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Dye Free Find dye free beauty, skincare & household products that are free of colorants & dyes that can cause skin sensitivities.How can beauty products, intended for such a noble purpose, cause so many health concerns? True, permanent hair color, makeup, and nail polish give us an emotional boost and make us feel better about ourselves. Let us make sure, though, that we are not paying for positive emotions with our physical health. Hence, knowing the ingredients of these products is vital in making a safer choice. Today, you will learn about nail polish ingredients, namely those of the OPI nail polish Infinite Shine collection. Read on to find out what position it takes in my Nail Polish Rating List and how safe it is.
After I had a baby in 2012, I did not go back to my job as a financial analyst at the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco. Instead, I used my analytical skills and nine years of college education to make sense of home and body products. Since then, I have become a sought-after speaker and a consultant for consumers, manufacturers, and online retailers. To see what documentary film I was interviewed for, visit my About page.
As my client, you can get help with understanding how the usage of certain products may increase your potential risks. Together, we will examine your health condition, genetics, overall exposures, the methods and frequency of product applications, and stress level. I believe that stress is the biggest toxin of all.
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Furthermore, to form my opinion about ingredients, including nail polish ingredients, I look into a number of credible sources. They are reports produced by the European Chemicals Agency database, the European Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety, and the US Cosmetic Ingredient Review Panel. Plus, I pay a hefty fee to read animal, clinical, and epidemiological studies in full in the US National Library of Medicine. I also check the opinions of the Environmental Working Group (EWG), and our viewpoints are not always the same. If you use the EWG database, be sure to check out my How to Use the Skin Deep Database the Right Way post.
To begin, in 2006, OPI reformulated its nail polish to remove dibutyl phthalate (DBP). An endocrine disruptor, DBP has a rating of 10 (the most toxic) in the EWG Skin Deep database. OPI also states that its nail polishes do not contain formaldehyde or toluene. But does the absence of these chemicals automatically mean the nail polishes are safe?
You may have heard of so-called non-toxic nail polishes free of the “toxic trio” or the “Big Five.” To clarify, the ingredients that comprise the “toxic trio” are dibutyl phthalate (DBP), formaldehyde, and toluene. And the “Big Five” consists of these three, plus formaldehyde resin and camphor. But, though camphor and formaldehyde in nail polish are not good, I believe they are not the worst offenders.
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When I hear the phrase “free of” something, I look into what manufacturers use instead. What matters here is whether they disclose the substitutes and whether they are safer and have enough health safety data. Stay with me to find out what ingredient OPI nail polish uses now, after removing DBP.
DBPbelongs to a family of chemicals calledphthalates, which are added to some plastics to make them flexible. So, how do you know what substitutes to look for? Well, it is helpful to understand how nail polishes are made in the first place. For example, what is the function of phthalates in nail polishes, and will nail polishes work without them?
To answer the question, as nail polish ingredients, phthalates function as plasticizers, which are chemicals. They are added to plastics to make them softer and pliable so that they do not crack and break easily. In nail polishes, they prevent chips and cracks. Obviously, removing all of them will negatively affect the quality of the product.
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So, is it possible that when one phthalate is removed, the one that takes its place is less notorious only because it has less data, or has received less bad press? Also, does the removal of one phthalate make the nail polish non-toxic?
For starters, solvents are the carriers of the other ingredients and help the nail polish flow smoothly. There are four solvents in the OPI nail polish: ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, isopropyl alcohol, and diacetone alcohol.
According to the European Chemicals Agency database (ECHA), ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, and isopropyl alcohol may cause drowsiness or dizziness. Although these risks are more applicable to occupational settings, it is good to minimize inhalation of these solvents by applying the nail polish in a very well-ventilated room. The EWG rates them as low hazard ingredients as well.
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As for diacetone alcohol in the OPI nail polish, the EWG gives it a rating of 1 out of 10. However, the US OSHA lists various respiratory issues and even damage to liver and kidneys. Plus, it limits airborne exposure to 50 ppm over an 8-hour work shift (source). And the Cosmetic Ingredient Review Panel has not reviewed diacetone alcohol for safety yet, due to insufficient data. (This means that there is not much in the medical literature about its short-term and long-term health effects).
On the other hand, in addition to respiratory irritation, the ECHA indicates that diacetone alcohol is suspected of damaging fertility or the unborn child. Pretty serious claim, right? Nevertheless, I have not found any confirmation in other sources that it can cause this kind of harm. Aside from reporting these concerns, the ECHA does not mention exposure amounts or the routes of exposure. So, I am not sure whether it can significantly impact fertility or the fetus through an occasional nail polish application. To exercise caution, if you are pregnant or trying to conceive, you might want to stay away from nail salons.
So, the conclusion about the solvents is that they are toxic in bigger quantities. You can reduce the potential health harms by good ventilation and infrequent use of nail polish and visits to salons.
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Conversely, multiple Internet forum participants express their concern that nitrocellulose may release formaldehyde. When questions like that arise, I go to the credible sources of information to see what they say. In this case, I read the 2016 Cosmetic Ingredient Review Panel report. Because it is not an independent agency but is funded by the cosmetics industry, its conclusions are often not strict. Nonetheless, the reports are excellent sources of information, for example, about manufacturing processes and contaminants. (By the way, I have recently investigated boric acid and borax safety as there is confusion about them, too.)
So, nitrocellulose is made by
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