Boost your health & reap the benefits of vitamins with these tasty gummies
IF you don’t like taking vitamins in the form of tablets, then gummies could be ideal for you.
We take a look at these chewable vitamins, which taste and look like sweets, while our Beauty Editor tests summer-ready foot products.
HEALTH
with Jane Atkinson
IRON
- Wicked Gummy Co’s Iron Gummy, £19.99 for a month’s supply, wickedgummyco.com – buy now
Most people should get all they need of this by eating a varied, balanced diet.
But if you can’t, taking an iron supplement of up to 17mg a day is unlikely to cause any harm.
Wicked Gummy Co’s Iron Gummy has a delicious peach flavour and contains 14mg of iron to help reduce fatigue, boost immunity and treat anaemia.
MULTIVITAMIN
- Bioglan VitaGummies Family Multivitamin, £9.99 for a month’s supply, hollandandbarrett.com – buy now
Bioglan VitaGummies Family Multivitamin contain a mix of key nutrients B1, B12, C, D3, E, biotin, folic acid, iodine and niacin.
Many are less than the RDA but these are a good all-rounder and top-up for the family.
They come in lemon, raspberry and strawberry flavours.
SKIN, HAIR AND NAILS
- Lily & Loaf’s gummies, £13.50 for a month’s supply, lilyandloafinternational.com – buy now
Lily & Loaf’s gummies have 100 per cent of your RDA of vitamins A, D, E, C, B6, B12 and biotin, zinc and selenium that contribute to collagen function and normal hair and skin.
They are a great option and have a sweet, cherry flavour that I loved.
BEAUTY
with Gabriella Stein
BUDGET
- Boots Foot Peel Socks, £5, down from £8.99, boots.com – buy now
These treatment socks, which contain exfoliating acids to remove rough, dead skin, are infused with tea tree and peppermint to nourish and soften.
Put clean, dry feet inside and leave for 90 minutes, then pat dry with a towel.
It can take seven to ten days before the skin starts to peel, but you can speed up the process by soaking your feet in water for ten to 20 minutes a day.
My skin was left wonderfully smooth, but it’s laborious.
MID-RANGE
- Cowshed heal foot cream, 150g, £19, boots.com – buy now
Enriched with grapefruit, rosemary and clary sage to give a rich, earthy scent.
A blend of avocado oil, shea nut butter and coconut oil provides intense moisture, while AHAs (alpha hydroxy acids) gently exfoliate to leave feet soft and smooth.
The cream is thick and luxurious but is completely absorbed into the skin, leaving no sticky or greasy residue.
This cream is used in Cowshed spas worldwide – and it shows. A spa-worthy treatment for your tootsies. My favourite.
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LUXURY
- Scholl velvet smooth electronic foot file, £18, down from £39.99, boots.com – buy now
An exfoliating system for feet and lower legs.
The device comes with a coarse foot file to remove rough, hard skin on the bottom of your feet, as well as a softer brush head for areas of dry skin on feet and lower legs.
Easy to operate, it can be used on wet and dry skin and has two speeds, which means you can adapt the settings.
A quick and easy way to achieve pedicure-perfect feet.