Vitamin E is found naturally in the skin in varying forms and is cleverly able to travel deep into the skin to the dermis. This is due to it being lipid-soluble and a powerful antioxidant in its own right, though when combined with other ingredients – WOW, it can have some punch! That’s why we’re explaining our best Vitamin E skin care and why we love it so much.
What is Vitamin E?
Vitamin E is actually a little family – 2 parents, called either tocopherols or tocotrienols, with each parent enjoying 4 children each. Each one has a different job within the skin. This makes the Vitamin E group a very exciting and necessary additive to your skin care regime.
Luckily for us, most products already contain Vitamin E, but it’s best to check your labels anyway. Look for the parents – tocopherols and/or tocotrienols. They may or may not add the children’s names – alpha, beta, gamma or delta.
Some people are intolerant or allergic to various forms of Vitamin E oil, causing red, dry and irritated skin. If this is you, it will always be a process of elimination – every product has so many ingredients, it will be almost impossible to tell if it is the Vitamin E. This is another reason to avoid nasties in your face and body products, as they are often the culprits. For people allergic to Vitamin E, always patch-test first.
It is the Vitamin E oil that is added to products, in varying concentrations, and usually to moisturising creams. However, you will also find it in antioxidant serums and we are very lucky this is the case! Along with your other Vitamin A, B and C antioxidants, it is an essential part of all anti-ageing skin care regimes and, because these all work synergistically together, it’s best to use them all.
What does Vitamin E Skin Care do?
Protects and repairs cell membranes from free radical damage.
Lipids in the cell walls are very easily damaged from these “bad” cells. When cell walls are damaged, water escapes more easily and you feel dry and tight, wrinkles are created more easily and your skin ages much more quickly than it would naturally.
Vitamin E skin care works with Vitamin C and alpha lipoic acid as a recycling plant.
These latter two can restore a “used” or damaged Vitamin E molecule, reactivating it so it can continue to do its thing with its anti-ageing properties.
Regulates gene signalling
This means that abnormal cell development, primarily from UV penetration, is slowed or ceased. When UV’s from the sun enter the dermis, oxygen molecules are split into two – two free radicals. These then increase the rate at which your collagen breaks down, causing you to have more wrinkles and begin the sagginess we all hate around our jawline.
Slows melanin production
Tyrosinase helps to create the melanin that causes the pigmentation or brown spots we see on our face, décolletage and hands. Vitamin E, along with other ingredients, helps to suppress its production. Even in low doses, it is effective – apparently, more effective than the traditional ingredients (kojic acid, arbutin and sodium lactate) used for treating our brown spots! This is due to its deep, natural penetration and its constant, regular delivery to these cells.
Vitamin E is really quite amazing isn’t it!
Check out your moisturiser to ensure you have this antioxidant in your regime. It will leave your skin softer, plumper, more supple and more even-toned. It will also mean you age more gracefully, with skin that is well-hydrated and looks and feels the best it can!
Vitamin E Skin Care:
While so many of our products contain Vitamin E, here are a few examples:
- Societe Vitamin D Complex
- Aspect Dr Resveratrol
- Aspect Super Moisturising Complex
- CosMedix Emulsion
- Medik8 Nourishing Body Cream
Best Selling Vitamin E Skin Care Options
If you need any help in choosing your skin care, you can email us at info@theskincareclinic.com.au.
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Aspect Dr Resveratrol Moisturising Cream
Original price was: $99.00 – $160.00.$99.00 – $142.40Current price is: $99.00 – $142.40. Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page -
Aspect Super Moisturising Complex
Original price was: $95.00 – $164.00.$95.00 – $131.20Current price is: $95.00 – $131.20. Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page -
CosMedix Emulsion Intense Hydrator
$129.00 Add to cart -
Medik8 Nourishing Body Cream
$66.00 Add to cart -
Societe Vitamin D Complex
$199.00 Add to cart
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