I’m in nail tech school rn and slowly building up my own kit. Is olive and june non toxic or is that marketing? I keep seeing it repped as one of the cleaner brands but then I hop online and half the reviews are people saying their nails went weak and peely after a few weeks.
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‘Clean’ doesn’t mean it can’t cause an allergic reaction or that the fumes are fine to breathe all day. Olive & June is a regular nail polish brand that leaves out certain ingredients.
The peeling reviews don’t prove toxicity though. Prep, removal habits and wear time can all cause that.
For your kit, read the ingredient list and Safety Data Sheet for each product and test it on practice clients before buying a lot.
Olive and June is a 7-free polish. It leaves out formaldehyde, toluene, DBP, formaldehyde resin, camphor, xylene and ethyl tosylamide. “Non-toxic” has no regulatory definition in the US though.
The weak, peely nail complaints are a separate issue (see this)… Polish ingredients don’t usually weaken the nail plate, constant wear and acetone removal do and so does skipping a base coat. I used their system for about a year with no problems, but I gave my nails a bare week every few sets.
For a school kit I wouldn’t worry about the “free” number. A solid base coat and learning gentle removal will do more to protect your clients’ nails.
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