nail art and fashion blog by Jenny Claire Fox

Sunday, April 9, 2017

Nail art work is a creative way to paint, decorate, enhance, and embellish the fingernails or toenails. It really is a kind of artwork that you can do on fingernails and toenails, 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 your skin round the nails.The exact origin 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 fingernails or toenails with henna to point interpersonal status and seductiveness. Women of the lower class wore pastel and neutral shades, while the upper classes wore deep, bright shades. In Babylonia, 3200 B.C., men, not women, painted their nails with green and charcoal kohl, an ancient plastic. To prepare for conflict, warriors of Babylon spent hours having their nails prepared, hair had and curled 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 had been made from beeswax, egg whites, gelatin, veggie dyes, and gum arabic. Chinese dipped their claws in this blend for several time or kept it to dried up. Colors ranged from pink to red, depending on the combination of the ingredients. During the Zhou Dynasty, 600 B.C., royalty used this simple toenail polish with silver and gold dust on the nails to show their social status.