Ingredients

Many popular nail polishes on the market today still contain toxins including the infamour toxic trio:

  1. Formaldehyde: a carcinogen. Can irritate the eyes, nose and throat, and lead to skin irritation and dermatitis.
  2. Toluene: dry or cracked skin; headaches, dizziness, and numbness; irritated eyes, nose, throat, and lungs; damage to liver and kidneys; and harm to unborn children during pregnancy.
  3. Dibutyl phthalate (DBP): linked to infertility, uterine cancer and testicular cancer. Exposure can affect thyroid function, and in utero exposure is linked to reproductive problems in baby boys and decreased sperm count

But, the toxic buck doesn’t stop there. Nail polish can also contain other harmful chemicals, such as camphor; linked to liver damage and formaldehyde resins. Add to this, the acetone and synthetic fragrance found in most nail polish removers and it’s enough to cause headaches, dizziness, irritated eyes, skin, and throat, affect the nervous system, cause liver damage and sometimes lead to cancer.

Selenia Beauty’s nail polishes are handmade one by one and they are all cruelty-free, vegan-friendly (unless stated otherwise) and 10-FREE.

 

What is 10-free?

Many nail polishes found in stores may contain toxins. There is a list of 10 ingredients that are considered "toxic" that may be included in nail polishes and bases. The 10-Free Nail Polishes avoids those ingredients.

10-Free polish does NOT contain:

  1. Formaldehyde
  2. Toluene
  3. DBP
  4. Camphor
  5. Formaldehyde Resin
  6. Xylene
  7. Ethyl Tosylamide
  8. Parabens
  9. Phthalates
  10. Fragances

 

There are a few alternatives to a 10-free nail polish. See this list for reference:

  • 3-Free polish does not contain dibutyl phthalate, toluene or formaldehyde.
  • 5-Free polish does not contain dibutyl phthalate, toluene, formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin or camphor.
  • 7-Free polish does not contain dibutyl phthalate, toluene, formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin, camphor, parabens or xylene.


So what’s inside a Selenia nail polish bottle?

Butyl Acetate, Ethyl Acetate, Nitrocellulose, Adipic Acid/Neopentyl Glycol/Trimellitic Anhydride Copolymer, Acetyl Tributyl Citrate, Isopropyl Alcohol, Acrylates Copolymer, Stearalkonium Bentonite, N-Butyl Alcohol, Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer, Benzophenone-1, Silica, Alumina, Trimethylpentanediyl Dibenzoate, and good intentions.