Very low Vitamin E content. Not enough to be effective.

My mother has used vitamin E cream for as long as I can remember so as part of a university project I purchased many E creams to analyze for vitamin E content. She had always wondered if it was possible to confirm that what she was using realy had 28000 IUs of E in it. I noted that some had very little vitamin E in them and Fruit Of The Earth fell into that category. In laymans terms there is a couple of drops of E between these two jars.



If you want an effective vitamin E cream look for one that tells you what you are getting in I.U.s and as a refference point one ounce of vitamin E is 28000 I.U.s (International Units) I may at some point poste the results for all of the products I tested and if I do I'll post another review and include the results for every brand.



I dont want to name names but several companies tested very well including the brand my mom uses and several store brands. On the other end of the scale was a company that claimed to have 100000 IUs and in reality they had almost no E at all. So the moral of the story is read the labels.More detail ...

What an oil!

This oil took me by surprise! It is really thick & concentrated! all it takes is a lil dab & covers alot of area. I use Vitamin E oil all over my body but especially around my eyes and on my elbows & knees. This was my first time using this brand but it won't be my last. Plus it was such a great value for 3 bottles of oil! I can't say enough about how good this stuff is. What ever you use it for you won't be disapointed.More detail ...

What can I say? I overestimated this product.

After years of spending thousands of dollars on expensive skincare..I decided recently to just stick with the basics..(mainly to eliminate product buildup in my bathroom)..After reading the last review I decided to purchase Jason's Vitamin E cream and I am overall disappointed with it.

First of all the line is rather very good based on past experience I had with their "Tea Time" moisturizer.

While this amped up version of the Vitamin E cream is fairly good at moisturizing the first turn off for me when I opened up the jar was the smell. It is similar to Hot tamale candies. No exaggerating here..and once I put it on my face..It FELT like a hot tamale! My face turned red and blotchy and the very strong cinnamon scent would not go away and ended up irritating my eyes. This was very discouraging for me because I don't and have never had sensitive skin. So I knew based on years of experience with literally hundreds of facial moisturizers that it was the product. I ended up giving it to my Mother and she had a similar experience. Overall I rated this item a three and the Vitaminshoppe a five because of their excellent service. If you want to go with this line I recommend either using the Vitamin E oil by itself (it is very moisturizing) or the Tea Time moisturizer which is a great product..and I HIGHLY recommend you stay away from this particular cream if you have sensitive skin.More detail ...

Garbage Vitamin E

There are several problems with this vitamin E:



1) Its synthetic. Synthetic vitamin E is problematic because the vitamin E molecule has 3 chiral centers. So only 1/2^3 or 1/8 of the material is identical to naturally occuring vitamin E. The other 7 forms have never been studied and may be toxic. Studies performed with synthetic E have shown toxic and damaging effects.



2) Its only alpha tocopherol. There are 3 other tocopherols and 4 other tocotrienols that are in the vitamin E family. The gamma tocopherol form seems to be especaillay important. Taking large doses of the alpha form depletes gamma tocopherol levels.



3) Its esterified (the succinate form I think) which means that its not really an antioxidant. The esterification process removes the reducing capacity of vitamin E.



the bottom line is that this product is junk and probably damaging to your health. The people that say that synthetic E is the same as natural vitamin E dont know what they are talking about. Stereochemistry and chirality are extremely important in biochemistry. For example amino acids are always in the "L" form the "D" stereoisomers of some amino acids can be deadly. This product is mostly (about 85%) a collection of random stereoisomers of vitamin E that do not occur naturally. It ought to be illegal to sell this stuff really.More detail ...