Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Centaurea Cyanus Flower Extract in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Centaurea Cyanus Flower Extract is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the skin in good condition. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 27 products, most often shampoos.
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What does Centaurea Cyanus Flower Extract do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Centaurea Cyanus Flower Extract keeps the skin in good condition and tightens the skin. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: skin conditioning and astringent.
What is Centaurea Cyanus Flower Extract?
Centaurea Cyanus Flower Extract is an extract of the flowers of the Cornflower, Centaurea cyanus L., Compositae.
- CAS number
- 84012-18-0
- EC number
- 281-664-0
- CosIng reference
- 55317
Which products contain Centaurea Cyanus Flower Extract?
Open Beauty Facts finds Centaurea Cyanus Flower Extract in the ingredient lists of 27 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shampoos, cleansers and eye makeup remover.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 13 · United States 3 · Germany 2 · Morocco 2.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Centaurea Cyanus Flower Extract 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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