Acrylic nails have a long and surprising history. Acrylics were discovered after a dentist named Frederick Slack broke his nail in 1954, and experimented with dental acrylic and other chemicals to fix his nail. But he wasn't the one to officially create and start the use of acrylics in salons and other places. Dr. Stuart Nordstrom was the one to do that. He invented the acrylic powder and liquid (monomer) concept which pros and nail technicians use today. But why do people even want long nails? In ancient Egyptian times, women had long nails as a status symbol. The poor people and slaves couldn't have long nails because they would be working in terrible conditions all the time, and would break them. And if you had long nails it
