23 Things You May NOT Know about Nail Salons and Nail Extensions – VIVO Nail

There are 23 things that you might not know about nail salons or nail extensions below:

1. Many Wal-Marts stores have nail salons to offer nail services for Wal-Mart customers.

2. Nail salons can be found in many five-star hotels around the world.

3. Mobile nail salons travel to New York homes to extend professional nail service.

4. There are special nail polishes for the pampered dogs

5. Some nail salons offer up to 100 pedicure chairs to maximize their scale of business.

6. Waterless pedicures are available.

7. Vietnamese nail salons can be found in almost every nation.

8. Texas has a large Vietnamese manufacturing facility.

9. Male manicurists are available in some gentleman-only nail salons.

10. Vietnam has mobile manicure service. The mobile manicurists ride bicycles around to offer convenient and professional manicure service.

11. There is one Vietnamese nail salon owner who has more than 100 nail salons.

12. Some nail salons can be found in luxury retail stores or department stores.

13. Nail salons can be found in major international airports.

14. Ancient Chinese noblewomen used nail extensions.

15. Ancient Greek women wore empty pistachios shells as nail extensions.

16. Nail art design competitions are held nternationally.

17. The first acrylic nail extensions were invented and patented by a dentist.

18. Serena Williams, tennis star, ever received a manicure license and demonstrated her skills by giving Oprah a pedicure.

19. James Taylor, the guitarist, ever used nail extensions to protect the natural nails and made special guitar sounds.

20. A female French make-up artist produced what was later called nail polish.

21. Excavators of royal tombs at Babylonia from 3200 B.C. found the first manicure set made of pure gold. The color of the nail paste made from henna or Kohl represented the class of the male. Black color was worn by the highest

classes while green color was worn by lower classes at that time.

22. The early Chinese approximately 3000 B.C. used nail color to distinguish dynasty. They soaked their nails in a brew of beeswax, Arabic gum, flower petals and egg whites for many hours.

23. Ancient Egyptian people of all classes were permitted to use nail color but distinguished among different classes of people. Lower classes of ordinary people wore pale colors while the upper classes of

royalty wore shades of red at that time.