Personal Care
R3 has independently scored 8 nail polish products for safety on a 0 to 10 scale. The average safety score is 9.5/10, 7 score 9.0 or higher, and Toxin-Free Nail Polish leads the category at 10/10.
Across the 8 nail polish products R3 scored, safety scores range from 8.1/10 to 10/10, with a median of 9.8/10. The distribution below shows how many land in each safety band.
Highest safety score
Toxin-Free Nail PolishSafety 10/10, the top of 8 nail polish products R3 scored.
Lowest safety score
CĂ´te Nail PolishSafety 8.1/10, the lowest in the set, scored the same way as every other product in the category.
Safety accounts for 25% of the overall score for nail polish in R3's scoring system (version 1.0.0). Every product in this category is scored against the same published criteria, so these numbers are comparable across the whole set. See how we score products.
| # | Product | Safety | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toxin-Free Nail Polish | 10.0 | 9.9 |
| 2 | Ella + Mila Professional Nail Polish (17-Free) | 9.9 | 9.8 |
| 3 | Good. Kind. Pure. Nail Polish (16-Free) | 9.9 | 9.8 |
| 4 | Olive & June Long-Lasting Nail Polish | 9.9 | 9.9 |
| 5 | Dazzle Dry Nail Lacquer | 9.7 | 9.5 |
| 6 | Patent Shine 10X Nail Lacquer (10-Free) | 9.1 | 8.9 |
| 7 | Zoya Nail Polish | 9.1 | 8.9 |
| 8 | CĂ´te Nail Polish | 8.1 | 8.0 |
Source: R3 (2026). Safety scores on a 0 to 10 scale across 8 independently scored nail polish products.
R3 has independently scored 8 nail polish products for safety, with an average safety score of 9.5/10 and a median of 9.8/10. Scores range from 8.1/10 to 10/10.
Toxin-Free Nail Polish has the highest safety score among the 8 nail polish products R3 scored, at 10/10. 7 of 8 score 9.0 or higher on safety.
Safety accounts for 25% of the overall score for nail polish in R3's scoring system (version 1.0.0). Every product in the category is scored the same way, against the same published criteria.