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The History of Cosmetics: Nail Varnish28 July 2006
People have been painting their fingernails for a long time. The first examples date back to China in 3000 BC when the royal family used a mixture including among other things, egg whites, beeswax, silver and gold to colour their nails. Quite different from the nail colouring that was popular in the British Isles or the stuff we use today, which as Anna McNamee found out, has more in common with car paint! 
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