Wine ●
TL;DR. This ingredient is used mainly as a skin-conditioning and astringent botanical ferment, adding mild toning, sensory, and antioxidant-supporting properties to formulas. It can also contribute a small solvent effect because of its natural alcohol content.
What does Wine do in a cosmetic formula?
This ingredient is used mainly as a skin-conditioning and astringent botanical ferment, adding mild toning, sensory, and antioxidant-supporting properties to formulas. It can also contribute a small solvent effect because of its natural alcohol content.
Is Wine clean?
From a clean-beauty perspective, this ingredient is generally acceptable and not a common restricted-list issue. The main watchpoint is comfort, since natural alcohols, acids, and aromatic trace compounds can feel drying or sting on reactive or freshly exfoliated skin.
Is Wine sustainable?
This material comes from an agricultural fermentation process and is expected to be readily biodegradable. Its footprint depends on farming inputs, irrigation, land use, and transport, with organic or lower-input sourcing improving its profile.
Is Wine COSMOS-approved?
It is generally compatible with COSMOS-natural and can fit COSMOS-organic when the agricultural source and processing meet the standard. It aligns reasonably well with Green Chemistry because it is renewable, fermented, water-compatible, and biodegradable, though cultivation impacts still matter.
How does Wine work chemically?
This material is a complex aqueous ferment containing water, ethanol, organic acids, sugars, minerals, and phenolic compounds such as tannins and flavonoids. It is typically used at low formula percentages for skin feel and label value, and formulators account for its acidity, color, odor, and alcohol contribution when setting final pH and preservative systems.
Last updated 2026-05-13