Why Vitamin E?
Vitamin E is the base ingredient of all the hair products featured in vegan hair care line, Huile Dè Monèt. This key ingredient combined with other organic ingredients was handcrafted to make a fortified blend of hair oils that improve your hair and scalp. Vitamin E has been around for many years and its incorporated in almost everything, but did you know that Vitamin E oil was once called "the Anti Sterile Vitamin"? Read along to learn the backstory of Vitamin E and why this is Monèt Couture's FAVORITE ingredient.
A Little History
Vitamin E dates back all the way to 1922. Anatomist Herbert McLean Evans and Physician Katharine J. Bishop co-discovered the vitamin at Berkeley University in California. Their studies of the reproductive health in female rats, led them to call it the "Anti-sterility" vitamin. Success in this discovery also led to many other discoveries, such as Vitamin A and B. In 1935, it was isolated and then later on in 1938, Paul Karrer, Laureate of Chemistry, synthesized the substance. Vitamin E was popular for it's improvement to the female rats reproductive system, but also was noted for its health benefits in humans. Vitamin E has been known to treat psoriasis and eczema, a breakthrough holistic approach to modern day skin problems. Vitamin E is an essential oil that nourishes your skin, can reduce hyperpigmentation and is often used to treat other skin conditions.
But what can Vitamin E do your hair?
Vitamin E is not only beneficial for your health, but it is also beneficial for your hair, too! Vitamin E is has been proven to improve you hair and scalp. The anti-oxidants found in Vitamin E can neutralize the radicals brought on by oxidative stress, which is a contributor to Hair Loss. The protective barrier that Vitamin E provides the scalp helps prevent the erosion of scalp tissues that are a result of these free radicals, thus preventing Hair Loss. Vitamin E can be used in your favorite shampoo, conditioner, by itself.
Vitamin E is notorious for its benefits, making this ingredient the perfect Key balance of Beauty and Care.