Powerful Pairings: Unlocking the Full Potential of Collagen with Brave Combinations
Combining functional ingredients can make a world of difference when it comes to supporting your whole-body health. Each one brings its own set of benefits, but when used together, they can create a synergy that supercharges their impact. Of course, taking multiple supplements every day can be a chore, so who wouldn’t love the convenience of taking one supplement to hit more than one (or all!) of your goals.
One ingredient that pairs beautifully with many others is collagen. Known for its ability to support joint health, improve skin firmness, and boost recovery. Many of us have added a collagen supplement to our daily routine, but it wouldn’t it be wonderful if that daily collagen hit had an even greater impact on our health? We’ve searched high and low for collagen brands that are going the extra mile to ramp up the affects of daily collagen supplementation with exciting functional ingredients like creatine, electrolytes, vitamin C, and more.
These brands are all about creating blends that work in harmony to help you feel your most powerful. Here are 3 hardworking multi-functional collagen supplements for every goal.
Be Bright Luminate Collagen: For radiant skin & stronger hair
This glow-boosting collagen supplement combines hydrolysed collagen with hyaluronic acid (HA), vitamin C, and zinc to support your skin and hair health from within. Dry air, icy winds, and constant exposure to heaters can leave skin looking and feeling depleted during winter. Be Bright Luminate offers a solution to winter weary skin with its “ingestible beauty” product to nourish the skin and hair with targeted nutrients rather than just relying on external moisturisers.
Incorporating this daily supplement into your routine can help combat the most common cold-weather skin issues — including dullness, dehydration, and inflammation—leaving your skin looking hydrated, radiant, and glowing from the inside out. Formulated with Be Bright’s expert “GlowActive” blend, Luminate Collagen does more than fight fine lines, it fortifies your skin barrier, boosts immunity, and deeply nourishes your body when it needs it most.
The “GlowActive” blend promotes healthy skin by replenishing your body’s declining collagen structures, improving skin texture, reducing wrinkles, reducing inflammation, promoting moisture retention, boosting elasticity and giving skin a firmer, plumper look over time.
Be Bright Luminate Collagen offers a clean formula with no sugar, fillers or flavouring. It’s available in pouches, jars, and 10g single-serve collagen shots.
Primal Body Bomb: Promote strength & recovery
This genius product is the innovation you didn’t know you needed! Primal’s Body Bomb blend, combines creatine monohydrate with collagen for a powerhouse supplement that ticks all the boxes. The supplement is formulated to promote strength, power, and recovery into one easy-to-use supplement. Body Bomb is packaged in convenient single-serving sachets with 2.5g of ‘Creapure’ (creatine monohydrate) and 2.5g of collagen (Hydrolysed gelatin powder) per sachet.
If you’re yet to join jump on the creatine train, you should know that creatine monohydrate is a fitness staple, backed by heaps of research for boosting muscle strength and powering high-intensity efforts like weightlifting or sprinting by increasing phosphocreatine stores for rapid ATP production. To get the full benefit of creatine, Primal Wellness uses ‘Creapure’, the purest form of creatine in the world, made in a dedicated facility in Germany under strict manufacturing protocols.
It might seem like a small convenience, but this product is a must-try for anyone who is over the chore of measuring out ALL the supplements every day. The smooth, neutral flavour blends seamlessly (no chalky aftertaste here!). Body Bomb offers a clean, effective formula that’s ideal for anyone looking to maximise their training gains.
Primal Body Bomb is available online as well as at select stockists in Cape Town, Gauteng, Northern Cape and KZN.
Chemistry Natural Science Balance: Prioritise body and mind
For a mental boost, choose ‘Balance’ — a potent alkalizing green and adaptogen blend formulated by Chemistry Natural Science to nourish your body, lightly suppress your appetite, and stabilise your mood. This powdered supplement combines collagen peptides with prebiotics and adaptogens for a supplement that targets the body and mind. Balance can be enjoyed on its own as a delicious drink or added to a smoothie, porridge, yoghurt, or juice.
According to the team behind Chemistry Natural Science, gut health is the cornerstone of the product which is formulated with prebiotics and digestive enzymes. Prebiotics are added to stimulate the growth of good bacteria in your gut and support the microbiome. Maintaining a healthy balance of microflora helps to reduce inflammation, IBS, constipation, bloating, respiratory tract infection and more. The digestive enzymes are great for helping to support immune function, joint health, improve your mood, decrease muscle stiffness caused by high-intensity exercise, and combat inflammation.
This unique supplement is ideal to help aid focus and boost muscle recovery. Adaptogens help to sharpen short-term focus, improve cognitive health and regulate your mood, keeping you calm and focused to face the day. The adaptogen blend in Balance is formulated with clinically studied compounds so you know you’re getting the best scientific research has to offer.
The blend also includes compounds to help improve your energy levels, reduce bloating, support joint mobility, and relieve muscle stiffness after hard workouts. Key Ingredients in Chemistry Natural Science Balance include 2+ Billion CFU Probiotics, 5 Digestive Enzymes, Prebiotics, 10+ Adaptogen Blend, Sceletium Extract, Spirulina and Graviola Leaf Powder, and Collagen Peptides. With so many scientifically proven compounds in one blend it’s the ultimate convenience product.
Chemistry Natural Science Balance is available online as well as from select stockists at R725 for 375g (25 x 15g servings).
