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  2. Nail (fastener) - Wikipedia

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    History Nailor's Workshop King's Norton, an etching by Henry Martin Pope (1843-1908) The history of the nail is divided roughly into three distinct periods: Hand-wrought (forged) nail (pre-history until 19th century) Cut nail (roughly 1800 to 1914) Wire nail (roughly 1860 to the present)

  3. Nail clipper - Wikipedia

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    History Razor (top) and nail cutter with bone handle (bottom) found in a grave of the Hallstatt culture (c. 6th–8th centuries BC) Roman nail clipper made of bronze, 3rd to 4th century AD. 1902 advertisement from Good Housekeeping for Carter's nail cutter, produced by the H. C. Cook Company of Ansonia, Connecticut

  4. Manicure - Wikipedia

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    Manicure. A woman giving another woman a manicure. Belleville, Ontario, 1930s. A manicure is a mostly cosmetic beauty treatment for the fingernails and hands performed at home or in a nail salon. A manicure usually consists of filing and shaping the free edge of nails, pushing and clipping (with a cuticle pusher and cuticle nippers) any ...

  5. Nail art - Wikipedia

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    As in ancient Egypt, nail color indicated one's status, black for noblemen and green for the common man. Around the same time, in 3000 BC, the first nail polish originated in ancient China. [1] It was made from beeswax, egg whites, gelatin, vegetable dyes, and gum arabic.

  6. Cosmetics in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    The only evidence for painting nails comes from a red dye they imported that was produced from an Indian insect. Generally only the wealthy cut their nails, as they used barbers to clip their nails short, following the contemporary practice for good hygiene.

  7. Tremont Nail Company - Wikipedia

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    The Tremont Nail Company was a nail manufacturing company located in Wareham, Massachusetts, from 1819 to 2006. The Tremont Nail brand was purchased by Acorn Manufacturing of Mansfield, Massachusetts, where it still produces cut nails and other products for restoration projects.

  8. Nail (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    A person whose occupation is to cut, shape and care for nails as well as to apply overlays such as acrylic and UV gel is sometimes called a nail stylist. The place where a nail stylist works may be a nail salon or nail shop or nail bar. Nail art. Acrylic nails are made out of acrylic glass (PMMA).

  9. History of construction - Wikipedia

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    The steam engine combined with two other technologies which blossomed in the nineteenth century, the circular saw and machine cut nails, lead to the use of balloon framing and the decline of traditional timber framing.

  10. Nail polish - Wikipedia

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    History. Nail polish originated in China and dates back to 3000 BCE. Around 600 BCE, during the Zhou dynasty, the royal house preferred the colors gold and silver. However, red and black eventually replaced these metallic colors as royal favorites.

  11. Nail salon - Wikipedia

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    A nail salon or nail bar is a specialty beauty salon establishment that primarily offers nail care services such as manicures, pedicures, and nail enhancements. Often, nail salons also offer skin care services. Manicures are also offered by general beauty salons, spas, and hotels. People who work at nail salons are usually called nail ...