Nail varnish. What do you think about it on children?

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Is it okay to put it on small, preschool children? Assuming they have asked for it and is part of some well-thought out holiday play scheme/considered parenting approach to behavioural issue.

Or is it unsafe and cheap and frankly a wee bit suspect to paint the toe nails of a four year old?

Or is it just fun occasionally and ffs just polish after all?

DD(4) loves to have girly nights with mummy when DS is playing footie with Dad.
We have a bath and paint each others nails and its lovely to spend that time pampering each other. Pale pinks and lilacs though not racy red as we like to keep it subtle
She knows she can put make up on any time for around the house at dressing up time but if we have to go out she wipes it off her self.
I dont in any way find nail polish or make-up sexual, just girly and thats fine with me.

My 2.8 DD currently has gothic black toenails. That's hardly sexual!

My (almost) 5 year old DD is allowed to wear children's nail polish for parties and special occassions... It simply washes off in the bath, so is not trouble to remove it and a lot of it is clear nail polish with sparkly bits in it, although she has got some garish colours too. Can't see any harm in it myself.

my little one is obsessed with makeup. i don't wear it, but her grannies do and they always give her a little. i'm a bit disgusted with myself, but i think it's quite cute as she gets so excited. i've got her some lip gloss in the hope she will stop using felt pens as lipstick when granny not around but does anyone know where you can get peel off nail varnish.

If I'm doing my nails and DS asks me to paint his tow nails too then I will, nad have done so for years. He's 5 now.

TBH I cannot think of a single justifiable reason to say "no" to his request.

Hi! Just wanted to alert you all to the fact that children's nail polish may not be very safe (www.toysafety.net/2005/fdacosmeticspetition.pdf). Adult make-up seems to have little, if any, safety standards (pregnant and lactating mothers see this! www.naturalfamilyonline.com/go/index.php/412/safe-natural-nail-polish/ ) and children's may not be much better with dodgy chemicals which may be more harmful if ingested!! Even 'big name' companies that we grew up with seem to put profit before safety. Perhaps washable felt pen might be better for little kiddies and limited informed use for older kids.
Why can't mums rule the world???

It's the only way I can cut dd's nails! Our rule is only pale colours on fingernails - anything goes on toes

I never had a problem with pale pink nailvarnish for DD 11. I used to put a little glitter on her face for a party and that was it. ELC used to do the peel off nailvarnish, don'tknow if they still do.
Last weekend she went to a makeover party for the first time.She had a little pale eye shadow, pale lipstick and navy blue nails.
She loves that nailvarnish so I may get her some for christmas.

don't remove with anything - you must let it just fall off

on young children it's fine to me, older girls once they start puberty/developing then NO..

Until they're 15/16 and it's back to being fine again.

I think it is horrible-luckily I don't have DDs.

Whats the problem with using acetone based nail polish remover? (sorry, probably being a bit dim here)

It's just fun. The teacher in my dd1's preschool put nail varnish on all the children, they were aged 3. No one had a problem with it. I just had a problem with the colour

I think it's weapons-grade naff, but probably harmless.

my two boys love their nails being painted..however daddy does look shocked when they want to paint his....heehee

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hmmm....
dd and i have had a lovely time today. earlier i painted her nails five different colours, she chose them. then later, we curled her hair using tongs. lovely lovely mummy dd time.
she is notyet six. and cant have nail polish on normally because of school. and i dont like using heat onher hair, as itis so beautiful anfd full of health, i dont want to damage it. but it was just such a lovley time together

My 3.5 year old daughter saw me painting my tow nails and wanted me to do hers, I thought why not? no one will see it anyway. She loved it but a month later and it still hasn't come off. I won't be doing it again.
If it was summer and she'd be wearing sandles there's no way I'd paint her tow nails.

Do you all forbid your children from having their faces painted at the Christmas fair etc?

Nail varnish on 4 year old toes is very sweet . And, more to the point, totally harmless and reversible (unlike MacDonalds ).

oh, and dd is allowed makeup on weddings. and reallly big important parties.
but
i dont let her near childresn make up. she gets to use the decent stuff i use, and my sisters use. mac, clinique, benefit. she also knows all about ensureing she has removed it from her face before goign to sleep. much better in fact than some adulst si know.

i think it is soo cute when little ones want to be like mummy. my ds (4) has had pink toe nails more than once and i am considering buying my dd (18 months) some peel off children's varnish.(i don't like the idea of nail varnish remover though) Imo it is just a bit of fun,(as is a bit of blusher and lipgloss to accompany a cinderella dress!) personally i think it is stretching it to suggest nail varnish on a toddler is associated with sexuality