Essie
Nail Lacquer, Vernis
2020 formulationNail Polish
Cleaner pick · Safest nails we have rated
Daylogic
Nail Polish Remover Acetone free, Lavender+65 on ingredient safety
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Ingredient safety
A 95-point gap between the two loudest voices.
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Ingredient safety
95 pts apartA government authority. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →
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Independent — not funded by the brands it rates. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →
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Also screened, nothing found: ECHA SVHC Candidate List · California Proposition 65 · US NTP Report on Carcinogens · EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)
Environmental
A government authority. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →
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 →
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8 ratings · 3 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
Good33 of 41 characterized
Our sources have reference data on 33 of 41 listed ingredients; 8 are uncharacterized in our data — a gap, not a clean bill.
Worth a look (9)
ANSES CMR-listedflagged by 1 of 9 lists →
ANSES CMR-listedflagged by 5 of 9 lists →
ANSES endocrine candidateflagged by 1 of 9 lists →
ANSES endocrine candidateflagged by 2 of 9 lists →
EU microplastics-restrictedflagged by 1 of 9 lists →
EU microplastics-restrictedflagged by 1 of 9 lists →
EU microplastics-restrictedflagged by 1 of 9 lists →
EU-restricted (with limits)flagged by 2 of 9 lists →
EU-restricted (with limits)flagged by 2 of 9 lists →
No flags in our sources (24)
- BUTYL ACETATE
- ADIPIC ACID/NEOPENTYL GLYCOL / TRIMELLITIC ANHYDRIDE COPOLYMER
- NITROCELLULOSE
- ISOPROPYL ALCOHOLcommonly drying
- SUCROSE ACETATE ISOBUTYRATE
- SILICA
- N-BUTYL ALCOHOL
- SYNTHETIC FLUORPHLOGOPITE
- POLYURETHANE-11
- ETHYLENE/VA COPOLYMER
- CALCIUM SODIUM BOROSILICATE
- TRIMETHYL PENTANYL DIISOBUTYRATE
- COLOPHONIUM / ROSIN / COLOPHANE
- POLYURETHANE-33
- STEARALKONIUM BENTONITE
- DIACETONE ALCOHOL
- HYDRATED SILICA
- TIN OXIDE
- AQUA/WATER/EAU
- MICA
- CI 77492 / IRON OXIDES
- CI 77510 / FERRIC AMMONIUM FERROCYANIDE
- CI 77000 / ALUMINUM POWDER
- CI 77288 / CHROMIUM OXIDE GREENS
No data in our sources (8)
- G2014873 1: ETHYL ACETATE
- POLYBUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE BARIUM SULFATE
- CI 15880 / RED 34 LAKE CI 77491
- CI 15850 / RED 7 LAKE
- CI 16035 / RED 40
- CI 77266/BLACK 2
- CI 60725/VIOLET 2
- CI 15850 / RED 6 LAKE
Not a verdict — our authorities simply have no reference for these.
What these ingredient tags mean (1)
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, ALCOHOL DENAT
- 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.
- ALCOHOL DENAT: Denatured ethanol: a fast-evaporating solvent that thins a formula and leaves a dry finish. International Chemical Safety Card ICSC 0044, Ethanol (anhydrous), prepared by an international group of experts for the ILO and WHO: "The substance defats the skin, which may cause dryness or cracking." WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care (2009) records depletion of the skin lipid barrier by lipid-dissolving alcohols, and also that "the lipid-dissolving effect of alcohols is inversely related to their concentration". Both describe stronger exposures than a cosmetic formula.
Where this came from
Cruelty-free status recorded from peta.org ↗
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