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Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Nail art is an innovative way to color, decorate, enhance, and embellish the fingernails or toenails. It really is a kind of artwork that can be done on toenails and fingernails, usually after manicures or pedicures. A manicure and a pedicure are beauty treatments that trim, shape, and polish the nail. Often the cuticles are removed by these methods and soften the skin throughout the toenails.The exact origin of nail treatments is unclear, since it appears to have originated in various parts of the world around the same time. In ancient Egypt, from 5000 B.C. to 3000 B.C., women would dye their toenails with henna to point communal seductiveness and status. Women of the lower class wore pastel and neutral shades, while the upper classes deep wore, bright shades. In Babylonia, 3200 B.C., men, not women, decorated their nails with green and black colored kohl, an ancient beauty. To prepare for war, warriors of Babylon spent time having their claws prepared, mane curled and experienced other similar beauty treatments. As in ancient Egypt, nail color indicated one's status, black for noblemen and green for the normal man. Around the same time, 3000 B.C., the first toenail polish started in ancient China. It was made from beeswax, egg whites, gelatin, vegetable dyes, and gum arabic. Chinese dipped their toenails in this concoction for several time or left it on to dry. Colors ranged from pink to red, with respect to the combination of the ingredients. During the Zhou Dynasty, 600 B.C., royalty used this simple toenail polish with gold and silver dust on their nails to show their social status.