I Love My Magical Pills
[ 26 August 2009 ]
When I was in Toronto, I stumbled upon a miracle. A real humdinger. A secret worth guarding — if only I were good at keeping secrets. Well, what then? Don’t keep us in suspense. Okay. I found magical pills. Really: magical.
Here’s how it breaks down. One day I left my friend’s house in search of some multi-vitamins, having run out of them the day before. (Also, I am a vitamin fiend; I have favourite brands & everything.) I walked down the street to Shoppers, this Canadian wonder-store which basically sells everything you could ever think of, & after spending much time in the make-up aisles (as you do), I made my way to the vitamin section. I didn’t recognise any of the brands, which was very frustrating, but knew I needed to pick something, so cast my eye along the shelves.
I saw this bottle which said Multi+ Daily Glow on the front, & on a whim, I picked it up to read the label. It said,
Helps improve skin firmness, appearance & texture. Helps control acne. Maintains good health.
I turned the bottle around in my hand to check the ingredients. As well as the usual combination of vitamins & minerals you’d expect in your average multi-vitamin, it also had collagen, white tea extract, pomegranate extract, grape extract & lycopene. I checked the price & it was about what I’d expect for a bottle of vitamins, so I threw it in my basket & didn’t give it much thought.
Scene: a week or so later. I notice that my skin is looking really good. Really, really good. It’s glowing, even without make-up. It looks clear & feels fantastic. I figure it’s just a coincidence. My skin continues to look totally rad, all day, every day, & I’m really happy about it, but not thinking about it much. Until I run out of pills. My skin returns to its normal state, which is pretty good but nowhere near as great as it was when I was taking the Multi+ Daily Glow. Okay, it’s not a coincidence any more. The pills actually work?!
I decided to do some research, so I went on the website of the company which makes them: Genuine Health, who are based in Canada. They have consumer reviews of their products on the site, & the reviews for Multi+ Daily Glow are staggering. From there, I discovered another product they offer, called Perfect Skin. Check out the reviews on that one — & it’s the same all over the web. Hello, sold. I placed an order for both immediately.
Ordering vitamins from Canada is a mega-pain, because they always stop the packages at the border. I don’t know what they do with them, maybe the people at customs have a little marching band & they need to shake the bottles for percussion, & maybe they had a recital for a WEEK or something, but ANYWAY, it was worth the wait. Big bottles of magic showed up at my doorstep a few days ago, & I am already seeing the difference they make.
I am so happy.
They’re so incredible that when the Sunday Telegraph/Herald Sun approached me to ask about my beauty secrets, they were the first thing I thought of.
It makes perfect sense when you think about it. If you’re eating deep-fried nonsense every day but slathering on $500 face cream every night, what goes INTO your body is ultimately going to win. Beauty starts on the inside, & while eating a perfectly balanced, 100% organic, yadda yadda diet is ideal, we can’t all do that. So this is a great place to start.
I wanted you to know. Plus, what kinda girl would I be if I didn’t share secrets like this?!
If you take them, have taken them in the past or order them based on this review, I’d love to hear if they work as well for you as they do for me!
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I’ve been looking for a new daily vitamin for while so I think I might have to purchase!
They’re SO good. I am obsessed. Hahah. Let me know how you go!
YES, finally a product sold in Canada that I can purchase!!! Which drugstore did you get if from?!?
Sense it doesn’t sound too expensive I will have to check it out!!
I still can’t believe it’s Canadian! Very, very happy! Thanks, Gala!
I must be in some Canadian cocoon or something. I didn’t realize that the ‘+’ brand was Canada specific.
While I haven’t taken the Multi+ Daily Glow, I think almost everybody in Canada has tried the Greens+ drink supplement.
Greens+ is a concentrated dose of green veggies in powder format. Usually we put a scoop into morning smoothies or some people just drink it straight in with their OJ.
It cleans you right up and helps with everything from skin to ahem bowel movements.
So, Gala, I’m totally not surprised that this product by the same company is something that you are loving! I think I’ll be trying some soon!
Luinae — I want to say “Shoppers”, does that sound right?
hyedie — Oh funny! Well, I had never heard of them. Their vitamins are rad, I want to buy pretty much every supplement on their site!
I am sold :)
Yay! I’m so happy that you are using a Canadian product.
