April
2008
Tips for Lime Hand Care
Between the ages of 10 and 22, playing the piano was a very important part of my life. I also grew up a country girl with three younger brothers and a mom with tom-boyish tendencies. I really didn’t care about my nails. All that I needed was for them to be short.
For my junior and senior year proms, I got short fake French-manicured nails. Very chic. The nails would click on the keys of the piano when I played. They never stayed on for more than a day after the dance.
Ever since, I’ve never been into doing fingernails - I’ll paint my toes, though, and that’s why I thought this find was interesting.
I wasn’t aware that there is such a thing as water-based fingernail polish. Apparently there are a lot of chemicals that are bad for your fingernails in regular fingernail polish. Water-based polishes harden as the water evaporates, rather than relying on evaporating chemicals. If you choose to use water-based polishes, you should also use a soy-and-corn-based polish remover, since the regular acetone-based won’t work very well.
The two products that are recommended in Natural Solutions magazine are Honeybee Gardens (how cute is that?!) and Suncoat Nail Polish Remover (another happy name!).
Another problem I’ve had is dry cuticles. Always with the dry cuticles. I’ve heard that soaking them in olive oil for a few minutes helps. Lately I’ve been using this shea butter balm from Gilden Tree - an organic spa product company based in Omaha. I usually just use it before I go to bed, which helps a lot.
My nails will always be short, but if I’m thinking about painting them LIME I’ll definitely go with the water-based version.
Share your tips as well! Thanks.
Now that’s a find indeed! I never wear nail polish at all but these products I might try for those times when painted fingernails might add to the glamour!
Suncoat nail polish is the bomb. I’ve been using it for a few months. It is rather hard, okay, like impossible, to remove with regular nail polish remover, but I just don’t ever take it off. It is sold at Whole Foods. They have cool colors, too.
Oooh– I’ll have to look into that. Also not a big nail-polish girl, though I do like to keep my toes done in the summer. It would be nice to know I had some that wasn’t horrendously bad for me. Of course, then I’d have to figure out what to do with the polish I have…
Hi Annie,
Can’t help at all on this topic sorry. But I just wanted to say you have a great blog here - nice design and some excellent advice within your articles.
Peter