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All domestic orders are shipped via USPS from our US based warehouse. Please allow 48 hours for your order to be processed. During Sale and holiday periods please allow additional time for your order to be processed. Please be aware that online orders are not processed over the weekends or on public holidays. Full tracking details will be sent to customers when shipped.

US
Delivery Timeframe Cost
Standard
under $42
3-8
Business Days
$10.00

Standard
over $42
3-8
Business Days
FREE




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Local international sites are also available, where we ship locally from our UK, Europe and Australia dispatch centres to ensure fast and more reliable shipping:

All customers are responsible for any import customs, duty or taxes. Given our warehouse locations, customers in the US, UK, EU & Australia need not worry about customs as we ship using domestic mail to these locations.

Should you have any questions regarding your order we encourage you to contact hello@vidaglow.com.

Returns

Vida Glow is designed for real, active people. We specialise in active beauty solutions and active customer experience solutions.

Busy living doesn’t have time for complicated administration. Our Return and Refund Policy has been designed to be as effortless and straightforward as your Vida Glow routine.

Due to the nature of our products, we do not offer a refund for a change of mind. We have a team of experts dedicated to helping you create an individualised routine for real results. We encourage you to consult with our experts in advance of completing your purchase.

If you receive your product and it is damaged, you have 21 days to contact us and return your product for a replacement, store credit or full refund. All return items will be subject to review by our quality control team upon receipt.

Unfortunately, we are unable to facilitate returns for Vida Glow products purchased outside of vidaglow.com. However, we are happy to support you in liaising with any retailer to facilitate your needs. Reach out to our expert team for help.

To request a return, email hello@vidaglow.com.

*Any shipping costs incurred will be the responsibility of the customer for change of mind.

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Your Beauty Routine - on your terms

Consistency is key to maximise the efficacy of your ingestible beauty and skincare. With Subscribe & Save, you'll save up to 20% plus get free, automatic delivery. So you won't ever miss a day again.


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Subscribe to your Vida Glow essentials and you'll save up to 20% on every order, every time. We offer a 20% discount on our Bundles, and 15% on all other products.


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We know life gets busy and your routine changes. Whether you're travelling or just want to switch-up your Natural Marine Collagen flavour, you can easily swap, pause or cancel your subscription at any time.

 

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Plant-based beauty: What is vegan collagen? Does vegan collagen work?
Nov 15, 20213 min read

Plant-based beauty: What is vegan collagen? Does vegan collagen work?

Collagen supplementation is revolutionising beauty with its clinical efficacy and skin, hair and nail-enhancing benefits. But plant-based, vegan collagen is still gaining traction. 

You may have seen “vegan collagen supplements” lining the beauty aisle. But the chances are they don’t actually contain any collagen at all. This is because until very recently, vegan collagen didn’t exist.

The promising plant-based collagen products you’re seeing are most likely vitamin and antioxidant-rich collagen support products. True, collagen-stimulating vegan peptide powders are so innovative, that they’re challenging to track down.

As a brand committed to real routines and modern living, Vida Glow is following vegan collagen research and development. But for now, here’s how to distinguish plant-based collagen fact from fiction. 

Is there vegan-friendly collagen?

Biotech and ingestible innovation have made progress in developing a lab-grown vegan collagen. So, what is vegan collagen? Initial experiments show vegan collagen peptides and amino acids can be grown through fermentation. Instead of extracting native collagen molecules from animal sources, the collagen peptides and amino acids that stimulate collagen production are grown in a laboratory. But plant-based collagen amino acids are slow to grow, making vegan collagen powder expensive to manufacture. And expensive to buy.

So, there’s lab-grown vegan collagen supplements, then there’s plant-based collagen-supporting powders. These are often confused for containing actual collagen. Collagen peptide powders, like Vida Glow’s Natural Marine Collagen contain the peptides and amino acids of collagen to boost its production. While collagen support products contain actives which assist skin health and minimise inflammation to help prevent collagen degradation. But they don’t contain collagen or directly stimulate its production.

What ingredients are in vegan collagen?

Early samples of a vegan collagen contain pure proteins. Labs have created vegan collagen using fermentation to convert the common elements carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen into collagen.

Collagen-supporting supplements are formulated with essential antioxidants, vitamins and minerals to enhance cellular repair and protect skin against collagen-degrading environmental factors.  

Is vegan collagen as good as marine collagen?

The efficacy of vegan collagen powder is yet to be substantiated with independent clinical trials – like the double-blind, placebo-controlled trials of Vida Glow’s Natural Marine Collagen.

In public knowledge, it’s also unclear which collagen peptides and amino acids vegan collagen powder contains. For example, marine collagen has the highest proportion of collagen types I and III compared to bovine, porcine and fowl collagen. By delivering collagen type I and III peptides and amino acids to the body, marine collagen is particularly beneficial to collagen, elastin and keratin production for skin, hair and nails. Therefore, it’s difficult to compare marine and bovine collagen peptides with vegan collagen supplements, and their beauty benefits.

Marine Collagen

How do vegans get collagen naturally in their diet?

Much like marine collagen, plant-based, dietary sources contain amino acids essential for collagen production. Vegan foods that contain collagen are rich in glycine and lysine amino acids are soy-based foods like tempeh, tofu and soy protein, legumes like black beans and kidney beans, and seeds and nuts. Vegetables including asparagus, mushrooms, and cabbage also contain boost proline, which improves skin elasticity and skin regeneration.

To support skin health and collagen production, increase antioxidant intake with fruit and vegetables like citrus, Kakadu plum, strawberries, capsicum and broccoli.

Can vegetarians take marine collagen?

While Vida Glow’s marine collagen is sustainably farmed and naturally hydrolysed in France, marine sources are not suitable for collagen vegetarian supplementation. Instead, formulas with skin-supporting actives like antioxidants and hyaluronic acid can help to maintain skin’s structure and repair.

Is there a vegan version of collagen?

Vegan collagen is a valuable work in progress – but it’s not yet widely available.

Instead of collagen powder supplementation, the body’s collagen production can be protected with clinically proven ingestible beauty treatments.

To prevent premature ageing and the effects of modern living on skin, skin’s health and appearance can be maintained on a cellular level with potent antioxidants and anti-inflammatory actives. By soothing inflammation, minimising Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs) and preventing oxidative stress, collagen can be protected for a youthful complexion.

For dry, dehydrated and irritation-prone skin, ingestible hyaluronic acid is another vegan alternative to marine collagen. While hyaluronic acid’s primary function is to hydrate skin, increase moisture retention and strengthen the skin’s barrier, its water-attracting micro-molecules can plump fine lines and assist collagen and elastin production too.

While plant-based collagen needs further innovation and clinical studies, ingestible skincare is a plant-based way to enhance anti-ageing skin routines.

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