Thursday, 19 January 2012

Non-Toxic Nail Polish Please


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


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

 3.)Toluene- AKA: BENZENE, METHYL-; METHYLBENZENE; TOLUOL; METHYL- BENZENE; BENZENE, METHYL; ANTISAL 1A; BENZENE, METHYL-; CP 25; METHACIDE; METHANE, PHENYL-; METHYLBENZENE Effects: Known human respiratory toxicant, Human nervous system toxicant , Human developmental toxicant, Strong evidence of human neurotoxicity, bioaccumulative and moderate to high toxicity concern in humans              
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.
Now I'm going shopping :) 
Does anyone have a non-toxic nail polish they recommend?
-Dana 


                                                       

1 comment:

  1. 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.
    -Kristin

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