Like so many folks, us .W-ers are getting increasingly uneasy with the amount of chemical nasties sneaking under the radar and into our everyday lives. Whilst retreating to a barricaded shack in the middle of nowhere may sometimes seem the only sensible course of action, we’re thinking it’s probably a touch more practical to start small. Enter stage left Scotch Naturals – an innovative, human-friendly nail polish that’s fervently fighting the good fight.

Billing itself as ‘the premier non-toxic, eco-friendly alternative to conventional, solvent-based nail polish’, Scotch Naturals shuns the manmade murkiness found in traditional nail varnish. As well as being free of the ‘big 3’ – formaldehyde, toluene and DBP – these little beauties also shy well clear of ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, nitrocellulose, acetone and heavy metals. Available in a range of tasty shades and with a first-shop discount of 20%, a purchase is one way of giving toxins the daintily-painted finger.