The history

There is evidence of nail varnish as far back  as 4000 years ago manicures took place in Babylonia in Egypt so nail varnish has beeen around for a long time!

Nail varnish started here as henna for the nails. This trend spread to other cultures and solid gold was often used to perfect a manicure.

 

In China around 3000BC they did not use gold or henna for their nails they started to make a  mixture out of beeswax, gum egg whites and gelatin.

 

In China nail varnish ws shown as a sign of wealth and social status.It is said that the colours used were mainly red and black.

 

The added the colour using rose and orchird petals.Doing your nails back then was very time consuming. It would take hours for the nail varnish to set.