A Taste of Fall Ingredients for Better Skin & Hair

What makes fall the best season? Next to the glorious changing of the leaves and apple-picking, it is the fabulous Fall food recipes! Fall is bursting with an array, or rather, a smorgasbord of foods and beverages that delight taste buds. From Pumpkin lattes, comforting oatmeal, and invigorating Chai tea to savory stuffing, there are plenty of autumnal fruits, savory soups, and stews to satisfy every palate.

In addition to tasty Fall flavors for coffee, tea, and treats spicing up the season, the best Fall ingredients enrich natural skin care and hair care products, too! Here’s a look at how seasonal favorites like Apples, Pumpkin, Oats, Black Tea, Cinnamon, Pears, Sage, Carrots, and Celery are the ideal Fall ingredients for healthy hair and skin to enhance your clean beauty regimen.

Apples: Incorporating apples into your diet can boost your overall health and skin appearance. Ripe with nutrients, like antioxidant Vitamin C, flavonoids, minerals, and dietary fiber, they can help stave off heart disease. High in fiber and water, yet low in calories, they help you feel full and stay hydrated, making them great for weight control and digestive health. Apples can also help regulate blood sugar levels due to their low glycemic index.

So go ahead and bite into a crisp apple for an easy on-the-go snack! Once in a while, allow yourself to dip sliced apples in caramel, have a slice of apple pie, or enjoy an apple cider! Just do so in moderation, as too much sugar is not your skin’s friend!

Rich in antioxidants, including Vitamin C, Apples support collagen production and defend against skin-damaging free radicals, promoting skin health and helping thwart visible signs of aging. Their natural astringent properties can help tighten skin and reduce the appearance of pores. Apply our Apple Extract-infused clean skincare face mask for an illuminating refresh once or twice a week! Perhaps an apple mask a day can keep the skin doctor away!

Oats: The B vitamins, Iron, Magnesium, and Zinc in Oats are excellent for overall health! Carbohydrates in Oats digest slowly, promoting fullness, helping aid weight management, and helping stabilize blood sugar for people with diabetes. Regular consumption is shown to lower cholesterol and the risk of heart disease.

High in fiber, particularly Beta-Glucan, they help lower cholesterol, improve heart and digestive health, and enhance the immune response, allowing the body to fight off disease and infections. Oats can be enjoyed as oatmeal, granola, or oat milk, a great dairy milk alternative in your favorite Fall beverage.

Oats are fantastic skin soothers as the Beta-Glucans help retain moisture and provide calming, anti-redness benefits, which is why Oat baths are recommended to relieve dry skin.

Oat-based natural products for exfoliating the face and body can temper irritation tendencies. Our oat-based face scrub, enzyme cream, and tropical body scrub (Gentle Exfoliating Cleanser, Enzymo-Spherides Peeling Cream, and De-Aging Saltmousse - Papaya-Pineapple) feature skin-friendly Oat Amino Acids to gently buff away dead skin cells and rejuvenate your skin. It also provides gentle cleansing properties in our Hydrating Cleanser, Anti Stress Bath & Shower Gel, and Hair Energize Extra-Strength Shampoo for thinning hair.

Pumpkin: This nutrient-dense squash is the “It” food of the season, cropping up in delicious lattes, bread, cookies, ice cream, and cakes. It also provides immunity, inflammation, oxidative stress, and eye health support from Vitamins A, C, and E.

With high fiber and a low-calorie count, it supports digestive health and promotes fullness, making it great for weight management, so long as you go easy on the sugar. Combined with potassium, Pumpkin may improve blood pressure and heart health.

The Vitamins, Antioxidants, and Enzymes in Pumpkin make it excellent for healthy skin and Autumn hair care, shielding against free radical damage and eliminating dullness. It also contains Zinc, which promotes hair growth and scalp health.

Proven to reduce the effects of DHT on hair follicles, Pumpkin Fruit Extract boosts shine and moisture; it is formulated in each of our products for hair thinning, making it one of the most in-demand Fall ingredients for better hair.

Chai Tea: The rejuvenating Black Tea and Cinnamon in Chai Tea is the perfect Pumpkin Spice alternative this time of year. Invigorating Caffeine and L-Theanine in the Black Tea improve alertness, energy, focus, and memory, while protective Antioxidants and Flavonoids aid in disease prevention. It supports gut, kidney, eye, and heart health while reducing stroke, type 2 diabetes, cancer, and obesity risk!

Black tea is one of Fall’s best skincare ingredients! The perfect beauty-boosting elixir for fending off the briskness of Fall, the benefits of Black Tea for skin are numerous. It is steeped in antioxidant Vitamins, Polyphenols, and Minerals that help combat skin damage from free radicals and reduce puffiness! The comforting ritual of drinking tea may also help reduce stress and indirectly improve skin health.

After enjoying a cup and the tea bags have cooled, you can repurpose them. Simply place over your eyes and leave on for ten minutes. Then remove and apply the Lumafirm® Eye Cream - Lift & Glow to complete your eye care routine. Fermented Black Tea in the Lumafirm® Collection also contains a special Enzyme and Lactic Acid that smooth, exfoliate, and moisturize, revealing glowing, radiant skin.

