• Toxins Enter Your Blood: Nail polish contains solvents that, actually increases the skins absorption of its ingredients.

  Researchers at Duke University tested the urine of every woman who volunteered to polish her nails for a study and found toxic ingredients in their body within 10 to 14 hours of getting their nails polished. The levels continued to rise until they reached a peak about 20 hours later.

• Dangerous Fumes Inhaled: Nail polish and polish removers emit fumes proven to be very harmful.

  Breathing acetone for a short amount of time can irritate your nose, throat, lungs and eyes. It can also cause confusion, a faster pulse, effects on the blood, passing out, anotho-coma, and a shorter menstrual cycle in women.

A Few Dangerous Ingredients of Other Nail Polishes

• Acetone greatly affects the cardiovascular system.
• Triphenyl Phosphate is endocrine-disrupting, linked to diabetes, asthma, cardiovascular disease, infertility issues, thyroid problems, increased cancer risk, autism and a lower IQ.
• Toluene effects the nervous system (brain and nerves), human reproductive system, can cause liver and kidney damage. Breathing high levels during pregnancy has been shown to result in birth defects and to retard mental abilities and growth.
• DBP is banned in Europe and is detrimental to heart health and overall blood circulation.
• Formaldehyde is recognized by the National Cancer Institute as a potential cancer-causing substance.
• Parabens is a preservative, and is known to cause breast cancer.
• Lead harms almost every organ system in the body.