Database/Hair Conditioning/Lawsonia Inermis Wax
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Lawsonia Inermis Wax natural?

Yes. The only feedstock is Lawsonia inermis leaf wax, a plant-derived mixture, so every fragment is natural origin (n=1) and no petrochemical wax is involved.

INCI nameLawsonia Inermis Wax
FunctionHair Conditioning
FeedstockThe wax fraction is recovered from henna leaf…

How we scored it

Plant wax (long-chain esters, alcohols, acids, alkanes) from henna leaf, all n=1. 1.00 / 1.00 = 1.00.
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

The wax fraction is recovered from henna leaf by extraction and filtering, as CosIng describes. No synthetic route exists; petroleum waxes such as paraffin are different ingredients.

In plain English

A hair-conditioning ingredient: a plant wax obtained from the leaves of the henna plant (Lawsonia inermis). It is a mixture of waxy compounds from the leaf surface rather than a single chemical.

CosIng definition: Lawsonia Inermis (Henna) Wax is the wax obtained from the leaf of the henna, Lawsonia inermis, Lythraceae.

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2LAWSONIA INERMIS WAX. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3LAWSONIA INERMIS WAX. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=LAWSONIA%20INERMIS%20WAX