When it comes to beauty, health always comes first. When your inside is well taken care of, it’s obvious on the outside silky hair, perfect nails, glowing skin. There are so many ways to nurture your health from hydration and diet to cold therapy and yoga . . . but have you tried pearl powder?
Pearl powder is one of the best tools out there to boost your health and elevate your skincare routine. Its science-backed benefits are game changing for your beauty goals, which is why it should have a place in every woman’s morning routine.
Here’s everything you need to know about pearl powder:
Pearl Powder Benefits for Skin: Science-Backed Beauty from the Sea
Beauty isn’t the only reason it’s important to take care of your skin. Our skin is our body’s first layer of defense against everything. Healthy skin isn’t just for no-makeup makeup looks or photo ops. It’s about your confidence, comfort, and overall well-being. That’s why we’re such big advocates of pearl powder: it gives your skin (and your entire body) the support it needs to keep you well from the inside out.
What Is Pearl Powder?
Pearl powder is exactly what it sounds like: finely milled pearls! These aren’t jewelry-grade pearls, but imperfect freshwater and saltwater pearls that pack a ton of health and beauty benefits. Pearl powder is often used in traditional Chinese medicine.
It has essential amino acids, calcium, magnesium, zinc, iron, copper, manganese, and other trace minerals that are super beneficial for everything from skincare and beauty to cognitive and immune health.
How Is Pearl Powder Made?
Pearl powder is made by first collecting and cleaning high-quality, freshwater or saltwater pearls. Then, the cleaned pearls are ground into a powder that the body or skin can easily absorb. Finally, the powder is put through a high-tech process called enzymatic hydrolysis to enhance its bioavailability basically the technique ensures the body absorbs the most nutrients possible for optimal benefits.
Once the powder is ready for consumption, it’s carefully packaged to preserve its purity. It’s often used in supplements like our Beauty Salt, which you mix in your morning water, smoothie, or whatever else you’re already drinking. (We like our Beauty Water with freshly squeezed lemon.)
What Is Pearl Powder Used For?
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Skin Health
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Hair and Nail Health
What Are The Benefits Of Pearl Powder For Skin?
Brightens and Evens Skin Tone
The amino acids, calcium, magnesium, and other trace elements in pearl powder naturally help stimulate skin regeneration. As the body sheds those dead skill cells, hyperpigmentation, melasma, acne scars, and sunspots fade for a brighter, more even skin tone.
And, if your skin tone problem is redness not dark spots, pearl powder can help with that, too. Red, irritated patches of skin can be soothed by pearl powder’s natural anti-inflammatory properties. Plus, cell regeneration supports skin healing. Basically, the secret to radiant skin is pearl powder!
Prevents and Improves the Appearance of Wrinkles
Pearl powder also has incredible anti-aging properties. It can help slow the breakdown of collagen and elastin while stimulating more collagen production. And, if you’re not familiar, collagen is the key protein for maintaining firm, elastic skin with no sag. All this helps reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles and prevents some new ones from forming at all.
Improves Skin Texture
In the same way pearl powder evens skin tone, it can also smooth and even out skin texture. A lot of the rough patches on your skin are caused by a buildup of dead skin cells. While exfoliating gently removes them from the surface, pearl powder supports from the inside encouraging cell turnover to shed dead skin cells and bring fresh, baby skin cells to the surface. That means smooth, silky, and effortlessly radiant skin.
Controls Acne and Oil
Pearl powder can address acne in multiple ways! Its rich nutrient profile helps regulate oil production, soothe inflammation, and fight bacteria targeting the key causes of breakouts to give you clearer, calmer skin.
Offers Natural UV Protection
Now, don’t throw away your SPF, but pearl powder can offer mild, natural UV protection. Basically, it strengthens the skin’s internal defences against sun damage. The antioxidant properties help neutralize free radicals that can come from UV exposure, which could otherwise lead to sun damage!
Protects Skin Against Environmental Stressors
The antioxidant properties of pearl powder doesn’t just offer protection from UV radiation. It also defends against free radicals that come from pollution, cigarette smoke, pesticides, and other chemicals. All those things can cause wrinkles, dark spots, and dullness, so this added support is great for your skin.
Supports Detoxification
Our skin is a reflection of our overall health. When things inside aren’t working like they’re supposed to, the skin will show it! Pearl powder addresses this by supporting detoxification by gently nourishing the liver (the body’s detox organ). By boosting the liver’s ability to flush out waste and toxins, it promotes clearer, healthier-looking skin from within.
Enhances Product Absorption
A strong, balanced skin barrier is super important if you want to get the most out of your skincare, and drinking pearl powder is one of the best ways to make that happen. When your skin barrier is healthy, it retains moisture and soaks up serums, face masks, and creams like a dream locking in all those powerful active ingredients where they do the most good. The result? Skin that looks radiant and feels nourished, plus way better returns on your favorite beauty products.
Pearl powder is essential for maintaining healthy, radiant skin.
There’s almost nothing else you could put in your body that would be better for your skin than pearl powder besides water! That’s why we released our Beauty Salt.
You simply mix it into your water or favorite drink during your morning routine and it works overtime to improve the health of your skin, hair, and nails. If all that wasn’t enough, Beauty Salt works on other parts of your body too, promoting overall health and wellness for a happy, healthier, and more beautiful, you.
