How we scored it
Aqueous steam distillate of witch hazel flowers; water plus natural plant volatiles, no synthetic fragment. 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 witch hazel flowers and collecting the aqueous distillate. No alternative petrochemical route exists.
In plain English
A soothing floral water made by steam-distilling witch hazel flowers, used as an astringent and skin conditioner. It's mostly water carrying natural plant compounds.
CosIng definition: Hamamelis Virginiana Flower Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillate obtained from the flowers of the Witch Hazel, Hamamelis virginiana L., Hamamelidaceae
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.
- 2HAMAMELIS VIRGINIANA FLOWER WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3HAMAMELIS VIRGINIANA FLOWER WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=HAMAMELIS%20VIRGINIANA%20FLOWER%20WATER