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 containing egg whites, beeswax, silver and gold to colour their nails. It was quite different from the nail colouring that was popular in the British Isles at the time or even the stuff we use today which, as Anna McNamee found out, has more in common with car paint! |
