Avena sativa (oat)-derived ingredients are safe as cosmetic ingredients in the practices of use and concentration described in this safety assessment when formulated to be non-sensitizing.
Oats – Steeped in History
Investigations into the remains of the 12th Dynasty in Egypt found the oldest recorded oat grains. Scientists are unsure whether or not these oat grains were cultivated or merely weeds. Cultivated oats have been found in Bronze age caves in Switzerland and there is evidence that the Greeks and Romans used oats for medicinal purposes as part of a bathing routine.
Presidential Seal of Approval
Oats are first brought to North America in 1602, George Washington sowed 580 acres of Oats in 1786 and by the 1860’s oat planting had moved steadily westward to the Mississippi Valley.
The Dirty Thirties takes an Oat Bath!
Literature on the cosmetics benefits of oatmeal formulated in facial masks and bath oils was first published, including information about oatmeal relieving itching, its cleansing action and its function as a skin protectant.
Approval Given
Colloidal Oatmeal is classified as a skin protectant by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and classified as a mongraph ingredient:
‘Skin protectant drug product. A drug product that temporarily protects injured or exposed skin or mucous membrane surfaces from harmful or annoying stimuli, and may help provide relief to such surfaces.’
The Oat Field Expands…
Oat research and development undertaken by parent company Oat Services yield some exciting new products which are perfectly suited to the beauty and personal care industry. The Oat Cosmetics brand is born.
To ‘Oat’finity..and Beyond!
Oat Cosmetics launch a new cutting edge fermented preobiotic derived from its high performance patented colloidal oatmeal, containing Lactobacilli cultures.
Oat Cosmetics develop more innovative cosmetics ingredients that have been derived from oats, including a range of fermented Oat actives (aurafirm) and the first Oat based sustainable, biodegradable micro-plastic alternative Oat Biobeads.
