3200 BC
Before each battle, the ancient Babylonians dyed their nails black, curled their hair and dyed their lips the same color as their nails. It has nothing to do with beauty and ugliness, but the purpose is of course to scare the enemy.
3000 BC
In ancient China, the manicure methods were relatively simple, and all of them were mashed with Impatiens to color their nails. But we all know that impatiens is not only a kind of red, so in ancient China, only members of the royal family could use the brightest red, and the lower classes could only dye it lighter pink.
About 1 100 BC
Gold and silver nails are only used by royal family members, and the color of nails has become an important symbol of social status. Ordinary people will be sentenced to death if they are found to use the nail color representing the royal family without authorization. As a status symbol of ancient nobles, long nails are even more unusual. Some nobles even wear finger protection decorated with gold and jewels to protect their long nails, which symbolize great wealth, from being destroyed.