This project
is called Thumbs UP for Fingernails. The purpose, at first, for
this project was to test if the price of nail polish affected
the wear, but after the data was collected it showed that it wasn't
the price that mattered but the ingredients. The experiment that
displayed this information was that a subject would have their
fingernails painted with the nail polish brands that were supplied:
Alamay, O.P.I., Sally Hansen, and Wet N' Wild. The left hand was
the control for this test. From this data collected, my hypothesis,
that Sally Hansen would work the best because it contained the
ingredients nylon and silk which none of the other brands had,
was accepted. This again proving the idea that ingredients are
the substantial part of the polish product. The price could be
a factor of how well the ingredient quality was or just by how
much it took to manufacture it. O.P.I. and Sally Hansen worked
the best out of the four with an average chipping of 4 mm. (measurements
taken from the right hand for all) Alamy was next with a total
average of 4.57 mm, and Wet N' Wild last with the highest average
of 22.29 mm. Seeing how O.P.I. and Sally Hansen and going back
to the ingredient theory (how ingredients counted); It is seen
that these two brands had similar ingredients (the majority).
Therefore based on this data it appeared that if a person was
looking for the best polish (meaning it wears long) a product
containing nylon or silk would be advised from the experimental
results in this project.
