Clitoria Ternatea Flower Extract

Clitoria ternatea (butterfly pea) flower extract is primarily used as an antioxidant/soothing botanical at low percentages, but as a complex plant extract it contains multiple bioactive compounds and residual proteins that can trigger irritation or allergic contact reactions in a reactive/eczema-prone minority. While widespread clinical patch-test data are limited and most users tolerate it, the uncertainty plus the known higher variability of botanical extracts warrants a mild score for safety-conscious use in highly sensitive skin and compromised barriers. Safety Notes: In commercial skincare, Clitoria ternatea (butterfly pea) flower extract is often used primarily as an antioxidant/colorant botanical at very low levels (~0.001–0.05%) in leave-on serums, toners, and creams where the supplier extract is standardized or highly colored. Higher strengths are seen in botanical-focused, “superfood” masks/essences and water-based gels that use the extract as a hero ingredient, commonly ~0.5–2%, with a small number of consumer-available products formulated up to ~5% (typically expressed as the as-supplied extract solution rather than pure dry extract) before color/odor, stability, and cost become limiting; rinse-off products usually sit in the lower-middle of this range due to shorter contact time.