The Claim: Remove a Tick From Your Skin by Burning It
New York Times, NY - Jul 4, 2005 Smothering Vaseline or nail polish on the tick is also a bad idea, since it can be hours before it dies from suffocation. As a precautionary

Bachelor pad: Lack of polish shines forth in mani-pedi outing
Lansing State Journal, MI - Jun 22, 2005 As soon as we walked in, I got lightheaded from the fumes coming from the thousands of jars of mostly red nail polish. After avoiding