Today is National nail Polish day. Here are 10 things you might not know about nail varnish:
Nail polish first appeared in ancient China and Egypt. It was often a mixture of egg whites, gelatin, beeswax, and vegetable dyes, such as henna.
It was a way of indicating social class. Only the nobility were allowed to wear Red. Lower classes could only wear nude or pale colours.
Nail polish as we know it today was inspired by the enamel used on cars. In the 1920s, makeup artist Michelle Menard adapted the enamel used for cars to create a polish for nails.
There is archaeological that the Ancient Babylonians painted their nails with solid Gold before they went into battle.
In the Victorian era, it was generally considered improper for women to wear nail polish, or, indeed, make up.
In the 1950s, women were often required to remove their nail polish on Sundays before going to church, because of the association with promiscuity that existed then.
Rita Hayworth is thought to have popularised red nails when she wore nail polish in early coloured films.
Opened bottles of nail polish only last about two years. Nail varnish remover, however, never expires and lasts forever.
The most expensive nail polish costs $250,000. The shade Black Diamond King is made with 267 carats worth of black Diamonds.
Some nail polishes include ingredients best known as food. Kale allegedly smooths and brightens nails; Garlic strengthens and hardens them and Cucumber prevents splitting.
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The six richest people in Britain decide to hold a contest to settle the question of which of them is most successful. It will be a gladiator style contest with each entrant fielding a team of ten super-powered combatants. Entrepreneur Llew Powell sets out to put together his team, which includes his former lover, an employee of his company with a fascinating hobby, two refugees from another dimension (a lonely giant and a drunken sailor), two sisters bound together by a promise, a diminutive doctor, a former Tibetan monk initiate and two androids with a history. As the team train together, alliances form, friendships and more develop, while others find the past is not easy to leave behind.
Meanwhile, a ruthless race of aliens has its eyes on the Earth. Already abducting and enslaving humans, they work towards the final invasion which would destroy life on Earth as we know it. Powell’s group, Combat Team Alpha, stumble upon one of the wormholes the aliens use to travel to Earth and witness for themselves the horrors in store if the aliens aren’t stopped. Barely escaping with their lives, they realise there are more important things to worry about than a fighting competition.
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