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100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Aloe Arborescens Leaf Water natural?

Yes. Water and dissolved volatiles come from Aloe arborescens leaves condensed during steam distillation, so no synthetic fragment is present.

INCI nameAloe Arborescens Leaf Water
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockAloe arborescens leaves are steam distilled and the…

How we scored it

Steam distillate of aloe leaf in water: plant volatiles plus water, all natural. 1.0.
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

Aloe arborescens leaves are steam distilled and the condensed aqueous layer is collected. No alternative route is in commercial use.

In plain English

A watery liquid collected when leaves of the Aloe arborescens plant are steam-distilled. It is mostly water with plant-derived traces and is used for skin conditioning.

CosIng definition: Aloe Arborescens Leaf Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillates obtained from the leaves of Aloe arborescens, Xanthorrhoeaceae.

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2ALOE ARBORESCENS LEAF WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3ALOE ARBORESCENS LEAF WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ALOE%20ARBORESCENS%20LEAF%20WATER