Nail polish paintings, ecoSCRAPBOOK & Etsy

Many of you may already be familiar with the nail polish drive that my daughter had at the end of last school year. Over 200 nail polish bottles were collected to take to Chemwise for recycling. The reason for this drive was to let people know that there are alternatives to toxic nail polish and how they can avoid adding these toxins to landfills. Read more about that HERE or visit Change Become Change, where I guest blogged about it.

Now we have all these bottles sitting in a plastic container and my daughter really wanted to paint with nail polish. We brainstormed an idea to make paintings and sell them on Etsy to pay for the nail polish bottle recycling fee.

My seven-year-old had a few painting sessions outside on the front porch, where it was breezy and well ventilated (please, if you decide to paint with nail polish DO NOT do it in your house unless you want to get a headache and a little buzz). Here she is working on one of her original paintings:

This is the big announcement I mentioned in yesterday's post: You can now see the FIRST EVER items listed at the ecoSCRAPBOOK shop: Nail Polish Paintings!!! My daughter named each one of the 9x11.5 inch paintings and you can go directly to the Etsy listings by clicking on the titles. Take a look:

The Sunset

The Big Heart

The Rolling

Mind Fly I

Mind Fly II

The Black-Eyed Pumpkin

Blood

A Christmas Tree

All of these nail polish paintings are now available for purchase at the ecoSCRAPBOOK shop on Etsy. Each original painting pays for 25 bottles of nail polish to be recycled. The paper used is acid free and was manufactured with wind power. 

So what are you waiting for? Visit ecoSCRAPBOOK and buy one or more today! (Yes, I am trying to sell you something, but it's for a good cause. And thank you so much for taking a look.)

Thanks for stopping by ScrappinMemories4U.com!

P.S. The ecoSCRAPBOOK shop will have eco-friendly scrapbooking supplies in the near future! I have a lot of ideas for this little Etsy shop so I'll keep you posted!

Nail Polish Drive Update: What's in your nail polish?

UPDATE: I'm proud to announce that my daughter has collected approximately 225 nail polish bottles to donate to Chemwise, Inc. We've been storing them in a sealed recycling container that gives off a noxious smell upon opening, after all, it contains bottles filled with toxic chemicals. My daughter is currently accepting donations and looking for sponsors to pay the $.35 cent per bottle recycling fee. If you would like to help her out, please email me at scrappindanielle (at) gmail (dot) com. Thank you!

The original post...

What's in your nail polish? Do you know there are chemicals in nail polish that can cause birth defects and cancer? Here's just a few:

Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP): An ingredient that stops nail polish from chipping and causes damage to a baby boy's reproductive system.

Nitrocellulose: Once used in automobile paint and also known as "gun cotton" in the fireworks industry.

Formaldehyde: A cancer causing ingredient that is associated with allergic reactions and asthma.

Toluene: A petroleum-based solvent known to cause cancer and can damage the immune and reproductive systems.

Should you be concerned that you are putting chemicals on your nails? That is up to you to decide.

Should you be concerned that these harmful chemicals can end up in the landfill? Yes! And you can do something about it!!

Gather together any old or unwanted nail polish bottles and take them (you can ship them too) to your local disposal facility. One place to check-out is Chemwise, a chemical recycling and disposal facility. Priti NYC, an organic nail polish company, has teamed up with Chemwise to offer a nail polish recycling program and participants can receive 15% off their next online purchase. Click here for more information.

My daughter and I have started our own nail polish drive and have placed a donation box inside her school. I encourage others to spread the word and start their own community-wide nail polish disposal collections.

The goal of our nail polish drive is to raise awareness of the harmful chemicals hiding in products that we use everyday and to let people know there are ways to dispose of these products properly. Safer, non-toxic nail polish alternatives are available and include OPI Nail Lacquer, Priti Nails non-toxic nail polish (kids collection), Spa Ritual Lacquer, Safe Nail Polish, and Honeybee Gardens WaterColors.

You can learn more about the ingredients in nail polish and other cosmetics by referring to the articles/sites below:

• Avoid the 'Toxic Trio' of Ingredients to Get Greener Nail Polish (Discovery's Planet Green website)
• Getting the Gloss on Eco-Friendly Nail Polish (EcoSalon.com)
• Nail Polish Ingredients - Should We be Worried? (GreenFootSteps.com)
  
• Skin Deep Cosmetic Safety Database (Environmental Working Group)

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Don't throw away your nail polish!

What's in your nail polish? Do you know there are chemicals in nail polish that can cause birth defects and cancer? Here's just a few:

Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP): An ingredient that stops nail polish from chipping and causes damage to a baby boy's reproductive system.

Nitrocellulose: Once used in automobile paint and also known as "gun cotton" in the fireworks industry.

Formaldehyde: A cancer causing ingredient that is associated with allergic reactions and asthma.

Toluene: A petroleum-based solvent known to cause cancer and can damage the immune and reproductive systems.

Should you be concerned that you are putting chemicals on your nails? That is up to you to decide.

Should you be concerned that these harmful chemicals can end up in the landfill? Yes! And you can do something about it!!

Gather together any old or unwanted nail polish bottles and take them (you can ship them too) to your local disposal facility. One place to check-out is Chemwise, a chemical recycling and disposal facility. Priti NYC, an organic nail polish company, has teamed up with Chemwise to offer a nail polish recycling program and participants can receive 15% off their next online purchase. Click here for more information.

My daughter and I have started our own nail polish drive and have placed a donation box inside her school. I encourage others to spread the word and start their own community-wide nail polish disposal collections.

The goal of our nail polish drive is to raise awareness of the harmful chemicals hiding in products that we use everyday and to let people know there are ways to dispose of these products properly. Safer, non-toxic nail polish alternatives are available and include OPI Nail Lacquer, Priti Nails non-toxic nail polish (kids collection), Spa Ritual Lacquer, Safe Nail Polish, and Honeybee Gardens WaterColors.

You can learn more about the ingredients in nail polish and other cosmetics by referring to the articles/sites below:

• Avoid the 'Toxic Trio' of Ingredients to Get Greener Nail Polish (Discovery's Planet Green website)
• Getting the Gloss on Eco-Friendly Nail Polish (EcoSalon.com)
• Nail Polish Ingredients - Should We be Worried? (GreenFootSteps.com)
  
• Skin Deep Cosmetic Safety Database (Environmental Working Group)