Comments on: Should You Avoid These 3 Common Nail Polish Ingredients? https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/3-ingredients-to-avoid-in-nail-polishes/ Skincare Blog | Skincare Made Easy Sun, 23 Aug 2020 14:13:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.5 By: beautifulwithbrains https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/3-ingredients-to-avoid-in-nail-polishes/comment-page-1/#comment-106143 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:45:07 +0000 http://beautifulwithbrains.com/?p=20594#comment-106143 In reply to Sugarplum.

Sugarplum, I believe China Glaze went 3 big free a few years ago, but they still keep using a formaldehyde resin, which is not the same thing as formaldehyde and not as dangerous.

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By: Sugarplum https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/3-ingredients-to-avoid-in-nail-polishes/comment-page-1/#comment-106107 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:44:33 +0000 http://beautifulwithbrains.com/?p=20594#comment-106107 Today I wanted buy a China Glaze nail polish, wich I read is three free, but I read it contains DBP and formaldehyde, but I read in serveral blogs is three free, so….¿¿¿??? Im confused…

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By: beautifulwithbrains https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/3-ingredients-to-avoid-in-nail-polishes/comment-page-1/#comment-82596 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:22:44 +0000 http://beautifulwithbrains.com/?p=20594#comment-82596 In reply to The above chemistry nerd.

I agree with you and thanks for pointing out any mistakes. I like to evaluate ingredients and their dangers based on scientific studies. Sadly, there are lots of ingredients that get a bad reputation solely because they are synthetic when they are perfectly safe and that’s unfair. I don’t believe that companies put toxic stuff in cosmetics (they just can’t), but every now and then, I come across an ingredient that I’d rather avoid because they can irritate skin (like alcohol denat) or I just think there are better options around (like in the case of formaldehyde resin).

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By: The above chemistry nerd https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/3-ingredients-to-avoid-in-nail-polishes/comment-page-1/#comment-82510 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:44:05 +0000 http://beautifulwithbrains.com/?p=20594#comment-82510 In reply to beautifulwithbrains.

Thank you for clarifying and correcting. Your site seems to have a fairly reasonable/practical approach most of the time about what is and isn’t dangerous, so I feel like it’s important to notice errors, so your articles can maintain credibility and be taken seriously by their intended audience. Cheers!

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By: beautifulwithbrains https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/3-ingredients-to-avoid-in-nail-polishes/comment-page-1/#comment-82503 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:41:10 +0000 http://beautifulwithbrains.com/?p=20594#comment-82503 In reply to Chemistry correction.

Chemistry Correction, I know they are too different chemicals and I feel so silly now. I was meant to write Methylbenzene and didn’t realize that I had written that too already. I guess that’s one of those mistakes that are easily overlooked when you rewrite the same sentence a few times. You’re sure you’ve written everything right, but forgot to remove a bit. But thanks for pointing that out, I have fixed it.

As I stated above, I said that Formaldehyde is a toxic chemical but safe in the small amount used in cosmetics, although lots of people prefer to avoid it and I don’t like using it either. I don’t think it’ll kill me but there are better ingredients around. Tosylamide/formaldehyde resin is a different substance that has different side effects. Again, it won’t kill you, but it’s one of those ingredients that I prefer to avoid when I can.

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By: Chemistry correction https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/3-ingredients-to-avoid-in-nail-polishes/comment-page-1/#comment-82454 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 07:36:32 +0000 http://beautifulwithbrains.com/?p=20594#comment-82454 Uhh… Benzene and toluene are two different chemicals. They’re both toxic. Benzene is too toxic to be allowed in cosmetics. Toluene usually doesn’t make it into nail polish anymore but sometimes does. I agree it’s to be avoided, but it’s a different chemical from benzene. Benzene is C6H6. Toluene is C7H8.

Also, the article on this site about tosylamide/formaldehyde resin says it’s mostly safe and doesn’t release much or any formaldehyde. Why the contradiction?

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