The flowers are yellow. The blue happens later.
Also known as: Tanacetum annuum · Chamazulene
- What it is
- A Moroccan annual with yellow flowers. There is no blue pigment in the living plant.
- Why it's in the formula
- During steam distillation, heat converts a colorless compound called matricin into chamazulene, which is an intensely saturated blue. The color is made in the still, not grown.
- Where it comes from
- Steam-distilled flower oil.
- What to know
- Real pigment in real oil. It rubs in clear on most skin; keep it off pale linen.