The actives and the oils
Red Clover
Red clover is a common meadow flower. Its extract contains isoflavones, biochanin A among them.
- On a list as
- Trifolium Pratense (Clover) Flower Extract
- What it does
- Botanical in lash and hair serums
- Where it comes from
- Plant: red clover flowers
- Vegan?
- Yes
Why it’s in a formula
It appears in lash, brow and hair serums because of research into isoflavones and hair follicles. That research is early, and was done on scalp hair rather than lashes.
- On our list it sits beside acetyl tetrapeptide-3 and dextran, a pairing sold to formulators as a ready-made complex for hair and lash serums.
- We don't claim it grows lashes. The serum that contains it has no prostaglandin analogues.
Where you’ll find it at Divina
Read from each piece’s published ingredient list. One piece.
Le Sérum Cils
Lash & Brow Serum — 6g
$48
Listed as Trifolium Pratense (Clover) Flower Extract
Vegan, going by its list
Questions
Does red clover grow eyelashes?
There is no strong evidence that it does on its own. The interest comes from early research on hair, usually with red clover combined with other ingredients.
Is red clover lash serum safe?
Red clover extract is a gentle botanical. Unlike prostaglandin lash serums, it isn't known to darken eye colour or the eyelid.
How we know: every ingredient list on this site is the manufacturer’s own, read piece by piece and shade by shade, and the pieces above are worked out from those lists each time the site is built. Ingredient names and functions follow the EU’s CosIng database. This page describes cosmetic ingredients; it isn’t medical advice.
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