Organic Nail Salons
💅 Are you looking for a safe place to get a manicure or pedicure in LA?
I avoid nail polish salons for many reasons: because generally, they are a toxic environment, unhealthy to breathe for us and the workers.
😷 Do you recognize that strong, recognizable smell that drifts outside onto the street from nail salons? Don’t inhale it! It can be a sign of airborne toxic chemicals. Nail salons contain air quality that is hazardous to both customers and workers.
🙅I don’t support nail salons. More than 375,000 nail technicians work in salons across the United States and face health hazards. According to the United States Department of Labor:
“Workers exposed to chemicals found in glues, polishes, removers, emollients and other salon products may experience negative health effects such as asthma and other respiratory illnesses, skin disorders (e.g. allergic contact dermatitis), liver disease, reproductive loss, and cancer. Nail salon workers can be exposed to biological hazards if they come into contact with infected skin, nails, or blood from a co-worker or client. Diseases that can result from exposure to infected blood include hepatitis and AIDS. Nail salon workers can also get fungal infections, such as athlete’s foot, from clients.”
Nail salons are a hazard to us and to the workers. Do not bring your kids into the salon. Paint your nails and your children’s nails at home in a ventilated area, using the safest nail polishes that you can possibly find.💅
They also put in our hand’s skin and nails undisclosed products, which result even in more toxins for us. It is just not worth it because we want to have the nails done.
I always recommend having your manicure and pedicure at home, with open windows in a ventilated space, even better out the door, in your garden, or balcony if you have one.
Lastly, this is my current recommendation for a place to go for a manicure in LA. It is less smelly than traditional nail salons. It has an open space, and it is well ventilated. Normally nail salon’s smell reaches us until sidewalks, they are just not eco-friendly, healthy, or well ventilated.
Note: their nail polish is not my favorite since it has some ingredients that I personally avoid.
You can see the ingredients listed below. You can learn more about safer nail polish on this page,
My best suggestion for you is to have your nails done at home with your favorite safer nail polish, hire a manicurist and turn it into a girlfriend’s fun spa day at home.
If you still want to go to a nail salon, choose one that is well ventilated and brings your safer nail polish, organic hand lotion, Organic Nail & Cuticle Oil or cream with you, at least you know what your skin absorbing plus you won’t have surprises since their performance and the safety and color are already been proved.
I will keep updating this page with safer nail polish salons! Stay tuned!
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Côte Non-toxic Polish Remover Takeoff Towel
💅🏻 I have those and I found them to be great for travel. they are small single-use towels, they won't leak in your luggage and take very small space. Each box comes with 8 towels
They are acetone-free nail polish remover towels with an orange scent.
They are gentler and less drying than other conventional nail polish removers!
Côte's non-acetone takeoff towels will gently wipe away polish, giving you a clean nail bed without any chalky residue.
I found it very convenient to keep it in your beauty kit or in your bag when in rush.
This brand has a very cute nail salon.
INGREDIENTS: PROPYLENE CARBONATE, ALCOHOL DENAT, EQUISETUM ARVENSE (HORSETAIL) EXTRACT, ROMARINUS OFFICINALIS (ROSEMARY) LEAF EXTRACT, ALOE BARBADENIS LEAF JUICE, GLYCERIN, TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, WATER, NATURAL TUSCAN BLOOD ORANGE OIL BLEND
Eco Gloves Compostable Gloves
🍃Looking for truly non-toxic and eco-friendly gloves? 🌎
👉Conventional disposable gloves are made from plastics that end up in landfills for 1000+ years!!💨They release toxins, poisoning us and the environment. Also, they are derived from oil and gas, so they feed the toxic system of refining and processing oil and gas, polluting our air, water, and land.
👉Greenwashing disposable gloves pretend to be eco when they are not. They may have not legit certifications.
💚Approved Eco-friendly gloves. Here is the solution: eco-friendly gloves, certified by the best organizations!
