Do You Have A Best Nail Polish That You Prefer Above All The Others?

By Julian K. Gaston


Women today are very fortunate to be able to select the gelish nail polish to provide style and shine to their nails as they pick from a wide choice of formulas and colors. It is interesting to hear about the history of nail color as it progressed to become the products that we use today in all those tiny little bottles from the origins, dating back to ancient times and female hierarchy. It's fun to look back to discover how this fashion trend came to be and progressed over centuries.

It has been noted that the concept of manicures actually were developed in India thousands of years ago as women used henna as nail paint. The definition of henna according to the dictionary is a dye implemented to color the hair and decorate the body that is procured from powdered leaves of a tropical shrub. Most of us are familiar with henna that is still in use today so it seems to make sense that it was part of the manicure in ancient times. Various cultures of people applied their own ideas to this practice as it spread around the world and was adopted by others to obtain the desired results through different gelish nail polish formulas.

The people of Babylonia for instance accomplished their perfect manicure with solid gold. Nail color was used to indicate social status and wealth in the Chinese culture. A strange combination of egg whites beeswax, gelatin and gum Arabic is what was used to make their formula of a glue like paint. In order to manufacture different hues they used flower petals from plants such as impatiens, orchid and roses. The actual process required soaking the nails in this mixture for several hours. Gold and silver dust was added to create colors worn by the royalty, with precious stones inlaid on the nail.

the color red to indicate societal hierarchy. The quantity of power that was possessed by a person was indicated by the strength of the shade of red that they wore. The desired hue was created with henna and sometimes encompassed the use of blood. It has been stated that Cleopatra preferred a crimson shade, and the women of lower rank were only permitted to use pale colors because red was only allowed to be used by royalty.

Images of eagles were used to embellish the fingertips of the Inca's who were credited for developing nail art using a symbol that was used on their architecture as well. Moving along through the years, a French makeup artist who loved the high-gloss automobile paints created in the 1920 era had the brilliant idea to adapt these car paints for use on fingernails which resulted in a formula that she developed that was a glossy lacquer similar to gelish nail polish that we are familiar with.




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