Nail Care Marketers Scratch Controversial Ingredients From Products
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Three major nail polish manufacturers have begun reformulating their products in order to remove certain controversial chemicals listed under California's Safe Cosmetics Act (Prop 65), the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, a coalition of consumer advocacy groups, announced Aug. 30
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Olan parts with DBP
Olan Labs has reformulated its Quick & Slick line of nail polish top coats to remove dibutyl phthalate (DBP), which studies have linked to underdeveloped genitals and reprotoxicity in infants (1"The Rose Sheet" Sept. 4, 2006, p. 9). The collection is now DBP-, formaldehyde- and toluene-free, company says. Without the controversial ingredient, which is used as a plasticizer to make polishes more flexible, "the new formulation enables Quick & Slick to dry even faster and [it] has a higher shine than ever before," Olan states in a May 29 release. Last fall, major nail polish players OPI, Orly International and Del Labs, which markets Sally Hansen, removed DBP from their products. Earlier this year, OPI pledged to remove toluene (2"The Rose Sheet" April 2, 2007, p. 5)...
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