Smoothie recipes that double as face masks have been flooding platforms like Pinterest for years now and beauty brands seem to have taken notice. There’s a serious influx of superfood-inspired products that look so natural and fresh, you won’t be blamed for thinking they were edible/drinkable (and in some cases they are). This trend also coincides with a sharp increase in the interest around clean beauty (Sephora launched a clean beauty seal last month and now has a superfood ingredient product finder).
Given the toxic ingredients that have long plagued the beauty industry, this is a healthy movement we can all get behind — and no worries if you accidentally ingest any of these finds. For the most part, they won’t taste good, but they’re antioxidant-, vitamin- and mineral-rich so odds are they’ll do less harm than good.
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Briogeo
Be Gentle Be Kind Matcha + Apple Replenishing Superfood Shampoo, $28 at Sephora
Part of Sephora's new clean initiative, Briogeo is one of the most buzzed about beauty brands right now. This shampoo serves as a great reminder to drink your morning celery juice! (Note: Celery isn't actually one of the ingestible ingredients, but it sure does look like it.)
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A'Pieu
Green Tea Milk Sheet Mask 4 Pack, $10 at Soko Glam
Leave it to Korean beauty brands to always be at the forefront when it comes to unique packaging.
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Ere Perez
Quandong Green Booster, $34 at Free People
This may look like your standard morning alkalizing beauty shot and it is, in fact, a booster, just not an ingestible one.
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Youth To The People
Superfood Skin Reset Mask, $44 at Youth To The People
Key ingredients here include kale, spinach, green tea and alfalfa so it's little surprise that this looks like it's part of a BluePrint cleanse.
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Juice Generation
Papaya Avocado Smoothie Pack of 6, $48 at Juice Generation
Juice Generation launched a line of smoothies you can either drink or apply topically, so be careful who you have over lest they inadvertently drink your face cream with their morning avocado toast.
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Boscia
Matcha Magic Super-Antioxidant Mask, $38 at Sephora
This nourishing treatment mask has the green smoothie look thanks to matcha green tea extract in its formulation.
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Skinfood
Honeypot Lip Balm, $10 at Soko Glam
Looking for honey with your afternoon smoothie? Given that this pot also comes with an itty-bitty wooden applicator, you wouldn't be wrong for assuming you could use this lip balm!
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BIOMILK
Night Cream Replenish & Renew Probiotic Complex, $24.99 at BIOMILK
No, this is not a tiramisu ingredient, it's a probiotic-rich night cream.
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Fytt
Gain Strength, $54 at Fytt
All of Fytt's ingredients are 10-free and USDA certified organic and natural — think cucumber, flaxseed, ginger root, walnut powder... Plus, all of the brand's products look totally drinkable.
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Neogen
Code 9 Lemon Green Caviar Essence & Tox Tightening Pack Kit, $32.50 at Soko Glam
As close to a lemon ginger shot as a face care product can get.
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Skinfood
Premium Avocado Rich Toner, $20 at Skinfood
Since the avocado obsession isn't going anywhere, here's a new way to get on board.
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Skinfood
Coffee Firming Face Mask, $22 at Korean Kiwi Beauty
If you mistake this for rich chocolate fudge, you're in for a rude awakening.