I only paint my nails a few times a year, maybe that’s why
it hasn’t been my highest priority to find a “clean” replacement for the toxic
bottles I have at home. Then I read an
article in my Whole Living magazine about a lady in New York who started her own non-toxic line
of nail polish "Priti NYC" and it got me thinking about it.
Why bother with non-toxic nail polish?
3 of the ugly ingredients in regular nail polish
(ALL of these are rated a 10 on the 0-10 hazard scale on the
EWG Website):
1.) Formaldehyde- AKA: FORMALIN; FORMIC ALDEHYDE;
MERTHALDEHYDE; METHANAL; METHYL ALDEHYDE; OXOMETHANE; OXYMETHYLENE.
Effects: Known human carcinogen,
Known human immune system toxicant, Known human respiratory toxicant