Cornflower

THE PROPERTIES OF CORNFLOWER

Why is it so good for your skin?

Cornflower hydrolat, or cornflower water, was prescribed as an eye drop for eye and eyelid irritation and to combat conjunctivitis. It is also used for inflammations of the skin and mucous membranes, so given its beneficial properties, what could be more natural than making it the star of an area as delicate as the eyes and their contours?

M. Pierre Fabre was interested in these properties for cosmetic use, our botanical experts selected the Blue Boy variety, which combines the requirements for productivity and the richness of the active ingredient to achieve the finished product: it is this variety that is used in Klorane Laboratories' products. Moreover, the growing of cornflower in Organic Farming preserves its soothing and decongesting properties. We carefully harvest the flowers when they are in full bloom, when they are full of active molecules. 

Our factory in Gaillac, located just a few meters from the cornflower fields, uses infusion and distillation processes that maximize the properties of the molecules already present in the plant, while having as little impact as possible on the environment. The solvent used could not be greener: it is water! This ORGANIC floral water, extracted on site, is the key ingredient of our moisturizing and relaxing facial products.