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- Mel, selected from Delicious Living
- January 9, 2009
- 11:00 am
- 9 comments
There is a happy medium between shiny, bright, toxic red holiday fingernails and scruffy unloved fingers. Skip the salon and go natural–make your nails look beautiful with these non-toxic tips from Nonie Crime, creative director of Butter London natural nail salon based in Seattle.
• Remove old polish with acetone-free remover that contains protein to strengthen nails and lanolin to moisturize.
• Wash and dry hands thoroughly.
• Scrub dirty nails with a soft-bristled toothbrush and a paste made of 1 tablespoon baking soda and a few drops of water.
• Shape with a file.
• Brush cuticles with vitamin-E-rich oil, which helps heal and condition, and let sit for two minutes. With your finger, gently rub in oil, pushing cuticles back and exfoliating dead skin. Wash hands.
• Battle winter dryness by massaging 1/2 teaspoon of olive oil into hands. Dab off the excess with a clean towel.
• Gently buff nails with a three-sided buffer. To avoid stripping away too many layers, use the gray side once a month, the pink side once a week, and the white side as needed to add shine.
• If desired, apply a translucent polish that doesn’t contain toxins, such as toluene, formaldehyde, or dibutyl phthalate.
Delicious Living is the go-to resource for the natural and organic lifestyle, helping readers eat well, live green, and stay healthy. Visit deliciouslivingmag.com for more articles and free recipes.
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By Linda DiProperzio, Delicious Living
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9 comments
+ add your ownone of my nails is half bluish and other half pinkish. what shall I do about it?
my nails are dry and look unhealthy! please help me whats the best that I can do for it.
Hey, just like Allison below, I would love a suggestion for a natural nail polish. I just bought nail polish remover last night, and it is non-acetone and has proteins which after reading this blurb, appears to be a good thing. Yay! Still would love to know the true difference between acetone and non-acetone.....
thanks for the tips. i try really hard but my nails are a wreck, i eat very well and get plenty of vitamins, but they are just rotten!
the vitamin e oil really works. I poke a hole in a vitamin e supplement and sqeaze the oil out and rub into skin.
i didnt know that epsom salt was so good how do i go about it for treating fungus nail
I am a nurse and have to constantly wash my hand. Any suggestions as to what natural products I could make to make my hands younger and prettier?
Zoya is a good brand and is available at some salons and Whole Foods
I love this article! Any suggestions of a brand name of nail polish that is natural?
Go out and play,
Allie
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