#ive used blender on it before but that was back in 2017 probably so the needed specs are probably pretty different haha

[lycanr0t]

shout out to my beloved ~10 year old desktop computer you are doing your best sweetie you are working so hard i love you

[aharris00britney]

ASKS 19

It’s 6am and Brandon woke me up when he got up to go to work so now... i answer asks bc i cant sleep. 

@mileyzangel said: Can you please make a Harley Quinn hairstyle from both Suicide Squad and Birds of Prey?

I went and watched Birds of Prey the other night and it was really good. Brandon went to sleep I think tfgvhb. But I doubt I’ll try doing her hair from either of the films. @enriques4 is working on one for her Birds of Prey look if you are interested in that <3

Anonymous said: is tiny living worth it? im leaning towards the gameplay although i love cas. is the gameplay as bad as people say?

I honestly don’t think the new beds do anything. They’re... there. Lmao I think the CAS and buy items are very nice. If we get some cc murphy beds then that would make them a lot more usable tbh.  

Anonymous said: how do you and ayoshi keep making some fantastic collabs?? y'all are literally the first people i go to when I make a fresh install and I can't wait to see what you do next

Anonymous said: AxA CC KINGS!!!

Anonymous said: you guys didnt have to snap like that on AxA

Anonymous said: I LOVE EVERY SINGLE PACK U AND AYOSHI DO PLEASE KEEP MAKING MORE

Anonymous said: another iconic ah00b x ayoshi collab YAS LESSGOOOO

We put a bunch of cc ideas (hair and clothes) in a discord server we have together and then work on the stuff together on call usually so each item is the way we both want me. Like for example i’ll be meshing the Ivy top while he works on texturing the ribbed version.  We also only do collabs when they happen, we didn’t plan AxA 2019 or this new set, mainly just made cc starting in May and wrapped it up in July to release in August. Then this time we started making stuff late December and got most of it done by the time I got done with my break. Having a planned collab/deadline makes stuff less stressful and the stuff usually turns out better imo

Anonymous said: hi! ur sims are so prettyyyy what skin texture and eyes do u use?

Anonymous said: hi! wcif the eyes of the sim in the edit that Dogsill edited for you please? thank you!

Anonymous said: Hi! I really love the way your sims looks so, I was what skin and eyes you use?

I actually am changing my default eyes so I need to update my resource page soon ;n; but the skins they use are all listed for each sim on the resource page here

Anonymous said: you always name axa packs by the year but this one was named after a season those that mean.... 👀

We are wanting to do something in the fall, just not sure how our lives will be then ya know? There’s a chance that this will be the AxA 2020. Since we weren’t sure I didn’t want to label it that if 2 AxA’s release this year lmao

Anonymous said: what game is the pokemon thing you're playing!? pls help a guy out i'm in love with the art style

Pokemon Sword and Shield (I have shield) for Nintendo Switch. I’ll prob post more pics once I get some new shinies :P

@kristabunny said: lol is it bad that when I saw your Santana hair I read it as Satan Hair XD

tbhhhhh it was lowkey referencing that lmao. I made the hair in October for a speed meshing video and since it was around Halloween I was like “lemme give her an almost demonic name” also Santana from glee is a queen

Anonymous said: Tbh I absolutely adore your female cc but I LIVE for your male cc!!!

Thank you! lmao the only thing I can take full credit for is the AxA male hairs. I mesh the clothes for packs but ayoshi does the texturing for them.  

Anonymous said: Could you have a go at the updo Dua Lipa has on the cover of her Future Nostalgia? The high bun with a flick in it and the strands of hair down the sides. Thanks if so :)

I’m not the biggest fan of the hairstyle tbh ;n; but we will see. (Physical is a serve, just saying)

Anonymous said: So ive never played pokemon before until my friend gave me a copy of pokemon moon. I love cats so of course my starter was a litten, but i had no clue about evolutions or anything like that. I was heartbroken when my cute litten turned into some big man cat :(

omg noooo ;n; yeah Litten is a cutie... incineroar is... well I got used to him tbh and kind of like him now? I absolutely hate scorbunny’s evolution (and most of the SWSH starters final evolution) so I think that made incineroar slightly better in my eyes. My shiny litten will be staying a kitten however :)

@multifandom-slytherin said: Hello! I love your cc! Would it be possible for you to make the bangs from your Bree Hair a separate accessory that you can put with other hairs (for example the BG low ponytail)? Thank you so much!

