BitsyProspect
Well-Known Member
I am looking for a low odor or odorless nail polish that is not light cured. I am mobile and often have requests to go to hospitals, long term care homes and palliative care wards. Over the last 2 years, no one has ever commented or restricted me from using regular polish. I make sure ALL of the products that I bring to these locations are strictly scent free and I do have a product line that I have set aside for people with scent allergies.
However, on my last visit one of the nurses would not allow me to use nail polish even though I checked with everyone else in the room that it would be okay as I always do. All but one of the nurses were thrilled that I would come to do a professional manicure for a patient... except one! She made me feel like a terrible person and made my client cry (she was medicated). I had to return on another day, sneaky like a rebel to paint yellow roses on my client's nails as she has a passion for them. One of the other nurses called my cell to tell me the coast was clear to bring my nail polish in!
I visited and phoned every salon and supplier in town to find a suitable alternative. I purchased 4 bottles of a water based polish called "Suncoat Girl" that is a children's nail polish that takes forever to dry and peels right off. It was unusable. I then went online and did a bit of research. I purchased 4 colours of SpaRitual online so I wasn't able to do a sniff-test. It was not available anywhere locally as we are very limited here. It is supposed to be vegan, 5 free and low odor but really, it smells the same as any other polish. Very nice colours and consistency but I cannot add it to my scent free product line.
Shellac or gel is just not an option.
Can anyone recommend a nail polish brand that does not have an odor? There must be something out there!
However, on my last visit one of the nurses would not allow me to use nail polish even though I checked with everyone else in the room that it would be okay as I always do. All but one of the nurses were thrilled that I would come to do a professional manicure for a patient... except one! She made me feel like a terrible person and made my client cry (she was medicated). I had to return on another day, sneaky like a rebel to paint yellow roses on my client's nails as she has a passion for them. One of the other nurses called my cell to tell me the coast was clear to bring my nail polish in!
I visited and phoned every salon and supplier in town to find a suitable alternative. I purchased 4 bottles of a water based polish called "Suncoat Girl" that is a children's nail polish that takes forever to dry and peels right off. It was unusable. I then went online and did a bit of research. I purchased 4 colours of SpaRitual online so I wasn't able to do a sniff-test. It was not available anywhere locally as we are very limited here. It is supposed to be vegan, 5 free and low odor but really, it smells the same as any other polish. Very nice colours and consistency but I cannot add it to my scent free product line.
Shellac or gel is just not an option.
Can anyone recommend a nail polish brand that does not have an odor? There must be something out there!