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Tocopherol

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Tocopherol (also known as Vitamin E) is a common antioxidant used to help protect the skin from free-radicals and strengthen the skin barrier. It's also fat soluble - this means our skin is great at absorbing it.

Vitamin E also helps keep your natural skin lipids healthy. Your lipid skin barrier naturally consists of lipids, ceramides, and fatty acids. Vitamin E offers extra protection for your skin’s lipid barrier, keeping your skin healthy and nourished.

Another benefit is a bit of UV protection. Vitamin E helps reduce the damage caused by UVB rays. (It should not replace your sunscreen). Combining it with Vitamin C can decrease sunburned cells and hyperpigmentation after UV exposure.

You might have noticed Vitamin E + C often paired together. This is because it is great at stabilizing Vitamin C. Using the two together helps increase the effectiveness of both ingredients.

There are often claims that Vitamin E can reduce/prevent scarring, but these claims haven't been confirmed by scientific research.

See all 28,299 products with Tocopherol

Comedogenic Rating
0-3
Irritancy Rating
0-3
Users who like it
69%
Users who avoid it
31%

What it does

Masking Obscuring or blocking
Skin Conditioning To hydrate and soften skin
Antioxidant A substance that inhibits oxidation, especially one, such as vitamin e, vitamin c, or beta carotene, that protects cellsfrom the sometimes damaging effects of oxidation.

Alternative names

Vitamin E

Prevalence

Common Percentage of products that contain it
31.8%
Top categories
Makeup
Moisturizers
Treatments
Position Predominant list placement
Bottom 50%
Concentration Concentrations we've seen
0% to 98%

References

CosIng Data

CosIng ID 80273
INCI Name TOCOPHEROL
EC #  200-201-5 / 240-747-1 / 233-466-0 / 204-299-0 /215-798-8 / - / 218-197-9 / 200-412-2 / -
All Functions Antioxidant, Masking, Skin Conditioning