Anonymous said: have u considered making or allowing someone to make an acc version of your handmade bangs?

I have thought of doing accessory bangs tbh, I just like... don’t like using accessory bangs myself. So I’m not sure if I’ll end up doing it. I might try it for myself and see how many hairs they work with, and if it is a decent amount I’ll release. 

Anonymous said: First off I want to say how amazing all of your hairs and collabs are! Second I was curious if you ever thought of going back to your old hairs and updating their thumbnails / display indexes so they matched your stuff now?

I really really wanted to have all my 2019 hairs updated by 2020. It was only January 2019-April 2019 that needed updated (thumbnails and display indexes). But I just lost motivation for doing it. I will focus on it next time I have a big break from school. Also planning on updating select stuff from 2018 and 2017. 

Anonymous said: please put Sophia Barker in the gallery. PLEASEEEEE it's the most beautiful sim I EVER seen! >:3 PLEASEEE!!!!!!!!!!

She should be on there? I think? Make sure you have CC enabled and if you can’t find me through the gallery her tray files are here

Anonymous said: Hi! After the recent patch I started having a small issue with Bree hair(without bangs), when I zoom out it looks like a completely different hair, something similar to that one basegame hair that's layered with tips pointed outward but longer. Thought I'd let you know, maybe others have had a similar issue or maybe I need to change a setting or something. Love your work so much!

Really surprised this is the first time someone told me about this lmao. The hair should be updated now on SFS/Patreon <3

Anonymous said: I tried to look around for this on your "Asks" portion before bothering you (so sorry), but do you have a link perhaps for all the lips you use on your models? Are they in game or a cc you create? Thanks so much! Love all of your work! I'm super new to cc stuff and I found yours like 2 days ago and have been going nuts with downloads lol 

like presets? None of my cc models use a lip preset. I do use this slider on some of them though. For lipsticks, that is listed for each model on my resource page <3

Anonymous said: i’ve been looking for a hair like lexi that i actually like forever and now i find it but it’s for paterson peeps and i’m like actually broke and i’m like :/

im sorry ;n; at least it wasn’t too long of a wait? :/ I hope you liked the hair

Anonymous said: I can't find your jisoo ponytails in your downloads?

they’re in my retired section... may they rest in peace. scroll to the bottom of my downloads and youll see ‘RETIRED.’ click that for the retired download page. 

@eclypt-0-sims said: Hi, I recently started making MM hair and I know you're probably an expert at this but; every time I go into CAS to test a hair, all of my accessories clip with the hair. Like the hair texture would cover some glasses if my sim was wearing glasses. I don't know how to fix it, someone told me to delete an eye weight in blender but I don't really understand weight painting that much, any suggestions? love your content btw

this is a late as hell reply i’m sorry. I think that you have texture where the glasses texture would be. Hair texture should only be in hair section or hat section (if you don’t want it hat compatible). Here is a UV map layout that I use for making hair textures. It shouldnt have anything to do with weights

Anonymous said: Do you use reshade when you take previews for your cc? and also is the tropical punch ombre overlay a palette or did you make it?

I do use reshade when I take cc previews. It adds a bit of saturation to my sims and gives them some shadows under their chin/clothes. Nothing major. Also, myself and @imvikai came up with the tropical punch palette together.

