Ingredient Name: Vitamin E (Alpha-Tocopherol Acetate)

What is it? Vitamin E is fat-soluble vitamin and a powerful antioxidant. Food sources include green leafy vegetables (like broccoli and spinach), oils, sunflower seeds, nuts, grains, and fruits (like kiwi and mangos). We use the acetate form of vitamin E, the most stable form of vitamin E, in our products. Over the decades, vitamin E has been used to help decrease inflammation, protect against sun damage, improve the appearance of wrinkles, and support skin hydration. *

Nourishing properties:*

• Potent antioxidant
• Hydrates skin

*= This information has not been approved by the FDA.

 

References

Keen, Mohammad Abid and Iffat Hassan. “Vitamin E in dermatology” Indian dermatology online journal vol. 7,4 (2016): 311-5.

Nachbar, F, and H C Korting. “The Role of Vitamin E in Normal and Damaged Skin.” Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports., U.S. National Library of Medicine, Jan. 1995, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7633944.

“Vitamin E and Skin Health.” Linus Pauling Institute, 2 Jan. 2019, lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic/health-disease/skin-health/vitamin-E. 

Thiele, Jens J., and Swarna Ekanayake-Mudiyanselage. “Vitamin E in Human Skin: Organ-Specific Physiology and Considerations for Its Use in Dermatology.” Molecular Aspects of Medicine, vol. 28, no. 5-6,

Lampen, P, et al. “Quantification of Vitamin E-Acetate (Cosmetic Formulations) in the Stratum Corneum of an in Vitro Model by Tape-Stripping, UV-Spectroscopy and HPLC.” The Essential Stratum Corneum, 2002, pp. 135–140., doi:10.1201/b14296-