skincarecheck
INCI ingredient

Melaleuca Alternifolia TEA Tree Leaf Oil

Also listed as: Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf, Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil, Organic Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil, Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil++

Melaleuca Alternifolia TEA Tree Leaf Oil appears on 62 ingredient lists in our database, most often in bar soaps.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originYesno animal source
  • FragranceYescounts as fragrance
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

If a product lists Melaleuca Alternifolia TEA Tree Leaf Oil, its fragrance-free answer is No. Nothing else changes.

What it does

Melaleuca Alternifolia TEA Tree Leaf Oil appears on 62 ingredient lists in our database, most often in bar soaps.

On the label it counts as fragrance, which is why a product that lists it cannot be fragrance-free.

We have not written the plain-language note for this ingredient yet; the facts above come straight from how it is classified.

Functions: abrasive, skin conditioning

Products with Melaleuca Alternifolia TEA Tree Leaf Oil

in 62 products

Showing 24 of 62 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • abrasive
  • skin conditioning
  • abrasive: Removing unwanted tissue or foreign materials from various body surfaces, including mechanical tooth cleaning and/or gloss improvement.
  • skin conditioning: Maintaining the skin in good condition.

CAS 85085-48-9 · EC 285-377-1

EU regulation

Not on a restricted-substances annex. Listed as an allowed cosmetic ingredient.

Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.

Classification from the INCI name; product lists from Open Beauty Facts.Report a mistake