@little-eris​ said: You probably have answered this before but who drew your tumblr icon? I’ve seen the same art style with other simmers 👉🏼👈🏼 it’s super cute!

thank you! here is their twitter 

Anonymous said: The male sim in your Tiny Living review looks soo familiar; was there inspiration from anyone IRL? The person he reminds me of isn't even famous so I don't even know! He is very pretty though *-*

He was a gallery sim that I just revamped a bit so I’m honestly not super sure lmao. But he is very attractive yes I agree

that concludes this ask ceremony please collect your things and move to the exit to your left. fvghbjn if you sent something I didn’t answer and it was off anon I’ll get to you soon (person who asked what beards I used for AxA... I see you)

[smireyac]

fuck this year man u dont even get cute emojis in the title this time

so lemme just start by saying fuck 2020 

now that we’re on the same page, lets get into it

so i dont have to explain all the reasons why this year sucked bc u just need to google 2020 and there will be a million reasons why it was TOTAL FUCKING GARBAGE...... usually when so many people collectively say a year sucked ass, i can be like “oh it wasnt *all* bad for me, personally” haha not this year!!! 

its super fucking depressing to look at how hopeful and positive i was about 2020 a year ago..... ofc there was no way for me to have known it would all go to shit but i still really appreciate the tone i had set... reading over the previous reflections and seeing how harsh and negative i was @ myself made the softness of last years post super refreshing.... 

now i said i dont *have* to explain all the ways 2020 was shitty, but i am gonna explain the biggest reason this year was shitty for me, personally..... it might seem really small in comparison to the ways 2020 was shitty as a whole on like a global scale? but really the biggest reason 2020 sucked ass was i didnt get to really hang out with any of my friends in real life for 9 out of the 12 months of the year.... and really it was like the first week of march that shit hit the fan so like really it was only 2 months that we got to see each other....... if u rmbr p much every previous retrospective post ive made, there was a big emphasis on friends..... ive come to realize that im actually a very *extra*verted person??? despite my overall shyness and homebody attitude, i would always choose to hang out with people over being alone so stay-at-home orders FUCKING SUCKED??? when we all thought it would be over in a couple weeks, maybe a month it was fine?? hey its a good time to draw or catch up on that reading and/or writing i said i was gonna do maybe even start learning to drive?? it’ll be no big deal THEN it wasn’t over in a month and it wasnt gonna BE over anytime soon and no one important was doing anything about it and its an election year and black lives have always mattered and yet everything is so uncertain and

[inhale]

[exhale]

this year was..... a lot...... too much in fact

in 2018, i had said that i watched vox’s video on the year in 5 mins and cried... if i watched this year in five minutes, i dont think i would be able to breathe...... 

SO instead of making myself CRY..... lets try to think about any GOOD things that happened and think about what we can do to make 2021 good for ourselves:

GOOD THINGS THAT HAPPENED:

-i *didn’t* lose my job!! sad that so many others cannot say the same but im trying to make myself feel *better* not WORSE so i got to keep my job and i actually work more hours than before so!!

-i actually *did* learn to drive this year!!!! and im pretty good at it??? for someone that just started this year anyway?? i probably *would* have my DRIVER’S LICENSE right now if it weren’t for a surge in cases in a certain STATE that i happen to live in......... but w/e its fine i get more time to practice and im ~~**DEFINITELY**~~ going pass my test and get my license ~whenever it is that i can reschedule my dmv appt~

lmfao its so funny that last year, i was absolutely *dreading* learning to drive but i so fucking get why everyone was like ‘you need to learn how to drive’ i legit love it so much???? ive always been a car person but that was like purely for the aesthetic but now that i can drive im just....... WOOOW this really is what freedom feels like.... like ik that public transportation is amazing and i will always champion it but nothing beats being purely in control of your destination.... i also wanted to buy myself a car for my birthday even tho i couldnt really drive yet but then sien had to fix smthg on her car and it was EXPENSIVE AF and my mom was like “u dont need to buy a car yet” so i put the brakes [haha] on that... but soon... once i get my license,,, then i will have u my love................. so with that being “my most serious goal of 2020″ im glad i did it

-i was one of lucky ones and got unemployment when i couldn’t work so i have a lot of money saved in the bank??? pls no one steal my identity i wanna use that money to buy myself a car and/or for when we move out 🤞🤞 we’ll just have to wait and seeeeee....................

