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Purple · Joined: 17 May 2007 Posts: 1605 Location: Albany, OH

Skinflint (Megan) caught my attention at SD when she mentioned she loves to use urea in lotions as it's a fab skin softener. i figure if she mentions it it HAS to be good! so i ordered some and have tested it in my lotion. WOW! i'd been slapping my lotion on my elbows which have been unusually dry. without urea, i THOUGHT my lotion was pretty good but for really dry skin like elbows and knees it just didn't do the job. with the urea, in 2 days, my elbows were smooth as silk! an added bonus, with my particular formula, it gives a better glide and drier after-feel. woot! another added bonus, it's cheap! note this is regular ol' "urea", not the diaz..whatever urea stuff.

anyway, thanks megan, as always, for your good advice! i sure do appreciate it. and i highly recommend the stuff for the skin. i'm using 5% in my lotion right now for my testers...

have a good day!
: ) purple
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JustJulie · Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:05 am Post subject:

Crap - now there's something else I need to try! Wink

Purple · Joined: 17 May 2007 Posts: 1605 Location: Albany, OH

har! oops. at least it's not expensive!
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Michelle · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:27 am Post subject:

Purple,

I hope its a synthetic urea. Do you know where it comes from?

*lol*
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Confused · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 777

Yeah, I've been thinking of ordering this as well.....But MAN I've got to get using all that stuff I have stocked in my basement!!! Christmas presents here we come. I need room for all of the new stuff I want to buy....

Purple · Joined: 17 May 2007 Posts: 1605 Location: Albany, OH

oops, you figured me out michelle! i've been saving up and making it myself, har! all i have to pay for is the coffee i drink to keep me in supply!

it's the really pure stuff and that's what i know...oh. my.
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JustJulie · Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:48 am Post subject:

rotfl!

peremenka · Joined: 09 Jun 2009 Posts: 3

Urea is a great humectant, and it is naturally present in healthy skin.
However,
"Despite their potent moisturizing properties, commercially viable cosmetic preparations containing urea are difficult to formulate. In aqueous systems, urea hydrolyzes steadily, such that, in less time than an ordinary product shelf-life, significant quantities of ammonia, other amines and carbon dioxide have formed in the product.

...Amines have a distinct, unpleasant odor and tend to raise the pH of the composition. ... Discoloration or other breakdown of the product, including phase separation, may also occur as a result of the hydrolysis of urea in an aqueous composition. This is completely unacceptable in personal care products."
http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?IA=US2007088808&DISPLAY=DESC

Michelle · Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:18 pm Post subject:

good! going natural is the only way I say.
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Purple · Joined: 17 May 2007 Posts: 1605 Location: Albany, OH

permenka! thanks for that link! i will read more there. i couldn't really find any info on regular ol' urea.

so, peeing down your legs in the shower is good for your legs then, har! go figure....

don't worry about my QC, michelle! i'm drinking only the finest organically-grown Hawaiian coffee made with filtered mountain spring water from the alps!
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