✅ 100% non-toxic, Biodegradable, compostable, latex-free, PVC-free, phthalate-free, powder-free, and approved for food contact!
These organic gloves are recommended if you are dealing with eczema, chemical sensitivity, dermatitis, or other skin irritation or allergies.
🌿The plant-based biopolymers are not only strong and durable but break down in composting environments. They break down in about 90 days and cause no harm to the environment. Compostable products yield CO2, water, 💦inorganic compounds, and biomass that leave no visible, distinguishable, or toxic residue.
They are clear, lightweight, and 100% compostable gloves. Made from bio-based starchy vegetables and enhanced with natural Advanced Bipolymer Technology (ABT), they will decompose within 90 days in a compost environment.
- ✅ Compostable in a Couple of Months
- ✅ Breaks Down Into Rich Soil
- ✅ Non-toxic (and leftover compost is free of toxins)
- ✅ Heavy Metals-free and Fluorine-free
💁♀️Founded by a woman who cares about the planet and delivered to us in convenient packaging.
💚Hopefully, more restaurants, professional kitchens, and grocery stores will carry eco-friendly gloves.
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MATERIAL: 100% compostable gloves. Made from bio-based starchy vegetables
Huella 10-Free Vegan Nail Polish
This is one of my favorite non-toxic nail polish brands.
✅10-free nail polish and it is important to check that they don’t contain:
❌Benzophenone-1: toxic ingredient, used to block color fading, linked to endocrine disruption and carcinogen reported by the California Proposition 65 warning. Present in many “natural and cleaner nail polishes” which are greenwashing!
Choose a better nail polish brand!
There are just a few nail polish brands I recommend brands and Huella is one of these
Our demand and choice for safer products will shape the market giving greenwashing companies no option but to offer better products and be more transparent with the consumers!
Which brand do you use? 💚
💅🏻 10-Free™ vegan nail lacquer uses an innovative formula, specifically designed to give you flawless coverage & brilliant shine. These versatile, chip-resistant colors are handcrafted without the use of the common toxic-10 ingredients. Each bottle of lacquer includes a professional-grade flat brush to give you an even application with every stroke.
🌷 This Professional Nail Lacquer is handcrafted without the use of the following toxic & questionable ingredients, commonly found in other nail polishes.
INGREDIENTS: Butyl Acetate, Ethyl Acetate, Nitrocellulose, Acetyl Tributyl Citrate, Phthalic Anhydride / Trimellitic Anhydride / Glycols Copolymer, Isopropyl Alcohol, Stearalkonium Hectorite, Adipic Acid / Fumaric Acid / Phthalic Acid / Tricyclodecane Dimethanol Copolymer, Sucrose Acetate Isobutyrate, Citric Acid
Piggy Paint Nail Polishes
🌸 From the founder of SOPHi Nail Polish the non-toxic nail polish company for kids, here is the fancy nail polish version for kids: Piggy Paint. 🏆my number one kids' nail polish recommended brand!
🔎Many greenwashing nail polish brands claim to be non-toxic when they still contain ❌ benzophenone-1, an endocrine disruptor listed under the California Proposition 65 warning!
👉I avoid going to nail salons since the air quality is not regulated. I prefer salons with outdoor areas and when I book a manicure I bring my nail polish!
🌿Check my favorite and approved nail polish brands with promo codes on my organic nail polish page.
🍃Piggy Paint is a non-toxic, vegan, cruelty-free, and virtually odorless nail polish. It’s safe for all ages and a great alternative to solvent-based nail polishes! Great for your fury babies too!
These nail polishes are not only free from formaldehyde, toluene, phthalates, bisphenol A (BPA), and ethyl acetate, but they are non-flammable, odorless, and hypoallergenic!
🌸Made in the USA, vegan, and cruelty-free!
INGREDIENTS: Water, Acrylates copolymer, Neem Oil. May also contain the following colorants (depending on shade): Red 7, Red 34, Red 28, Red 17, Iron oxide, Titanium dioxide, Ultramarines, Chrome Green, Mica, Violet 2.