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Unlock Your Inner Beach Girl: Self-Care Tips for Radiant Skin

We all love a good skincare routine—but if you really want that lit-from-within glow, it starts with what you put in your body. Certain vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants work behind the scenes to support clear, hydrated, and happy skin. In this guide, we’re breaking down the most powerful skin-loving nutrients—from carotenoids to zinc—and how they help you glow from the inside out.

5/8/20243 min read

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Carotenoids: Nature’s Glow-Boosting Pigments

Carotenoids are naturally occurring pigments found in colorful fruits, veggies, and even some animal products. They're known for helping protect your skin from UV damage and promoting a healthy, radiant complexion. Bonus: they come packed with antioxidant and anti-aging benefits to support long-term skin health.

You can get your fill of carotenoids from fruits like cantaloupe, apricots, watermelon, mangoes, and tomatoes, plus veggies like carrots, sweet potatoes, spinach, kale, and broccoli. They're also found in egg yolks and certain dairy products.

Vitamin A: The Cell Turnover MVP

Vitamin A is a powerful skin nutrient with benefits like smoothing fine lines, reducing acne, improving skin tone, and speeding up cell turnover. It also supports collagen production, which helps keep your skin elastic and youthful.

You’ll find it in foods like sweet potatoes, carrots, spinach, kale, and fatty fish like salmon and herring. Fun fact: beef liver is one of the most vitamin A-rich foods out there!

Vitamin C: Brighten & Defend

Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin essential for skin protection and repair. It helps brighten your complexion, fade hyperpigmentation, and protect against sun damage—all while supporting collagen production.

Get your glow from oranges, grapefruit, lemons, limes, strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries, along with broccoli, bell peppers, and tomatoes.

Vitamin D: The Sunshine Vitamin

Vitamin D’s main job is helping your body absorb calcium, but it also plays a key role in skin cell growth, repair, and inflammation control. It may even help manage skin conditions like eczema and psoriasis, while protecting against UV-related damage.

Natural sources include salmon, tuna, mackerel, and fortified dairy products like milk, yogurt, plus egg yolks.

Vitamin E: Your Skin’s Calming Companion

Vitamin E is known for its anti-inflammatory and skin-soothing powers. It helps protect your skin from UV damage, reducing redness, swelling, and irritation after sun exposure. Think of it as a calming force for stressed-out skin.

It’s found in vegetable oils, nuts, seeds, leafy greens, and fruits like mangoes and apricots.

Zinc: The Healer

Zinc isn’t just good for your immune system—it’s also a must for healing skin, calming inflammation, and even reducing acne. It supports your skin’s natural barrier and helps repair damage more quickly.

Add zinc to your routine with foods like meat, shellfish, dairy products, nuts, and seeds.

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Vitamin A

These powerful plant pigments help protect your skin from UV damage, fight signs of aging, and give your complexion that naturally sun-kissed, healthy glow.

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Carotenoids

This skin-smoothing essential supports cell turnover, reduces breakouts, and boosts collagen for a clearer, firmer, more radiant glow—inside and out.

Vitamin C

A glow-getter’s favorite—Vitamin C brightens skin, fades dark spots, and defends against sun damage, all while supporting collagen for a fresh, radiant look.

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The sunshine vitamin your skin loves—Vitamin D supports cell repair, calms inflammation, and helps strengthen your skin’s natural barrier for a healthy, radiant glow.

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A skin-strengthening essential—Zinc helps calm inflammation, speed up healing, and keep breakouts in check, making it a must-have for clear, balanced skin.

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Vitamin E

This antioxidant all-star helps calm inflammation, protect against sun damage, and lock in moisture—leaving your skin soft, soothed, and glowing.

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