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Title: Question regarding the components of a chinese beauty product
Post by: thomasvdh on August 16, 2019, 03:16:13 AM

Hello there,

I recently stumbled apon a product that is being sold alot on the internet in the past few weeks and I decided to go out there and find the components used in the product to determine if they are safe for use or not. This a nail polish remover for gel nails.

Does anyone know if these components are harmful in any way:

- Polyacrylic Acid
- Citric acid
- Thiourea
- Ethyl Alcoholl
- Sodium Hydroxid
- Sodium polyacrylate
- Distilled water

Hopefully someone can clarify if this product is dangerous or not.

Thank you for your time!

Title: Re: Question regarding the components of a chinese beauty product
Post by: chenbeier on August 16, 2019, 05:51:38 AM

The only concern would be thiourea, which is a carcinogenic component. Sodium hydroxide is also a etching component. The question is how much is from everything in.

Title: Re: Question regarding the components of a chinese beauty product
Post by: thomasvdh on August 16, 2019, 01:04:42 PM

Quote from: chenbeier on August 16, 2019, 05:51:38 AM

The only concern would be thiourea, which is a carcinogenic component. Sodium hydroxide is also a etching component. The question is how much is from everything in.

Yes exactly, I need to find out how much of it is in the product. Thank you for your reply

Title: Re: Question regarding the components of a chinese beauty product
Post by: hollytara on September 08, 2019, 10:53:57 PM

Depending on how much citric acid and polyacrylic acid is present relative to the sodium hydroxide, it might be acidic or basic.  You can use a little pH paper to test it. 

Also: polyacrylic acid - sodium polyacrylate -sodium hydroxide make a buffer system.