Nail Art Ideas: An Artistic Journey Art and Design

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Nail artwork is a creative way to paint, decorate, enhance, and embellish the toenails. It is a kind of artwork that you can do 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 these procedures remove the cuticles and soften the skin throughout the fingernails or toenails.The exact origin of toe nail treatments is unclear, since it appears to have originated in several 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 indicate social seductiveness and status. Women of the low class wore pastel and neutral shades, as the upper classes deep wore, bright shades. In Babylonia, 3200 B.C., men, not women, painted their nails with green and black colored kohl, an ancient cosmetic. To get ready for warfare, warriors of Babylon put in time having their fingernails prepared, locks possessed and curled other similar beauty treatments. Just as ancient Egypt, nail color indicated one's status, black for noblemen and green for the normal man. Around once, 3000 B.C., the first toenail polish originated in ancient China. It had been created from beeswax, egg whites, gelatin, vegetable dyes, and gum arabic. Chinese dipped their fingernails or toenails in this concoction for several hours or kept it on to dry. Colors ranged from red to red, with regards to the mixture of the ingredients. Through the Zhou Dynasty, 600 B.C., royalty used this simple nail polish with silver and gold dust on the nails to show their social status.