What it is
Retinyl Palmitate (Vitamin A Palmitate) is a form of Vitamin A. It is produced from Retinol (Vitamin A) and Palmitic Acid (a fatty acid). It is easily absorbed by the skin. Once absorbed, it turns first into retinol and then into retinoic acid.
What it does
Retinyl Palmitate is a skin and hair conditioning agent. It reduces flaking and restores suppleness, thus improving the appearance of dry and damaged skin.
It is also an effective antioxidant: it improves collagen production and plumps skin, helping smooth out fine lines.
Retinyl Palmitate also enhances the appearance and feel of hair: it increases suppleness, sheen and body. In addition, it improves the texture of hair that has been physically or chemically damaged.
Side effects
Retinyl Palmitate can cause irritations. While it is true that it is gentler than retinol and is therefore a better choice for people with sensitive skin, it needs to be used in high concentrations for it to be effective, so it could still cause negative reactions in some people.
It can also cause sun sensitivity, so products containing retinyl palmitate should always be used in conjunction with a sunscreen.
In addiction, Retinyl Palmitate can oxidize and lose all its benefits if it isn’t stored properly.
Retinyl Palmitate should be avoid by women who are pregnant, planning to become pregnant or breast-feeding.
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Thanks hun!
Retinyl palmitate is not as active as retinol but for those who have sensitive skin, I guess it’ll work. I just took a look on your blog roll and you have quite a roll there!
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You’re right Dao, it is not as effective as Retinol but if the concentrations are high enough it works. Problem is, most products have very small concentration of this ingredients so that it doesn’t really do nothing once applied.
I know, I follow a lot of beauty blogs! I can’t help it, there are lots of great ones!
Question: what amount is considered high concentration?
Hi Stephanie, I’m sorry but I couldn’t find that info in any of my sources. As a general rule though, the higher the ingredient is in the ingredients list the biggest the concentrations. Hope this helps.
Hi there I make my own moisturiser so am wondering how many vitamin A 10 000IU
capsules should I add per grams of moisturiser? Thanks Connie.
Connie, when I make a jar of moisturizer (about 50ml), I use 1250iu vitamin A capsule. Hope this helps.
Oh P.s Can the capsule oil be put directly on to the face? Ta. connie
Connie, yes, you can use directly on the face.
Thanks but excuse me if I’m being dumb the capsules I have are at the strength of 10 000iu per capsule. What you have mentioned seems so much less. I am not familiar with these iu measurements or what they are please help??? Thanks again.
Connie, I personally don’t like to use too much Vitamin A because large doses when applied on the skin can be irritating, at least at first as your skin needs to get used to it. That’s why I use so little. You could use more if you want to (and if you don’t experience any negative reactions) but I don’t think a too large doses is necessary when topically applied. 10.000 is the recommended oral supplement amount though.
i live in the uk.
clearly you can buy Vit A capsules over the counter in the US.
Do you have a brand name i can check out, im paying a lot of money for a very small amount of Vit A at the moment. would like to cut the price down, capsules might be cheaper.
Rose, I live in Italy and here you can buy Vitamin E capsules in most stores that sell natural beauty products and supplements and sometimes in pharmacies too. Erbamea and Biovea are just a couple of the brands I used in the past. Hope this helps.