Yes, it is called ‘Shopper’s” or “Shopper’s Drug Mart” here. I think that it is the equivalent of America’s Walgreens.
I have been holding out for Perfect Skin for a while, but it is very expensive.
I might just nip out and grab me some Multi+ now. Thanks, Gala!
On an unrelated note, I think you would love the Carrot Common if you’re ever in Toronto again. It’s a little neighborhood in the East end which is teeming with lots of health-food junk, and a kick-ass health food store. I don’t know, seems like your type of place.
Since becoming a pescetarian I know I should probably be taking vitamins to substitute good amounts of protein and all that jazz, and I’d LOVE to try a multi that makes me magically glow as well but here’s the thing—It’s nearly impossible for me to swallow large pills (it all stems from a time when I was little and almost choked to death). It sucks. I don’t know why vitamin brands can’t just make them so they’re not gigantic horse pills but until that day I’m SOL :/
I’ve been using Perfect Skin for a little while, but VERY sporadically (read: I take them for three days then forget for a week), and I can still see a difference. Now that I know that these are magical pills (!!) from my motherland, I think I will remember to take them every day!!
Going to Toronto to visit in October, so I’m definately picking these up!
Now, I wish I knew about these the last time I was in Canada! I’ll have to try them.
Thanks, Gala!
Jaime
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Hmmm…. this could make it worth taking vitamins for…
Shopper’s is a magical place, I must say. Canada may not get all of the snazzy brands America does, but dang nabbit, we now how to put them all together into one place!
I haven’t examined the vitamin aisles lately, I must go investigate for these wonderpills!
Yes Gala, “Shoppers” is what we call it up here! haha
ok im sold. my skin is totally shit and it needs to help! i havr got to find a way of getting these over in the UK!
This is absolutely awesome to read! I think I’m going to give those pills a try myself~. I’m moving to Toronto in a week for school and the closest Shoppers is a 2 minute walk so Im definitely getting a whole slew of that when I get there! I wish I knew more about these Canadian hidden gems!
I love Shoppers, I always have. And the boy took me to a Bulk barn the other day: Barrels and barrels of every flour, sugar, nut, granola, candy, spice, rice, and grain product in general. I stocked up on clodhoppers and have to go back to get some wild rice and couscous. It’s so stupid, but Canadians think of the cleverest little things and I don’t miss Melbourne when I get to have such little luxuries 5 minutes away from me in my neighborhood.
Living in Toronto has been quite nice so far!
I do believe i’m going to have to try these. I’m all sorts of excited now. My skin has never been the greatest, though for the past few months it’s been amazing. But anything that continues helping and improving, I will not argue with it!!
Gala this is amazing, I am sold! Love it, thank you so much. For years I have been a firm believer in “hair skin and nails” vitamins, but after a while your body just gets used to those ingredients and needs something different. Trying this one right away!
Do you have an suggesions for healthy hair / hair growth treatments?
sounds really good but i have heard creepy things about where the vitamins for multivitamins actually come from. I’m all about spirulina but skin sparklers sound interesting!
Great tip, Gala. I’m going to have to look into these vitamins. And I do appreciate that you point out — really lasting, healthy beauty comes from taking good care of yourself! I’ve been trying to gradually improve my health overall by improving my eating habits, exercising more, etc. But moving into our new house has completely shot my routine. We don’t have a place to cook meals yet since the kitchen’s being renovated, so I’m struggling to find “healthy” options at fast food restaurants. Oh, and with all the work we’re doing, I don’t have as much exercise time as I’d like. On the bright side, I still seem to be losing weight because of all the manual labor involved in renovating a house!
Liz — Oh, boo, I’m sorry to hear that. Just keep trying, you’ll get better at swallowing big pills. It can help to fill your mouth with water, pop the pill in, then wash it down with more water. Swallowing big pills with a dry mouth is pretty rough!
Kelsey — Amen! I love that place, spent so much money there. I was astounded that a place like that sold all the make-up brands I liked, too. Well done Canada, bravo!
Zofia — I’m glad you’re having a good time over there! I imagine the weather is better than it is in Melbourne right now too ;>
Lizzie Jeanne — Not really, this is the only thing I’ve found which actually seems to do what it says it will. Although if you take MSM every day — it’s a powder, you can mix it into your water — that’s really good for your skin too. Sometimes you can buy it in a moisturiser format, you can apply it directly. I have heard great things about that but I’ve never used it in that form.
