Database/Antimicrobial/Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Water
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Water natural?

Yes. A botanical steam distillate consisting of water and trace natural tea-tree aroma compounds; entirely plant and water derived.

INCI nameMelaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Water
FunctionAntimicrobial · Anti-Sebum
FeedstockObtained by steam-distilling Melaleuca alternifolia leaves; the aqueous…

How we scored it

Aqueous steam distillate of tea tree leaves; water plus trace plant volatiles, both 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

Obtained by steam-distilling Melaleuca alternifolia leaves; the aqueous phase collected alongside tea tree oil is sold as leaf water. No synthetic inputs are present.

In plain English

The aqueous by-product of steam-distilling tea tree leaves to obtain tea tree oil. Mostly water carrying trace tea-tree aroma compounds; used in cleansing and shine-control formulas.

CosIng definition: Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillates obtained from the leaves of Melaleuca alternifolia.

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