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Mallow Flower Extract
Malva Sylvestris Flower Extract · Malva Sylvestris (Mallow) Flower Extract
An extract of the flowers of common mallow, a cousin of the marshmallow plant. Little research tests what it does on skin.
What it does
The EU lists it as a skin conditioner. It’s a different plant from marshmallow root.
The EU’s ingredient database lists it as a skin conditioner, its general term for an ingredient that keeps skin in good condition.European Commission, CosIng (© European Union, CC BY 4.0) · uses put in plain words by Drop ↗
The evidence, graded
expert consensusUS safety reviewers (2023) judged 8 mallow ingredients, mallow flower extract among them, safe as used in products made not to cause allergy. They were concerned about possible allergy triggers in mallow, such as cinnamal. Tested at 10%, the flower extract didn’t irritate 34 people, and caused no allergy in a repeat patch test on 54. Products use up to 0.1% of it.Cosmetic 2023 · Cosmetic Ingredient Review ↗
Graded per the methodology: strong · moderate · emerging · expert consensus. A weak source on a strong claim gets the weaker label.
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