Vitamin E

What is it?

Vitamin E (most commonly as alpha-tocopherol) is a lipid-soluble antioxidant used in skincare, often alongside vitamin C, to help protect skin lipids from oxidative damage.

What does it do?

Commonly used as an antioxidant and emollient; laboratory and ex vivo studies show meaningful free-radical scavenging capacity and protection against UVA-induced skin cell damage, though robust human clinical efficacy trials for vitamin E used alone are limited.

How to use

Typically formulated at 0.5%-1%.

Ingredients it works with

• L-Ascorbic Acid — Works well together

  Water-soluble vitamin C and lipid-soluble vitamin E provide complementary antioxidant protection, and vitamin E helps regenerate oxidised vitamin C.

  Commonly formulated together as a stabilised antioxidant serum.

Real products containing this

• Classic Nourishing Night Cream — African Extracts
• Advantage Creamy/Hydrating Cleanser — African Extracts
• Skin EssentiA AVST Moisturiser — Environ
• Vita-Antioxidant AVST Gel — Environ
• Bio-Oil Natural (Plant-Based) 60ml — Bio-Oil
• Anti-Oxidant Cream — Vitaderm
• Justine Vitamin E Moisturising Body Lotion — Justine

Sources