How we scored it
Botanical leaf powder; ground plant material only.
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
Made by drying and grinding basil (Ocimum basilicum) leaves. No synthetic alternative route exists for a milled botanical.
In plain English
Dried, ground basil leaves used as a skin tonic. It is simply milled basil leaf, with no synthetic processing.
CosIng definition: Ocimum Basilicum Leaf Powder is the powder obtained from the ground leaves of the Basil, Ocimum basilicum L., Labiatae
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.
- 2OCIMUM BASILICUM LEAF POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3OCIMUM BASILICUM LEAF POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=OCIMUM%20BASILICUM%20LEAF%20POWDER