Christina+M14

Christina M. 2013 - 2014
 * DETERMINING THE CHIPPING TIME OF PRE-MADE AND HOME-MADE NAIL POLISHES **

**ABSTRACT **
The purpose of the experiment was to see if mixing two nail polishes together to make a color would last longer and be stronger than buying the pre-maid nail polish color. The hypothesis was that when the dark polish and white polish are mixed together to get a lighter color that it is also pre-made and put on my nail the mixed nail polish will be stronger because it's two nail polishes mixed together to make one nail polish. Rather than one pre-made nail polish on its own. A nail polish brush from an Essie nail polish bottle was cleaned with nail polish remover. Next a dark color of nail polish was mixed with white until it got to the pre-made color that it was trying to duplicate. Then nail polishes (pre-made and homemade) were painted on the nail just made polish on one hand and the pre-made polish on your other hand. Then a picture was taken every day for a week. Finally after a week the project was done over again expect the hand the type of nail polish was on was switched. The hypothesis was confirmed that the home-made nail polish chipped less than the pre-made polish. The average amount of nail polish the home-made chipped was 17%, while the average amount the pre-made chipped was 22%.

EXPERIMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS AND FUTURE EXPERIMENTS
There are many ways to improve the experiment, more colors could be tested, the experiment could go on for a longer period of time, or there could be more test subjects to have the experiment performed on. Future experiments would include testing home-made nail polishes from different brands to each other, or/and finding the dry time of different nail polish brands.

To read the complete ISP Paper for this experiment, click on the PDF file link below