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A Closer Look On What Vitamins Do For Your Skin

Posted by Ingrida Adomaytite on

Vitamins offer various benefits to the skin such as suppression of pigmentation and bruising, anti-aging and anti-wrinkle effects, and antioxidant effects. But while many of you probably add a few cheerfully colored vitamin pills to your morning routine, you might end up still disappointed upon realizing that nearly nothing reaches your skin in the end.

However, this should not be the case if along with your skin vitamins, you’ll also use Vitamin-infused skincare that specifically caters to this inferiority. And with vitamin A, provitamin B5, vitamin C, and vitamin E, as among the most widely used vitamins in cosmetics, all you have to do is to know the products that can serve your needs best.

So from a wide selection of skin care products, which ones can supplement your needs best? To help you, we’ve listed some of the most effective vitamin-infused skincare products developed so far, with an explanation what each of those vitamins actually does for your skin and why you should be adding them to your skincare ritual.

The Benefits of Skin Vitamins

VITAMIN A

What Does It Do?

Vitamin A possesses rejuvenating properties and can significantly improve the appearance of aged and/or blemished skin.

OUR BEST VITAMIN A SKINCARE PRODUCTS

ZELENS HIGH POTENCY VITAMIN A TREATMENT DROPS SERUM

Zelens High Potency Vitamin A Treatment Drops Serum is packed with pure, encapsulated retinol and two retinoids. This time-released, oil-free treatment facilitates skin rejuvenation and enhances the tone and texture of skin. Best of all, it comes with little or no irritation at all!

Mild but formulated with powerful ingredients, this facial serum can minimise signs of ageing and sun damage, including fine lines, wrinkles and dark spots, leaving your skin free from blemishes and less visible pores.

Suited for all skin types.

OSKIA SKINCARE NUTRI ACTIVE DAY CREAM 40ML Oskia Skincare offers a lightweight multi-active day cream that is formulated to combat signs of ageing, while restoring skin softness and elasticity that contribute to a radiant glow. This hydrating cream has the essential ingredients that can boost cell health and efficiency. Moreover, it packs the nutrients needed to prevent the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. With A vitamins coming from rose hip seed oil, this nutriactive day cream can renew and repair skin cells while encouraging the production of collagen and protection of DNA.

Suited for all skin types.

VERSO SKINCARE #7 SUPER FACIAL OIL 4×7.5ML Nourishing and hydrating, Verso 7 Super Facial Oil makes the skin smooth and free from ageing signs. Featuring a patented and unique Retinol 8 Complex it supplies skin with Vitamin A, that is eight times more powerful than regular Retinol. With its unique formulation, this Super Facial Oil from Verso enables the skin cells to imitate the behaviour of young cells, therefore helping you achieve a youthful complexion as it helps increase the production of natural collagen.

Suited for all skin types.

PROVITAMIN B5

What Does it Do?

Provitamin B5 is also known as D-pantothenyl alcohol, pantothenol, or dexpanthenol and works as the counterpart of pantothenic acid or vitamin B. With this vitamin, nutrients are able to penetrate into the skin & hair.

Perfect for the treatment of irritated skin, it also acts as a rejuvenating agent that keeps your skin smooth and moisturised, leaves hair soft and shiny while reducing problems with split ends.

OUR BEST PROVITAMIN B5 SKINCARE PRODUCTS

KAT BURKI COMPLETE B ILLUME BRIGHTENING SERUM 30ML

Treat problem areas with the nourishing and hydrating power of Kat Burki Complete B Repair Illume Brightening Serum. This skincare solution has been formulated to penetrate into the dermal layer for enhanced effects. It also comes with added skin brighteners that are clinically proven to be more powerful than hydroquinone to make it capable of repairing damaged cells to leave you an even-toned and more youthful complexion.

Suited for Normal, Combination, Oily, Dry and Sensitive Skin

JUICE BEAUTY STEM CELLULAR ANTI-WRINKLE EYE TREATMENT 15ML

Leave your eyes free from ageing signs with the revitalising power of Juice Beauty STEM CELLULAR Anti-Wrinkle Eye Treatment. Thanks to its natural ingredients, composed mainly of Jojoba, Shea and Vitamins C, E and B5, it offers a proprietary fusion of natural extracts and vitamins to come up with a deeply hydrating product that can boost elasticity, make the eye area appear brighter, and minimise common signs of ageing.

