Students Invent Vanishing Nail Polish
A nail varnish that “vanishes” has been developed by a group of school pupils – offering girls the chance to beat bans on makeup.
The nail colour is a vivid red outdoors – but inside it transforms to a much paler shade which can hardly be seen.
The dramatic change is caused by a chemical reaction between the varnish and the ultraviolet light in natural sunlight.
The polish was devised by pupils from Albion High School, Salford, who thought the “vanishing” colour may help them beat the school’s ban on nail polish.
They came up with the idea while working on an enterprise project with Paul Haywood and Sam Ingleson from Salford University’s school of art and design.
The academics were so impressed with their work that they have continued to develop it.
Mr Ingleson, a special projects officer, said: “We asked the students to think about products that would have a relevance to them and to research it.
“This led them to thinking about nail varnish – because of the high number of nail salons in the area, they thought it made good business sense.
Photo by Mensyn.
LoveInventions.com on April 6th, 2008 12:28 pm
You’ve got to love the lengths school kids will go to defy their teachers.
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