Week of Geek Day 1: Marvel Nail Art

Saturday, April 22, 2017

Nail art work is a creative way to color, decorate, enhance, and embellish the fingernails or toenails. It really is a type 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 these methods remove the cuticles and soften the skin about the claws.The exact origins of nail treatments is unclear, since it appears to have originated in different parts of the global world around the same time. In ancient Egypt, from 5000 B.C. to 3000 B.C., women would dye their claws with henna to point sociable position and seductiveness. Women of the lower class wore neutral and pastel shades, as the upper classes wore deep, bright shades. In Babylonia, 3200 B.C., men, not women, painted their fingernails with black and green kohl, an ancient cosmetic. To prepare for conflict, warriors of Babylon spent time having their claws prepared, locks curled and acquired other similar beauty treatments. As with 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 nail polish started in ancient China. It was made from beeswax, egg whites, gelatin, veg dyes, and gum arabic. Chinese language dipped their fingernails in this blend for several hours or still left it 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 toe nail polish with silver and gold dust on the nails showing their social position.