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
3 of the ugly ingredients in regular nail polish
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
2.) Dibutyl Phthalate- AKA: 1,2-BENZENEDICARBOXYLIC
ACID, DIBUTYL ESTER; DIBUTYL 1,2-BENZENEDICARBOXYLATE; DIBUTYL ESTER
1,2-BENZENEDICARBOXYLIC ACID; DBP; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE;
DIBUTYL PHTHALATES; DI-N-BUTYLPHTHALATE; BENZENE-O-DICARBOXYLIC ACID DI-N-BUTYL
ESTER; CELLUFLEX DPB; DBP (ESTER) ; DI-N-BUTYL PHTHALATE
Effects: Known human immune
system toxicant, Known human respiratory toxicant, Strong
evidence of human neurotoxicity, Human endocrine disruptor
Yuck! And those are just 3 of the common harmful ingredients in our polish. Why does looking pretty have to cost us our health?! Check out these non-toxic nail polish lines that prove we can have the best of both worlds! All of these lines are free of the 3 ingredients mentioned above, and they ship to Canada. Make sure to check out the non-toxic nail polish removers too.
Priti NYC
Suncoat (Canadian)
Honeybee Gardens
Suncoat (Canadian)
Honeybee Gardens
Now I'm going shopping :)
Does anyone have a non-toxic nail polish they recommend?
Does anyone have a non-toxic nail polish they recommend?
-Dana
Hey Dana, if you go to the OPI website, they acctually banned all 3 of those ingredients in their nail polish in 2006. And that is salon quality nail polish...definately my favorite.
ReplyDelete-Kristin