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Pure speculation! The science behind nail polish

May 25, 2013 By Michelle 30 Comments

Pure speculation! The science behind nail polish

There are a few common sciencey questions I get asked a lot, and for some of them, I have a strong suspicion on how they work, but I can’t confirm it properly (without misappropriating university resources, anyway). So here’s a post where I speculate about how things work, which may or may not turn into…

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Filed Under: Nails, Science Tagged With: active ingredients, chemical, crackle, nails, Q&A, Revlon, science

NOTD: Gold and black crackle

December 21, 2011 By Michelle Leave a Comment

NOTD: Gold and black crackle

My boyfriend suggested this when I received my China Glaze Cracked Medallion in the mail from eBay, and despite my initial skepticism (his other good ideas include things like rainbow board shorts and jumping off tall buildings in wingsuits), I think it turned out really well! It’s alternating gold crackle over black, and black crackle…

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Filed Under: Nail Art, Nails Tagged With: China Glaze, crackle, nail art, nails, ulta3

NOTD: Ancient urn

December 14, 2011 By Michelle 2 Comments

NOTD: Ancient urn

A simple NOTD today. This has the distinction of being the only manicure of mine that a 70 year old man has complimented 🙂 Unfortunately since it was so simple, I wasn’t too impressed by it until I recevied compliments on it, but by then it was all chipped and nasty. So only one picture…

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Filed Under: Nail Art, Nails Tagged With: China Glaze, crackle, nail art, nails, W7

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Hi! I'm Michelle, chemistry PhD and science educator, and I'm here to help you figure out which beauty products are worth buying, and which ones aren't using science!

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