Things You Didn't Know About Nail Polish

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Things You Didn't Know About Nail Polish

• Nail polish was invented in China roughly 5,000
  years ago, around 3000 B.C
• Beeswax, egg whites, gelatin, and vegetable dyes
  were the ingredients used in the recipe. In
  Ancient Egypt, nail polish was even used as a
  class marker lower-class women wore nude and
  light colors, while high society painted
  their nails red. 

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• The invention of the car spurred the creation of
  the first modern-day nail polish.
• In the 1920s, the ingredient was included in car
  paint, which inspired a French makeup artist
  working for the Charles Revson company to release
  the first liquid nail polish. The company
  eventually became Revlon, the market leader, but
  with strong chemicals ruining their customers'
  nails.

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Acrylic nails were invented in 1978. BY A DENTIST

• In the 1950s, a dentist named Frederick Slack
  broke his nail and experimented with chemicals
  and different materials to create a
  realistic-looking replacement- using dental
  acrylics. With his brother Tom, he patented a
  successful version and founded the company 'Patti
  Nails'.

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• The most expensive nail polish costs 250,000.
• This isn't a typo. The color, Black Diamond King,
  is made with 267 carats worth of black diamonds.
• In 1934, a bottle of Cutex nail polish cost 35
  cents.
• Red was the only color available.

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• There are 13 types of nail polish finishes.
• It includes shimmer, micro-shimmer,
  micro-glitter, glitter, frost, luster, crème,
  prismatic micro-glitter or shimmer, iridescent,
  opalescent, matte, duo-chrome, and translucent.
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