INCI: Urtica Dioica Leaf Extract
Botanical antioxidant and conditioning support for balanced, refreshed-looking skin and scalp.
What Is Nettle Leaf Extract?
Nettle Leaf Extract is derived from the leaves of Urtica dioica, commonly known as stinging nettle. This nutrient-rich botanical has a long history of traditional use and is incorporated into modern skin and scalp-care formulations for its conditioning and antioxidant-supportive properties.
Nettle leaves naturally contain a complex range of plant constituents, including polyphenols, flavonoids, and other antioxidant compounds. Their exact composition varies according to growing conditions, harvesting, and extraction method.
Benefits
Nettle Leaf Extract helps condition the skin and scalp while contributing botanical antioxidant support. It is particularly well suited to formulations designed to promote a clean, balanced, and refreshed feel.
In cleansing products, Nettle complements the cleansing system and other botanical ingredients rather than functioning as a cleanser itself, helping support a comfortable, well-conditioned feel after rinsing.
Nettle + Antioxidant Support
Everyday environmental exposure can contribute to free-radical activity and oxidative stress, which can influence the visible appearance of skin over time.
Nettle leaves contain naturally occurring antioxidant compounds, including flavonoids and polyphenols. When incorporated into a complete cosmetic formula, Nettle Leaf Extract contributes to the formula's broader antioxidant profile.
Nettle + Skin
Botanical extracts can provide valuable conditioning support in formulations designed to cleanse without leaving skin feeling unnecessarily depleted.
Nettle Leaf Extract helps support a comfortable, conditioned skin feel while complementing humectants, emollients, and other botanical ingredients within the formula.
Nettle + Scalp Care
The scalp is regularly exposed to excess oil, perspiration, styling products, and environmental buildup. Effective cleansing helps remove this accumulation, while conditioning ingredients help maintain scalp comfort.
Nettle Leaf Extract contributes botanical conditioning and antioxidant support within scalp-care formulations, helping maintain a clean, refreshed, and balanced-feeling scalp.
Nettle + Burdock Root
Nettle and Burdock Root provide complementary botanical support within Awakening Wash.
Both contribute naturally occurring antioxidant compounds and conditioning properties, broadening the formula's botanical profile while complementing ingredients selected for hydration and effective cleansing.
Nettle + Sage and Horsetail
Nettle is also paired with Sage and Horsetail to create a multi-botanical system for both skin and scalp.
Each plant contributes its own distinctive profile of botanical constituents while collectively supporting conditioning, balance, and a refreshed feel as part of the complete cleansing formula.
Why We Use Nettle Leaf Extract
At Pure Intox, Nettle Leaf Extract is incorporated into Awakening Wash as part of a botanical approach to cleansing and conditioning the skin and scalp.
It works alongside Caffeine, Panax Ginseng, Burdock Root, Horsetail, Sage, Hemp Seed Oil, Vegetable Glycerin, Panthenol, and other complementary ingredients to support a cleansing experience that feels fresh, balanced, and comfortable.
This combination allows the formula to pair effective cleansing with botanical, antioxidant, hydration, and conditioning support rather than relying on aggressive cleansing alone.
Sourcing & Quality
Nettle Leaf Extract is derived from the leaves of Urtica dioica and selected for cosmetic purity, consistency, and compatibility with the finished formulation.
As with botanical extracts generally, its composition can vary according to plant source, growing conditions, extraction method, concentration, and processing. Ingredient quality is therefore considered within the context of the complete cosmetic formulation.
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