On a morning beach stomp the other day, a mate told me about Soigné’s eco nail varnishes.
Since I stopped biting my nails (a symbol of anxious times) a couple of years ago, I love to paint my short nails ritualistically. For me, to paint my nails is a stamp of fanciness, a moment of glamour and expression of mood – dark green for thoughtful, brooding periods and bright pink for when I want to go dancing.
Though I refuse to plainly doom-monger, there is some evidence that carcinogens in nail varnish can be linked to problematic health. So I’ve been enjoying Soigné’s delicious colours (like the parma-violet-hued, nicely packaged ‘Ube’ and the olive green, sophisticated ‘Papillon de Nuit’), and not only because it’s vegan friendly, absent of triphenyl phosphate and other carcinogens, and made up of 85% plant-sourced natural ingredients – but because they’re beautiful.
