SpaRitual Nail Lacquer

Why It's Good:

The long-lasting polish collection comes in six gorgeous hues—one to suit your every mood.

Why It's Green:

SpaRitual prints all its materials on recycled paper with soy-based ink. The polish contains vegan ingredients and is free of synthetic dyes, toluene (a petroleum-based ingredient), formaldehyde (a cancer-causing chemical), and dibutyl phthalate or DBP (a chemical shown to cause birth defects).

Where To Get It:

http://www.sparitual.com | $9.00
The Intuitive line also includes Street Smart, a crystal black, and Sage, a mocha crème, which are not shown. Click here to buy, $9. Click here to find out more about SpaRitual products.

Give Yourself a Pretty Hand

It used to be that if you wanted a not-so-toxic nail polish your options were few and far between. Today, that's improving and most companies—including Revlon, OPI, and L'Oreal—have removed three of the top ingredient offenders from their polishes: formaldehyde, a cancer-causing chemical (used to strengthen nails); toluene, a petroleum-based ingredient that can damage the nervous system (used to help polish dry faster); and dibutyl phthalate or DBP, a chemical that has been linked to birth defects (used to make nail polish flexible). While we're all for fewer chemicals in all of our beauty products, we still want a polish that comes in amazing colors and doesn't chip five seconds after it dries. We've found it in SpaRitual's new-for-fall Intuitive line, which is free of the three above-mentioned nasties as well as synthetic dyes (it's also vegan, whereas some polishes contain animal by-products). The collection comes in a selection of subdued metal shades including those shown left to right: Savoir Faire (rose crème), Savant (winter white), Sharp (silvery champagne with iridescent glitter), Shrewd (a warm chocolate with silver shimmer). Pick your favorite and B.Y.O.P. (bring your own polish) to your nail salon for your next manicure so you—and your manicurist—can breathe a little easier.