VITAMIN C

What does it Do?

Vitamin C offers enhanced moisturizing and antioxidant properties, making it an effective ingredient that works to improve the appearance of aged and fragile skin. Widely used as add-on ingredient in skin-lightening products, Vitamin C effectively corrects hyperpigmentation and age spots, while its antioxidant effect can be further enhanced by complementing it with vitamin E.

OUR BEST VITAMIN C SKINCARE PRODUCTS

AFRICAN BOTANICS FLEURS D’AFRIQUE INTENSIVE RECOVERY CREAM 60ML

If you’re looking for an organic beauty product that can enhance the process of cell renewal and help achieve a youthful looking complexion, African Botanics recovery cream works by protecting the skin and keeping it plump to prevent Transepidermal Water loss. Packed with nutrients such as Vitamin C and antioxidants, it keeps the skin firm and toned.

Taking inspiration from traditional African medicine, it is infused with African Resurrection plant, Green Rooibos Tea and Bulbinella and can effectively soothe, calm, and reduce skin redness. It is an ideal option for mature and sensitive skin as it also facilitates speedy recovery of damaged cells.

Suitable for all skin types including acne-prone, unbalanced, sensitive, dry, mature and oily.

Free your skin from the negative effects of environmental elements with this skin defence system from Susanne Kaufmann. Designed for a 15-day course, it includes three perfectly coordinated ampoules that come with active ingredients, including Vitamin C, Ectoin and Q10 which provides added skin protection, restores skin system and enhances the body’s own repair mechanisms.

Offering a transformative triple action night treatment, Omorovicza gold night drops to aid in the reduction of wrinkles while keeping the skin well-nourished and hydrated while you sleep, making your skin more responsive to the healing process. It is packed with nutrients that can help you achieve a radiant and youthful look. Also infused with Vitamin C, with regular use, it can enhance the production of collagen and elastin to allow the restoration of your skin’s elasticity, bring out a radiant glow, and reduce age spots.

Ideal for Sensitive, Dry, Oily, Combination/Normal

VITAMIN E

What Does it Do?

Vitamin E offers the moisturising effects that your skin needs to combat signs of skin ageing, smoothen your complexion, get rid of fine lines and give the skin a younger and more glowing look.

OUR BEST VITAMIN E SKINCARE PRODUCTS

KYPRIS BEAUTY ELIXIR 1000 ROSES 47ML

Enriched with the power of organic and biodynamic Bulgarian Rose Essential Oil, Kypris offers a face oil that helps maintain a soft and youthful complexion, even in a harsh environment. This beauty elixir is designed to fight acne while reducing the appearance of dark spots brought about by sun damage.

Packed with skin nutrients such as Vitamins A, C, and E, you can expect that this beauty elixir can support the production and protection of collagen in the skin, contribute to its increased resilience and suppleness–therefore giving you a youthful complexion. It also allows cellular renewal to preserve the overall integrity and beauty of the skin.

Ideal for all skin types, especially for skin challenged by time and the elements such as unruly hormones or pollution.

ILA APOTHECARY VITAMIN RICH A, C, D & E FACE OIL 20ML

As a final cord comes ILA APOTHECARY that is enriched with vitamins A, C, D & E and creates a combination of nutrient-rich oils such as Arnica, Calendula, Borage, and Rose Hip. In combination with plant stem cells, Sandalwood and Blue Chamomile, it effectively works to feed the skin–providing the nutrients it needs and restoring its balance. Offers a highly soothing and calming effect.

Suitable for troubled skin, especially during seasonal transitions.

Skin Vitamins are essential to ensure that your complexion is getting the nourishment it needs. While you cannot directly get its full effects from the foods you eat, it’s good to know that there are vitamin-infused beauty products that work effectively to keep your skin beautiful, youthful, and healthy.

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