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I have a "one foot in, one foot out" perspective on supplements. I do think they are beneficial, but I feel like either you should talk it out with a healthcare professional, or review the research and see if you can find a consensus amongst your PCP or med team. My reasoning is simple, supplements aren't really regulated and can get quite costly if you're not really sure what to use, how much to use and why to use. That being said, if you have specific needs and issues you've already identified and have discussed with someone and even had labs drawn, then go for it. There's even something to be said about a placebo effect that supplements have. I currently use:MVI (pre-natal multivitamin)Sourse Mood Bites – Vegan Saffron and Vitamin D3 Infused Chocolate Supplements for Positive Mood 30 / bites Collagen PeptidesSlow Mag (The Slow Mag is probably the one I am least consistent with) The MVI is just my general one, and I have noticed that when I stop taking it, my nails aren't quite as strong. It doesn't have any special add ins like some prenatals do (no DHA for example), so I think it's just the added folic acid and B-complex in it. I used to use biotin and didn't see much a difference. The Collagen, most people use if for skin (there's strong research there thanks to COVID), but I use it for joint health starting about a year ago as sort of an "insurance" after a work out to reduce tears. I gave it to hubbs to, and placebo or not, we both noticed less strain after working out. The mood bites. It's chocolate. It has a teensy amount of vitamin D, and I usually run low, so win win here. The Slow Mag. I use it to relax, and I got slow mag just because magnesium oxide can run a bit of GI distress.

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Yes, I wish more people realized that Influenster does not care if your review is not positive! I actually like Influenster better than a lot of other companies because it’s a third-party which means I can trash a company and I’m still going to get products because they have no idea if it’s going to be coming to me again or not. A perfect example is when I got an Estée Lauder product and I left a terrible low star rating because the ingredients were horrible for your skin and Estée Lauder was arguing with people on their reviews saying their breakouts and reactions were “unusual”. So in my review I pointed out every single ingredient that is comedogenic and would be the cause for these other reviewers having issues so it’s not unusual and shouldn’t be marketed to acne prone people. Estée Lauder tried to fight me on the review and didn’t want to post it but they eventually had to. A couple months later influenster sent me something else from Estée Lauder once again and again I left a negative review lol. So it’s not the companies that are getting to choose us which means there’s 0 benefit if we lie in our reviews. I regularly leave honest reviews from Influenster good and bad. I wish people didn’t dismiss all reviews from someone who got to test something because a lot of the time you can tell those of us who are being honest and those who aren’t. All of my reviews are very detailed and I provide as much information as I possibly can especially because I am pretty educated in ingredients in beauty products and I like to share that with people. The reality is plenty of people are actually getting paid outside of Influenster to leave positive reviews and those people are the problem. I think Influenster reviews should be treated just like every other review, if they’re leaving short one or two sentences that don’t really tell you anything then don’t trust them. If the review is thorough and it’s pointing out positives and negatives whether it’s free or not I would trust it more than the review that gives you very little information even if they didn’t get the product for free.

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Thank you lovely @Mellmars1185 ❤️

@itsfi oh it's working lovely!! You don't need much. I'm glad I chose this one

Phew okay! @makeitup305, Yes I know, I'm about to swerve on this low-buy...😂