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The History of ManicureIn the ancient Egypt man and women from higher classes colored their palm of hand till the tip of the finger plus the nails with Henna (natural colors). At the archeological excavation golden manicure tools had been found in the graves.  In China prominent people used a range of colors like gold, silver and later on black and red. It is known that for the coloring of the nails complicated receptures had been used which used ingredients such as wax, protein, gelatine and arabic gum for example. Especially in China it became popular letting the nails grow long. Only wealthy people who had enough leisure time could allow such a thing. To avoid the breaking of the nails, which sometimes reached a length of 13 cm, special gold or bamboo stripes had been decorated and fixed with gems onto the nails. Later, the fashion of having long nails spreaded out to the countries of Europe. Especially during the XVII century in France it became common to let the nail grow of the little finger. The court etiquette prescribed that one does not knock but scratch with his fingernail at the door. During the XIX century in England it became fashion to have fingernails in oval shape with sharp ends like the shape of a hazel nut. There, higher society representatives used rosy propellant for the coloring of the nails for the first time. Up to the fifties of the XX century nail service became an important part of the beauty industry. Everybody wanted to have beautiful long nails. And those which could not grow long nails naturally wanted to try something else. Tips were tried out practically from any flexible material, even from film bits. The masters of manicure tried to out cut off natural nails for setting as tips. They were glued to at the end of a nail and covered with a bit of paper. One of the events of the XX century was the invention of the colored gnawing lacquer in the year 1932 in the USA by Charly Revlon. From this moment on the modern nail industry developed. The further development has assigned with the invention of the artificial nails in the center of the fifties XX centuries by Fred Slek, a dentist from Philadelphia. He once injured his nail but however had no possibilities of interrupting its work as a dentist. Fred Slek used acryl for the locking of the surface of the wound as material. Some time later putting acryl onto the nail was not only anymore used for healing but also used for re-establishment. The coincidental discovery of Fred Slek led to the formation of the technology of artificial setting of the nails. The art relating crafts from a master of manicure rises thereby up to the artistically represented work and is constantly continued to develop. The Manicure
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