-i had mentioned playing dnd last year too and thats been going STRONG as hell thank goodness....... we couldnt keep playing in person but when we moved it to online, not only did we actually get to hang out a lot more, we made more friends??? introduced new people to the group?? its so good and in fact probably the only thing that kept me even a little bit sane this year...... 

-this is more of an honorable mention than an accomplishment but im this 🤏close to catching up with critical role and thats partially thanks to the pandemic lmao sooooo ??? 

aaaaaaand thats p much it lol i didnt really accomplish any of my other goals bc reasons................. but!!! as cliche as it sounds, with a light at the end of the tunnel, im confident that i can turn that all around this year.... so if 2016 was the year of change, 2017 was the year of getting used to shit, 2018 was the year of getting *too* used to shit and 2019 ended up being the year of friends, 2020 was the year of absolute shit and it doesn’t fucking count....... i learned a lot this year, biggest lesson of all is that life is short and if i were to have died at any point last year, what the fuck would i have to show for it??? so usually i end up giving a theme or name to a year after its done but this time im determined to make 2021 into what i want it to be SO i am declaring this year, the year of our lord 2021, the year of new experiences!!!! what the fuck does that mean you ask? well ill tell you!!! im gonna try new things this year!! make a very pointed effort to do things outside my comfort zone?? and for my goals this year, im going back to my old way of making a huge list of stuff u wanna do and seeing how much i can actuallly accomplish!! now i said theres a light but we really dont know when all this shit will end and life will go “bAcK tO nOrMaL” so whos to say ill get to accomplish any of it? at the same time, there are plenty of stuff on the list that i can do within the pandemic set parameters so!! lets see this list!!

2021 GOALS:

[check boxes bc there is no plain box emoji lmao]

☑️ read new books!! i’ll keep last years goal bc i didnt meet it and i have good reads now which tells me i just need to read 1.5 books a month to reach that goal!! huzzah!

☑️ watch new shows and new movies b4 u end up watching shit you’ve already seen a million times... i bought an old planner for 2020 instead of 2021 by accident but i hope it will help keep track of the movies/shows along with the books too!

☑️ listen to new music!! this years spotify wrapped was garbo it only had like 3 albums and a bunch of other shit i always listen to so i gotta fix that lmfao

☑️ write new stories!! i am comforted by the shit ive been writing for the past like 7 years but if my screenplay class taught me anything its that there are a lot of stories to tell and i got so many ideas floating around in this noggin!! instead of an arbitrary word count, why dont i say write idk 3 new stories, start to finish, in whatever medium idc screenplay, short story, comic, twine WHATEVER!! do it!

☑️ eat new food!! lmao this one seems the most silly to me but ive never had indian food, ive never had [not really anyway] korean food, i want to find new restaurants and eat new food!!! yum!

☑️ go on a road trip!!

☑️ visit some place ive never been before!!

☑️ go on a hike??

☑️ go to mexico again

☑️ ride a scary rollercoaster you previously wouldnt have

☑️ go to a club

☑️ get silly drunk fr 

☑️ FUCK IT go on dates!! self date friend dates sister date cousin dates R- Romantic... dates ??? FUCK IT!!! YEAH!! DATE ALL UP IN THIS BITCH!!

☑️ learn to use blender

☑️ animate something 

☑️ make a big painting

☑️ cosplay ???? AHH

☑️ learn to roller skate lmao u bought the skates and were so excited for them!! 

☑️ go somewhere SUPER DARK and go see some real stars!!!! 

