Shellac nail polish

[slseaweed]

Anybody have a nail polish allergy/sensitivity and try the 'Shellac' nail polish? I'm wondering if it gave you allergy symptoms like a regular nail polish does. I've heard that it does not because it is 1) hypoallergenic 2) once cured, it does not seap out any allergens/chemicals. Thanks in advance.

 

[Chasey_Lane]

I have never heard of a nail polish allergy. Interesting.

Anyway -- I love the Shellac system. I have soft nails, and the Shellac does wonders for my nails!

 

[aps45819]

Shellac is scraped from the bark of the trees where the female lac bug, Kerria lacca, Order Hemiptera, Family Coccidae[1] secretes it to form a tunnel-like tube as it traverses the branches of tree. The insects suck the sap of the tree and excrete "stick-lac" almost constantly. The raw shellac, which contains bark shavings and lac bug parts, is placed in canvas tubes (much like long socks) and heated over a fire. This causes the shellac to liquefy, and it seeps out of the canvas leaving the bark and bug parts behind. The thick sticky shellac is then dried into a flat sheet and broken up into flakes when dried, or dried into "buttons" (pucks/cakes), and then bagged and sold. The end-user then mixes it with denatured alcohol on-site a few days prior to use in order to dissolve the flakes and make liquid shellac

 

[foodforthought]

Is shellac available for your toes also? Do they do it at the foreign nail salons? And does anybody know how much it costs? Im interested in trying it because my pedicures dont last worth the money I pay for them!!

 

[slseaweed]

Yes, you can do Shellac on your finger and toes. I am getting mine done at Michaelango's. I'm not sure what other places locally provide that service. I personally would not go to one of those "Nail Salons", if they even do this type of service.

I get my nails done tomorrow, so we'll see how I like it after tomorrow.