COCOS NUCIFERA OIL

Name of the plant

Coconut; Coconut Palm

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Type of preparation

Fat or essential oil

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Function(s) of this ingredient in cosmetic products

FRAGRANCE

Enhances the smell of a product and / or perfumes the skin

HAIR CONDITIONING

Leaves the hair easy to comb, supple, soft and shiny and / or imparts volume

SKIN CONDITIONING

Maintains the skin in good condition

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Origin

plant

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Occurrence in cosmetics

Skin and haircare products

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Background information on use in cosmetics

Coconut oil (INCI: cocos nucifera (coconut) oil) is obtained from the pulp of the coconut. Since coconut oil is solid at ambient temperature, it is frequently also referred to as coconut fat. Coconut oil contains many substances which make it particularly suited as a natural moisturiser in skincare. Because of its high share of unsaturated fatty acids, it is particularly well suited for dry skin. Moreover, it contains Vitamin E, an antioxidant which supports the skin in its fight against premature skin ageing. Furthermore, coconut oil also contains lauric acid which has antimicrobial properties. Hair, too, can benefit from coconut oil since it ensures even more gloss and calms a sensitive scalp. Based on these many skin and hair caring properties, coconut oil is used both as a pure oil and also as an active ingredient in many cosmetic products such as facial creams, body lotions or shampoos. Moreover, coconut oil is (like for instance also palm kernel oil) an important natural raw material for the production of other oleochemical products which are likewise broadly used as cosmetic ingredients. Fragrances or mixtures of fragrances are often referred to in the cosmetics area as "perfuming agents" or "perfume oils" or "parfum oils". On the cosmetic products they are declared with the INCI name "PARFUM". These are undiluted individual substances or their mixtures which originate from natural raw materials or can be produced (semi-) synthetically. They are starting materials for the production of perfume, eau de parfum, eau de toilette, eau de cologne and other perfumed cosmetic products. The average content of fragrances amounts in perfume to 15-30 %, in eau de parfum to 10-14 %, in eau de toilette to 6-9 %, in eau de cologne to 3-5 % as well as in skin creams, shampoos, hair and deodorant sprays to approximately 0.2-1 % and approximately 1-3 in deodorant sticks. The perfume oils include essential oils, resinoids and absolutes. The sources are, amongst others, flowers, leaves and stems, fruits and fruit peels or roots of plants; woods, grasses or herbs, needles, resins and balsams. Moreover, only compounds isolated from natural products such as aldehydes, ketones, esters, alcohols etc. are used (geraniol, citronellal, citral, eugenol, menthol) as well as semi-synthetic (citronellol, geranyl acetate, jonone) and synthetic scents (eg phenylethyl alcohol and linalool) are used. Scents of animal origin such as musk and ambra are only rarely used.

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Belongs to the following substance groups

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Regulating cosmetics

Cosmetics Ingredients are subject to regulation. Please note, different regulations may apply to cosmetic ingredients outside the EU.