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Product score: 05

Data Availability:

Limited

OPI Nicole by OPI Vitamin Plus

OPI Nicole by OPI Vitamin Plus

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Nail Treatment

BRAND

OPI

DATA LAST UPDATED

June 2024

Ingredient concerns

See how this product scores for common concerns.

  • MODERATE
    Cancer
  • HIGH
    Allergies & Immunotoxicity
  • HIGH
    Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity
  • HIGH
    Use Restrictions

Ingredient scores

Ingredients are scored based on their formulation and concentration in this product. Click on an ingredient for more information.

Ingredient score: 01
ETHYL ACETATE
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) perfuming, solvent, fragrance ingredient
CONCERNS • Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (high)
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Ingredient score: 01
BUTYL ACETATE
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) masking, solvent, fragrance ingredient
CONCERNS • Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (high)
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Ingredient score: 01
NITROCELLULOSE
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) film forming, film former, suspending agent - nonsurfactant
CONCERNS • Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate)
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Ingredient score: 01
ADIPIC ACID/ NEOPENTYL GLYCOL/ TRIMELLITIC ANHYDRIDE COPOLYMER
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) film forming, film former
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Ingredient score: 02
ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) antifoaming, perfuming, solvent, viscosity controlling, antifoaming agent, fragrance ingredient, viscosity decreasing agent
CONCERNS • Allergies/immunotoxicity (low)
• Enhanced skin absorption
• Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate)
• Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (high)
• Occupational hazards (moderate)
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Ingredient score: 02
PROPYL ACETATE
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) perfuming, solvent, fragrance ingredient
CONCERNS • Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate)
• Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (high)
• Occupational hazards (moderate)
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Ingredient score: 02
TRIMETHYL PENTANYL DIISOBUTYRATE
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) plasticiser, plasticizer
CONCERNS • Persistence and bioaccumulation (moderate)
• Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate)
• Ecotoxicology (low)
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Ingredient score: 05
TRIPHENYL PHOSPHATE
Data Availability: Robust
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FUNCTION(S) plasticiser, plasticizer
CONCERNS • Allergies/immunotoxicity (low)
• Neurotoxicity (moderate)
• Endocrine disruption (low)
• Multiple, additive exposure sources (moderate)
• Ecotoxicology (low)
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Ingredient score: 03
BUTYL ALCOHOL
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) denaturant, perfuming, solvent, fragrance ingredient
CONCERNS • Allergies/immunotoxicity (moderate)
• Use restrictions (moderate)
• Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate)
• Ecotoxicology (low)
• Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (high)
• Occupational hazards (high)
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Ingredient score: 01
STEARALKONIUM HECTORITE
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) gel forming, viscosity controlling, suspending agent - nonsurfactant
CONCERNS • Contamination concerns (NITROSAMINES and FREE AMINES)
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Ingredient score: 02
STEARALKONIUM BENTONITE
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) gel forming, viscosity controlling, suspending agent - nonsurfactant
CONCERNS • Use restrictions (low)
• Neurotoxicity (low)
• Endocrine disruption (low)
• Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate)
• Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)
• Contamination concerns (SILICA, CRYSTALLINE (QUARTZ))
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Ingredient score: 04
BENZOPHENONE-1
Data Availability: Good
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FUNCTION(S) uv absorber, ultraviolet light absorber
CONCERNS • Allergies/immunotoxicity (moderate)
• Endocrine disruption (moderate)
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Ingredient score: 01
CITRIC ACID
Data Availability: Good
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FUNCTION(S) buffering, chelating, masking, chelating agent, fragrance ingredient, ph adjuster
CONCERNS • Use restrictions (moderate)
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Ingredient score: 02
DIMETHICONE
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) antifoaming, emollient, skin conditioning, skin protecting, antifoaming agent, skin-conditioning agent - occlusive, skin protectant
CONCERNS • Use restrictions (moderate)
• Persistence and bioaccumulation (high)
• Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate)
• Ecotoxicology (low)
• Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)
• Contamination concerns (CYCLOPENTASILOXANE and CYCLOTETRASILOXANE)
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Ingredient score: 02
TOCOPHERYL ACETATE
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) antioxidant, skin conditioning, skin-conditioning agent - miscellaneous
CONCERNS • Cancer (low)
• Developmental/reproductive toxicity (low)
• Allergies/immunotoxicity (moderate)
• Contamination concerns (HYDROQUINONE)
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Ingredient score: 04
RETINYL PALMITATE (VITAMIN A PALMITATE)
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) skin conditioning, skin-conditioning agent - miscellaneous
CONCERNS • Cancer (moderate)
• Developmental/reproductive toxicity (high)
• Use restrictions (high)
• Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (low)
• Biochemical or cellular level changes (high)
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Ingredient score: 01
WATER
Data Availability: Robust
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FUNCTION(S) solvent
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Ingredient score: 01
BUTYLENE GLYCOL
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) humectant, masking, skin conditioning, solvent, viscosity controlling, fragrance ingredient, skin-conditioning agent - miscellaneous, viscositydecreasing agent
CONCERNS • Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (moderate)
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Ingredient score: 02
SACCHAROMYCES/ IRON FERMENT
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) skin conditioning, not reported
CONCERNS • Enhanced skin absorption
• Persistence and bioaccumulation (high)
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Ingredient score: 01
ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C)
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) antioxidant, buffering, masking, skin conditioning, fragrance ingredient, ph adjuster, skin-conditioning agent - miscellaneous
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Ingredient score: 01
CI 77499
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) cosmetic colorant, colorant
CONCERNS • Enhanced skin absorption
• Persistence and bioaccumulation (high)
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Ingredient score: 04
FD&C Yellow No. 5 (CI 19140)
Data Availability: Good
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FUNCTION(S) colorant
CONCERNS • Cancer (low)
• Developmental/reproductive toxicity (low)
• Allergies/immunotoxicity (moderate)
• Neurotoxicity (moderate)
• Endocrine disruption (low)
• Persistence and bioaccumulation (moderate)
• Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate)
• Contamination concerns (BIPHENYL-2-YLAMINE, CADMIUM, and 1-napthylamine)
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Ingredients from packaging:

