How we scored it
Whole-plant extract (snow lotus); botanical extract, this site's convention 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
Extracted from the whole plant of Saussurea involucrata (snow lotus), typically by water or hydro-glycolic extraction. No synthetic alternative is used.
In plain English
A moisture-attracting extract from the snow lotus, a plant that grows in high-altitude mountain regions. It helps skin hold onto water.
CosIng definition: Saussurea Involucrata Extract is an extract of the whole plant, Saussurea involucrata, Asteraceae
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.
- 2SAUSSUREA INVOLUCRATA EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SAUSSUREA INVOLUCRATA EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SAUSSUREA%20INVOLUCRATA%20EXTRACT