So several weeks ago ago, I was newly pregnant and finger-deep in those soap and water bowls that they soak your hands in while you're having a manicure. As I was looking around, a sign on the wall in the boutique caught my eye.

It was an advertisement for Zoya nail polish and it was outlining the benefits of using Zoya when pregnant: It's free of all those nasty chemicals in regular polish that supposedly aren't safe to breath in - especially when you aren't pregnant. (The product listing notes these chemicals are: formaldehyde, toluene or dibutyl phthalate.)

I figured what the heck, and selected a color from their selection of Zoya polishes. The first thing I was excited about is that it didn't have the nasty smell of normal nail polish, which was great as I was starting to get morning sickness that was set off by smell. Second, it applied and lasted like normal nail polish - which was my only concern with it. ("Will this peel in two days?" No, it didn't peel any sooner than any other polish on my nails does.)

So I thought I'd pass it along to you all - pregnant or not - as, who wants to smell and use nasty chemicals when there is a more natural option. You can select from an array of colors on Amazon.com, and it ranges from $5-9 a bottle.