☑️ and to top it all off, throw the airbnb house party that we’ve been talking about for MONTHS lmao 

hmmmm,, i think thats a good enough list for now ?? another thing i wanted to accomplish.... that im scared to speak into existence bc then i cant back out of doing it...........and it doesnt align with the whole “new” spirit of 2021 but.......... i want to like start making apartments for rent????? like i want to have something of it to show by, if not the 8th anniversary then by the end of the year HHUFF THERE I SAID IT......... no turning back now.......... 

alright its almost midnight on.... whats this? its already jan. 1st??? lmao yeah fuck it i didnt keep up with anything i normally did this year who cares i made up the rules i can break them too lol  

so yeah 

we’ll see what this year brings us,,,,

hoo boy

[omorffia]

Collagen, ah, one of the biggest health kicks in 2018. I was first acquainted with collagen in 2015 by way of my own research. I was reading about skincare and stumbled upon collagen. I read about collagen helping hydrate and keep skin younger for longer. The reasoning being that it basically supplements the collagen that we start losing at about age 25. So I went with it, I kept on reading, looking up article after article about these collagen supplements that you could take. This is what I found.

Scientific Background :

Here’s a little bit of background knowledge to help you evaluate the things I will tell you later on. The body has about 28 different types of collagen that have been identified so far. Collagens are the most abundant proteins in mammals (~30% of total protein mass). The five most common types are Type I, II, III, IV,  and V.  To simplify things each type of collagen does something different. If you want to get extremely in depth the article that I linked to above will explain things further. 

Over of Collagen Type I-V:

Type I  is by far the most abundant protein in all vertebrates. It assembles into fibers that form the structural and mechanical scaffold (matrix) of bone, skin, tendons, cornea, blood vessel walls and other connective tissues. This type of collagen is meant to help get rid of wrinkles, increase skin hydration, grow stronger nails, and thicker hair. It also helps with gut health. 

Type II is the basis for articular cartilage and hyaline cartilage (the connective tissue that protects your bones at the joints). You also find type II collagen in high amounts in your spinal disks and your eyes. This is the type of collagen that is meant to be good for your joints, arthritis and sports injuries that affect this area. 

Type III is the second most abundant type in your body. You can find it in large quantities in your intestines, muscles, blood vessels, and the uterus. It’s most often used with type I collagen for gut healing and to improve skin elasticity and hydration.

Type IV is a reticulate (main component of reticular fibers), commonly found alongside type I. Type IV collagen is a major component of the basement membrane, which is the specialized sheet-like extracellular matrix of multicellular tissues that exists around certain cell types (e.g., skeletal muscle cells, smooth muscle cells, heart muscle cells, and adipocytes). 

Type V is found in cell surfaces, hair, and placenta. It is collagen is a fibrillar collagen molecule, which is a minor component of collagen fibrils with type I collagen as the major component.

The lower down the list you go, the more medical the explanations become and the less we know about the type of collagen. Think about this we still have not successfully identified all of the proteins in the human body. More ongoing research is occurring on this topic on the International Space Station. 

Back to the topic at hand. When I first started researching collagen to figure out if it was just a fad or something that can actually work, I found a lot of websites selling the supplement and boasting its benefits. However, when I looked up studies that test these theories all seemed to say the opposite- collagen was ineffectual. Ingesting collagen cannot give you wrinkle free skin, rid you of joint pain, strengthen your nails, or give you luscious locks. Why? Well, the explanation boiled down to this – once you ingest the collagen it gets broken down in your stomach and is basically rendered useless by the time it enters your bloodstream, which is where you need it to go for all these benefits to occur. Injecting collagen straight into the bloodstream, did you think about that? Maybe that could work? Well, I thought about it too but I don’t think it has been done and I suggest you DON’T try it because it could be fatal. Though its a nice idea. The only collagen injections that I have heard of are the localized ones to plump your lips up. One thing most of the articles I read had in common was their consensus that more research needs to be conducted on the topic. Ingesting supplements such as collagen to promote the body’s ability to produce more of its own as well as replenish the collagen that we have lost is still a fairly new concept and there just aren’t enough studies done on the subject yet. However, due to the amazing reviews, I read on the supplement pages and testimonials people have written throughout the web, I decided to give it a try. It’s basically bone marrow so it’s not bad for you, it’s actually a delicacy in many countries. So I gave it a try,  so read on and I shall tell you my experience. 

