February 2, 2017 § Leave a comment
Take a look at the quick history of nails: 1990s.
In the 1990s, women were all about their business and their sense of fashion reflected their business minds especially their nails. Women were no longer interested in bold artsy nails. They were looking for a more professional look. While hip-hop artists like Lil’ Kim were encasing dollar bills in acrylic, some men and women were influenced by the grungy style of all black nails.
The Style
There were two extremely different nail trends happening in the 90s: the completely natural trend and thanks to the heavy grunge influence, the dark colors became desirable.
The Grunge Trend
Men and women in the 90s began to paint their nails in dark nail polishes, especially black (and sometimes dark purple). Many celebrities could be seen wearing the darker shades.
The Natural Trend
After the wildly artistic nails of the 80s, women became interested in keeping their nails healthy which began the natural trend with little to no nail polish being applied.
Although the beauty trends of the 90s were quite simple, some colors that made their way into style were: reds, nudes and even pinks but the nail polish that was really making a statement was the “Mood Nail Polish” a.k.a. “P.M.S. Nail Polish”.
The Rise of P.M.S. Nail Polish
In 1998, American Jenai Lane designed new heat-activated nail polishes, “The P.M.S.–Polish Mood Shades” which was created to change color according to the mood of the wearer. Jenai explained: “I was disturbed by the fact that women are always being accused of PMSing, so I decided to take the negative names that women are often called and give them positive meanings.”
The P.M.S. nail polish really gained lot of popularity during the time with A-List celebrities wearing it including, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Aniston and even Madonna!
Other great inventions and milestones in the beauty industry included:
- 1992 – Moon Manicure was highly popular.
- 1994 – UV light-curable monomer liquid and acrylic powder hit the market.
- 1995 – MMA became prohibited from nail use because of its damaging qualities. It was later replaced with EMA which was safer to use by professionals.
- 1999 – CoverGirl introduced a line of polishes called Crackle Lacquers that created a broken-glass effect on nails.
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