How we scored it
Botanical flower extract; whole ingredient counts as natural plant material by this site's convention.
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
Produced by extracting the flowers of Crataegus monogyna (hawthorn) with water or solvent. No alternative synthetic route exists for a botanical extract.
In plain English
An extract of hawthorn blossom used in skincare to help condition the skin. Made by extracting the flowers of the hawthorn shrub.
CosIng definition: Crataegus Monogyna Flower Extract is an extract of the flowers of the Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna, Rosaceae
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.
- 2CRATAEGUS MONOGYNA FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CRATAEGUS MONOGYNA FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CRATAEGUS%20MONOGYNA%20FLOWER%20EXTRACT