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Giveaway: Piggy Paint nail polish for your “Green Girl” April 24, 2009

This giveaway is now over – Congratulations Jennifer!

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Recently, I wrote about my search for safer nail polish. Traditional nail polish contains formaldehyde, toluene, and dibutyl phthalate. These are chemicals I wouldn’t want a young child or myself to breath in. One of the safer options I found was Piggy Paint, which doesn’t contain these harmful chemicals. In addition, all Piggy Paints do not contain:

  • phthalates
  • biphenyl A
  • ethyl acetate
  • acetone

Piggy Paint’s water-based formula comes in 13 colors that any girl (big or small!) would love to try. They’re odorless, hypoallergenic, and dry to a hard, durable finish. They also offer a nail polish remover that is:

  • non-toxic
  • odorless
  • made from natural ingredients
  • contains no acetone
  • hypoallergenic
  • biodegradable
Piggy Paint

Piggy Paint

Piggy Paints can be found at online retailers and retail stores. But now through May 15, 2009, you can receive a one time only 20% discount off your purchase of Piggy Paint products through their web site. Just use the discount code “TryingGreener”.

Lucky you: One reader will win a $30.00 gift certificate (one time use) to Piggy Paint’s web site! You can enter a total of 5 times – leave a separate comment for each entry.

  • Leave a comment on this post for your first entry saying which color your “green girl” would love to try. Only one comment per person will count as an entry.
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This giveaway is open to US residents and will end on May 1, 2009 at 12 midnight, EST. The lucky winner will be chosen by Random.org and will be notified by email. If the winner does not respond within 3 days, a new winner will be chosen. Good luck!

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I feel pretty, oh so pretty! March 20, 2009

I would say that I keep things pretty basic with the daily beauty products I use. I don’t have a ton of makeup that piles up or multiple shampoo bottles to choose from in my shower. I do, however, like to wear perfume and nail polish occasionally. In fact, I’ve found that when I do wear nail polish, it helps me to want to keep my hands from looking like they wash dishes all day long – it reminds me to pamper them a bit more. The problem is that I stopped wearing nail polish after hearing how much of  it contains formaldehyde, toluene, and dibutyl phthalate.

There are some safer options out there, though. Some of them, I found online like Suncoat and Piggypaint. However, I was able to find one product that I think is easily accessible to many people.

Nicole, made by OPI, is free of DBT, toluene, and formaldehyde and their glass packaging is recyclable. The Nicole line comes in both the traditional nail polishes in the glass jars, called Nail Lacquers, and brush on pens, called Nail Sticks. Both options come in many, many colors and are available at Walmart, Target, Walgreens, Meijer, Longs Drugs, and Harmon Discount Health and Beauty.

I tried the Nail Stick alone without a top or bottom coat and found it to last respectably for 5 day. Pretty good, if you ask me.

Nicole Nail Sticks

Nicole Nail Sticks

I also purchased Soy Polish Remover from a local “green store” near where I live made by Pritti. Its ingredients are soy ester, corn ester, orange oil, and vegetable glycerin. Their DBP, toluene and formaldehyde free nail polish and polish remover can be purchased through Amazon.

Priti Nail Polish Remover

Priti Nail Polish Remover

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