The benefits of multivitamins are many. You might take one to balance nutritional gaps, support immune function, or even to boost your energy; but have you considered taking one for better skin? Olivia Boyd-Smith, founder of Australia’s leading ingestible brand Par Olive, has—bottling it in her label’s new Advanced Skin Multivitamin available to shop exclusively 24 hours for Vogue readers today.
“I wanted to create the retinol of ingestible skincare,” Boyd-Smith tells Vogue, by addressing the root signs of skin aging; which according to aesthetic doctor and Par Olive medical director Dr. Joseph Hkeik, is the cumulative effect of oxidative stress, chronic inflammation, collagen depletion, and a gradual decline in cellular resilience. To address these factors, he thinks of skin health holistically: skincare, relaxation, and nutrition—three pillars that Advanced Skin is formulated around.
Par Olive Advanced Skin Multivitamin
- Why We Love It: For its multivitamin, Par Olive intends to address signs of skin aging via a blend of nine clinically-dosed antioxidants. From resveratrol and vitamin C to glutathione and zinc, just two capsules per day has the power to illuminate one’s complexion, boost elasticity, reduce inflammation, and support cellular renewal. “We created this for people who are intentional about their skin and understand that prevention is the most intelligent approach to optimal skin health and longevity,” says Boyd-Smith.
- Key Ingredients: Resveratrol, vitamin C, astaxanthin, lutein, zeaxanthin, glutathione, nicotinamide, riboflavin, zinc
- Dosage: Two capsules daily with food
Dr. Hkeik goes on to explain that nine master antioxidants were selected to work together, each supporting a different aspect of skin function, from protecting against daily oxidative stress to reinforcing skin barrier integrity and cellular repair. “Resveratrol combats oxidative stress, astaxanthin preserves elasticity, vitamin C brightens, glutathione neutralizes free radicals, lutein and zeaxanthin enhance radiance, nicotinamide supports barrier integrity, and zinc balances skin clarity,” Boyd-Smith tells, each chosen in collaboration with global skin doctors and longevity experts, clinically-dosed, and developed under Australian’s rigorous TGA supplement regulation standards to support cellular renewal, refine texture, restore luminosity, and strengthen resilience.
Photo: Courtesy of Par Olive
Photo: Courtesy of Par Olive
“When [these ingredients are] combined, they create a more complete internal foundation for skin health,” Dr. Hkeik continues. “This allows the skin to function more efficiently, recover better from stress, and maintain its structure over time, which in turn supports and enhances everything we do externally through skincare and treatments.” He emphasizes that because the traditional multivitamin is crafted for overall health, it features ingredients at lower doses which often limits their relevance for skin function. The Advanced Skin Multivitamin takes the opposite approach, keeping complexion aims first. “From a medical perspective, this level of focus matters,” he says. “It allows the formula to support skin health in a meaningful way, rather than simply adding to a general supplement routine.”
Dosage is just two capsules per day taken with food, consistently. “Instead of juggling multiple skin supplements, this single capsule delivers everything the skin needs internally,” Boyd-Smith says, who recommends pairing the multivitamin with Par Olive’s Marine Collagen Superpowder for additional skin structural support. (Research behind the skin benefits of collagen supplementation, a structural protein rich already found in the body, is plenty.)