Thursday, 14 April 2011

Goodbye nail polish - Hello ?

Here is a link to an interesting article from Time magazine on the Worst jobs in America (nail salon worker is up there):

http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1648055,00.htm

Essentially nail polish and nail polish remover are filled with an array of very toxic products.  ex: toluene - a carcinogenic, formaldehyde - a carcinogenic.

If you want to keep on painting your nails here are some good alternatives:  CND, ORLY, Lh Colour, ZOYA.  These products have recently been developed without some of the harmful chemicals like formaldehyde, toluene, and dibutyl-pthalate (DBP) which has been shown to make their way into breast milk.

I have chosen to go nail polish free because of these reasons and because I suck at applying it - and clearly don't want to go to a nail salon.

Free yourself!

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