Written by Anna Bridgwater fashion dictates also nail the shape and decoration.
"Once man had claws. Now we have nails and a nail is not just a fingernail. They can be decorated, painted, files and cut depending on changing fashions and trends. If you think that colored ovals on the end of fingers was a modern phenomenon, you'd be wrong. "
Here is a summary of the nail history:
1800 - fashion dictates almond-shaped nails, short and slightly pointed. The nails stained lightly with scented red oils and polished with chamois.
1830 - A podiatrist named Sitts introduces the use of wooden sticks to push the cuticles down with. Before that they had used metal tools and acid.
1892 - Dr. Sitts' niece works for negleplejens dissemination. Sitts' method used in beauty salons and salon with treatments that fit every budget.
1900 - The first nail polish. A bright clear pink color invented. Unfortunately, with only one day.
1910 - Company Flowery Manicure Products manufactures nail files made of metal and wood covered with garnet dust.
1917 - An ad in the fashion magazine Vogue encourages women to resist cutting or cut cuticles. Instead, the use of cuticle removes the form of cream. Also polish to nails, nail polish and wooden stick to push the cuticle down and nail files. The company also offers Cutex cuticle removing and bleach and neglepolitur in solid form as powder, paste, liquid or rigid.
1920 - Silent film stars are known for their little-girl look with short hair and slender figures. The term is complemented by short uncolored nails. The development of lacquer for cars creates a basis for development of hardened colored nail polishes.
1925 - The first real nail polish comes on the market. The varnish laid only at the center of the nail. The white moon and sometimes the tips are kept free of paint. Cuticles trimmed down and nail files tip. An American book on etiquette warn women against the use of garish colors on the nails.
1927 - Max Factor Company Launches "Society Nail Tint", a small porcelain jar with a pink cream. The cream rubbed into the nails and gives a natural rosy color, even a white lacquer launched. It is laid under the nail tip to create the effect we now know as French manicure.
1929 - Perfumed nail is introduced, but the beats never do.
1930 - Thanks to movie stars, are nail polish Ken populartitet widespread. The expression must be sophisticated. A real nail polish remover on the market.
1932 - Company founded Revlon. Its foundation is the invention of a transparent nail polish that is easy to place without stripes. The varnish using pigments and can be manufactured in a variety of new colors.
1934 - First nail against nail biting is launched.
1938 - Professional manicure has gained in popularity and costs in the U.S. from 25 cents to $ 3.50. Also, many men get manicures when they're at the hairdresser.
1940 - Movie star Rita Hayworth carries long red nails and forms new fashion. The term is glamorous and seductive. The company Elizabeth Arden will launch a bright red nail polish to 75 cents the bottle.
1950 - Nail polish can be found in a myriad of colors and nail fashion becomes lighter and lighter as well as oval instead of pointy.
1960 - Nail fashion dictates still bright nails, and especially coral-colored nails are popular.
1970 - Artificial nails decade. Nail acrylic looks like the real thing but is much stronger. The square nail becomes popular and many have made nails beauty salons. There are not yet invented a water resistant glue for nails.
1973 - The first adhesive designed for artificial nails invented.
1975 - The drug artificial nails made from exposed as toxic. In the U.S. forced manufacturers of artificial nails to invent a less harmful formula.
1976 - Square nails become modern.
1979 - Fiberglass is used for artificial nails. Small gilt nail jewelry introduced. The first World Cup held in the nail.
1985 - imitation and kilstermærker to the nail can be purchased. The first disposable nail with glue behind på.introduceres.
2001 - Nail Piercing
