Manicure

Manicure is often combined with pedicure, facial skin care, hairdressing procedures (haircut, hair coloring and other types of hair care). Often, the word "manicure" means the appearance, treatment of nails only.

Manicure is performed both in beauty salons or cosmetology offices by qualified specialists, and at home.

Manicure (from the Latin manus - bone and cūra - care) is a cosmetic procedure for processing the nails on the fingers and hands, or even the whole hand.

In what year did men start painting their nails?
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History repeats itself: from 3200 BC, most men painted their nails in different colors - this is proven by the excavations of royal tombs in southern Babylonia.

From ancient times. Before the invention of scissors, people used to bite them. At least, they did so with dark nails that did not shy away and did not break on their own. But it was a long time ago - the first examples of scissors appeared 4-5 thousand years ago.

Lacquer is believed to have been invented in Ancient China in the 30th century BC. They covered the long nails of monarchs and people belonging to the higher classes. And during the Ming dynasty, as early as the 14th century AD, women grew their nails up to 25 cm in order to ward off evil spirits.

Only with the appearance of the first nail polish in 1932 did the tradition of painting nails become firmly established. The first nail polish was red. The modern manicure originated in France. In 1830, King Louis Philippe developed a burr on his finger, and a doctor was instructed to remove the burr.

Who painted the nails first?
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In 1368-1644, representatives of the Ming dynasty turned manicure into a whole ritual. It was under the Ming rulers that a special nail paint was invented: egg white, wax, other ingredients, vegetable dyes were mixed, and "varnish" of different shades was obtained.

Who and when invented manicure?
It is known that the first manicure masters also appeared in Ancient Egypt. In 1964, archaeologists discovered the mummies of two court servants of Pharaoh Niuserr, whose duties included performing the royal manicure.

For the first time, nails were painted in Ancient China, around 3200 BC. The composition of the mixture included beeswax, egg whites, resin

And during the Ming dynasty, already in the 14th century AD, women grew their nails up to 25 cm in order to ward off evil spirits.

. They covered the long nails of monarchs and people belonging to the higher classes