Ladies, I don’t know about you, but when summer rolls around, my toes start clamoring for attention, begging to be painted. Not having painted toenails makes me feel somewhat naked.
I was thinking about this today because it is hot as a mother (almost 100F in the Bay Area), which made me immediately think that I should wear sandals… but my toes were bare!
Anyway, all of this got me thinking about nail polish. You are all, I’m sure, aware of the awful fumes nail polish emits. It’s all due to nasty chemicals like formaldehyde, toluene and dibutyl phthalate (DBP) - all of which have been linked to certain cancers, fertility problems and birth defects. And, oh, by the way, they’re not so great for the environment - not that this is a surprise.
When you toss your old nail polish bottles, they usually end up in your local landfill, where it will slowly breakdown over the years, and potentially leach into groundwater. NOT GOOD!
Who knows how many millions of nail polish bottles are sitting in our landfills today. I shudder at the thought.
The best solution is for you to stop wearing nail polish. If you can’t do that, then look out for “organic” nail polishes. They’re not totally chemical-free (from what I understand) but they’ll at least be a little less toxic than the standard nail polish that you can buy at your local drugstore.
If any of you have any good product suggestions, please leave a comment.
I would love to hear about products that you have good luck with. I also stoped using Proactive because of all the harmful chemicals in that, if know of any organic facial regimen like cleanser, toner and moisturizer. That would be great. I bought Gorgeously Green and she has some products in the book but I would like to see if anybody has used any.
thank you
Hi CincySteph, I will definitely post more as I try new organic products. Please let me know if you come across any good ones!