India.
Our first stop is India around 5,000 years ago, in ancient
India with the use of Henna as nail color that stained their nails, as in men
and women Cuties. A reddish brown stain that not only colored their nails, but
helped condition them too.
Babylonia.
The next time nail polish was seen from what I found would
find us headed in our time machine to 4,000 BC where the male warriors of
Babylonia who would use kohl to paint their nails black before headed to
battle, black usually signified the upper-class warriors and the lower-class
warriors would paint their nails green. It's crazy how much class had to do
with nail polish throughout its history Cuties.
China.
Our next stop on our time machine is China around
3,000 BC where the royals of China were also painting their nails.But the
ingredients for these royals were not henna, instead they used a combination of
beeswax,gum arabic, egg whites, natural dyes, and gelatin. They used flowers
petals to create nail colors in a lacquer similar to what we have today.
Although unlike today where our polishes take minutes sometimes seconds. Shout
out to quick drying top coat! In ancient China it would take several hours,
some women even went to sleep hoping their polish to be dry when they wake. Can
you imagine Cuties?! It's hard enough waiting minutes for your polish to dry
when you're getting ready, can you imagine having to wait hours?! Not to
mention they had to be applied evenly with a cloth, not with a nail polish
brush. I don't think I'd ever paint my nails if that was the case, I'm not
nearly patient enough. Also while we're in China, during the Zhou Dynasty the
nail polish determined the social status of a women, the royals and elites wore
deep red hues, while the average women of China were only aloud to wear a light
pink polish. And if an average Chinese woman was found wearing royal colors,
they were sent to death. That's how important nail polish had to do with the
class system in China during 600 BC. I feel so fortunate to rock my own red Cuties!
Egypt.
Now let's hop back into our time machine back to
3,000 BC, this time we are in ancient Egypt. Just like in ancient India the
Egyptians liked to use Henna to stain their nails a reddish brown, but like in
China those deep red hues were reserved only for royals. The famed and
absolutely lovely Queen Cleopatra was a huge lover of painting her nails with
Henna, she and her royal court would use Henna or sometimes even blood to paint
their nails. Talk about wanting to get that blood red Cuties. And likewise,
here in Egypt as in China the common women were allowed to wear pale colors on
their nails. But the Queen Cleopatra in striking red nails brought the trend of
deep red nails into the 1st century BC. Another way besides henna the Egyptians
liked to use berries and other plants as well to make into lacquer like
polishes. It is even said that mummified pharaohs from Egypt were found with
Henna stained nails.
Rock your favorite manicure with pride Cuties.
So be thankful my Cuties that we could rock whatever color
we're feeling that day, that week, or that hour! Word to the wise please don't
change your nail polish every hour. Personally, now I feel like rocking a red
mani myself.
Until next time Cuties(:
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