Red Nail Designs

Thursday, April 13, 2017

Nail fine art is an innovative way to color, decorate, enhance, and embellish the nails. It really is a type of artwork that can be done on fingernails and toenails, usually after manicures or pedicures. A manicure and a pedicure are beauty treatments that trim, shape, and polish the nail. Usually the cuticles are removed by these procedures and soften the skin across the nails.The exact origin of toenail 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 claws with henna to point sociable status and seductiveness. Women of the low class wore pastel and neutral shades, while the upper classes wore deep, bright shades. In Babylonia, 3200 B.C., men, not women, decorated their toenails with black and renewable kohl, an ancient beauty. To get ready for war, warriors of Babylon spent time having their fingernails or toenails prepared, head of hair curled and experienced other similar beauty treatments. As in ancient Egypt, nail color indicated one's status, black for noblemen and green for the common man. Around the same time, 3000 B.C., the first nail polish originated in ancient China. It was created from beeswax, egg whites, gelatin, vegetable dyes, and gum arabic. Chinese language dipped their toenails in this concoction for several hours or still left it to dried up. Colors ranged from red to red, depending on mixture of the ingredients. Through the Zhou Dynasty, 600 B.C., royalty used this simple toe nail polish with silver and gold dust on their nails showing their social position.