Cinnamon: For good reason, this aromatic spice is found abundantly in Fall beverages and desserts. Cinnamon’s warming and circulation-enhancing properties take the chill off while boosting your skin health and hair growth from within as you enjoy a Chai tea, apple cider, baked apple or pear.

Incorporate Cinnamon into your Fall skin care routine to take advantage of its beneficial antimicrobial, antiseptic, and tonic properties. Cinnamon is naturally rich in vitamins, like Beta-Carotene, and minerals. It also contains Cinnamaldehyde, which studies show may provide anti-inflammatory benefits, helping soothe, calm, and reduce discomfort. Our ProCorrective® Clear-Control Blemish Treatment and Moisturizer combine Cinnamon Extract and Thyme Extract, which are found to rapidly inhibit 99% of bacteria and fungi.

Pears: Pears are surprisingly nutritious and taste great baked or in a cobbler. With their low-calorie and high fiber, vitamin, and mineral content, Pears can help reduce chronic diseases and oxidative stress.

They help regulate digestion, control blood sugar, and lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels, offering unique benefits for those with diabetes, heart health, and weight concerns. Pears also aid immunity, blood clotting, and bone density.

Have a hard time drinking enough water as temperatures cool? Eat a Pear! Their exceptionally high water and antioxidant content enables you to hydrate your skin and body from the inside, helping ensure the skin retains its plump, dewy appearance.

This tasty fruit also offers moisturizing, de-aging, skin-repairing properties from the outside in with our Rejuvenating Dry Skin Cream. Ursolic Acid in Pear Extract neutralizes free radicals, protects, and preserves moisture, smoothing wrinkles and softening the skin.

Savory Fall Flavor Profiles

Less than enthusiastic about the Pumpkin-everything you see this time of year? If you prefer savory to sweet, what makes fall special to you are the hearty Fall flavors that aren’t pumpkin.

Sage: Don’t wait for Thanksgiving to make a savory Sage-spiked stuffing. The numerous nutritional benefits of Sage make it a dietary must! It is abundant in Vitamin K and minerals and tied to enhanced brain function and reduced cancer risk, thanks to Rutin and antioxidant-like compounds (Chlorogenic, Caffeic, Rosmarinic, and Ellagic acids).

According to the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, solid scientific evidence supports the numerous benefits of Sage Extract on skin health. Sage has antimicrobial properties that help prevent breakouts. It also contains Ursolic acid, proven to soothe skin irritation. Sage cleanses, tones, and repairs in the Sulfate-free Phyto-Gel Cleanser, plus imparts an invigorating and stimulating aroma, leaving you feeling refreshed and energized.

Soups & Stews: Fall is the ideal time to break out hearty soup and stew recipes. These recipes almost always call for Carrots and Celery, which are excellent for overall health and skin quality.

• Carrots are high in vitamins and minerals, offering numerous health benefits. They contain antioxidants, which help combat damage from free radicals, inflammation, and oxidative stress.

Regular consumption of high fiber, Potassium-rich Carrots supports gut health and digestion, and may improve heart health and cholesterol levels. Vitamin A from Beta-Carotene supports vision health and may help prevent age-related macular degeneration. Low in calories, Carrots make an ideal snack and filling addition to Fall recipes and menus to help support weight management.

Antioxidants and vitamins in carrots help maintain youthful, healthy-looking skin. Beta Carotene from Carrots, the most well-known pro-vitamin A carotenoid, exhibits potent and effective antioxidant activity in the Ageless Skin Collagen Mask, De-Aging Body Balm & Saltmousse Papaya-Pineapple, SpaTeen® Blemished Skin Blemish-B-Gone, Micro-Retinol® Essential Cleanser and Moisturizer. Carrot Seed Oil in the C Evolutive Eye Gel delivers emollient benefits, increasing the skin’s moisture content, softening, smoothing, preventing tissue degeneration, and moisturizing.

• Celery is a nutritious vegetable with several health benefits. Low in calories and exceptionally high in water (95%) and fiber, Celery supports satiety, weight management, and digestive health, while helping maintain hydration.

Vitamin C, Flavonoids, Vitamin K, Potassium, Folate, and other compounds work together to help protect against cell damage, promote bone health, and potentially reduce inflammation in the body. It also benefits heart health, helping manage cholesterol and blood pressure. Adding Celery to your diet can be easy—try it in salads, soups, or as a crunchy snack!

Celery is excellent for improving hair health and the scalp microbiome - two key Fall hair trends for women and men alike. Celery Seed Extract in the Hair Energize Collection (anti thinning shampoo, conditioner for thinning hair, and hair growth serum) helps reduce dandruff, soothe itchiness, moisturize, and decrease excess sebum production.

Embrace what makes Fall beautiful! Delicious Apples, Oats, Pumpkin, Black Tea, Cinnamon, Pears, Sage, Celery, and Carrots make the best Fall skin care and dietary choices to help achieve a radiant, glowing complexion and healthy, lustrous hair as vibrant as the autumn leaves.