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Cornflower Hydrosol

Flowering: Annual, from May to July (spring).
Provenance, origin: Metropolitan France.
Commonly known as: Centaurea Cyanus Flower Water (I.N.C.I.), Cornflower floral water, Cornflower aqueous extract, Cornflower water-soluble extract, Cornflower blue, Cornflower blue, Cornflower blue, Blaverolle, Zachariah flower, Bluebeam, Cornflower blue, Cornflower blue.
Location: Native to Northern Europe. Also found in North America.
Benefits: Soothing, refreshing, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, decongestant, protective, depigmenting, lightening.
Botanical name: Centaurea cyanus L.
Extraction process: team distillation of dry flowering tops from organic farming.
Phytochemical composition: Anthocyanins, protocyanins, flavonoids (flavone, quercetin, rutin...), polysaccharides (galacturonic acid, arabinose, glucose, rhamnose, galactose), couramins, caffeic acid, ferulic acid, phenoxycarboxylic acid, indolic alkaloids.
Physical characteristics: Density : 0,950 - 1,050 g/cm3 ; pH : 3,0 - 5,0 ; Soluble in water.
Family: Asteraceae.
Sensorial properties: Appearance: Clear liquid; Color: Colorless; Odor: Sweet hay slightly lemony.
Part of the plant extracted: Flowers.
Concerns: All skin types, especially dry, sensitive and reactive skin. Indicated in case of tired eyes, swollen and irritated eyelids.

Details

Use

  • Face care (lotions, masks, serums, creams, make-up removers, eye contour care);

  • Body care (body milks, shower gels, after-sun care);

  • Make-up (foundations, concealers, mascaras, blushes, eyeshadows, face powders).

Preservation

Store at a temperature below 4°C, away from light, heat and humidity.

Contra-Indications and Precautions

Cornflower hydrosol has no particular contraindications.

Find out more

The Greek legend tells that the nymph Chloris, charmed by the bucolic poetry of the young Cyanos, would have transformed him into a cornflower so that the memory of this nature lover lives forever. The cornflower is also a symbolic flower in France. It represents the Armistice of November 11, 1918 and the poilus, veterans of the 1st World War.