Have you considered using coconut oil and making an emulsion. There are lots of books on making your own cosmetics which is really what this is. You might even find something online. PT ----- Original Message ----- From: Norton, Steve To: silver-list@eskimo.com Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 4:01 PM Subject: CS>RE: Urea for dry skin RE: Urea for dry skin - and hair
The mixture does not need to be very accurate. The 20% urea and 10% ethyl lactate are at the high end of what you can get in commercial products. The commercial products are expensive but it is inexpensive to make yourself. I just used volume measurements. For example 7 cups water/2 cups urea granules/1 cup ethyl lactate. The urea I got at a farm supply but you can also find it as a fertilizer at nurseries. The ethyl lactate I got at a hardware store as Klean Strip Green Natural Multi-Purpose Solvent. You do not need to add magnesium. I just used an existing solution of magnesium to add the stuff to as a convenience. Although the urea could possibly increase the absorption of the magnesium. Urea and lactic acid will pull moisture into the skin and work to dissolve dead skin. After applying the mixture you may want to use a moisturizing cream to prevent the moisture from evaporating from the skin if you have a bad case. My dry skin is from aging and not hereditary. Although I guess old age could be considered as hereditary. :>) - Steve N From: mborg...@att.net [mailto:mborg...@att.net] Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 11:07 AM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: EXTERNAL:Re: CS>RE: Urea for dry skin RE: Urea for dry skin - and hair I also have extremely dry skin,inherited docs told me, did you have the same? When I was 12 the docs put tar all over me, trouble was they did not know how to get it off, I must say it was extremely painful, they used gasoline to take the tar off. Thank you for the extremely useful information, in your opinion, what measurments should I use? Mary
