Essie
Base Coat All-in-One (2020 formulation)
Nail Polish
Cleaner pick · Safest multi-function nails we have rated
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2-in-1 Nail Glow Nail Care Coconut Extract+53 on ingredient safety
Ingredient safetyRaters agree
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Ingredient safety
A 69-point gap between the two loudest voices.
25Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependent
vs94Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependent
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Ingredient safety
69 pts apartA government authority. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →
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A government authority. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →
A government authority. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →
Independent — not funded by the brands it rates. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →
Also screened, nothing found: ECHA SVHC Candidate List · EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI) · US NTP Report on Carcinogens · IARC Monographs
Environmental
Also screened, nothing found: EU Microplastics Restriction
Labor
Run by a nonprofit. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. This rates Essie as a company and applies to everything they make, not this product alone. Checked this week. about this rater →
Coverage & match quality
7 ratings · 2 of 4 axes
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- Fewer raters reach smaller-brand products, so a missing rating is not a clean bill of health, only a gap.
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Ingredients, decoded
Data availability
Robust16 of 18 characterized
Our sources have reference data on 16 of 18 listed ingredients; 2 are uncharacterized in our data — a gap, not a clean bill.
Worth a look (3)
Carcinogen-linkedflagged by 5 of 9 lists →
ANSES CMR-listedflagged by 1 of 9 lists →
ANSES endocrine candidateflagged by 1 of 9 lists →
No flags in our sources (13)
- BUTYL ACETATE
- NITROCELLULOSE
- ADIPIC ACID/NEOPENTYL GLYCOL/TRIMELLITIC ANHYDRIDE COPOLYMER
- ISOPROPYL ALCOHOLcommonly drying
- N-BUTYL ALCOHOL
- ARGANIA SPINOSA OIL / ARGANIA SPINOSA KERNEL OIL
- TRIMETHYLPENTANEDIYL DIBENZOATE
- PANTHENYL TRIACETATE
- TOCOPHERYL ACETATE
- DIMETHYL SULFONE
- POLYVINYL BUTYRAL
- HELIANTHUS ANNUUS SEED OIL / SUNFLOWER SEED OIL
- MAGNESIUM ASCORBYL PHOSPHATE
No data in our sources (2)
Not a verdict — our authorities simply have no reference for these.
What these ingredient tags mean (2)
These describe what an ingredient is, not whether it is a problem. The stance marks above are the ratings; these are not.
commonly dryingISOPROPYL ALCOHOL
- ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL: A fast-evaporating solvent with a drying finish, common in toners and hand products. International Chemical Safety Card ICSC 0554, Isopropyl alcohol, prepared by an international group of experts for the ILO and WHO: "Repeated or prolonged contact with skin may cause dryness and cracking." It describes a stronger exposure than a cosmetic formula.
retinoidRETINYL PALMITATE
- RETINYL PALMITATE: A gentler vitamin A ester that the skin converts to retinol. SCCS Opinion on Vitamin A (Retinol, Retinyl Acetate, Retinyl Palmitate), SCCS/1576/16, which assesses retinyl palmitate by name; EU Regulation (EC) 1223/2009 Annex III entry 376 covers it in the same group as retinol.
Where this came from
Cruelty-free status recorded from peta.org ↗
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