Chamomile\ ●
TL;DR. This ingredient is mainly used as a soothing botanical extract, fragrance component, and skin-conditioning agent in leave-on and rinse-off formulas.
What does Chamomile\ do in a cosmetic formula?
This ingredient is mainly used as a soothing botanical extract, fragrance component, and skin-conditioning agent in leave-on and rinse-off formulas.
Is Chamomile\ clean?
Clean-beauty frameworks generally view it as acceptable when extracted with suitable solvents and properly preserved. The main caveat is sensitization potential for people reactive to related flowering plants, and essential-oil fractions can contain fragrance allergens.
Is Chamomile\ sustainable?
It is plant-derived, and its non-volatile extractives are expected to be biodegradable. Sustainability depends on agricultural practices, solvent choice, pesticide control, and responsible cultivation.
Is Chamomile\ COSMOS-approved?
It is generally permitted under COSMOS-natural and COSMOS-organic when sourced and processed according to the standard, such as water, glycerin, ethanol, oil, or carbon dioxide extraction. It aligns well with Green Chemistry when made from renewable biomass using low-residue solvents, though essential-oil production can be energy intensive.
How does Chamomile\ work chemically?
This material is a complex botanical mixture containing flavonoids, sesquiterpenes, and phenolic constituents, with apigenin derivatives, bisabolol-type alcohols, and chamazulene-type compounds often used as marker chemistry. Use levels vary by extract strength, commonly about 0.1 to 5% for hydroglycolic extracts and much lower for volatile fractions, and it is usually added in the cool-down phase to limit loss of aroma compounds and oxidation of unsaturated constituents.
Last updated 2026-05-13