Anywhere you go in the world today, you see women with nails that are painted in so many different colors and designs. Nail polish dates back to the 1920’s when the first modern day nail varnish was invented by the Charles Revson Company. This particular invention has impacted the cosmetics market for women, because every women who wants to be stylish and express themselves in a fun way, buys nail polish. Nail varnishes have many components to make it both safe and user friendly. Some of the chemical components consist of: film forming agents and resins such as nitrocellulose, tosylamide and formaldehyde. Also, plasticizers are used for flexibility and solvents to keep the polish in a liquid form, along with different pigments for colors and shine. There are many more components that go into nail polish that will be explained later in this paper.
Nail polish may seem like a simple invention in today’s world but think about the process inventors went through to make it user friendly and safe. One of the main components in nail polish is nitrocellulose. Nitrocellulose is a long lasting film forming agent. (Madnani 2012) It’s made from nitrated cellulose derived from plant cells. Cellulose is a naturally occurring component in the cell wall of green plant, most often cotton plants. Fibers of the cotton are ground so small that they don’t have to be removed from the product.(Winkler 2013) Cellulose is nitrated to form an ester, thus, nitrocellulose if formed. Nitrocellulose is one of the most useful film forming agents known for coatings, film, ink and adhesive industry. (“Cosmetics Info” 2013) It is used in nail polish for its durability, toughness, solubility and quick solvent release under ambient drying conditions. Also used bec...
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...plasticizers are made from fatty acid, a carboxylic acid with a long aliphatic tail, and castor oil. Another reason resins and plasticizers are important is because they hold the color pigments together. (Winkler 2013) Nail polish is a suspension meaning the colors can only be held together for a short time.
Obviously, nail polish is more complex than you would think. Nail polish has many components that have made it user friendly and safe, but since the first nail polish was created it has come a long way. From changing ingredients that were unsafe, to adding components to make it more durable, nail polish is an amazing invention. Making nail polish took many trials until they got it right, and since then it has been an extremely successful invention. Because of these reasons and different components, nail polish is one of the best inventions in the world today.
Acrylic nail is an artificial nail which is glued on the natural nail. These acrylic nails are formed by combining a liquid (EMA, i.e., Ethyl Methacrylate or MMA, i.e., MethylMethacrylate) and a powder. The nails made of EMA are generally more long-lasting and flexible than those made of MMA. MMA nails might be cheaper, but often they cause skin irritation. So it’s always recommended to go for acrylic nails made up of EMA.
Since glitter is so hard to remove, I started with two coats of a glue-based base coat. After that dried, I painted two coats of Cover Girl's Lav-endure polish. I was disappointed with the consistency of this polish which was streaky and thin. After two coats, there were splotchy streaks that showed some of the nail underneath. I would have needed three or four coats for a perfectly opaque manicure. Even though I have a large selection of Cover Girl polishes, I tend to avoid using them unless I need a specific color, or I'm using it as a base of sorts. In this case, the lavender was only a base for the glitters.
Historically, the purpose of a cosmetic product, which include personal hygiene products, skin care product, make-up and perfumery product, was to decorate and modify the appearance and odour. Although originally its purpose was essentially to enhance the appearance and odour , cosmetic products have gradually developed towards more functional role and continue to gain the capacity to cleanse, dramatically modify, protect and maintain in good condition. Cosmetic product are intended for application on the skin, external mucous membranes, hair ,and nails and to have a local effect , it is not intended to respond to metabolical needs , and is not the function of the cosmetic
Many girls like to use nail polish to paint their nails, but how about as a libation? This is the case for 25-year-old Bertha, who drinks nail polish when she gets thirsty. Her favorite "flavors" are anything with glitter and the color blue.
The evolution of make-up has quite the turbulent ride, beginning approximately six-thousand years as means of protection and to aid health and has now evolved into a multi-billion dollar industry. During its evolution, make-up has been declared illegal, immoral and in some instances was deadly. Today, makeup comes in thousands upon thousands of colors, textures and is even specific to skin type and race.
If you either put on a Band-Aid or stuck a Post-It note on your window you have encountered adhesives. Some inventions have given birth to other inventions, other inventions have found new uses. This is the case of the family of cyanoacrylates.
Pilot G2 gel pens are very popular for all types of use, from jotting down an ingredient on a shopping list to creating a black and white masterpiece. The Pilot G2 is ergonomically designed for comfortable use and with their new "Dynamic Gel Ink Formula," the ink decreases the amount of smudging and increases the fluidity of the pen. However, curiosity sparks and asks, "What secrets lie behind one of the best-selling gel pens in America? What is in the gel?" Pilot, as a company, is economically friendly and the gel in the pens has friendly ingredients.
...ng coat alone increases opacity and decreases the possibility of the paint chipping off. Additionally, using thin layers of the polish product will help the unkind smell of lacquer to dissipate quicker.
Dip the nail art brush in the diluted acrylic paint and apply it diagonally on the nails. Don't worry, you don't have to be precise with this step because quartz crystals have "feathery" lines inside them that make them look ethereal. You have to mimic the same kind of imperfect lines on your nails.
Painting your nails is a very easy thing but a lot of people do it wrong so they end up having ugly or bumpy nails when they’re done. To prevent that from happening you’re going to need nail polish remover, a nail file, some napkins or any type of cloth (even cotton balls will work), and lastly your nail polish; the color or brand does not matter what matters is the way you do it. With these easy steps you can have very smooth, beautiful nails instead of the bumpy, ugly ones.
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Many individuals visit nail salons to get manicures done by a professional nail artist, while others design their nails in the comfort of their own homes. The only thing they have in mind when they are painting their nails is how beautiful they are going to look like after they are done. They don’t think of the consequences of using nail polish has on their health. They don’t know that nail polish is toxic and can damage their health, and possibly even kill them. According to scientific studies, excessively applying nail polish has adverse effects on human health, due to the chemicals and toxins that are contained in nail polish mixtures.
"Some History and Background on Cosmetics." Some History and Background on Cosmetics. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Nov. 2013.
from different resins. In order to recycle plastics, the different types must be kept separate.