Nail polish has been around for a long time, but new formulas and techniques have taken nail painting to the next level. Manicure enthusiasts can now choose from an endless variety of colors and ...

The EU deemed an ingredient commonly known as TPO as potentially toxic to humans Catherine Santino is a Style Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She began as a contributor for PEOPLE in 2022 and joined the ...

Across the pond in the UK, the European Union announced a total ban on one of the key ingredients in gel nail polish recently. Trimethylbenzoyl diphenylphosphine oxide, or TPO, enables the hardening ...

Europe has banned thousands of chemicals from being used in cosmetics—ingredients that are still legal in American beauty products. While U.S. consumers continue to apply lotions, hair dye and nail ...

Europe is known for being quite strict when it comes to regulations on beauty products. For example, they don’t allow any animal testing for cosmetics, there is a list of over 1,700 ingredients that ...

The substance, TPO, is still permitted in the United States. The European Union has banned a key ingredient found in many gel nail polishes, effective Monday, Sept. 1. The ingredient, trimethylbenzoyl ...

Women's Health may earn commission from the links on this page, but we only feature products we believe in. Why Trust Us? A common ingredient found in many gel nail polishes was just banned by the ...

In early September 2025, social media posts claimed that European regulators were going after gel nail polish. Some posts, such as this one on Instagram (archived), claimed they were banning a "key ...

Starting this week, gel polishes that contain a key chemical ingredient can no longer be used in the bloc’s 27 member countries. By Christine Hauser and Simar Bajaj Starting this week, many salons in ...

A key component in gel nail polish has been banned in Europe over fears it may cause cancer or infertility—but it remains in use across the U.S. this week. European officials designated ...