Pretty Nails Without the Fumes

Doing your nails can be a great way to relax, de-stress, and look pretty, but the fumes found in nail polish can do a number on your health. The formaldehyde, DPB, and toluene in nail polish can cause some people severe headaches, dizziness, fatigue, skin irritations, sore throat, and even breathing problems if you are close to the nail polish for a long period of time (15 – 20 minutes). So, to rectify this problem, some manufacturers have begun to make organic nail polish.



Provida makes an organic top coat, more info about which can be found here.

Suncoat products makes water based nail polish in thirty-three great colors: suncoat products.

Zoya also makes organic nail polish, more info here.

Karma Organics also produces natural, non-toxic, chemical-free (no Toluene, Formaldehyde, or DBP) nail polish in more than 80 colors, including glow-in-the-dark shades: karma organics.

Priti Nails makes soy based nail polishes in 104 awesome colors: priti nails.

Want some great tips for doing your nails?
Check out julieg713’s channel on youtube! She has some awesome tutorials on doing many great styles from Christmas lights, to French-tip manicures, to Lady Gaga poker face themed. Here is one of my favorites, leopard print:

Leopard Print Nails Tutorial!
(Unfortunately she disabled embedding, so I can’t put it up here, but still check it out. I promise it will be worth your time!)

Stay green & beautiful, and thanks for reading!