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The Babylonia males of all classes dyed their nails. They dyed them using kohl. The higher class males would wear black and the lower class would wear green.
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The Chinese would use nail polish as a distinction of class. They would soak nails in a homemade mixture for hours to get the color they desired. Only the upper class would do this though. The colors would normal reflest the colors of the ruling dynasty.
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During the Victorian era having great hygene and being clean was in. They most popular nail manicure was buffing the nail and tinting them with red oil.
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Inspired by car paint, Michelle Menard, came up with the idea to use the same enamal used on cars for your nails.
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The moon manicure became very popular in France.It is obvious why they call it that. Today is it slowly coming back into the world of fashion. more commonly as a half moon though.
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Menards company finally perfected her formula. They used pigments instead of dyes. This company is later to be known as Revlon. This company started from nail polish and eventually moved on to lipstick and othed makeup.
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Nail polish became very popular when celeberties began to wear the paint. The Hollywood stars would wear red. The most famous red nails belonged to Rita Hayworth.
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The French manicure was first seen on the Paris runways. The creater was Jeff Pink. He also created the brand ORLY. He wanted to create something simple.
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Nail Polish was not longer just for females. Males involved in the Punk Rock movements wore black colored nails.
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Uma Thurman's nails became popular when she wore Channel Rouge Nior (vamp) polish in the movie "Pulp Fiction". It became Channel's most in demand product.
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Water marbleing began to become noticed. This way of doing your nails requires water. The nail polish is put on the water and a design is drawn in it. You put your nail in the water and the design is on your nail.
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Today nail art is huge in fashion. There is water marbleing,crackle paint, stickers you put on and file off. It is cray cray how many things you can do today.
