Nail Art March 23rd

sun fail, cool design win

Well yesterday I had the time to try out my new nail polishes, note that I'm a beginner and this is my first time using a thin brush nail polish. Hope you like it.

bee inspired design

2nd finger iphone app, pinky modern art step1

modern art step2

step 1 for middle and 2nd finger

left hand designs

strawberry

ladybug and step1 for middle finger and pointer

step2 for middle finger and pointer, step 3 ladybug eyes

fish

step2 for pinky

step3 adding eyes

final designs

The dangers of “Black henna”

To begin with my story I have to explain a couple of things first.

What is Henna? It’s a plant that has fragrant reddish flowers, prepared from the dried leaves of this plant and used for temporary tattoos and hair colouring.

Black Henna: mix of Henna and Indigo leafs giving the surface of the mixture a blue colour.

Artificial Black Henna: mix of PPD and Henna, if the mix is left you’d notice the black dye drains from the mixture.

Unfortunately on February 25^th I decided to go a beauty salon and put “Black Henna” on my hand because the normal Henna is light orange and takes a long time for it to dry and become dark. I have asked the stylist if the Black Henna had black hair dye in it and she replied NO! and it dries within 15-20 minutes.

After half an hour I washed my hand and it looked like a tattoo, but the next day it started stinging a bit so I used a cooling cream called ”savlon”. The day after my hand was red and had small blisters, I iced it then I went to the hospital were the doctor prescribed me “riavate” and antihistamine pills, I only used the ointment for two days because I had allergic reaction to it causing my hand to swell in a way I wasn’t able to bend my hand to do anything.

When I started having numbness in my pinky I stopped using “riavate” and used “alfacort” instead, but at that time the blisters became swollen and filled with water and it took time to heal. On March the 1^st the swelling came down and I regained the function of my hand, but now I’m suffering from a burn scar! So I’m using “meebo” and “fucicort” because as the dermatologist said I’m suffering from a burn and allergy. 

 Today as I was writing this blog I did some research to know the ingredients of Black Henna and its dangers, in the artificial Black Henna PPD is used and means: Paraphenylenediamine, a chemical substance used as a permanent hair dye. Allergic reactions are mostly dermatitis to the upper eyelids or the rims of the ears. In more severe cases, there may be marked reddening and swelling of the scalp and the face. The eyelids may completely close!

Please stop using the Artificial Black Henna and I know it came the trend now in Kuwait were girls put it as a glove, think about your skin and the long term damages that leaves afterwards as well as the harm of chemicals used that may cause cancer in the future.

Men's opinion about your nails

Some women have this idea that men do not pay attention to them as much, but as much as we stare at their attire they do the same as well, and they pay attention to how well the woman takes care of her hands and nails as they say a lot about the woman’s personality:

Natural colours: women who tend to use natural colours are interested in natural beauty and tend not to feel over dressed for the occasion.

Nail art: airbrushed designs, glitter and jewellery means that women are risk takers and live a daring lifestyle and they love it when people notice their nails.

French manicure: the white tips mean women are leading a conservative and a practical lifestyle.

Flashy colours: it shows that whoever is wearing those colours feel confident with a hint of adventure.

Nail biters: the lack of the nails tend to mean that the person worries too much and extremely nervous.

The key here is to keep your nails clean and do not forget simple maintenance go a long way in impressing your husbands and your boss as he sees that you do care about details.  

    

The story of nail polish

Nail polish is a common beauty product nowadays in the 21st century. In fact, it has been invented in thousands of year ago. In the ancient times, women did not have a store to buy their nail polish. They made the nail polish from different types of natural ingredients. In addition, nail polish is privileged to royal families in many countries or it is used only for special events.

Red was the most popular color for nail polish long time ago in many countries. For example both Indian and ancient Roman people loved red. They paint red nail for their weddings. For Peru, people would draw eagles on their nails as a respect for important occasions.

Cosmetics were common in ancient Egypt as you can probably notice different kinds of beauty products like eyeliners, mascaras as well as nail polishes on pictures of ancient Egyptian. In the old days, only women from royal family were allowed to use red nail polish. Ordinary people who wished to use nail polish had to pick light colors. For royal family, nail polish was painted by technicians who made the polish more long lasting with Henna and blood.

Around 1045BC, Chinese people in the Zhou Dynasty started to concern nail beauty. They did not use nail polish at that time but long false nails. As these long false nails were made of gold, silver, gem stones and jewelries, they were mainly worn by the queens only. Chinese people developed their first nail polish from flowers, egg white and wax in Ming Dynasty and red was their most popular color.

In 1920, Michelle Menard of Revlon invented the first bottle of nail polish from the inspiration of car painting. The first generation of nail polish contained some toxic chemicals and therefore, product formula has been kept changing.

In 1980, Tinkerbell launched its first Bo-Po brush on peel off nail polish. You do not need chemical remover to take it off. The nail polish became the most popular nail polish at that time. There is still brush on peel off nail polish nowadays, but the most famous brand is Minx instead of Tinkerbell.

The technology of nail polish keeps improving from day to day. Now, you can even find the mood changing nail polish in the market. The color of this nail polish, after painted on your nails, changes from time to time according to your mood and body heat! What a wonderful product for women!

Source: http://www.acnetreatmentremedies.net/fun-history-of-using-nail-polish/

Nail polish Salon

Wednesday Feb 23rd, my cousin and I went to Nail polish salon in Salmeya in Tala centre which is easy to find but has no parking, so we parked in another mall and walked to the centre, the centre itself is quite and the salon has its own atmosphere as when you walk in you feel relaxed from the baby blue colour that surrounds the place.

we booked for 1 pm but we were late because of the traffic so they called us to confirm our appointment which was nice. As we arrived we were welcomed by the receptionist and asked us to choose a nail polish, I've been to many salons and this is the first time where they tell us to choose the colour before they started the treatment, I loved it because they know its hard to make a decision if we are in a rush to choose a colour. The colours came from not one or two brands but there was at least 5 different brands and the nail designs are gorgeous and fashionable, the treatments are various and suits almost everyone.      

After choosing the colour I was seated and the receptionist asked me about the beverage of my choice, when I started the treatment all the equipments were clean which I consider it the most important thing in the salon business, I mean no one wants to get a meni, a pedi and Hep C!!.

The receptionist was extremely nice and so was Vicky, but I had Caramel, yes thats her real name but she wasn't so friendly. The price was worth the service and reasonable. I rate this salon 9.5/10, may be if I had Vicky instead of Caramel then I'd give it a 10.

Specializing in Manicure & Pedicures, we are located in Jabriya 25352546 and in Tala Center, Salmiya 25755931

FaceBook: Nail Polish Salon 

My first post

Hello everyone, this is my first post in my blog.

This blog is going to be about Nail Salon reviews in Kuwait and I'll probably write about something else every once and a while, your opinion is highly appreciated so please post your feedback and I'll reply. 

I'm new to this so if there's anything I'm doing wrong or that should be done in a different way please tell me. thanx :D