Review (2/5): Questionable ingredients
When I read the product page, it sounded like this foot cream had some of the same ingredients as some of my favorite lotions, so I thought it would help soften my rough, cracked feet. It wasn’t until the package arrived that I saw what was REALLY in this product, and I was NOT pleased. However, I was willing to give it a try.
Aside from the aloe, green tea leaf extract, water and coconut oil, many ingredients in this cream are kind gross or not helpful. The complete list is: urea, salicylic acid, deionized water, green tea leaf extract, coconut oil, dodecane, cetearyl alcohol, polysorbate 60, clyceryl stearate, PEG-100 stearate, cetyl alcohol, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, tea tree oil, glycerin, propylene glycol, carbomer, xanthan gum, ethylhexylglycerin caprylyl glycol, hexylene glycol, phenoxyethanol.
The gross part is the main ingredient: 40% urea—a major component of urine. Salicylic acid is used in wart-removing solutions because it exfoliates your skin. Dodecane is a chemical used in jet fuel which can cause skin, eye, and respiratory tract irritation. Alcohol dries out your skin. Xanthan gum is just a thickening agent made of corn. I am personally allergic to that and stearates. And the other chemicals are kind of sketchy, too.
I tried this stuff on my feet for a couple of weeks, applying before I went to bed and wearing socks to protect my sheets. I really didn’t see any significant change in the condition of my feet than when I apply regular alcohol-free lotion. It makes no sense to me that anyone would use this stuff so full of questionable chemicals, paying $27 for a little pot of this cream, when a regular bottle of lotion works just as good or better and goes for a fraction of the cost.