How we scored it
Aqueous distillate carrying volatile oils from white willow bark; water plus natural volatiles, both 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
Produced by distilling white willow (Salix alba) bark and collecting the aqueous, volatile-oil-bearing fraction. No synthetic version is sold.
In plain English
A water distilled from white willow bark, used to tone and soothe skin. It carries the bark's natural volatile compounds, including mild astringents.
CosIng definition: Salix Alba Bark Water is an aqueous solution containing volatile oils obtained by the distillation of the bark of the White Willow, Salix alba L., salicaceae
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.
- 2SALIX ALBA BARK WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SALIX ALBA BARK WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SALIX%20ALBA%20BARK%20WATER