Blog

How to use our Copina Co. vegan collagen boost blends in your daily life! Whether you drink them, use them in smoothies, or bake with them, we’ve got you covered. If you’re looking to care for your skin far behind those luscious oils and expensive moisturizers, then our vegan collagen boost supplements just might be what you need.

Our vegan collagen boost drink powders are a simple supplement to add to your everyday routine to help promote radiant and supple skin as well as the reduced appearance of wrinkles.* Skincare goes behind just what you put on your skin every morning and night. What you’re putting inside your body is just as important. Consider our vegan collagen boost blends your edible, drinkable beauty routine.*

If you’re new to collagen boost supplements you might be wondering what they do and how to use them. We’re excited you’re here because we’ve got all the answers to your questions. We’ve also rounded up some of our favorite recipes to help you get started. It’s much simpler than you may think and requires you to eat a cookie or two or a scoopful of ice cream (but that’s the best part!).

Keep reading to learn more about our plant-based collagen boost powders and how, when, and why you should start using them. 


What Is Collagen?

Collagen is the most abundant protein in your body. It’s a structural protein of different connective tissues and is made from amino acids glycine, proline, hydroxyproline, and arginine. Collagen is one of the major building blocks in our bodies and helps to keep our joints healthy, hair, strong, and skin supple.*


Why We Need Collagen

The human body naturally produces collagen on its own. However, as we surpass the age of 25 our bodies slowly lose the ability to synthesize enough collagen on their own. On top of this, our modern diet contains minimal traces of natural collagen.* By supplementing your diet with a plant-based collagen boost blends you’re able to help support your body’s natural ability to synthesize more collagen – without the need to consume animal products (bonus!).*


Why Vegan Collagen Boost Powders?

Typical collagen powders on the market are not vegan. They most often come in the form of bovine hides (cow skin), fish scales, or eggshells. Not the most appetizing if you really think about it, but that’s where Copina Co. comes in!

Plant-based alternatives like Copina Co. are able to provide the same benefits of consuming animal-based collagen peptides but in plant-based and vegan form. Our ingredients in our collagen boost powders contain amino acids, vitamins, and minerals that are essential to the collagen production process.* This means all the amazing hair, skin, and nail benefits you could want but in a totally delicious plant-based form!*

We encourage you to read more about vegan collagen and our ingredients here.


How to Use Plant-Based Collagen Boost Powder

What makes our vegan collagen boost powders so great (besides all the amazing added benefits) is how simple they are to incorporate into your daily routine. Think water, smoothies, baked goods, lattes – the list goes on and we’ve rounded up some of our favorite ways to use our plant-based collagen boosters below. First, there are a few helpful tips we’d like to dish on to make sure you're getting all the tasty and skin-boosting benefits our collagen boost powders have to offer.

First, mix our collagen boost powders with hot water or plant milk. By doing so you are able to not only enhance the amazing flavors and benefits, but it also ensures the powder fully dissolves.

We recommend combining the hot water and collagen boost powder by vigorously stirring with a spoon or using a blender or hand frother. Our collagen boost powder blends are formulated with plant-based botanicals like coconut, tremella mushroom, and hyaluronic acid. By both using hot water and blending at a high speed you’ll have a nice and smooth mixture! We make our collagen boost powders with organic coconut milk powder for taste and texture and don’t use any fillers or artificial anti-clumping agents, so some clumping at first is natural. That’s why we recommend preparing the powders in this way when using them in your drinks.

You can enjoy the blends as hot tonics or lattes or pour them over ice for a hot weather-friendly iced latte.

Matcha Beauty Collagen Boost Powder Recipes

Matcha Beauty is a creamy and delicious blend of skin-boosting researched-backed botanicals, Japanese matcha, and coconut milk powder. It’s lightly sweetened with a touch of monk fruit powder and is refreshing and delicious. Each serving not only works to promote collagen synthesis, but it also works to provide a clean and sustained energy boost, without the coffee-crash.* Matcha Beauty makes the perfect morning or mid-afternoon pick-me-up. Prepare traditionally with water or mix it out with some of our favorite Matcha Beauty recipes below!


Iced Watermelon Matcha Latte

A fruity and creamy combo perfect for an afternoon pick-me-up. Think of it as a simple, yet vegan and totally nutritious boba alternative.

Ingredients

½ cup cubed watermelon

2 tsp Matcha Beauty

½ cup plant milk (optional)

Ice

½ cup hot water

Click for full method


Matcha Beauty Overnight Oats

For a hassle-free and cozy morning turn to these simple and beauty-boosting overnight oats.

