Vitamin E is must-have ingredient in cosmetics

What is vitamin E
Vitamin E belongs to group of fat-soluble connections, in a natural look it is produced by skin, there are also in many products, such as margarine, green and yellow vegetables, nuts, meat, grain, a vegetable oil and some dairy products. We should know that compounds of vitamin E are among such as alpha, beta, delta and gamma tokoferola and also alpha, beta, delta and gamma tokotriyenola. They can be received as a natural way (from vegetable oil), and a synthetic way in vitro.

To learn exact origin of these ingredients, it is necessary to look at marking. If the name is faced by letter D (for example, D - alpha tocopherol), then it means natural origin. Prefix DL means synthetic production. Both types of connections "work" successfully with skin, but is noticed that the ingredients received from the nature work more effectively.

Antioxidant properties of vitamin E
Vitamin E - the powerful antioxidant helping to struggle with free radicals. Free radicals are called by several factors: the broken metabolism, the polluted environment, ultra-violet radiation. These are oxygen molecules, kotoy lost electrons and they need to fill as soon as possible them that they also do, "attacking" the next molecules. Others a molecule as a result become free radicals, and they look for a missing electron too, there is a chain reaction. It leads to chaos and an imbalance in a condition of skin as result – to presenilation. And vitamin E is capable to break off this chain process.

In spite of the fact that vitamin E in a natural look is present at skin, its stocks are exhausted when we stay in the sun and also with age. Therefore our skin needs so to support presence of vitamin E at skin constantly.

Scientists I consider what does not matter what type of vitamin E you use: tokoferola or tokotriyenola. Both are effective in antioxidant application. Though there is a research about bigger efficiency of tokotriyenol, but it was conducted on animals and only application inside, but not on skin was investigated.

One more advantage of vitamin E – anti-inflammatory action. It calms irritations, helping to support skin in good condition. And any irritations are small "brick" to skin presenilation therefore vitamin E also in such a way stops age processes.


The majority of brands have creams or the whole lines of means with vitamin E. The VitaminE line from Body Shop.

Vitamin E and protection against the sun
It is proved that use of tocopherol on animals provided protection against UV beams. Besides, vitamin E reduces the probability of solar burns and increases efficiency of the active ingredients used in sunblock creams.

Best of all vitamin E is capable to protect from the sun in combination with vitamin C. But do not think that it is worth throwing out sunblock cream and to use only vitamins E and Page. Vitamin E - is not sun-protection means, it does not work as sunblock cream, it only has to be its part! It is possible to add it to the sunblock cream specially.

Vitamin E and moistening
Except the listed actions, vitamin E (and in particular, alpha tocopherol acetate) is the moisturizing ingredient. It strengthens a natural protective barrier of skin, reduces moisture losses. Within several hours skin looks soft and smooth.


Vitamin E enriches both tone means, and other decorative cosmetics

Vitamin E – preservative
Good news: vitamin E is often used as preservative in various cosmetic products, especially natural, organic origin. It can prevent change of a product under the influence of light therefore it is often put in transparent packings. If you see vitamin E in the list of ingredients at the end of the list, then it most often means that it is just used as preservative, in small amounts here. However there is also bad news. If vitamin E is used only as preservative, then it is insignificant small concentration which will not help with antioxidant or sun-protection action in any way.

Vitamin E and pimples
Many believe that vitamin E helps at treatment of pimples. But, unfortunately, there are no proofs to it in modern cosmetology. On the contrary, there is a research according to which vitamin E not only does not help at pimples, but can do much harm. In 90% of cases use of vitamin E or does not influence a situation with pimples in any way, or deterioration in a condition of skin is noticed.

Side effects from use of vitamin E
In spite of the fact that vitamin E has many indications to application in cosmetics, you should not think that it has no side effect. As well as irrespective of their origin, at local application such skin reactions as an allergy, contact dermatitis, a small tortoiseshell can cause all ingredients which are a part of cosmetics. If you noticed such reaction from your means with vitamin E, it is necessary to stop its application. The advantage of "such" vitamin E will not be.

However also the fact that after all vitamin E is more useful to the vast majority of people is right, than it is harmful. And problems from it will not be. Do you have cream with vitamin E? Check. And if is not present – perhaps, there is an occasion to buy a novelty?