The hair skin and nails category finally done by the numbers: Natures Aid’s formula assembles the nutrients with actual authorised roles — vitamin C, biotin, zinc, copper, manganese — around the traditional beauty minerals MSM, silica, kelp and aloe vera, in a vegan one-a-day tablet with every dose printed.

The authorised core

• Vitamin C (100 mg) — contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of skin
• Biotin (100 µg) — contributes to the maintenance of normal hair and normal skin
• Zinc (15 mg — a full 150% NRV) — contributes to the maintenance of normal hair, skin and nails
• Copper (2 mg) — contributes to normal hair and skin pigmentation
• Manganese (2 mg) — contributes to the normal formation of connective tissue
• Vitamin E (20 mg) — contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress

The traditional layer

Around the regulated core sits the category’s heritage bench: MSM at a substantial 500 mg (the bioactive sulphur compound beauty formulas have leaned on for decades), bamboo-tradition silica at 50 mg, kelp, aloe vera extract and calcium. Nothing hidden in blends — the full per-tablet table is printed, which in this category counts as radical honesty.

Vegan, and properly free-from

Vegetarian and vegan throughout — rare for the category, where gelatine and marine collagen usually sneak in. Free from GM, corn, dairy, lactose, gluten, wheat, yeast, nuts, salt, soya, starch and sugar; no artificial colours or flavours. One tablet daily with food; don’t exceed the dose; the kelp’s iodine makes the thyroid-medication conversation worth having first.

How to run it

One tablet, one anchor meal, judged on hair and nails’ own calendar — nails show their history over months, hair over seasons. The 30-tablet pack is a month; the honest trial is three of them, alongside the protein-adequate eating that hair is literally built from.

Frequently asked questions

How does this differ from biotin-only products? Biotin alone is a soloist; this is the section — the zinc, copper and manganese roles are just as authorised and routinely missing.

Can men take it? Entirely — nothing in the formula is gendered but the marketing photography.

With my multivitamin? Sum the zinc and copper lines — this tablet runs generous on both by design.

Reading beauty labels by NRV

The percentage column is where this category’s honesty lives, and this formula’s reads like a deliberate argument: zinc at 150%, copper and biotin at 200%, vitamin C at 125% — real doses of the authorised nutrients, not homeopathic sprinkles for label decoration. Compare that column against the influencer gummies of the moment and the difference explains itself. The 500 mg of MSM deserves the same reading: it’s a genuine dose of the tradition’s favourite sulphur donor, present as a named line rather than a “beauty blend” rounding error. Formulas that print their arithmetic are formulas expecting to be checked — reward the habit.

Tablets easy to take? Standard one-a-day format, vegan coating, down with breakfast water.

Why kelp in a beauty formula? The traditional iodine source riding with the silica-MSM heritage bench — and the reason thyroid-medication users should ask their pharmacist first.

One-month pack — deliberate? It matches the honest reorder rhythm; three consecutive packs is the category’s fair trial.

Aloe vera’s role here? The extract line continues the formula’s tradition bench — a modest 25 mg equivalent, listed transparently rather than headline-inflated.

Pairs with which routine? The tablet covers micronutrients; the collagen powders cover peptides — plenty of committed customers run both lanes, counting zinc once.

Delivery in Malta & Gozo

€6 delivery, free over €40 across Malta and Gozo, or collection from St Paul’s Bay.