Ethyl Acetate, Butyl Acetate, Nitrocellulose, Adipic Acid/Neopentyl Glycol/Trimelitic Anhydride Copolymer, Isopropyl Alcohol, Propyl Acetate, Trimethyl Pentanyl Diisobutyrate, Triphenyl Phosphate, Butyl Alcohol, Stearalkonium Hectorite, Stearalkonium Bentonite, Benzophenone 1, Citric Acid, Dimethicone, Tocopheryl Acetate, Retinyl Palmitate, Water, Butylene Glycol, Saccharomyces Iron Ferment, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), CI 77491, CI 19140

Product's animal testing policies

Some cosmetics companies have taken People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and Leaping Bunny animal-testing pledges. For consumers who are concerned about companies’ policies on animal testing, Skin Deep reports this information.


PETA Cruelty-free Companies

Companies that join the "Caring Consumer" program of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, a leading international animal rights advocacy organization, attest that "neither they nor their ingredient suppliers conduct or commission any animal tests on ingredients, formulations or finished products, and that they pledge not to do so in the future."

LEARN MORE ON PETA.ORG

Understanding scores

Cosmetics and personal care products are not required to be tested for safety before being allowed on the market. The Skin Deep® scoring system was designed to help the public understand whether a product is safe to use or whether it contains ingredients of concern.

Every product and ingredient in Skin Deep gets a two-part score – one for hazard and one for data availability. The safest products score well by both measures, with a low hazard rating and a fair or better data availability rating.


HOW WE DETERMINE SCORES

Hazard score

The Skin Deep ingredient hazard score, from 1 to 10, reflects known and suspected hazards linked to the ingredients. The EWG Verified® mark means a product meets EWG’s strictest criteria for transparency and health.

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WEIGHT-OF-EVIDENCE APPROACH

A product’s hazard score is not an average of the ingredients’ hazard scores. It is calculated using a weight-of-evidence approach that factors in all of the hazards or health impacts associated with the ingredients.

Data availability

The Skin Deep data availability rating reflects the number of scientific studies about the product or ingredient in the published scientific literature.

NONE LIMITED FAIR GOOD ROBUST
Low Availability
Moderate Availability
High Availability
NONE

Ingredients have not been assessed.

LIMITED-FAIR

There is only a modest volume of research.

GOOD-ROBUST

Ingredients have been studied extensively.

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