One other note that I do want to add before we move on to the next part is that more and more studies are being conducted and the research seems much more promising. It seems that there could be true benefits to your beauty, bones, hair, and nails. If you want to read more about that and look at some specific studies take a look here: collagen studies. 

My Experience with Collagen: 

First Attempt: I started taking collagen in 2015 in order to stay younger longer, replenish my body’s collagen, attain thicker hair and stronger nails. I was not too worried about a leaky gut or joint pain. I first started taking the collagen capsules not the powder. I took it for 2 months and I started to see a difference.  The difference was not in my skin, and well that’s because I am still young and really didn’t have any issues. So where did I see a difference? The biggest difference was my hair. I think my nails also got stronger as I usually have weak nails that tend to split and that stopped happening. However, my hair was definitely the biggest difference. No, it did not become thicker. I am going to tell you something now, for all of you that want thicker hair, well it’s not going to happen. Your hair type is a genetic thing, you get what you get and you will never be able to change it (believe me, I’ve tried). And if somehow you find a way to, please, by all means, let me know because I will give it a shot.  What you can do is get extensions, or use hair products that make your hair look thicker but the hair follicle on its own will never truly be thicker. Some people are blessed with a beautiful thick mane and well, others (like me) are not. What I did see though was new hair growth. There were a bunch of new baby hairs that started to grow and fill in spaces where you could see my scalp. The baby hair kept growing longer, making the hair on my scalp look thicker just by virtue of having more hair. I took the collagen in pill form (capsules) for about 2 months and I saw a difference. I took the Neocell Capsules. Which like I said, worked well but the directions were to take 6 of them a day and that was a bit too much of hassle. After, awhile I got tired of taking the capsules and stopped. Life Kind of got in the way. 

Attempt 2: NOW:  So fast forward to 2017, I am at home with my parents and my mom goes “you know I feel like you used to have a lot more hair, why do you have places where I can see your scalp”? I come from a Bulgarian household and Bulgarians are incredibly direct. My mom especially.  So after she said this, I, of course, start freaking out and looking at my hair in the mirror.  She ended up being right, I had some very sparse looking spots in my hair, and well for the age of 27 that was pretty insane. So immediately I  figured I would I would go back to the only thing that seemed to work, collagen. I put in an order to Amazon and got myself a collagen supplement. This time not in the form of a capsule but a powder supplement that you take once a day only. You put just a scoop in your coffee once a day. I drink coffee EVERY single morning so I figured that would be a good way to remind myself to take it. Behold- I started seeing the same results that I did on my first try, new hair growth. This time, however, I didn’t stop and I have now been taking collagen for probably 2 years. I take the capsules when I go on vacation and a scoop a day when I am home in my coffee every morning. 

Courtesy of Womenshealthmag.com

Two Kinds of Collagen Supplements available: 

There are two types of collagen supplements available, predominantly. I am sure with enough searching you could find something else, but there are two main types out there. Bovine collagen and marine collagen. 

Bovine Collagen: This type of collagen is derived from cows (beef). 

Marine Collagen: This type of collagen is derived from red snapper fish. 

I have stuck to bovine collagen but would like to try the marine collagen. Marine collagen is supposed to be better for joint issues and arthritis. 

Collagen Supplements

There are many different kinds of supplements that you can buy, some more expensive than others. I like the powder kind that you put in your coffee, smoothie, tea, or whatever else you like to drink. I have tried a few different kinds and below are my thoughts and the different kinds out there, as well as where you can buy them from. Most of them are collagen types I and III. I did try one supplement thought that was type I-V. 

Neocell Super Collagen Powder 6,600mg Collagen 1 &3  $12.71: This is a great option that is very affordable. The only thing with this is, that it is not the most soluble. It does not mix well with cold liquids especially. So if you are using this with hot tea or smoothies in a blender, I think it will be fine.  Again this is really the most affordable option and it lasts about a month if you take it every day.

