| abstract |
A nail coating composition, which is substantially free to totally free of aromatic solvents, ketones, and formaldehyde containing resins, includes nitrocellulose, maleic modified rosin based resin, and polyester resin as the film forming polymers; sucrose acetate isobutyrate, butyl benzyl phthalate, and glyceryl tribenzoate as the plasticizers; at least one vitamin; at least one UV blocking agent; at least one protein; at least one moisturizer; at least one smoothing agent; at least one adhesion promoter; and a mixture of solvents, wherein all of the solvents in the composition are selected from the group consisting of alkanes having 4 to 10 carbon atoms, aliphatic esters having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, alkanols having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, cycloalkanes having 4 to 10 carbon atoms, cycloaliphatic esters having 4 to 10 carbon atoms, cycloalkanols having 4 to 10 carbon atoms, and mixtures of any two or more thereof. |