Mary — It’s great when you get health benefits without thinking about it. When I used to work at Lush Cosmetics I ended up quite buff, just because I had to lift huge blocks of soap all day. Haha!
Liz, I used to have to take huge pills when I was a kid and I find that putting the pill in a big spoonful of yoghurt and swallowing it all together makes it much easier xx
ooooh, this sounds awesome, gala! thanks so much for the hook up. what size are the pills? like the size of an advil or tylenol or the size of…. a quarter? or something big.
peace to you.
Ohhh yes, those are WONDER pills.
I’ve been taking them since I was a teen and have never had skin issues at all.
And shoppers is a wonderland! It’s so awesome to see all the antipoeans where I live discover it for the first time – I could spend hours!
Sad. I’m pretty sure they don’t ship to India :(
But omg, sounds fab and I wish I could try it out!
Don’t have any kind of acne or black/white heads or any other such evil but who doesn’t love an extra boost of uber glow-y skin?
this is a GOLDMINE!! thank you so much for sharing!
Any vegetarians/vegans want to comment on the status of these? I am vegetarian and see they contain fish collagen. I really want to try them though…
OMG! They sound like they have been working very well. I agree, this is a goldmine!
Yes, this sounds like just the thing I need! They even have a “perfect skin for men” :)
I’m totally going after work to pick this up, since there’s a Shopper’s Drug Mart and a health shop just around the corner from where I work. Thanks, Gala.
Ahaha, awesomeness! Shoppers Drug Mart is fantastic. I do rather love living in (and by that I mean near, but visiting my boyfriend every week) Toronto.
I will have to check this stuff out…heh, and reminds me I still need to try out the stuff I bought from Shoppers last week :)
so i cant find any stockists online that ship to the UK. that pretty much sucks!
Definitely going to try these! I found a carrier via Amazon.com that will ship in the U.S. on the cheap.
Ooooh! Thanks Gala! I’ve been through so many brands of vitamins and they all make me queasy but these sound totally worth a shot!
Oh wow! As a Canadian gal, I obviously haven’t been checking out my local Shoppers Drug Mart closely enough. I’ll have to keep my eye out for these. Thanks for the tip!
thank you for always sharing your awesome finds!! i just ordered both, i cannot wait to try them! i’ve been looking for a new multi!!
Mary Mo: About the Amazon vender, do you mean VitaminLife?
Emma, sadly, neither listed are vegetarian, they both contain fish and/or gelatin and stearic acid.
I take a vegan prenatal multi vitamin but sadly, it has tons of vitamin B in it so it makes me really nauseated. Still have yet to find the holy grail of vegan vitamins!
thanks for sharing your secret! I’m seriously considering buying these vitamins, as I don’t even take any right now, despite a medicine cabinet stocked with them. I’m bad. Do you find that it improves your skin all over, or just in the face?
no reviews on amazon??
I LOVE vitamin finds like that. My friends call me “The Pharmacy” because I take so many supplements and tinctures and herbs and junk. My breath might smell nasty for a couple hours, but it’s SO WORTH the health benefits!
I hope to see more of these types of posts! I wish more people paid attention to what goes in their bodies and supplemental aids that would make their lives SO MUCH BETTER!!
xo!
Thank you Gala!!!
I have terrible skin, and I can’t use hardly any cremes or lotions because I have the most allergic, sensitive skin of anyone I know. Literally every acne/moisturizing/skin helping treatment I’ve ever tried has caused my skin to freak out and get worse.
I’ve never thought about taking a pill to be able to have better skin…but I am so, SO excited for these. I am ordering them tomorrow when my paycheck comes, I absolutely cannot wait.
This post makes me want to buy those vitamins right now! Unfortunately they don’t ship to Denmark from that site, so I’ll have to see if I can find the pills somewhere else.
Thanks for sharing! :)
hate to burst bubbles but… I’m a dietetics major and ingesting collagen orally will not give you any skin benefits. it is a protein and just like every other protein you eat your body will break it down into amino acid form and then use it to build whatever kind of proteins it needs to build that day.
the jury is still out, as far as the American Dietetics Association is concerned, when it comes to antioxidants. Which, i assume, is the purpose of white tea extractand pomegranate extract.
this is just a normal multi-vitamin + some things that may or may not benefit anyone.
