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The History of Nail Polish
  • KarenKaren
    I came across this article at Wikipedia on the history of nail polish and I thought others might want to read it:

    The History of Nail Polish
  • PurpleRulesPurpleRules
    Interesting. Did anyone see "Curse of the Golden Flower?" Li Gong plays the Empress Phoenix and sports some serious gold and silver nail art. When I saw the movie I assumed that her nails (and her makeup, which looked like something you'd see in a MAC ad) were not historically accurate but according to this, she would have used gold and silver to enhance her nails.
  • KarenKaren
    YES! That was a GREAT movie: excellent story, superb acting, and visually stunning to watch. I hadn't made that connection when I read this article but you're right, PurpleRules!

    I think Li Gong is so gorgeous and and also a great actress. I read that she is considered "the Meryl Streep of China". Interestingly, Meryl Streep is her personal favorite actress.
  • taiwanesegurltaiwanesegurl
    She's already in her 40s too.

    I liked the movie a lot (COTGF), but my family didn't. Except for my 4th sister, but we share similar tastes in everything except eyeshadow.

    I guess the lack of a real plot was kind of.. bad. And also, not everyone spoke with the same accents was sorta.. awful. It's one thing to make a movie with actors from different backgrounds, but get some dialect coaches or something. Chow Yun Fat's accent was.. still.. pretty bad. But that's me.. I'm nit-picky.
  • catecate
    I guess my comment didn't post...very odd. Thats happend before. I always like how my nails look with a colored glaze...the tinted top coats. As I have said in the past when I was at my other job I wasn't allowed to wear colored nail polish and so using a tinted topcoat is how I got away with color...oh and American Manicures...but I felt like I was wasting money because when I have a manicure done I like to use reds which are SO the opposite of a clear tint so I stopped getting them.

    I haven't seen that movie, but I want to now just to check out the nail polish!
  • PurpleRulesPurpleRules
    I thought it had a real plot. That said, not having a plot has never been a problem for me; Grey Gardens is one of my favorite movies.

    Cate, it's worth seeing just for Li Gong's costumes and makeup.
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