Generally, I am mighty sceptical about collagen supplements, but these Gold Collagen drinks are selling at a rate of knots at Boots. Rumour has it that 20,000 bottles were sold last week, and sales are increasing at the rate of 50% per week which, if you do your maths, starts to add up to a lot of liquid collagen!
I’ve had a taste.. I have ten bottles here.. they’re fine.. a bit orangey but perfectly alright. The claim is that skin can act as a barrier to the absorption of collagen so by taking it internally you let it get to where it needs to be. Gold Collagen contains hydrolysed collagen extracted from fish (so not veggie-friendly) which is rich in amino acids, easily absorbed by the body. Taking Gold Collagen apparently stimulates your own collagen back into action.
So, we will see. Boots have it exclusively and it is selling out pretty consistently every time a new batch arrives. It’s pretty pricy at £35.99 for ten bottles, and you need to take four to eight week’s worth to see any results but I’m just going to take my ten and then see if I want to continue on to the month.
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If anything at all is convincing me there is something in this, it is the fact that Japan is mad for collagen drinks right now with no signs of it being a passing fad.
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It does seem ridiculously expensive for a drink! I prefer to eat lots of fruit/veg/nuts/seeds & my skin’s doing ok for 35 , no fine lines yet. I don’t think these faddy drinks can be a susbstitute for a good diet. However let me know if they work so I can hotfoot it down to Boots to get some! 😉
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Sounds a bit odd to me, like Fab Fingertips I leave stuff like that up to fruit and veg, but I would be curious to see what you think about them x
One of the only things I remember a lecturer telling me at university was that the collagen molecule is too big to be absorbed by the skin and therefore we should never believe or buy any creams with collagen in it, because they won’t work!
I am looking forward to reading what you have to say about it.
I have tried the liquid version from Shiseido and the tablet version. The drink/liquid version actually taste quite nice. But I didn’t see a remarkable/mindblowing change in the state of my skin (but then again, my skin is generally quite well behaved, so your mileage may vary…)
When I was back in Asia, I saw how crazy the women over there were in to collagen!! They’re showing those stuff every where you go, so I couldnt help to be curious about these products that claims to boost the skin to it best. Although Im very sceptical about all those talks, I still wanna try it, lol. So do let us know more about your experience!
I tried this out myself and I didn’t really like the taste of it. It was a bit too fishy for me but it’s a great concept nevertheless but then again, Discovering Beauty makes a good point, my sister who studies science also told me the same thing.