Comments on: Manicure 101: Manicure Clean Up Tips

By: WitchHazel

WitchHazel — Thu, 12 May 2011 02:10:02 +0000

This series was great – loved it! I recently adopted the 3 stroke painting method a couple of months ago and it changed my home manicures FOREVER. I never thought I'd be able to paint my nails (esp. my right hand) so neatly. I've never thought of using a brush for clean up (I usually use Q-tips, which I can't get super close to the nail without messing up my polish) so this is another tip I'm excited to add to my nail routine. Thanks for these posts! 😉

By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 11 May 2011 22:32:53 +0000

White Coat-
In my review of the medical literature (I'm a MD), there are no current studies implicating Acetone as a carcinogen and in fact, acetone is produced by the body. Here is a MSDS sheet I found on-line for acetone, and it matches the one my husband (a medical researcher at Michigan) has in his lab. It is in fact an irritant, but not a carcinogen.

Thanks Summer!

By: Summer

Summer — Wed, 11 May 2011 21:16:31 +0000

This is so helpful! I'm loving your blog I just followed today and I'm not regretting it!!

By: White Coat

White Coat — Wed, 11 May 2011 21:08:21 +0000

Acetone has been implicated as a potent carcinogen. I'd reconsider using 100% acetone.