Collagen Pro

I originally bought it for my skin, but that's not what surprised me most. It made me realise collagen isn't just about looking better. I feel like my body recovers better after exercise, my nails are stronger and my skin looks fresher too. I also loved reading about why the formula includes amino acids instead of just collagen. You actually learn something.

I've tried a few collagen powders over the years and never really knew what made one different from another. Collagen Pro felt much more thoughtfully designed. I liked the explanation behind every ingredient and the fact that it wasn't trying to oversell itself. It has become part of my morning routine and I genuinely miss it when I run out.

I wasn't expecting miracles, and that's probably why I like it so much. After a couple of months I noticed lots of little things rather than one dramatic change. My skin feels more hydrated, my hairdresser commented on my hair, and I don't feel quite as stiff after Pilates. It just feels like good nutrition rather than another beauty product.

What convinced me wasn't a before-and-after photo. It was understanding that collagen is about so much more than skin. I really enjoy the educational articles and the honest way Vivana explains the science. It feels premium, not because of fancy marketing, but because everything has been thought through.

Honestly? I'm a bit obsessed with this now. I've tried collagen before and it did nothing, so my expectations were on the floor.

I'll be the first to say I'm a hard sell, and this one won me over. I came for my knees, full stop. the morning stairs were becoming a real event. It didn't happen overnight, but by the second month? The stiffness that used to be the first thing I notice getting out of bed is just not there anymore. I move straight through it. What really got me was learning it's got boron in it, my brother-in-law, who's a physio, told me almost nothing on the shelf includes it, and it matters for the minerals your bones and joints run on. Genuinely didn't expect to be this pleased.

I have three kids, a job, and a half-marathon in October that I am underprepared for, so I don't have time to fuss over supplements. I need things that just work in the background. I started taking this mostly for my joints. the training was beating up my knees and hips and I was icing them more than I'd like to admit. That's the part I actually notice: the day-after-a-long-run soreness is less brutal, and I'm not hobbling down the stairs on Sunday mornings while the kids stare at me. Recovery's the word, I guess. I bounce back faster. The skin thing I did not expect and almost feel silly mentioning. I'm 41 and permanently exhausted, so my face usually shows it. It looks a bit less wrecked lately. Not going to pretend I've got time to study before-and-after photos, but I'll take any win I can get. Do I know what's in it? No clue, I bought it on a friend's recommendation and I'm not reading the label at 6am. It's just become one of the two or three things I don't skip.

Right, I'll keep this short because I'm not really a review person. Knees. That's the whole reason. I garden, and getting up off the ground had turned into this whole production hands on the thigh, little groan, the works. My husband found it hilarious. I did not. I've been on these since March. Didn't think much about it for the first few weeks, genuinely forgot I was even taking them half the time. Then last weekend I was up and down putting in bedding plants for hours and it hit me in the evening that I hadn't done the groan-and-heave thing once. Not once! I actually stood there in the kitchen trying to remember when that stopped. Skin, hair, all that no idea, I don't pay attention to it. Someone will probably tell me I'm imagining the knee thing but I know my own body and I'm not. Buying it again, that's my review.

Bought this after my sister wouldn't stop going on about her nails. I wasn't really thinking about my skin at all, to be honest at my age I'd sort of made peace with it. But there was this moment about three weeks in, I caught myself in the mirror at the hairdresser under those awful bright lights that usually show everything, and I just looked less worn out? Hard to explain. My skin's been through the menopause wringer these last few years and it finally looked like it had a bit of life back in it. The hydration especially it doesn't get that tight, papery feeling by evening anymore. Nails, I'm honestly not sure yet, jury's still out. And I can't tell you what's in it that does it, something my sister said about it being better absorbed than the powders. All I know is I've reordered.