LemmyLaqueristas: A Nail Polish Community!

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A place for all lovers of nail polish! All Reddit refugees from r/Redditlaqueristas, r/nails, r/malepolish, and similar communities welcome! I am new to moderating so please bear with me. If anyone with moderating experience would like to help shape this community, please let me know! I would welcome the help! I am just hoping to recreate a similar community to my favorite subreddit.

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New to polish, question about yellowing (self.lemmylaqueristas)

submitted 11 months ago by dirthawker0 to c/lemmylaqueristas

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I started to polish my nails about 6 weeks ago. When changing polish I've noticed my nails getting yellower at the tips. I've read that the offending ingredient is nitrocellulose, which my base coat has (OPI natural nail) and probably the other coats as well (Essie, Seche Vite). My color polish is typically a light/natural pink.

So my question is, what if anything un-yellows the nails? Should I leave off the polish for N days? Filing (which I don't really want to do as my nails are pretty thin already)?

Thanks and happy new year

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[–] indomara 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You might consider trying gel nail polish, the type that cures with a light. It's the only type that never caused yellowing. It also tends to last a lot longer.

[–] dirthawker0 1 points 11 months ago

That's good to know. I've been kind of reluctant to add more stuff so early in a new routine, and I'm on the older side so the "normal" air drying polishes I fooled around with as a teen are just more familiar and comfortable.