Cucumber Hydrosol/Water/Hydrolat Organic (Oregon Grown!)

Cucumber Water/Hydrolat, Organic

Ingredients/Tech Specs:
CTFA Name: Organic Cucumber Water/Hydrosol
INCI Name: Cucumis Sativus (Organic Cucumber Water)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA (Oregon!)

Packaging: Drums, BPA-free buckets, BPA-free jugs, amber glass bottles
Description: Clear liquid; light cucumber aroma
Applications: Skincare, Soap Manufacturing, Hair Care

Benefits: cooling, soothing, refreshing, hydrating

When making steam distilled essential oils, the heavy oils fall to the bottom and the steam that rises to the top is called a hydrolat (or hydrosol or plant water). The hydrosols that we carry are these 100% pure steam by-product of the plant- no water added, no preservatives needed as these are 100% steam, no essential oil added.

Why Cucumber Hydrosol?

Cool as a cucumber, right? That is exactly what Organic Cucumber Hydrolat does for your skin and hair! Cooling, soothing, calming, reduces redness, increases hydration; all beautiful benefits.

Organic Cucumber Hydrosol can be used on its own, or you can blend it into your products. Organic Cucumber Hydrolat makes a great alternative to water for your emulsified skincare products. If you’re creating facial serums, tonics, or cleansers, consider substituting all or part of the water in your formula with organic cucumber hydrolat. This will increase the soothing and calming benefits, along with the massive antioxidant properties from cucumber fruit.

Organic Cucumber Hydrosol makes a great addition to our Aloe Gel Base for your facial serums. You can do Organic Cucumber Hydrolat, Olive Oil Squalane for hydration, then any blend of skincare actives. Our Aloe Gel base holds a lot of additives without loosing its viscosity, you just need challenge test or boost the preservative system. You can use this same combination with less Aloe Gel and more liquids to create a skin or scalp tonic.

Imagine a facial serum that is Aloe Gel Base, Cold Pressed Carrot Seed Oil, Organic Broccoli Seed Oil, Kefir Water, AHA Fruit Enzyme Blend, Kalahari Melon Seed Oil, Pumpkin Seed Oil, Organic Black Seed Oil, with an essential oil blend of Carrot Seed, Egyptian Geranium and Marjoram. Call it Salad for Your Face!

You can mix any of our organic botanical hydrosols with essential oils to make a room spray, also. There are two ways:

• Just use the hydrosol and some essential oils and advise your customers that they will need to shake it each time before use as the essential oils will separate out OR
• Blend your essential oils with Polysorbate 80 (1 to 1 ratio), then add into your organic plant hydrosols. The polysorbate 80 works as an emulsifier to keep the oils suspended and it is 100% plant based!

Due to the soft smell profile of hydrolats/hydrosols you can use just about any of these with other essential oils.

You can use organic hydrosols directly on the skin. These are not as strong as essential oils, so no dilution is needed.

If you use any of our organic hydrosols on their own, you do not have to add any preservative to them. If you add water (please use distilled water) to the base, you will have to add a preservative. You can use a blend of Sodium Benzoate and Potassium Sorbate; you can use Leucidal Liquid Complete; you can use Campo Plantservative Water Soluble. Anytime you add water to a product you will need to do a preservative.

Hydrolats/hydrosols do smell like the essential oil they are derived from, but they are not nearly as strong as an essential oil. This makes them ideal to use as a gentle spray all on their own, or you can blend them into your products to impart the plant benefits without overwhelming your finished product aroma.

Organic hydrolats/hydrosols are excellent to use as tonics, face sprays, body sprays, perfume bases, and as carriers for skincare products in place of using just water. When you use a hydrolat/hydrosol in place of the water in your formula, you calculate that as part of the organic percentage, and you get to list the plant benefits.

They will impart a vary faint smell to your products, but nothing like adding the essential oil. These cannot be used in place of essential oils or fragrances with the expectation that your products will smell the same.

Having said all that, hydrolats/hydrosols are the BEST way to get plant bio-actives into your products without having the strong smells of the essential oils.

Our organic Cucumber Hydrolat/Hydrosol is now grown right here in Oregon! We have partnered with an exceptional farm in Philomath, Oregon. We carry Lavender, Hemp, and Tulsi Organic hydrosols all grown on this same farm.

About the farm:

This farm is the brainchild of two long-time Oregonians.  With the onset of the Hemp Pilot program in Oregon, Josh started J & J Organics with veggie farmer extraordinaire John Eveland, growing USDA certified organic hemp right in the fertile soils beside the Mary’s River in Philomath. As production grew it became apparent that there was a major lack of infrastructure to process organically grown hemp into certified organic full spectrum hemp oil and hemp products.  This gave birth to one of the first fully USDA certified hemp processing facilities on the west coast. They have since grown into a central place in the organic hemp community of Oregon, using home-grown expertise to create custom extracts and build private label product lines.  This farm has also championed third-party certifications to help with transparency and integrity, including becoming one of the first Demeter-certified Biodynamic hemp processing facilities in the United States.

25-gallon plus sizes may have a longer lead-time depending on the season.

Organic Cucumber Hydrolat/Hydrosol is sold in 1-ounce amber glass bottle with dropper, 4-ounce amber glass bottle, 8-ounce amber glass bottle, 16-ounce amber glass bottle, BPA-free half-gallon jug, BPA-free 1- gallon jug, BPA-free 5-gallon buckets, and 55+gallon sizes. Please email us directly for 55-gallon+ orders.

Short Term Storage: Air tight container. Dark location. Cool room temperature.

Long Term Storage: Removing air from storage container will delay oxidation and rancidity (may need to place in a smaller container). Refrigeration can extend shelf life.

Best Used By: See lot specific C of A for expiration dates.