How we scored it
Condensed steam-distillate water plus trace volatile compounds of sea buckthorn: water n=1, plant volatiles n=1 (b). 100% natural origin: 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
Dominant route is steam distillation of the whole Hippophae rhamnoides plant, collecting the aqueous hydrosol. No alternative route is known for this water.
In plain English
A floral water collected when the sea buckthorn plant is steam-distilled. It is mostly water with traces of the plant's aromatic compounds, and is used as a skin-conditioning, lightly scented water phase in toners and creams.
CosIng definition: Hippophae Rhamnoides Water is the aqueous solution of the steam distillates obtained from the whole plant of the Sea Buckthorn, Hippophae rhmanoides L, Elagnaceae
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.
- 2HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=HIPPOPHAE%20RHAMNOIDES%20WATER