That sounds interesting, I need to start taking a multi vitamin once in a while…
Liz: Cut the pills in halves or quarters, however small you need them to be, and swallow them all individually. It may take longer but at least you won’t choke! My partner has pill-phobia too and that’s what he does.
I’ve had rosasea and acne problems since I was a teenager and while eating a high raw and all vegan diet helps I’m always open to new finds! I just ordered two of each to take advantage of the free shipping! Excited for new magic pills!! Merci! xoxo
Wow! Something so glorious that’s actually available in Canada?! Man, that never happens! I’m heading out to my local Shoppers ASAP to give these a try! :D
They look great but yeah they’re not veggie friendly.
@Emma and Amelia
I use Biocare adult multivit & mineral capsules which are suitable for veggies/vegans. I take one a day with a combination of 1/4 tsp vit C powder and rounded tsp wheatgrass powder et voila glowing skin, no common colds, infections or flu for me! Biocare are a UK based company and very reasonably priced. Oh and I also take a tbsp of vegan 3,6 & 9 oil each day or hemp oil.
Hey pretty – you know there’s a place in WA that has the pills for about $17 and you’d get them in 2-10 days, instead of waiting for AGES for Canada to get done with mariachi practice so they can send you your magic pills. (It’s called Vitamin Life. It’s in Redmond.)
Damn, it looks like they don’t ship to NZland :(
gala, this all sounds very interesting, as I read the reviews though, I noticed a strong theme of women saying its cleared up their acne. Although I get the odd pimple (some days are worse than others) my MAIN problem is extreme dryness on my cheeks that I have pretty much given up on.. I might have to give it a go, if they ship to NZ? I just hope it doesn’t dry my skin out any more!
I think the shipping from their website is a bit tricky but you will probably be able to find individual vitamin stores online who can ship to you. I ordered mine from www.nationalnutrition.ca, give them a shot!
They don’t ship to the UK either. I’m going to have a scout about though because I’ve had problem skin (combination, dry and oily, also quite sensitive, it doesn’t agree with harsh chemicals AT ALL! I get tonnes of spots :[)for about… 6 or 7 years now and I’ve tried everything.
I eat well, I’m vegan, I try and eat raw food, I use skin products with natural ingredients and exfoliate and use Lush fresh face masks etc.
And still it’s bad. :[
I’d like to try this stuff. If I find a site shipping to lots of places with it I’ll pop it in another comment :)
They sell them on Amazon, I can get them from there. They ship to most places don’t they? Hopefully anybody that couldn’t find them will be able to buy them from there.
Hope that helps people.
Ive been wondering about these products for years, and your review convinced me to give them a whirl. Trouble is, I now live in NZ and they dont ship here. Boo. Will have to see if I can get someone at home to send a care package or something!
Oh wait, www.nationalnutrition.ca does ship here, but it will cost about $50NZ in total. Thats a lot for vitamins, so need to think on this!
Thank you.
I use the perfect skin vitamins, but these glow ones sound amazing.
Just move to Canada. We do things better here ;)
www.fabbrunette.com
Oh I’m so silly, the amazon ones don’t ship to many places after but the site Gala said does.
I just ordered the perfect skin ones, I already have three packs of multi vitimins and minerals so I’ll wait until they’re used up before I order more.
It only cost £15.35 to buy and ship, that expensive for vitimins but when I think of what else I would spend that on. Two cocktails in a posh bar?
Dolly – nice Gala logic. You spend money on X and Y, so why not spend more money on Z??? lol
A cosmetician at my local Shopper’s told me about Perfect Skin this winter when I was breaking out like crazy – I came back a month later and nearly kissed her! If only these pills had been available in my acne-ridden teenage years, I could have saved a ton of money on creams and potions.
Just went out and bought the multi vitamin!
You know, if any of you UK or NZ girls really want to get in on this minus the ridiculous shipping charge, you should really make friends with a Canadian girl hinthintnudgenudge.
It’d be quite simple for you to PayPal someone money for the pills and shipping, and I’m pretty sure that’ll be much cheaper than if you pay the company to ship to you ($50? yikes!).
I’m so jealous! I really want to try these but I’m pretty sure they are impossible to buy from Australia.