Ingredients

2 tsp Matcha Beauty

¼ cup hot water

¾ cup oat milk

½ cup rolled oats

½ tsp ground cinnamon

¼ tsp vanilla extract

2 tsp chia seeds

1 tbsp vanilla or unflavored protein powder of your choice

Click for full method


Matcha Banana Pancakes

Get your greens in and make your gut and body happy with these simple, vegan, and gluten-free pieces of heaven.

Ingredients

2 tsp Copina Co. Matcha Beauty Plant-Based Collagen Boost Blend

2 very ripe bananas

1 handful fresh spinach

½ cup almond milk

½ cup almond flour

½ cup oat flour

2 tablespoons almond butter (optional)

½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar

virgin coconut oil, to grease the pan

Click for full method



Cacao Calm Beauty Collagen Boost Powder Recipes

Cacao Calm Beauty is formulated with organic cacao powder, cinnamon, coconut, our vegan collagen-boosting botanicals, and ashwagandha. It’s lightly sweetened with organic lucuma and monk fruit and is the perfect calming treat. This combination of decadent and nourishing botanicals works to encourage collagen production and help to promote a sense of calm. This apoptogenic blend works to promote calm by blocking stress pathways that regulate chemical signaling in the nervous system.* Collagen-boosting, chocolatey, and mood-boosting?* Start getting all these amazing benefits with our favorite Cacao Calm boost powder recipes below.


Chocolate Tahini Banana Muffins

Vegan and gluten-free beauty-boosting muffins perfect for an on-the-go snack, breakfast, or sweet treat.

Ingredients

½ cup Copina Co. Cacao Calm

2 medium-size ripe bananas

1 ½ tsp baking soda

½  cup coconut sugar 

3 Tbsp maple syrup 

¼ cup tahini 

¼  tsp sea salt

½  tsp pure vanilla extract

2 Tbsp melted coconut oil

¾  cup gluten-free rolled oats 

1 ¼  cup almond flour 

½  cup dark chocolate chips (or chopped dark chocolate)

Click for full method


Chocolate Peanut Butter Sea Salt Beauty Bites

A vegan, gluten-free, and salty no-bake treat. Made with simple ingredients and comes together in less than 10 minutes!

Ingredients

15 Medjool dates ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

¼ cup Copina Co. Cacao Calm Beauty ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

¼ cup almond flour ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

¼ cup peanut butter ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

(optional) a large spoonful of your favorite protein powder (we love Cacao Magic from Philosophie by @sophie.jaffe) ⠀⠀

flaky sea salt⠀(we love Maldon Sea Salt)

Click for full method


Chocolate Peanut Butter Popcorn

A classic go-to snack with a sweet, salty, and adaptogenic upgrade. A crunchy on-the-go snack and after dinner treat all in one.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons coconut oil

¼ cup unpopped popcorn

2 tablespoons Copina Co. Cacao Calm 

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 pinch sea salt to taste (we love Maldon salt)

4 tablespoons chopped dark chocolate (optional but delicious - our favorite is Hu Kitchen)

Click for full method



Original Beauty Collagen Boost Powder Recipes

Original Beauty is a light and delicate blend of coconut milk and our plant-based collagen-boosting botanicals that work to encourage our bodies natural collagen production.* It’s light and creamy flavor is the perfect solution when you’re in need of a quick and simple collagen boost. We love it served over ice-cold water or with any of these delicious recipes below.

Vegan Collagen Boost Coffee

Switch up your everyday coffee routine and pair it with a creamy collagen-boosting creamer alternative.

Ingredients 

1 cup of your favorite coffee

2 tsp Copina Co. Original Beauty Collagen Blend 

Ice

¼ cup almond milk

Click for full method


Chocolate Peanut Butter Collagen Ice Cream

A match made in heaven with this Chocolate Peanut Butter Collagen Ice Cream. Simple, 5 ingredients, and so nutritious and decadent – the perfect late-night treat.

Ingredients

3 frozen bananas

½ cup creamy peanut butter

½ tsp ground cinnamon

2 tbsp Original Beauty

¼ cup dark chocolate chips

Click for full method


Caffeine-Free Blue Spirulina Latte

A refined sugar-free, vegan, and totally Instagram-worthy beauty-boosting drink.

Ingredients

2 tsp Original Beauty

½ cup almond milk

Ice

1 tsp blue spirulina

dash of cinnamon

½ cup hot water

½ tsp maple syrup

Click for full method

 

How do you use your Copina Co. collagen boost powders? Let us know! Tag us on Instagram @copinaco.