

It’s one of those products where once you try it, you’re telling people about it, and I kept hearing about it from friends.
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When I take it consistently, it helps my digestion, and it really does make my skin better. I learned about how long our colon is and how much food can get backed up, and let’s be honest, we’re not all angels - I love french fries - so the probiotic is a little extra nudge.

I don’t think that I have the best natural microbiome unless I’m eating really well. They’re so good - the best I’ve ever taken, and I’ve tried so many. “The Seed probiotics are always on my desk. That’s all I’ve done from an injectable standpoint.”īelow, Marissa shares her go-to products, including the probiotic she tells all of her friends about, the sunscreen that gives her a dewy look, and the expensive eye cream she swears is worth every penny. It’s usually really light, and I can still move my face. Before, it was hard to use something like eyeliner. “My dad’s eyelids mostly cover his eyes, and for me, a brow lift helped with that.

She also gets Botox on her forehead and eyes to minimize the appearance of wrinkles. “I do Clear and Brilliant laser treatments because my dermatologist was immediately like, ‘This is the only laser that I feel comfortable using on you because it’s a lighter laser.’ Other, more intense lasers can trigger my melasma because of my skin tone - like other Latinx women, I’m prone to hyperpigmentation.” Now that she’s forced to deal with it herself, she’s particularly diligent about sun care and beauty treatments. Marissa’s main struggle is melasma, which she first learned about through her mom and grandmother’s struggles with the condition. “I got into my first intense job in my 20s, and we were drinking tons of coffee, not eating too much food, working 12-hour days, and all of that stuff built up. Her go-to products have, of course, changed over the years, but her focus on diet and digestion has remained been at the forefront - and her skin isn’t afraid to remind her of their importance when she veers off track. I love Daisy sour cream, and I used to eat it with Doritos - that was my snack.” She says, “I grew up in a Mexican household, and the food that was in our kitchen, I mean, we had everything. Recalibrating her gut microbiome wasn’t easy.
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“It’s funny, America Ferrera and Camille Guaty, who were in the movie too, recently posted about it because it’s almost the 20th anniversary, and I saw the side of my face, and I had acne - I was just dealing with it so much.”ĭoctors offered her harsh solutions like Proactiv and Accutane, but when her mom came across research correlating gut health to the skin, they realized there might be a gentler approach. “I mostly stopped acting after Gotta Kick It Up because of my insecurities with my skin and my body,” she says. Marissa realized acting would be an “ongoing hobby” and not a career when she was 15. But if you look at a photo of her long enough, you might recognize her from her roles in soaps, shows, and movies like The Young and Restless, Greek, and Gotta Kick It Up. Jhoanna Marissa currently works as a web designer she’s the founder of Willa Creative Agency, which conceptualizes branding, e-commerce, and design projects for brands like Donni, Cult Gaia, and Brightland.