I really should get my dad to buy me some and ship them up, from the city.
For the girls going up to montreal on vaccay from the states, “Pharmaprix” (i think… it’s been afew years) is the name of the store in Quebec. :) (Shopper’s Drug Mart).
Oh for shame I’m 30 and I still don’t take daily vitamins oopsy!
Don’t people who take vitamins end up with this strange smell from their skin? Or is that people who take too many/live off them?
Alvi — Haha! Um… I have no idea. I’ve never heard of that! I don’t think I stink! At least, I hope I don’t!
The nationalnutrition.ca site seems to be having a one day sale if anyone is interested.
You have never steered me wrong— I am ordering these immediately!
Ms Constantine — Oh, nice! Good timing yo!
I was VERY intrigued by your wonder pill, so I did some research of my own. I found a website that sells it that is based in the UNITED STATES, Washington to be exact. So it may not be so much of a hassle to get it.
www.vitaminlife.com/product
Check it out if you like. Hopefully this helps out a little.
Much
WOW – I want!! Reckon I could get some shipped to NZ??
This is so super cool! I’ve been looking around for vitamins that help with skin. One question: How long does one bottle last?
I’m preeeety sure the people at customs are doing more than shaking the bottles for percusion! Like making sure that people aren’t trying to smuggle other “magical” pills in :x
heh!
I am a vitiman skeptic, my logic being that rather than filling myself with more ‘good’ stuff, I’d be much better off iliminating the bad stuff.
But as you’ve said that’s not for everyone ;)
If I need anything I need something for my energy levels. Something that would suffice to ween me off my redbull!! (Which can not be doing me good!)
Any suggestions?
^ That same company do a multi+ energy :)
@kelly: there’s 60 pills per bottle. I assume they’re just one a day as most vitimin suppliments are so 60days.
I had to have a good look through their products and info before investing £15 in vitimins that’s how I know this stuff! Though I’ve decided that £15 is not too bad as my normal ones are about £8 and there aren’t as many in the packet and they’re not all that good. I think if these work it will be well worth the money.)
I’m sold. I just ordered these! I always forget to take a daily multivitamin and I really should. Plus, the glowing skin? Sign me up!
dolly:
if you are vegan, you shouldn’t buy them. the glow ones at least have fish collagen in them which is not exactly vegan friendly.
as others have said, it’s really hard for vegetarians or vegans to find a multi-vitamin with no fish product or gelatin in them
As a holistic nutritionist in Canada, I LOVE the fact that you’re promoting any kind of supplements to this kind of crowd! Good on ya!
dear gala, i have that dam prob with the border too, in europe they dont let in something medical from outside (america etc) – as u wrote, they eat it all themselves LOL, i once had such a trouble with ordering something in an us-drugstore. can u write down, whats in the “magic”, so i can search in europe for it????? thanks, and hugs from over here :) ♥
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TINA
If anyone works out how to get this to Australia or if we have some here somewhere, let me know ASAP.
Or possibly a group order….:)
Oh em gee… These sound awesome. I’d totally order some if I wasn’t taking prescription prenatals. (My fingernails have never been nicer!) I probably shouldn’t double up on multi’s at least… Maybe the perfect skin one would be ok though. Hmmm!
I keep surprising folks when the blood tests come back negative for anemia, but I apparently still have signs of vitamin deficiencies, hence the ‘script for vitamins… I hate them too. At first I got these nice little ones that tasted like vanilla Tylenol PM – then they gave me huge horse pills that were like fruit-smoothie meets a mild, watered-down Flintstones taste, now they’re these horrid purple things that taste and smell, well, like vitamins. Ew. Anyway, I digress…
Thanks for sharing your discovery! :)
Not to bust up the party, but there really aren’t that many reviews up for them on the site, despite the 4 that are up being relatively good. I don’t know that you can count those as ‘staggering’ just yet? If they work for you, that’s great, but for everyone else I’d be holding off on lemming them from overseas until I could get an insight into the bigger picture from a few more reviewers. I didn’t look for reviews on any other sites, so I could be proven wrong and there might be tonnes out there, but I look for nice hearty review numbers on most things I buy, I’m not just a vitamin sceptic or anything. :)
Hmm I’ve never been a fan of zapping perceived problems with various pills and such, it just seems unnatural to me (even if the pills are made from natural ingredients). Personally I’ve found that my skin has been amazing since I stopped eating meat and cut my dairy consumption back. I think that looking and feeling good comes from eating and sleeping well, and I think taking pills is unnecessary.
