INCI Name :
HYDROXYETHYL UREA
Commercial name(s) / Supplier(s) :
Akzo Nobel (which sold out National Starch, initial supplier of this ingredient) supplies this ingredient under the commercial name Hydrovance.
Chemical structure :
Properties :
According to the supplier (here and there), Hydrovance
According to Unilever’s Vaseline Sheer Infusion website, Hydroxyethyl Urea hydratest the “deepest layers of the Stratum Corneum”.