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Jan 21, 2012 7:30 AM EST
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The Illustrated History Of Nail Art

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1930s-1950s

1930s - 1950s — In 1934, the dentist Maxwell Lappe created the first set of fake nails for clients who bit their nails. In 1955, another dentist Frederick Slack, who after attempting to mend a broken nail with acrylic, accidentally invented what was called the acrylic sculpting-nail extension.

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