Comments on: Know Your Ingredients: Diazolidinyl Urea

By: beautifulwithbrains

beautifulwithbrains — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:39:03 +0000

Gwen, Diazolidinyl Urea is a preservative and is used to make product last longer. It has gained a bad reputation because it works by releasing formaldehyde, which is toxic. However, the amount of formaldehyde released is so minuscule that it doesn’t pose any risk to human health. In any case, using products without preservatives would be more dangerous as they could harbour bacteria and give people infections. Should you be concerned? Honestly, I don’t think so as it is perfectly safe. The only reason I see to avoid it is if you prefer to use natural ingredients but apart from that, it’s not bad for you.

By: Gwen Stewart

Gwen Stewart — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 05:24:42 +0000

I just purchased Serious Skin Care Olive oil products for face and body on HSN today. I was actually careless doing this, as I always read the ingredients and prefer to use products Not tested on Animals. This said..I checked the ingredients just now and Diazolidinyl Urea is listed on a couple of them, and was concerned what it actually was! I dont have allergies to skin care products, should this concern me?

Thank you.

By: beautifulwithbrains

beautifulwithbrains — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:57:50 +0000

Shanna, I’m not surprised they use it as it is very inexpensive. But as long as they didn’t claim their products to be vegan I don’t see the problem with it. I don’t mind using synthetic ingredients, although I know some people don’t like them.

By: shanna

shanna — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 10:48:28 +0000

I found this by researching the ingredients in my Bath and Body works Plumeria Lotion…. welp… all of their products contain this… and its not Vegan…fyi.

By: beautifulwithbrains

beautifulwithbrains — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 18:21:05 +0000

Jim, thanks. And how kind of you to want to help out your girlfriend, she’s lucky to have you! I’m sorry to hear she’s allergic to a few cosmetic ingredients, that’s awful! Unfortunately I don’t what else to suggest apart from reading the ingredient lists of products when she buys them so as to avoid. Avoiding Diazolidinyl Urea is quite easy as there are lots of products out there that don’t containing. The only tricky one is Beeswax as it is in so many products! You may want to check out my post on Beeswax, where lots of people came forward saying they are allergic to it and recommended Beeswax-free products that work well for them. Here’s the link: http://beautifulwithbrains.com/2008/10/25/know-your-ingredients-beeswax/

Hope this helps.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 01:21:20 +0000

Hi, I arrived at your site researching Diazolidinyl Urea. It’s one of 3 major ingredients in the cosmetics that my girlfriend uses and she was just told is allergic too. Vicki is desperately searching for alternative cosmetics. The other 2 are Methyldibromo glutaronitrite/Phenoxyethanol and Propolis (beeswax). These eliminate many of her sunscreens, lip protections, and anti-aging products. Can you advise, perhaps send links to where and/or how we can track down alternatives? Great site, btw, and your dedication is tremendous. I’m the boyfriend trying to help out.

By: beautifulwithbrains

beautifulwithbrains — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:53:54 +0000

Kanwal, you’re welcome.

By: kanwal

kanwal — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:30:30 +0000

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