I’m surprised, Gala, that you’re advocating these supplements. A lot of what you write tends to focus on the importance inner beauty, eating well and self acceptance…I just think that this article isn’t your usual jig?
Can you get them in NZ? They dont ship them here according to their site.. I found another site that has them but it works out to be more than $40 NZD...
~Magdalena: Vitamins =eating well? no?
The reviews on makeupalley.com for Perfect Life weren’t very good. :(
www.makeupalley.com/product/sh…
I am still tempted to try it, though, in the future. I’d have to order it. I wish I could just walk to my local drugstore and find it there, but no can do.
I find that coenzymeQ10 is fantastic for energy! I use it daily with my multi and I don’t need my morning coffee. I love swisse womens multi vitamins because they are such a well researched brand! Also for my skin I use fish oil, 4caps twice daily, its great for my skin, not to mention my heart and brain and everything else. I really need to start taking magnesium and my inner health plus. Vitamins are wonderful, Im a total addict. I suppose you get that working in a pharmay haha
You can buy the added extras as supplements; i.e pomegranate, you can drink white tea (like a stronger green tea) and lycopene is just the red pigment in foods you can eat as much of seperately. As a suggestion for those that can’t get the tablets imported.
Personally I think good diet has just as similar effect. When i cut out refined sugar from my diet i lost all dryness, and my skin really did glow. I was also drinking 2 litres of water a day. In the u.k holland & barret do a multi vitamin called ‘skin, hair and nails’ thats really good.
But in my opinion nothing can beat a good diet to nourish your skin from inside out.
They don’t seem to ship to Oz =( I am DYING to try these – I’ve tried everything else in the world, it feels like!
Wow. I almost just ordered 120 caps from Amazon, and the total including shipping was $86.78AUD.
@ Dolly – have you ordered them through the US amazon as i couldn’t find them on the UK one? These sound like what ive been needing for years!!
I too like many above have tried many different things to settle my skin. I’ve been a vegan for years, i drink tea and water all the time, i use lush products sometimes my skin looks nice and then i get a week or two where i just want to wear a sheet. Definitely want to try these provided they can be shipped to UK!
I just placed an order on Amazon (Yep, found them for $16 and change) for the Healthy Glow and the Omega+Joy. I could use a little joy along with my happy skin!
Thanks for the recommendation!
FYI for everyone, these come in 60 pills per bottle and they recommend taking two pills per day – so that would work out to one bottle per month.
How do i Get these If i Live in the uk? :(
XxXx
Everyone, there are lots of websites online that sell these, don’t stress if you’re not in Canada. I order perfect skin+ from nationalnutrition.ca and they ship all the way to me in South Korea, so they’ll surely send your order anywhere else! Good luck!
Did anyone else notice that the instructions say that you’re supposed to take 4 pills a day? That seems like a like, not to mention expensive. Has anyone had success with them taking less?
Opps. I meant to say that seems like a lot!
Renee — I think you could take less & survive ;D I take 2 Multi+ & 4 Perfect Skin a day. But the P.S. instructions say you should take 4/day to control break-outs (when you first start taking them, I guess) & then 2/day to maintain. But you could experiment & see how it worked out!
I’m pretty happy with my skin these days, but not so much my waistline, so today I went out & got some of their “abs+” metabolism-speeding supplements. I’m looking forward to seeing if they work – & if they don’t, I can get my money back! Wheee! Thanks Gala!
It reminds me of when I went to Maui. All of the rich soil make the water and the produce so healthy. My skin felt like I wasn’t even human. I noticed in the short time that I was there that I was healthier. Vitamins make a difference.
I am sold. Looking at the website & about to hit ADD TO CART.
Gala, this may seem like a silly question, but can you take a photo of how big the pills are?
x
Zooey — Yes :D www.flickr.com/photos/galadarl… Booya!
Eee! Thank you so much! They look like horse pills, hahah. I’m so excited to try them! x
You’re so welcome!
I don’t think I’ve heard of them but the packaging looks familiar. I’ll probably pick up a bottle – I’m totally a sucker for new products.
I’m curious though…exactly what changes did you notice/see?
