Clinique's new Nail Polish - A Different Nail Enamel?

All the chat recently has been about the newest nail polish on the block, from Clinique. Clinique are pitching this polish – called A Different Nail Enamel for Sensitive Skins  – as just that – different, and for sensitive skins. They point out that  women touching their eyes, with nail polish on – and we touch our eyes about 200 times a day on average, apparently – can be damaging, if the nail polish has any harmful ingredients.

Nail polish, of course, is chemical-made. But three chemicals  in particular – formaldehyde, toluene, and DBP, or dibutyl phthalate – have been picked out as the most dangerous, and many nail varnish brands have announced they are ‘three free‘. Some are now ‘five free‘ – free of formaldehyde resin and camphor, which are also irritants. Clinique doesn’t make this claim in their press material anywhere, but the polishes do come in a box, with the ingredients on them, and they don’t seem to be listed. So, I guess you can be pretty sure that your Clinique polish won’t irritate your skin.

And, you can choose from an array of colours – that’s the new polish at the top of the picture, in a few shades. But what is that bottle of dark red, I hear you ask?

Well, that’s an old Clinique polish I found in a drawer – from around 2000.2001 perhaps?! Clinique discontinued their nail polish back then, but the trend for all things nail has seen them push this collection massively. They have 12 permanent shades, from neutrals like Call My Bluff, Fizzy – a gloriously ‘granny chic’ shade, to deep shades like Clinique favourite Black Honey, to gorgeous bold reds and pinks – Red Red Red and Really Rio are just lovely. They also have a collection of nine Limited Edition shades for summer – from a gorgeous yellow, to a fun blue, a fab green and my favourite – Strappy Sandals – a fab shimmery silver.

Clinique’s A Different Nail Enamel Nail Polish is available now at clinique.co.uk, and at all counters from end of May.