The Long, Slightly Strange History Behind Fingernail Clipping
February 17, 2017 8:25 PM Subscribe
Fingernails have a functional purpose—they’re shells for our fingertips—but they sure come with an annoying side effect. That effect? The fact that, every couple of weeks, you have to cut them. No matter who you are, you have to go through this process where small pieces of your keratin fly everywhere because you’re shoving them in a nail clipper. But the modern nail clipper is a fairly recent phenomenon, roughly as old as the Swiss Army Knife. Which means that for most of human history, clipping one’s nails was a little harder than digging your rusty clipper out of the medicine cabinet.
Bonus: celebrity manicurist Deborah Lippmann tells you how to clip your nails like a pro.
Bonus: celebrity manicurist Deborah Lippmann tells you how to clip your nails like a pro.
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Dang it. Flagged for deletion.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 9:03 PM on February 17, 2017
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 9:03 PM on February 17, 2017
Still, dupe or no, Atlas Obscura is bringing it lately. Where'd the resources come from?
posted by notyou at 9:24 PM on February 17, 2017
posted by notyou at 9:24 PM on February 17, 2017
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