Loving the Earth, One Piggy at a Time!

I can't wait till the day when I can paint Katie's nails! I thought I was going to have to wait for a while because of the toxicity of many nail polishes and removers. Much to my delight, there is a company called Piggy Paint, who make non toxic, odorless, kid friendly nail polish and remover.

The founder of Piggy Paint had this to say about her product:

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My name is Melanie Hurley, founder of Piggy Paint™. I am a stay-at-home mom with two very fancy little girls, ages 2 and 4, who love to have their fingernails painted. I’ve always hated the thought of my kiddos putting their hands in their mouths after I painted their nails with traditional kid polishes. Not only did the ingestion of the chemicals worry me, but the smell nearly left me light-headed after painting two sets of fingernails and toenails.

One day while we were painting nails over a foam plate, my daughter dropped a glob of her solvent-based polish onto the plate. Shortly after, the paint began to bubble and “ate” through the plate. I looked in dismay at the hole in the plate and decided to test all of her other “kid” polishes on the foam. Within minutes, ALL of the solvent-based polishes began to bubble and eventually left big holes in the plate. From that day on, I decided that any flammable substance that could eat through foam was unacceptable for my children’s fingernails, which would inevitably end up in their mouths.
My quest was on, and Piggy Paint™ was born. As you may have guessed, our polish is NOT flammable and sits beautifully on the unaffected foam. We hope you enjoy this water-based polish that is specially formulated of natural ingredients. Finally, a kid-friendly polish without the accompanying drawbacks of traditional polishes. It is free of formaldehyde, toluene, phthalates, biphenyl A, ethyl acetate and acetone... and made in the USA!"

I feel so much more comfortable knowing that this polish is safe for my little girl. Now if I could only get her to sit still long enough to actually paint her nails.....Maybe when she sleeps.

Piggy paint comes in over 10 delightful colors with the cutest names such as, Twinkle Toes (a shimmering silver), Mac and Cheese Please (a vibrant orange color) and Angel Kisses (a soft pink).

Piggy Paint would make a wonderful stocking stuffer for the little princess in your life!

You can purchase Piggy Paint at http://www.piggypaint.com/shop.php

Piggy Paint is generously offering my readers 15% off with the coupon code MUSE15L expiration January 31, 2010. It is good for anything on the Piggy Paint website including sale items!

Although Piggy Paint provided me with the product to review, I was in no other way compensated. All opinions and statements are my own unless otherwise stated.