{"id":5266,"date":"2007-07-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.dev\/?p=5266"},"modified":"2021-02-11T11:51:31","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T16:51:31","slug":"nail-polish-allergy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/nail-polish-allergy\/","title":{"rendered":"If You&#8217;re Allergic to Nail Polish&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/wp\/images\/nail-polish.jpg\" alt=\"Nail polish often causes allergic reactions.\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/>If you&#8217;re allergic to nail polish, you can still have great-looking, healthy nails without using it.<\/p>\n<p>Linda McCloud of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beyondallergy.com\/skin-allergies\/allergy-to-nail-polish.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">beyondallergy.com<\/a> writes that nail polish smells so strongly because of the phthalates, solvents, formaldehydes, fragrances, preservatives, and dyes. That&#8217;s a lot of chemicals! The odor of nail polish is intolerable for many people with nasal allergies.<\/p>\n<p>Nail polish can affect the skin, too. Nail polish allergy symptoms normally include redness and itchiness around the nails, but reactions may include asthma-like symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>McCloud says that no nail polish is really safe to use; since nail polish is a cosmetic, it is not screened by the FDA.<\/p>\n<p>To get great-looking nails naturally, follow these simple steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Keep your nails clean.<\/li>\n<li>Soak them in warm water and soap.<\/li>\n<li>File them once a week.<\/li>\n<li>Use a nail buffer to add shine and get rid of ridges.<\/li>\n<li>Use half of a lemon as a buffer to add extra shine.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re allergic to nail polish, you can still have great-looking, healthy nails without using it. Linda McCloud of beyondallergy.com writes that nail polish smells so strongly because of the phthalates, solvents, formaldehydes, fragrances, preservatives, and dyes. That&#8217;s a lot&hellip; <\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-categories\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/category\/allergy-tips\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Allergy tips<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[189],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5266"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5266"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15990,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5266\/revisions\/15990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}