How we scored it
Botanical powder from dried, ground tea leaves; no synthetic fragment; this site's convention: powders = 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
Made by drying and grinding tea plant leaves. No alternative synthetic route exists.
In plain English
A gentle exfoliating powder made from dried, ground green tea leaves. Used to buff away dead skin cells in scrubs and masks.
CosIng definition: Camellia Sinensis Leaf Powder is a powder derived from the dried, ground leaves of Camellia sinensis.
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.
- 2CAMELLIA SINENSIS LEAF POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CAMELLIA SINENSIS LEAF POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CAMELLIA%20SINENSIS%20LEAF%20POWDER