Organic Cucumber Extract

Use as an ingredient in your preparations:

• Refreshing and exfoliating gels

• Eye contour gels to reduce fatigue

• Softening bi-phase

• Cleansing lotions

• Purifying and moisturising masks and scrubs

Preparation

Precautions

Precautions and allergens

Precautions for use

Allergens

Allergen-free

I make my recipe from scratch

To make aqueous preparations with 5% Organic Cucumber Extract

Organic Cucumber Extract can easily be incorporated at 5% as an active ingredient in all your water-based formulas: creams, milks, gels, lotions, etc.

Incorporate the extract into all your water-based formulas

For making gels (up to 50% Organic Cucumber Extract)

Organic Cucumber Extract can easily be used at up to 50% to make concentrated gels.

Making gels with Organic Cucumber Extract

To make emulsions containing between 5 and 30% Organic Cucumber Extract

Formulating emulsions with Organic Cucumber Extract requires special care. Organic Cucumber Extract tends to destabilise emulsions at high concentrations. To make your emulsion, incorporate it into your aqueous phase and use the highest dosage of emulsifier.

In formulas with a high concentration of organic cucumber extract (>40%), do not use the Benzoate & Sorbate Complex preservative to avoid overdosing on sodium benzoate.

Cultivation

Certified 39% organic by Ecocert Greenlife according to the COSMOS standard available at http://COSMOS.ecocert.com.

Method of production

This hydroglycerin extract is obtained by macerating fresh organic cucumber in a natural water/glycerin mixture.

Most of the active ingredients in cucumber are soluble in water. So, by macerating cucumber in a water/glycerin mixture, the active ingredients easily dissolve in the extraction liquid. After filtration, you get a water/glycerin mixture loaded with the plant's active ingredients.

Part of the plant used

Fruit

Botanical name

Cucumis sativus

Function

A moisturising, purifying and soothing cosmetic active ingredient that promotes a healthy glow.

Country of origin

Extract prepared in France.

Benefits and properties

• Soothing

• Healthy glow

• Refreshing

• Purifying

INCI designation

Cucumis sativus fruit extract

Composition

Aqua, Glycerin**, Cucumis sativus fruit*, Leuconostoc/radish root ferment filtrate (natural preservative approved by Ecocert), citric acid (natural pH adjuster)

* Ingredient from Organic Farming / ** Processed from organic ingredients.

Presentation

Pale yellow liquid with the characteristic scent of fresh cucumber, packaged in an amber glass bottle with a dropper.

Active ingredients

• Vitamin B9: stimulates skin cell growth and multiplication.

• Vitamin C: an excellent antioxidant, it fights free radicals.

• Enzymes: inhibit the melanin production mechanism, whitening pigment spots.

Learn more

Storage

Although preserved, this hydroglycerin extract remains sensitive to pollution. It is strongly recommended that you store it in the refrigerator and use it within 6 months of opening. If you notice a change in appearance or smell, stop using your hydroglycerin extract.

Precautions

• Keep out of reach of children.

• Do not swallow.

• Do not apply undiluted to the skin; follow the recommended dosage.

Tyrosinase inhibitory activity of cucumber compounds: enzymes responsible for browning in cucumber. Gandía-Herrero F, Jiménez M, Cabanes J, García-Carmona F, Escribano J.

J Agric Food Chem. 2003 Dec 17;51(26):7764-9.

"Guide to Natural Beauty" by Josephine Fairley

"Create your own organic cosmetics" by Sylvie Hampikian