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PLATE No. 012

Ingredient Collection

Brassica Campestris/Aleurites Fordi Oil Copolymer

Brassica Campestris/Aleurites Fordi Oil Copolymer

Brassica Campestris/Aleurites Fordi Oil Copolymer

Figure Key

  • Fig. 1 Rapeseed Plant (Brassica campestris)
  • Fig. 2 Rapeseed Flowers
  • Fig. 3 Rapeseed Pods and Seeds
  • Fig. 4 Tung Tree (Vernicia fordii)
  • Fig. 5 Tung Fruit and Seeds
  • Fig. 6 Brassica Campestris/Aleurites Fordi Oil Copolymer

The Ingredient

Brassica Campestris/Aleurites Fordi Oil Copolymer is a plant-based ingredient made from rapeseed and tung oils. The two oils are joined together to create a larger, more substantial material that forms a lightweight, flexible layer over skin, hair, or lips. This helps hold onto moisture while adding softness, smoothness, and shine.

From Plant to Ingredient

  1. Brassica Campestris/Aleurites Fordi Oil Copolymer, step 1 — Rapeseed Oil: a sprig of slender rapeseed pods, one split to show a row of small dark seeds.

    1. Rapeseed Oil

    The small seeds of the rapeseed plant contain the oil that provides one half of this ingredient's botanical beginnings.

  2. Brassica Campestris/Aleurites Fordi Oil Copolymer, step 2 — Tung Oil: a green tung fruit beside a halved fruit and two brown seeds.

    2. Tung Oil

    The seeds of the tung tree provide the second plant oil used to create the finished ingredient.

  3. Brassica Campestris/Aleurites Fordi Oil Copolymer, step 3 — Oil Copolymer: a silvery, glossy pool of the oil copolymer.

    3. Oil Copolymer

    The two plant oils are joined together to create a new material with different properties from either oil on its own, including the ability to form a thin, flexible layer on the surface

Why We Chose It

This ingredient gives us some of the qualities we love about plant oils—softness, conditioning, and shine—with the added ability to leave behind a lightweight protective layer. That layer helps slow moisture loss and leaves skin, hair, and lips feeling smoother and better conditioned.

What You'll Notice

  • Lasting Moisture — Helps reduce moisture loss so skin and lips stay feeling comfortable longer.
  • Smoother Feel — Leaves dry or rough-feeling areas feeling softer and smoother.
  • Softer Hair — Helps condition hair and improve the feel of dry, rough strands.
  • Natural-Looking Shine — Adds a smooth, healthy-looking sheen to hair and lips.

Botanical Profile

Scientific Name
Brassica Campestris/Aleurites Fordi Oil Copolymer
INCI Name
Brassica Campestris (Rapeseed), Aleurites Fordi Oil (Tung Oil) Copolymer, Tocopherol (Vitamin E)
Plant Part Used
Seed
Final Ingredient
Liquid Copolymer
Origin
USA

A Closer Look

“Copolymer” sounds much more intimidating than the idea behind it. A polymer is simply a larger structure made by joining smaller building blocks together. In this ingredient, components of rapeseed and tung oils are joined into a larger structure, giving the finished material properties the original oils don't have on their own—particularly its ability to form a thin, flexible layer on a surface

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