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

  • dirthawker0@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    11 months ago

    That’s one of the things I read is that yellowing doesn’t really matter all that much if you’re always wearing polish – it’s not actively damaging your nails in any way. My color was pretty sheer and I was lazying it as a fake French manicure, where you could see the white part of the nail contrasting with the nail bed – but it doesn’t look as good when the nails have a yellow tinge that shows through.

    • sissiEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Yeah, that’s true, that’s the only thing that actually bothers. I’ve started using the Essie smooth-e base coat which is quite “milky” so it sort of color corrects it enough. I think there’s bases that are specifically meant to do this, and you can probably use a sheer polish to achieve the same! All in all with what I hear about the processes to whiten the nail, color correcting is a better long term option I think