Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Hamamelis Virginiana Water in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Hamamelis Virginiana Water is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the skin in good condition. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 47 products, most often face care.
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What does Hamamelis Virginiana Water do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Hamamelis Virginiana Water keeps the skin in good condition, makes hair easier to comb, softer or shinier and tightens the skin. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: skin conditioning, hair conditioning, astringent and soothing.
What is Hamamelis Virginiana Water?
Hamamelis Virginiana Water is an aqueous solution containing natural volatile oils obtained by the distillation of twigs, bark and leaves of of the Witch Hazel, Hamamelis virginiana L., Hamamelidaceae.
- CAS number
- 84696-19-5
- EC number
- 283-637-9
- CosIng reference
- 34184
Which products contain Hamamelis Virginiana Water?
Open Beauty Facts finds Hamamelis Virginiana Water in the ingredient lists of 47 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often face care, face masks and moist wipes.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 14 · Germany 8 · United States 6 · Netherlands 3.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Hamamelis Virginiana Water turns up, not how much of the market it is.
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Sources
The job, the description and the EU annex entry are CosIng’s; the fragrance allergens are the EU Annex III names Bravoora’s label checker reads; the product counts are Open Beauty Facts’.
- European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
- Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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