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Health & Fitness

Pretty Polished Nails & My “Not so Flashy” Experience

I recently had an embarrassing discovery, my manicurist, Daniel removed my nail polish routinely as he does every 5-7 days and I looked down to see yellow nails.  I nearly shrieked with disgust...”Why are my nails yellow?”  Daniel, a New York State Licensed Manicurist at Coco Nail Spa in the Rye Ridge Shopping Center, answered back calmly, “Jill you never let your nails breathe, you always have nail polish on them, your nails are suffocating!”  Daniel was correct, According to New York City-based dermatologist Dr. Ariel Ostad, a possible cause may be the harmful chemicals in nail polish.  Harmful chemicals may include Formaldehyde.

How to get rid of yellow nails was easy.  The solution was extremely easy and obvious yet being in the Beauty Industry - this was not a beautiful solution.  The solution was to go bare...no nail polish and let my nails breathe.

I disregarded Daniel’s response and got my usual 2 coats of Esse, Vanity Fairest.  The next week I proudly walked into Coco and told Daniel I was ready to go bare.  I went nail polish free for nearly 6 weeks.  My yellow nails grew out beautifully.  My natural nail was pearly white with natural pink undertones...I was very proud!
  
During the interim of growing my nails out I recalled a past field trip with the Advanced Makeup Course to INGLOT Company.  INGLOT Company was established over 25 years ago by Wojtek Inglot, a young chemist working at that time in R&D department in pharmaceutical company.  His principal objective was to produce high quality products at fair and reasonable prices, using only the best possible ingredients and raw materials from the most reputable suppliers.  All Inglot cosmetics are produced within the European Union and 95% of them are manufactured in our own state of the art production facilities.  INGLOT Company just launched the world’s first ever Breathable Nail Enamel ensuring better health care for nails while enhancing their beauty.  This product changed my life!!  I could wear nail polish and not suffocate my nails!  

I highly reccommend INGLOT’s Breatheable Nail Polish to everyone!  Enjoy the diverse selection and your nails will Thank You!!

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