@Kat – that’s totally the site I found. hi five! Vitaminlife.com – Stateside based, and I believe they DO ship to other countries.
Vitamin Life is back ordered for the products I ordered. Grrr! I bet Gala’s to blame for the sudden slew of orders!
I just wandered down to Shoppers and picked some up today! Pretty fair price… Just out of curiosity, Gala, what other vitamins/supplements do you use?
I bought the Perfect Skin pills this morning from Shoppers! They were on sale! :D
www.nationalnutrition.ca/detai… you can get it here cheaper and ships worlwide =] i just placed my order
I’ve been taking a supplement called “Amino Collagen” that is manufactured by Meiji. It’s a powder that you have to stir into your drinks. You can buy other types of collagen supplements but I’ve found this one to be really good. (I think next I’ll try the Shiseido collagen, I hear it’s tasty).
I’m interested in this one you’re advocating.. but I’m not sure I’d be able to get it in Japan.
I went out today and grabbed a bottle of 60 at Shoppers, and before I went in the store I had a feeling they would be on sale… BAM! $22. Not bad. I checked everywhere else in town and they were closer to $30.
I’m hoping this helps, I’ve already been eating healthy for the past few weeks: Lots of veggies and fruit. I hope this gives me the extra push that my skin creams don’t.
Would anyone recommend taking multi+glow and the perfect skin vitamins at the same time? Or would it be more sensible to just take one kind? Maybe interchange them every other day? I’m such a newbie when it comes to vitamins.
Thanks so much for writing about these. I’ve been thinking about multi-vitamins a lot, and worrying about my skin, so this sounds like a no-brainer. Shoppers is great—I’m Canadian and every time I go back I get amazing candy in bulk that I can’t find anywhere else.
wow, great timing! i was just out of vitamins & wanted to try a new brand! i’ll give genuine health a shot. i ordered their multi+ daily glow, perfect skin & lean+ (through amazon). i live in germany, though, so it might take a while before i can start taking them! i also think that the customs guys will call me to their office again, afraid that i’m smuggling drugs or something. i’m somewhat of a red flag for them, since i keep ordering cds from japan & business cards from the uk (moo.com). oh, well.
hey gala, thanks for the tip. though for other canadians, i must say that shopper’s drug mart is a huge, huge rip-off! i just found the pills at my local healthfood store for HALF the price they were at shoppers. shoppers had them at about 22$ for 60 multi + daily glow, while at my local store they were 22$ (Canadian) for 120 pills. so shop around! (shoppers is notoriously overpriced, so i was hesitant to buy them there…) just FYI!
I am taking the multi+ glow, and perfect skin — i’m so excited to see them do their magic! :D
PS for Torontonians on the site (and i think there are quite a few) the multi+ glow pills are $21.99 per 120 caplets at Qi on Roncesvalles Ave, to be more specific :)
hey gala! where can i get this in nz?? :)
Thank you so much for sharing this! I have been looking for something natural to help my skin and I’m hoping these will help. I just ordered them and can’t wait for them to get here!
I’m in need of new vitamins, and I’m in the UK, so it’s expensive and a pain to buy these as opposed to my usual Berrocca (which makes me happy, healthy and more energised, I think) so can anyone else testify as to these tablet being worth buying? I see a lot of people have tried them based on this article!
A few reviews I’ve seen have said these tablets have caused them to break out in ‘bumps’ on their skin (although admittedly this is mostly the perfect skin tablets. the Daily glow are hard to find reviews for!)
I love the sound of these, if they work as they did for you, and I trust your judgement Gala, I was just wondering if everyone else has achieved the same great results?
I ordered these almost before finishing your entry. Magic pills you say? And they’re vitamins, no less? Yes, please. I’ve been putting off getting a multivitamin for a long time, and I’m glad you gave me a push with an incentive.
For those who live in the States, I wanted to say I ordered them from the official website on the evening of the 26 and got them on the 31, a time frame which includes a Sunday. I was quite pleased with the quick service.
I look forward to seeing if they live up to the rave reviews. Thanks for the recommendation, Gala!
Anyone living in Canada should know, you can buy these babies anywhere! Shoppers, Bulk Barn, any nutrition location basically.
