Most of us use cosmetics on a daily basis, from shampoo to makeup to nail polish, a number of brands and products sit on our bathroom shelves.

These days many people are becoming more aware of what they use on their bodies & how it affects the environment around them. Those concerns are why the Cosmetics Safety Database was created.

Do The Right Thing

We like to promote healthy, natural options for your nails wherever possible & there are non-toxic options out there for a number of products. Avoiding highly processed, chemical items helps to protect our fragile environment and all the critters that depend on it. Not to mention, what you put on and in you is important & should be purchased with care.
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Now that we know which vitamins & minerals are good for our nails we found a bunch of recipes that will help keep them growing long & strong.

Research for these lists made us want to take up cooking and we found a great variety of yummy ideas. For ease of use, we broke our recipes into 3 categories & we’ve got you all covered. We’ve done recipes for the carnivores, the vegetarians and this week is dedicated to vegan nails.
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You had a very unique upbringing, tell us a little about it.
My mother was obsessed with tarantulas, snakes and scorpions so my brother and I shared a house with a host of them, which was pretty freaky. On the flip side my father and stepmother created and ran a wild animal sanctuary (now classed as a zoo) outside Cambridge, UK where I spent many happy and interested weekends.

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Now that we know which vitamins & minerals keep our nails healthy & strong we went searching for recipes that promote nail health.

Research for these lists made us hungry but we came up with a lot of fantastic ideas. For ease of use, we broke our recipes into 3 categories & we’ve got you all covered. Last week it was all about the carnivores, this week we focus on the vegetarians and next week is dedicated to the vegans.
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