# Nail polish and nail polish remover — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

For Nail polish and nail polish remover, carrier is USPS; restriction type is hazmat declaration required; scope is commercial package shipments; conditions is Listed by the Department of Transportation as posing a significant safety risk while being transported; $7.50 hazmat handling fee for Priority Mail; $50 noncompliance fee for packages not properly declared and labeled across all commercial packages including Ground Advantage (effective July 12 2026), recorded from its source on 2026-08-04.

- **Item category:** Nail polish and nail polish remover _(unconfirmed — we could not tie this to the quote below)_
- **Carrier:** USPS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** hazmat declaration required _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** commercial package shipments _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** Listed by the Department of Transportation as posing a significant safety risk while being transported; $7.50 hazmat handling fee for Priority Mail; $50 noncompliance fee for packages not properly declared and labeled across all commercial packages including Ground Advantage (effective July 12 2026) _(unconfirmed — we could not tie this to the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Essential oils, nail polish (and nail polish remover), perfumes and colognes, hand sanitizer, inks, stains and varnishes, hairspray, and electronics with a lithium battery are among the products listed by the Department of Transportation as posing a significant safety risk while being transported.

## Source

- https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2026/07/05/new-usps-noncompliance-fee-could-take-sellers-by-surprise/

Last verified: 2026-08-04. Review by: 2027-08-04.
Part of [Postal shipping restrictions by item category](https://referencesource.org/shipping-restrictions-by-class/).