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Its can be funny how one doesn't think about normal things in their lives. As I have started to question the impact of everything in my life on the environment, I have found so many things that I didn't realize had plastic in them.  For example, nail polish. I am not sure what I thought was in nail polish, however I didn't realize that most nail polish is based on plastic compounds. As I dived more into the nail polish industry, I realized how bad it really is. Nail polish is considered a household toxic waste because of all the chemicals in it. You cannot recycle the glass bottles with any polish left in them. I've used nail polish for years and never knew these things.  I have very thin and fragile nails, and I've used polish over the years to try to make my nails stronger. While plastic nail polish does protect the nail, it isn't actually making my nails any stronger or helping in any real sense of the word.  In my looking around, I found that there are water...