How we scored it
Extract of natural marine sediment (mineral/organic mud); minerals count as natural origin.
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
Obtained by extracting or filtering marine mud/sediment. Composition is mineral and trace organic matter, both natural origin.
In plain English
An extract from natural sea mud, used to help protect skin. It's drawn from mineral-rich marine sediment rather than made in a lab.
CosIng definition: Maris Limus Extract is an extract of marine sediments
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.
- 2MARIS LIMUS EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3MARIS LIMUS EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=MARIS%20LIMUS%20EXTRACT