Illustration by Peter Oumanski

Every issue, GRAZIA USA highlights 17 Game Changers, who inspire, educate, and celebrate individuality, beauty, and style. Meet supermodel Elle Macpherson, who’s bringing her nourishing supplements and helping others on their beauty-through-wellness journey with her brand, WelleCo. 

I’ve been sharing the importance of inner beauty and wellness since the beginning of the ’80s. That’s because I’ve seen and felt the real natural benefits you experience when you nurture your wellbeing.

WelleCo was born from my own personal experience, and as a natural evolution of living my own wellness journey. Several years ago, I began to notice how run down I felt. I was taking a whole host of vitamins and supplements but nothing seemed to be working. I was struggling with my sleep, my skin was dry and dull, my hair was brittle, and I felt unmotivated – I didn’t feel like myself any more. I wanted answers, so I sought the advice of Dr. Simone Laubscher PhD, at her Harley Street clinic in London. She is a clinical nutritionist and naturopath.

Simone helped me to better understand my body, which it turned out was severely inflamed. She blended a custom anti- inflammatory super-greens formula for me, which formed the basis of our iconic super- greens formula, The Super ElixirTM. Within weeks, my energy surged back, I felt lighter and leaner, and my digestion improved. My hair thickened, my nails were stronger, and my skin was clear and glowing. It was life changing. So much so that I felt a strong calling to share it with others. In 2014 WelleCo was born, launching, The Super ElixirTM.

The inspiration and foundation for our business is the heartfelt desire to help empower people on their unique beauty-through-wellness journey. I believe that beauty begins from within and today, people are more consciously connected with how their internal and external environment influence their body, emotions, mind and spirit. Now more than ever, people are prioritizing their wellbeing. That means feeling well and doing what supports their wellness. It’s exciting to see the incredible growth in ingestible beauty and its connection with wellness.

Happening Hair has always been my thing and this month we launched The Hair Elixir – the powerful new vegan capsules for hair that feels thicker, stronger and alive. Our unique vegan formula contains a potent blend of proven ingredients to promote hair growth. The Hair Elixir thickens, strengthens and nourishes right down to the follicles to minimize hair loss and reduce breakage. Its powerful minerals and adaptogens fast-track growth, encourage the formation of keratin, manage stress and build a healthy thyroid function. I could see and feel the difference in no time at all! Just two capsules daily with The Super ElixirTM. It couldn’t be easier.

I believe your authentic beauty is revealed when you are well. You become more vibrant and vital, with the confidence and capability to live the life you’ve always dreamed of. The WelleCo collection was created to support your whole body; to nurture real beauty that is soul deep, not just skin deep; to put you in the driver’s seat of your own wellness journey.

One of the best tools I’ve found is a strong, simple daily routine. Diligently sticking to a simple routine trains your mind and body to build and sustain wellness. What’s more, it’s grounding, and it keeps you focused and connected to your real you on so many levels – a more conscious connection to your body, to your environment and to nature.

We all need to learn to trust our inner sense instead of all the outer influences. Be willing to make mistakes, it’s part of the process. The vital key is to learn from those mistakes and go on to apply what you learn. What matters is how you respond to life, not so much what seems to be happening around you.

— As told to Melissa Cronin

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