What's in the polish?

All Hit the Bottle polishes are Vegan and Cruelty Free. 

INGREDIENT LISTING:

  • Butyl acetate, 
  • Ethyl acetate, 
  • Nitrocellulose, 
  • Acetyl tributyl citrate, 
  • Phthalic anhydride/trimellitic anhydride/glycols copolymer, 
  • Isopropyl alcohol, 
  • Adipic acid/fumaric acid/phthalic acid/tricyclodecane dimethanol copolymer,
  • Stearalkonium hectorite, 
  • Silica, 
  • Citric acid 

MAY ALSO CONTAIN:
  • Mica, Red 6, Red 7, Red 34, Yellow 5, Yellow 10, White (Titanium Dioxide), Black, Blue 1, Ferric Ferrocyanide, Aluminium and Chrome. 

All of these ingredients are cosmetically approved for nail polish. 

 

You may have seen terms like 5 FREE, 7 FREE, 10 FREE and even 20 FREE. WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?! Unless you have an extensive knowledge of chemistry it can all get pretty confusing!
Since there is no regulatory body to strictly define what these terms mean, they are open to interpretation and are often used as a marketing ploy. We don't say that we've taken out things that were never there in the first place!
 

 It is agreed upon that "5 free" means the polishes do not contain any of the following. The vast majority of modern nail polishes do not contain any of these ingredients that were used in the past. Our polishes DON'T contain them either.

  • formaldehyde,
  • dibutyl phthalate 
  • toluene 
  • camphor 
  • formaldehyde resin.

    OUR POLISHES ARE ALSO FREE OF....
      • fragrance
      • xylene (Our "Varnish without a Trace" topcoat does contain xylene) 
      • gluten - sometimes used in top and basecoats, rest assured ours are gluten free!
      • triphenyl phosphate TPHP
      • ethyl tosylamide
      • marketing ploys
      • misleading claims
      • parabens
      • sulfates 
      • GMOs
      • petrochemicals
      • coconut oil
      These last 5 ingredients have NEVER been used in nail polish!