How we scored it
Aqueous steam-distillate of cucumber fruit; water carries natural cucumber volatiles; distillation is a natural-origin process; botanical water = 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
Produced by steam-distilling cucumber fruit, yielding an aqueous solution of its natural volatile compounds. No petrochemical alternative route is used for this botanical water.
In plain English
A light, refreshing water made by steam-distilling cucumbers, used to condition and soothe skin. It's entirely derived from the cucumber fruit and water.
CosIng definition: Cucumis Sativus Fruit Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillate obtained from the fruit of the Cucumber, Cucumis sativus L., Cucurbitaceae
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.
- 2CUCUMIS SATIVUS FRUIT WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CUCUMIS SATIVUS FRUIT WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CUCUMIS%20SATIVUS%20FRUIT%20WATER