Zint Collagen Powder: Pure Hydrolyzed Collagen Peptides: Types I and III Collagen: $24.99 for a 16 oz.  I liked this collagen too. It’s a very good and affordable solution as well. This one is pretty soluble in all kinds of liquid. The only issue with this one is that the prices tend to vary on Amazon. Otherwise its quite good. 

Sports Research Collagen Peptides Powder: $27.95 for a 16 oz tub of the powder. It comes with a scoop inside it, they all do. I really like this one the best but there is really not much difference between this one and the Zint powder as they are both very soluble in different temperature liquids. I recently bought the larger tube of this which is $52.95 for a 32 oz tub, which just makes it more effective. I have now been taking collagen continuously for over a year and I do not plan to stop. 

Results

I absolutely and completely recommend taking a collagen supplement. It really works! I have seen major hair growth because of it (see images below). All of the hair that I have isolated on my forehead are new baby hairs that have gotten longer and longer. First, it started out as baby hairs but then they just kept growing and I kept growing more and more of them. I have tried biotin and other things in the past but this is the best results I have ever gotten with my hair. It looks thicker at the top of my head and I am hoping that it will look thicker all over when all the new hair grows to the length of the rest of my hair. Again, this is new hair growth not thicker hair follicles. As for the skin results, I honestly cannot tell if my skin is better or more moisturized because of the collagen. My nails do seem to be a bit harder from it but the most profound results are seen with my hair. I am hoping that taking it for a longer time will keep me looking younger for longer but that I will only be able to report on as the years go by. 

My friend: I recommended collagen to my friend who always use to get acrylic nails done since high-school. A few times she had let her own nails grow out and they looked amazing! I always told her to just leave her own nails rather than get the acrylic ones because they look so good. She wanted to but always had issues with the growth. Her nails would take forever to grow long and were very weak, by the time she could grow them a lot of them had already broken. She started taking the collagen and is now growing her own nails out. She said she notices a difference in her hair and skin as well. She has more hair growth, more glowing skin, and definitely stronger nails that grow faster. She also has mentioned that my hair looks thicker as well. 

My mom: So after trying the collagen supplement for a while and loving the results, I decided to revisit some of my research. I remembered reading that it helped people with joint pain and arthritis. I had found one study which had a double-blind test group take a collagen supplement and a placebo for 6 months and it showed that after 3 months those that had the joint paint had started feeling relief. Some test subjects even reported that all of their pain disappeared. I could not find that one original study to include here but this is a similar one conducted on athletes.  My mom is now taking the supplement and after a month and a half, she started feeling some of her arthritis pain going away. Not all of it but she that it has gotten a lot better. She is a big skeptic and now she believes in the collagen too. She has also tried a lot of other methods of pain relief, including anti-inflammatories like Aleve, and none of them have done much to help her. 

** I also tried another type of collagen Renew, which has type I-V collagen but didn’t quite like that one as much either as it was not very soluble even in hot liquids like coffee. That one you really have to put in a smoothie otherwise its a pain to mix it in.  I don’t recommend this one but if you want to try it you can find it here. This is a mix of bovine collagen, marine collagen, and chicken and egg peptides. It’s not a bad collagen supplement, it’s just not very soluble. 

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The Short Version

I recommend collagen because it facilitated new hair growth which made my hair look thicker. I also believe that it has strengthened my nails. I cannot attest to the skin improvement claims out there as I personally have not seen any evidence but I think that is because I am not that old and my skin is in pretty good condition to begin with. As for the gut health, that is also not something I can speak to but I have read online testaments by others who claim that it has helped. If you have thin hair or hair loss, I definitely think this will help, and it shouldn’t hurt regardless (unless you have an allergy).  This is my personal experience and personal research that I have conducted on my own I cannot guarantee that it will work for you but I think its worth a try. 

There are many other touted benefits of collagen and if you have experienced any of them, please comment below and share your story. 

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