This is one maker who sells garbage polish and is only in it to make money. There are 100s of other makers that actually care about their customers and only use safe ingredients. It’s not a huge audience, so reputation is everything and word travels fast.... Makers normally go through extensive months-long testing of…

There are some AMAZING independent polish brands out there that you can’t find anything like in the drug store. And they are not dangerous like these. Their companies aren’t headed by narcissistic assholes. You won’t find polish like this at CVS....

Ninjapolish and picture polish are very popular and high quality.

it’s unfortunate that this debacle is what brings the indie nail polish community (oof, so much twee in that name) into the public eye. there are tons of awesome, careful, quality polish makers out there, and this guy is the rule rather than the exception.

this was always my favorite! Lush Lacquer Birthday Cake (photo courtesy of the nail network, as LL doesn't seem to be around anymore :( )

Reputable indie companies do test. They wear and use the product. Friends and family wear test for reactions, fading, etc. These aren’t people mixing chemicals in a basement, they have labs. Unless you are Mentality many companies do care!

There are hundreds of indie brands out there. Mentality is one exception. Polish M’ is one of my favorites (@creativenailchick on instagram, there is a strong indie nail polish community there). She recently posted her ingredients after this to be transparent.

OPI’s Nail Envy is the tits!

Agreed. As not a blogger, I have a STUPID amount of indie polish from many different makers. Some are better than others, of course but this just puts a pall over all of them. Aphrodite Lacquer, ManGlaze, and KBshimmer being a few of my faves :)

Yeah, but then you miss out on super amazing polishes like this

I am actually super surprised that this even made it to Jezebel. It’s currently a huge issue within the indie polish maker community, as well as the nail art community. I’m a blogger and this is definitely one of the bigger “scandals” that I can remember in the past few years. Thankfully, I’m not a fan of Mentality so…