Ummmm… So my acne comes when I’m on my cycle…
I’ve tried creams and prescriptions from dermatologists but nothing has worked. I’ve heard that if you have that type of acne it might never go away! Is this true? I’m seriously thinking of trying these vitamins though.
Thoughts?
hi gala
after this review i picked them up and some greens +. i already have to take a crazy amount of iron, so i will just add this to the pile. im pretty excited tho, and will keep you updated!
sheila
Bought these vitamins (Perfect Skin) right after reading this post (thankfully I’m in Canada and Shoppers is just a block away).
I’ve had a small persistent patch of breakout on my face since May and despite many nice topical treatments it just won’t disappear. So I’ve been taking these since Monday and – no joke – I’m already seeing the breakout die down. No new zits, smoother skin all around, can’t believe how quickly these started working. Hurrah. I’m only taking two a day to make them last longer and am still seeing an effect. Terrific reco, thanks!
Maybe this is too much information… But do they make anyone else’s pee green? Haha I’m not sure if I should be concerned, or if it’s just a harmless, kind of funny side effect. Thanks!
@Sarah, i think that can happen sometimes if you are taking too many B vitamins or if you eat too much asparagus.
I’d really be interested in hearing everyone’s experiences with these pills…it seems like the whole world was rushing out to by them! Did they really work for all of you?
xx
Just ordered these from Feel Good, a Canadian health supply store (they also sell on Amazon). Was quite expensive because I have to let them ship here to Germany. Will keep you updated whether they work just as great on my skin as on yours, Gala. Fingers crossed! ;-)
For those who want an update on how they actually work: I’ve had mine for about 2 weeks I think, taking at least one every day (sometimes I’m not good at vitamins, and these say take twice a day) and I’ve noticed that it does make my skin look a little better. I haven’t become shiny perfect princess skin, but there is a definite improvement – my boyfriend commented about my skin last week.
It makes my pee bright yellow, but so does any other multivitamin.
So there you have it. I’m quite happy with them.
a friend and i bought these vitamins on a whim a couple of weeks ago after reading your post. we’ve been taking them religiously, a bit suspicious & skeptical. then, completely independently of one another, we both noticed a change in our skin at the same time (i.e. last night and this morning, respectively).
i swear my pores are shrinking? i swear those big long lines that start at the crease of my eyes and extend to the middle of my cheeks are filling themselves in? i could be wrong… but i just thought i’d put this out there! thank you gala!
I’ve been taking these pills for the past 3 weeks — the multi + glow and the perfect skin — and am just a weee bit disappointed. I can’t say my skin really looks all that much better. It seems like my skin, overall, looks good, i.e. the pores seem a bit smaller, but I have more pimples than I did before. So my skin is clearer, but spottier, if that makes sense.
At first I thought it may be due to hormones (I was on my period when I started taking them) but it’s been a few weeks and my skin hasn’t cleared up. Boo.
I’ll still give it a chance though… I have a lot of pills left.
I figured I’d give the “multi+ daily glow” a shot, I had just run out of my normal multi-vitamin & I love guinea pigging anything. I took them for a week, but I’ve now stopped. I usually have clear skin, but these made my skin really unhappy! I’m pretty sure I had an allergic reaction to something in them (red bumps & big swollen pimples is more like “allergy” than breakout for me). I’d still say don’t rule them out, they just weren’t right for me. I called the company & they were super helpful, they’re sending me their standard multi-vitamin to replace them.
tried glow since your article came out(canadian here!) and my hair stylist asked why I was glowing.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
will try jojoba now too.
keep em comin=oh and a feature about what youve tried and loved sounds GREAT.
kudos
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Just bought this today! :) Thanks for the recommendation!
BTW they also sell delicious smoothie shake thingies which are supposed to be have basically the same stuff..but with a yummy flavour. Gonna check that out next! Anyone tried it?
This is me like 5 days later.
I have really plump-looking skin now.
Thnx again!
Oh btw, I didn’t take their “daily glow”..I took “03mega+ glow”..there’s a slight difference in ingredients
Genuine Health Perfect Skin gets horrible reviews on Makeupalley
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Genuine Health glow gets good reviews
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observer — Oh, interesting… I didn’t think to see if they had reviews on MUA!
You can purchase this product from “www.canadianvitaminshop.com”:
http://www.canadianvitaminshop.com
they ship everywhere! and thier customer service is GREAT!