NAIL ART
Nail art is not
just a manicure or nail job, It is a creativity of drawing pictures or
different types of designs on finger nails. Nail art is a best way to brighten
up your look or accessorize on a special occasion like parties or fashion show.
Nail art can be done on both finger nails and toe nails. Nail art has their fashion roots on
manicuring. Nail art become an important part of any ladies beauty salon as a
type of fashion activity. There are many variants in Nail art design, ranging
from subtle to funky and outrageous also.
For example- You can choose to paint flowers design on your nails for
party and date, or you can spell out your favorite soccer team name on the day
of game. Nail art also includes all type of three dimension nails, and custom
design art also of any types. If you
want intricate designs, then it will be good to choose professional artist for
it.
ORIGIN OF NAIL ART
Nail art is
present in world from thousands of years, first traces of nail art is found in
the ancient Babylonian 5000 BC where it is uses by males to colored their nails
with "kohl". This is done to indicate status of males. For examples -
the higher class males apply black color, while the lower class males apply
green color. But according to some historians Nail art beginning is from china
around 3000 BC, where they use enamel on their finger, and left is for 3 to 4
hours which result a pink color obtained on their nails. The Chinese also use
another nail art during Ming dynasty known as "Lacquer" which is made
from various flower petals such as dizzy orchids, roses, beeswax and gelatin.
This mixture generally applied on the night, and in the next morning, a shiny
and beautiful color obtained on the nails.
At the same period, Indian also
practice the nail art. They use the juice of heena plant to decorate their
nails, which give a shiny brown color after 3 to 4 hours. In ancient Egypt nail
art is used to represent different class of society. For example in 600 BC, During Zhou Dynasty ,
gold color represent royals, silver for
ministers and rich persons, and black
for all common people.
The Modern history of nail art design began early in the 19 century,
with modernization and popularizes of manicures, created a big business
opportunities and many salons started to gain profit of that opportunities. The
revolution in nail art design is started by the invention of new kind of nail
enamel by the company Revlon in 1940. Revlon Company started using pigments in
place of dyes changes the industries dramatically.
The designs and colors are
quickly adapted by the peoples, which make this invention successful and help
the Revlon Company to become industry leader in this field. After this, nail
art has become more creative and artistic art done by professional experts.
Many trends have come now days like addition of symbols and crystals, air
brushing, acrylic and gel nails. Nail art had become an important part of
accessories and fashion world.
There are many
techniques of nail art; some of them are given below
- Stamping nail art
- Sponge nail art
- Dotting nail art
- Cuticle nail art
- Taping nail art
