Brittany Snow is definitely having a moment. With her new Netflix show, The Beast In Me, streaming right now, she's hot off the success of The Hunting Wives, Murdaugh: Death in the Family .plus endless guest appearances podcasts like Call Her Daddy and Shut Up Evan.
I for one am stunned by how gorgeous Brittany looks while hitting the talk show circuit to promote her new thriller, with her flawless face card and glossy blonde hair.
And since I'm always searching for hair loss products that actually work, I stumbled across an interview with Brittany for The Strategist in which she listed some of her favorite things - and one was the Nutrafol hair growth supplement.
- Brittany Snow stars in the new Netflix series, The Beast In Me, starring Claire Danes. .
- The Hunting Wives actress credits her strong hair to a hair growth supplement.
- Brittany is a fan of the bestselling Nutrafol Hair-Growth Supplements.
It seems Brittany did the thing many of us do; cut their hair off and then regret it. In the interview, she explains how she recently cut her hair short but is "trying desperately to get it long again" and that's where the hair growth supplements came in.
© GettyHow the supplements work
The supplements are bestsellers on Amazon, and designed for women aged 18-44 who are experiencing hair thinning. The patented formula includes key ingredients designed to target the six roots of hair loss in women; stress, nutrition, hormones, lifestyle, metabolism and aging.
Key Ingredients & Benefits
Sensoril® Ashwagandha: Proven to lower cortisol levels for stress relieving benefits to reduce hair shedding.
Saw Palmetto: The fatty acids are said to be clinically shown to reduce the conversion of testosterone to DHT to improve hair growth.
Tocotrienol Complex: This is a form of Vtamin E, an antioxidant that fights against environmental stress to improve hair density.
Marine Collagen Peptides: Think of these as the building blocks of strong hair fibers, while hydrating the scalp too.
Curcumin: Packed with antioxidant properties that fight free radicals to support cellular health.
How long does it take to see results?
According to the brand, it can take between 3-6 months for users to see a difference in their hair, with four capsules designed to be taken daily.
This is a standard time frame for hair growth supplements to show results, because hair cycles take time.
There's other products in the range to support the work of the supplements too, including a shampoo, condition and scalp serum. As you'd expect, the brand suggests using all products within a regime to see the best results, which include hair growth, less shedding and stronger hair.
Expert advice
Clinical Nutritionist Riya Lakhani-Kanji told HELLO!'s Kath Robinson that hair growth supplements can be a "game-changer" for women experiencing thinning hair and hair loss. "If your hair troubles are tied to nutrient deficiencies, then boosting your intake of certain vitamins and minerals can make a difference."
She suggests checking your nutrient levels with a blood test before investing in any hair loss supplements, something you can do this either through a doctor or by using a home testing kit. This is key to discovering which supplements you should consider, with the blood test showing the nutrients you are deficient in.
You can then research the hair loss supplements that'll help to boost any nutrient levels that you're low in.
What Brittany says about the supplements
Brittany said the Nutrafol Hair-Growth Supplements helped to not only grow her hair, but strengthen it too. "It just takes a long time when you’re blonde" she explains. "It grows and then it breaks and it grows and breaks, and I feel like these vitamins actually have helped a lot with the nature of my hair. It has only been a year of using it, but I do feel like it’s making my hair grow faster."
It's fitting that the 39-year-old actress speaks about hair, as it was a hot topic around her Netflix show The Hunting Wives. Viewers declared her co-star Malin Akerman's character Margo's wigs as "scene stealers", so ill-fitting that they were. (The actress has since revealed a series of blunders which meant she had to wear a wig that the team found, rather than one had been fitted for her.)
But back to Brittany, who has been something of a hair chameleon over the years, switching from blond to red to brunette and back again.
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I've had a good read of the most recent reviews of the product and many are extremely complimentary, with shoppers saying they're "genuinely impressed" with the results and that hair was found to be thicker, stronger and growing when it hadn't been.
One of the resounding remarks I noticed was that it takes time. Some of the reviewers noted that they only work if you are meticulous about taking them daily, and that you have to "stick with it" to see results.
Some also noted that the supplements are a lot to swallow, so best taken with food.
More A-list celebrity hair loss products
Other hair loss products celebrities swear by include:
- Shampoo - Fulvic shampoo, a favorite of chef Nigella Lawson ("a joy" she called it in this article)
- Hair serum - Kristin Davis is a fan of Highbrow Hippie's Root Replenish Growth Serum
- Hair mask - Sharon Stone rates the Augustins Bader haircare range, including the leave-in treatment
- Hair oil - Jennifer Garner is believed to use Virtue Healing Hair Oil.
For readers looking for a non-ingestible or product-led option, I also explored LED treatments. You can read my full review of the LED hair growth treatment here.
