I've been vegan for about six years now, so a love for fresh vegetables and superfoods has now become a core part of my being. Don't get me wrong. I love my indulgent, creamy pastas and truffle fries more than anyone. But I keep most of my focus on eating clean and healthy so I can indulge guilt-free.

But I'd say about a large part of my diet has always, unknowingly, included superfoods. Being Indian, lentils, beetroot, garlic, ginger, and whole grains have been core essentials on the family dinner table since I could digest solid foods.

When skincare started coming to the forefront of my teen life problems, the first thing my grandmother suggested was a homemade mask made chickpea flour, honey, turmeric, and yogurt. Most Southeast Asian people reading this will relate to the weekly coconut oil head-massaging sessions our mothers gave us for the thick, lustrous hair we now thank them for.

The Eastern roots of superfoods have serious results, and if you don't believe me, then trust centuries of people who have relied on them not just for their powers of beautification but for their serious healing powers. It was said even Cleopatra herself bathed in honey and milk as the secret to her luminous skin.

If superfoods were good enough for the most famous of Egypt's rulers, these modern-day answers are just as good for us:

This collagen-infused, skin-brightening elixir redefines beauty sleep

This exfoliating garlic face mask is super brightening, not to mention cruelty-free and vegan

LUSH

This clarifying spinach-infused mask makes skin feel baby soft

Amazon

This pore-tightening, brightening serum

Target

This gentle, yet effective, kale cleanser smells good enough to eat (but, please don't)

Amazon

This lightweight green tea moisturizer perfect for oily skin

Sephora

This Greek yogurt moisturizer is a dream for sensitive skin with clogged pores

Korres

These tomato-based wipes won't over-dry your face like most do

Target

This super-strength apple-based exfoliating mask

Ulta

This overnight algae mask will have you waking up with calm skin if you're redness-prone

Target

This overnight, firming mask with calming effects

Sephora

This luxurious cocoa body scrub pairs perfectly with a bath and glass of Cabernet

Sephora

If this walnut face scrub makes us look anything like Kylie Jenner, we're stocking up

Kylie Skin

This avocado eye cream I've relied on for nearly a decade for genetic under-eye circles

Sephora

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