How we scored it
Botanical seed extract (horse chestnut). Site rule: botanical extracts = 1.0. No synthetic fragment.
What counts. ISO 16128-2 scores the atoms that remain in the final ingredient. Reagents, solvents, catalysts and protecting groups used during manufacture leave no mass behind and are not counted.
Where it comes from
Extracted from the seeds (nuts) of the horse chestnut tree, Aesculus hippocastanum, typically by aqueous or hydroalcoholic extraction. No synthetic alternative route exists.
In plain English
A skin-conditioning extract from horse chestnut seeds, traditionally used to soothe and tone skin. It is obtained by extracting the crushed seeds with water or a water-alcohol mix.
CosIng definition: Aesculus Hippocastanum Seed Extract is an extract of the nut of the Horse Chestnut, Aesculus hippocastanum L., Hippocastanaceae
References
- 1ISO 16128-1:2016 and ISO 16128-2:2017 — Guidelines on technical definitions and criteria for natural and organic cosmetic ingredients and products. ISO, Geneva.
- 2AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM SEED EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM SEED EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=AESCULUS%20HIPPOCASTANUM%20SEED%20EXTRACT