Natural Nail Polish – We’re not going to go there in 4 ways, but what helps most of our nail polishes to be so perfect are the solvent-type chemicals, also used in classic paints, which give this smooth appearance and make them so easy to apply a few gestures and brush strokes. But, of course, it wasn’t always like that. Varnish has been around in China since about 3000 BC. Under the Ming dynasty, nail polish was then made with natural ingredients:
Modern-day nail polish is quite different! Raise your hand if you’ve ever tried to remove semi-permanent gel polish. Only to find that you’re also removing some of the keratin from your nail. Have you ever pulled your nail polish to see that your nails now look yellow? Yes, manicuring can wreak havoc on your nails, and even more so because of the harmful chemicals that are the basis of most nail polish formulas.
What do you need to be careful of on a “chemical” level? There is the “toxic trio” consisting of: