Would You Pay $300 For Snakeskin Nails?
califorina manicurist creates nail trend from real animal skin
"One snake's trash is another nail's treasure," says California bio sculpture artist Terri Silacci. She came up with the newest craze in nail trends: snakeskin manicures! Think of it like nail decals, but with real animal skin. "Initially, clients are always skeptical and think it's weird, but then they see it and want it right away." Since Terri uses already shed skin, we can count this as a cruelty-free manicure. It's both cringeworthy and curious, and we're certainly intrigued.
The snakeskin manicure combines application techniques from Minx and Shellac, and takes roughly around 2.5 hours for a full manicure. Terri first begins by applying and curing a gel base in a UV light box. After she custom cuts and applies snakeskin to each finger, she maneuvers and trims for a perfect fit. After, she seals it with clear lacquer for gorgeous reptilian tips.
This type of nail treatment can run you anywhere between $150-300, so it's definitely a splurge. What do you think Beauties? Would you shell out the dough for this serpentine style? Check out the video below to see the manicure how-to!
Image courtesy of Terri Silacci & The Today Show
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Ehh, pretty gross. I'd much rather have a hand painted job rather than having dead skin glued onto my nails. Then again, I grew up in snake country. Maybe more reserved people would find this edgy and necessary.
I definitely have a big adorable orange snake named Loki, so I find this kinda disgusting. Not to mention when he shed - his skin is all dirty from his enclosure and not something i'd want on my hands.
Certainly not my cup of tea~ I'm not a fan of animal prints and/or reptile skin items to begin with so, I too, will pass on these. While I'm really not a fan of reptiles, I sincerely hope that none of them are harmed for this so called "trend". Totally against animal cruelty in any shape or form.
Very interesting.. a little unattractive for me personally, I'm not an animal/reptile print kinda gal. But I do think it's highly creative.
Snake skin products in the fashion industry (garment, bags, shoes etc) come from farmed snakes that are raised just to have their skin cut and stripped off their bodies, afterwards being left in a pile to die over the next several days. I'm bringing this up because I question what exactly "dead skin" refers to, whether it is snake molting (the shed skin) or the actual once alive- but now dead by being cut up. Sorry for the gross description girls..
Hi Karen! Terri used the molted, already shed skin from the snake, so no serpents are harmed as far as we can tell. We'll keep you posted!
That looks kind of gross, not the pattern but the texture. Real snakeskin is well, scaly. Who wants scaly nails???
Ew. yuck. no. I like the print, but I'd rather not have real snake skin on me. yuck.
I feel like an excellent manicurist could replicate this, so no. Ew. They do these things to get us to talk about them to begin with. Haha.
I must say, this is totally thinking outside of the box but I think I will pass on these snakeskin nails. I'll give myself nightmares! :P
Wow these definitely look gorgeous! And I can see a huge trend coming on very soon. But for me the price may be a little bit too much. Especially because they might not last very long due to daily activities (washing dishes, showering, etc). I think this is really interesting and pretty but its a bit out of my price range.