beach and "The Hills" fame. The founder says years of handling criticism in the spotlight prepped her to tackle tough subjects and foster a community focused on open and honest discussion.

Confession: There is an entire three-tier cabinet in my kitchen dedicated to my various wellness exploits. It is full - as in from top to bottom and side to side - of vitamins, supplements, teas, powders, seeds, adaptogens, dried herbs, CBD drops, and digestive aids. And yet, for the last month, my entire routine has revolved around just five little capsules of all-natural goodness - and I may never open that overstuffed cabinet again.

The vitamin brand that's stolen my attention (and my heart) is the buzzed-about, aesthetically-pleasing, and equally effective Love Wellness (surely you've seen the Instagram ads by now). It's almost impossible to ignore Love's brightly-colored bottles like millennial pink for #Mood Pills, a natural supplement that helps with anxiety and depression; baby blue for Bye Bye Bloat, a digestive-easing, tummy-flattening pill; sunshine yellow for Good To Glow, a capsule packed with skin-healthy nutrients to help you glow from the inside out.

The digitally-native brand knows exactly what it's doing. "We package everything from our boric acid suppositories to our vitamins beautifully; they're products you want to pick up and display on your bathroom shelf," founder Lauren Bosworth tells INSIDER. Yes, as in Lo from MTV's "Laguna Beach" and "The Hills."

"I was thrown into the court of public opinion at a really young age, when gossip blogs were first becoming a thing," Bosworth shares. "I learned how to deal with the negative emotional fallout of that before 22, and that mental fortitude definitely helped me when I launched the brand back in 2016. I've dealt with endless criticism as a public figure, and I believe that's why I feel capable of helping to change a category full of stigmas."

The stigma she's choosing to tackle? Women's wellness in all of its messy, sometimes shame-laden glory - including vaginal health, yeast infections, bloat, and even depression. "After experiencing a number of personal health problems from frequent trips to the OB/GYN to vitamin deficiencies, I went looking for solutions," Bosworth says. "Frankly, I was disappointed with the archaic offerings found at the drugstore for women's personal care and wellness." She realized that her experience was a reflection of a larger universal issue.

"From tampons to anti-fungal creams, buying personal care products has not been a particularly positive experience for women," the founder explains. (Can I get an amen?) "We've turned what has traditionally been a negative and shameful experience into one that women can feel good about, and we rely on our customers to help us spread our mission of cultivating a more open and honest self-care culture for women. Love Wellness offers products that lift women up and heal their bodies, not change how they look or smell. When I see a newcomer enter this space and offer women a product like a vaginal deodorant, it does nothing but perpetuate the shame women have been made to feel about their bodies," Bosworth says.

Do It All Wipes

Love Wellness

This package of pH-balancing feminine wipes actually looks chic. Surprising, right?

It's definitely true for me - I've never felt more chic using a pH-balancing feminine wipe or keeping a yeast infection suppository on full display in my bathroom cabinet.

Love's Do It All Wipes are OB/GYN-approved for cleansing with a natural and gentle mix of aloe, coconut oil, and chamomile, while The Killer is a pharmaceutical-grade boric acid suppository that can be used to prevent a yeast infection or treat an existing one. The pretty peach packaging of both serves as a way to say, "You're totally fine and normal and your vagina deserves the best!" At least, that's how I feel.

But the stand-outs of the brand, in my opinion, are the five daily vitamins. I take four of them every morning to boost my glow, help my digestion, and balance my mood, and one at night to help me sleep.

My favorite? Good To Glow. (I am a beauty editor, after all.) "Good To Glow is the perfect skin supplement with antibacterial, anti-aging, and antioxidant properties," Bosworth shares. "It contains popular ingredients like collagen that can be annoying to mix into your coffee or smoothie, along with ingredients like organic ashwagandha, alpha lipoic acid, and Japanese knotweed." That combo delivers a heaping helping of vitamin C, which doctors agree is essential for healthy, young-looking skin.

"Vitamin C is linked to preserving and protecting natural collagen," says Dr. Karin Hermoni, PhD, Head of Science & Nutrition at Lycored. It's an antioxidant that "supports normal function of the skin," protecting it from the damaging effects of pollution. "Another antioxidant that can support our skin from the inside out and from outside in is vitamin E," she says, which is also present in Good to Glow.

I can't say for sure that this particular vitamin is the sole reason I haven't had a major breakout in nearly a month - I test a lot of topical skincare products as well - but it's surely a piece of my clear skin puzzle.

Good Girl Probiotics

Love Wellness

Good Girl Probiotics helps improve gut health, which also has a positive effect on your skin.

The brand's Good Girl Probiotics and Bye Bye Bloat formulas indirectly help skin by way of balancing the "good" bacteria in the gut that keeps bad bacteria from proliferating and showing up in your pores. "Bye Bye Bloat is perfect for conquering hormonal bloating and digestive issues with food," Bosworth says. "We combine ingredients like organic dandelion root (a natural diuretic) and organic fenugreek (a natural digestive aid) with different digestive enzymes that help break down food and support digestion." You can take one each morning or before a big meal to help things run smoothly.

"We got endless customer requests for a product [for metabolism], but made the choice to formulate a natural product that doesn't contain chemical stimulants," the founder explains. Instead, Lean Queen relies on selenium, a natural mineral that helps regulate the thyroid. Since I do exactly one proactive thing to maintain my weight - a daily Peloton cycling session - taking Lean Queen every day has been the ultimate, low-key way to support my efforts.

Love Wellness' #Mood Pills round out my morning routine and this is also the supplement that's closest to Bosworth's heart. "It addresses PMDD and depression by combining ingredients like organic St. John's Wort and organic chasteberry for a mood lift that comes from nature," she tells INSIDER. "I felt strongly about bringing a product like this to market because a lot of women don't know that natural ingredients can provide great relief for these common issues." I personally deal with high levels of anxiety on the daily and I'm convinced the combination of #Mood and my favorite CBD gummy vitamins is what's helped me keep my calm lately.

While it takes time to see real results from most vitamins, there's one Love Wellness product that works almost instantaneously for me: Lights Out. The pre-bedtime pill is filled with natural magnesium, melatonin, and valerian root, and puts me out in, like, seconds. I usually require a glass of wine and a few episodes of "Grey's Anatomy" to lull me into a light, fitful sleep each night, but I'm overjoyed to report that's no longer the case. A single dose of Lights Out really does it for me and is so much healthier than a serving of cabernet sauvignon, right?

Consistency is key, of course, and that's why Love Wellness has been a real game-changer for me. The bottles are so cute that I don't want to stuff them away in my full-to-bursting kitchen cabinet. Instead, I leave them out on my desk so I remember to take them before I sit down to work.

"I highly recommend using a vitamin organizer and keeping it in your fridge so when you open it up for breakfast in the morning, whatever you need is ready to go and easily accessible," Bosworth adds. "Yes, it's annoying to plan out your organizer once a week, but it makes sticking to the routine every other day a lot easier." And when that routine delivers glowy skin, less bloat, and better sleep? Yeah, I'd say it's worth it.

Of course, my personal experience with Love Wellness is just that: personal. Vitamins and supplements aren't a one-size-fits-all kind of thing, so consult your doctor before adding anything new to your own wellness routine.

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