Nail Art is an art to decorate your nails according
to your dress and occasion and making your hands to look more beautiful,
attractive & fashionable look. Nail art resembles the arrival of
modernization in 19th century, as earlier that nail manicuring and
beautifying concept arrived in back 3000 B.C.
Lets give a look at 3000 BC:
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Inca Civilization wore images of eagle
on their finger nails.
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Chinese used a enamel on heir fingers
that once applied , after leaving for several hours, it would turn red/pink.
·
Indians used Henna plant leaves on the
finger nails, which left a reddish brown color.
·
In Egypt, higher classes women used
deeper shades of red coolor, while the lower class used light colors.
Now look at the 19
to 21st century :
In 19th century, in United States
Manicure became popular.
In 1920, automobile paints arrival, inspired modern
nail polish.
In 1925, Nail polish entered in market with only red
color. At this time the art used on nail was:
“Moon Manicure”. In this art, painting was done only
on the middle part of the nail, tip and bottom of the nail were unpainted.
In 1940, Revson brother’s Revlon nail polish industry
introduced in market different shades of color.
In 1970’s, Nail art became an important cultural
signifier. As Black nail polish became popular among rock stars.
Types
of Nail Manicure and art:
. Fancier manicures include
painting pictures or designs on the nails or applying small decals or imitation
jewels.
Nail art
is done with the help of needles, stencils and nail brushes.
A nail
artist covers nails with pictures and ornaments also he decorates the nails
with polishes and paints available widely in markets.
Another
art of nail designing is done by the application of beads, flowers, feathers,
clips and stones these are glued on the nail surface
Another
popular method of nail art is piercing. Nailists pierce nails and apply chains,
buttons, clips and precious and semi precious metals. But this requires skilled
hands to make the entire process beautiful and painless.
Rhinestones and other
decorative ornaments are widely used in nail design. In conjunction with these uses are
also many other decorative accessories: glass beads (photo 1), protruding
elements of opaque and transparent plastic or glass.