Nail polish

Nail polish is a cosmetic product to be painted with the fingernails and toenails. Nail polish is available in different colors and as a clear coat. Nail polish is mainly composed of nitrocellulose, from volatile solvents and as long as there is no clear paint, of color pigments. The list of ingredients is mandatory in the European Union since 1997 and regulated in Germany by the Cosmetics Regulation.

To remove a nail polish remover nail polish is being used. For this, the area to be cleaned is treated with a wet cotton pad with nail polish remover or cloth. Nail polish as well as nail polish remover can be triggers of allergy or inflammation such as paronychia.

Nail polish is sold in most 5-15 mL glass containers. The plastic cover has at the bottom a small brush, which is immersed in a closed bottle in the paint. If the vessel screwed the lid doubles as a brush handle and applying the paint to the nail.

In addition to pure cosmetics, there are also discreet nail polishes, which serve to nail care or medical purposes. A bitter and pungent -tasting nail polish is intended to prevent children from thumb sucking and nail biting.

As a permanent nail polish or permanent Nail Polish ( PNP) colored acrylic paint is called, which can be usually worn on modeled nails.

Consistency

Usually nail polish is liquid. This fluid keeps depending on the quality of the paint at least one year. If the nail polish viscous after a certain time, pulling these threads, making the application more difficult. In contrast, acts of so-called Nail Polish Thinner.

History

The first modern nail polishes came only in the 1920s on the market. The manufacturer took over the development in the automotive industry use of pigments for paints and replaced the hitherto usual dyes and colored oils. 1932 Charles and Joseph Revson and Charles Lachman brothers founded the company and marketed Revlon nail polish made ​​with their marketing strategy successfully. Later developed Revlon lipsticks that were color coordinated with the nail polish and thus led to a boom in the lipstick industry.

When Uma Thurman wore the nail polish Rouge Noir by Chanel in the movie Pulp Fiction, the color was 1994 ever sold out the first nail polish world. Since then, certain colors are always so trendy that they are often long are not available or are even auctioned at prices ranging from several hundred Euros over the Internet.