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    But there is risk involved. I will not pay out of pocket for very long during this last ditch experimental effort. If I find that the membership does not want to support this site with memberships, then I cannot support your being able to post your classified ads here for free. No, I am not intending to start charging for your posting ads here. I will just shut the site down and that will be it. I will be done with FaunaClassifieds. I certainly don't need this, and can live the rest of my life just fine without it. If I see that no one else really wants it to survive neither, then so be it. It goes away and you all can just go elsewhere to advertise your animals and merchandise.

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Snakeskin Pedicure? WTF

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You’ve surely heard of snake skin shoes and hand bags, but have you heard of a snake skin pedicure? A salon owner in California is creating a trend in the nail industry that is probably just beginning. Terri Silacci, owner of Nail Lounge in Euphoria Lounge Salon & Spa, learned how to clean the snake skin and disinfect it from any poison that might still be left behind. The idea came to her when her kids brought home a piece of snake skin from a science class- which just goes to show how inspiration can come to you at any time. She was fascinated by the texture and incorporated it into her salon.

Before you get all excited and start googling away where to get this done- wait till I tell you the price. The ‘Pedicure With Snakeskin’, as it’s labeled at Silacci’s salon, will cost you $300. That’s the price to pay for an outrageous beauty trend. Would you pay that much for a pedicure? If money was no option I’d be trying it out for myself!
 
It's dead skin. You've got plenty of that on your feet already. Sounds like one of those Chinese medicine gimmicks to me. I don't see people swarming to put dandruff on their feet.
 
As long as its shed skin I see no issue with it. Like snowgyre said if someone wants to pay for dead skin let them.
 
I dont get pedicures as I think they are a waste of time.
I also dont get my nails done and wear makeup all the time.
As a mom of three kids (not including the hubby or animals), who can find time for something like this?
And the price? :censored: ridiculous!
 
I like the part that says "disinfect it from any poison" - I didn't realize snake skin was poisonous. Learn something new every day!
 
Saw that, and tried it myself for a hell of a lot cheaper than $300.

Looked way more awesome in person, this was a crappy picture snapped before I ran out to a reptile show.
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Lasted a whole....day. Next time I'm trying something a little different and using a different top coat, I think it will come out much better.

Took me about an hour and a half to complete.
 
wow looks nice... arent we glad we have the resources to attempt this ourselves lol. I just cant see someone paying that much money for something like this... I wonder how many people will actually eventually end up paying $300 for this service
 
haha nice going Misty! How'd you do it? just trim the skin and stick it to a base coat and then apply a top coat? I've been debating giving it a shot myself just to see if I can do it
 
That is pretty cool :) ridiculous if someone would pay $300 though! If I would've known it was worth that I would've saved all my skins & started a business :rofl:
 
AbsoluteApril said:
haha nice going Misty! How'd you do it? just trim the skin and stick it to a base coat and then apply a top coat? I've been debating giving it a shot myself just to see if I can do it
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I just did my usual base coat, coat of the nail color I wanted and while it was still somewhat wet I stuck the pre-cut/shaped piece of skin to the nail, then did a topcoat over it.

I'm going to try it again soon and this time instead of applying the skin to the color polish, I'm going to let the color dry and then put on a coat of CND "Stickey" base, then put the skin on, then a top coat, and see if that holds the skin on better as it peeled off really quickly.
 
Post pictures next time you do it. I'd love to see how it turns out. The pic you showed looks nice as it was. Too bad it didnt stick too well
 
I'm thinking that when I get into ball pythons, I need to sell their shed skin to nail shops...lol!
 
OOoooo! My husband showed me some links bout this a couple weeks ago. I tried it on my daughter using several different colors for the base. I did a post on my blog about it. I been meaning to try it again with like a silver or metal grey. I had alot of fun doing it but apparently my daughter hated it, she had it off by the end of the day. I could never imagine paying what some people are to get it done though.:no01:
 
MistyC said:
Saw that, and tried it myself for a hell of a lot cheaper than $300.

Looked way more awesome in person, this was a crappy picture snapped before I ran out to a reptile show.
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Lasted a whole....day. Next time I'm trying something a little different and using a different top coat, I think it will come out much better.

Took me about an hour and a half to complete.
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Wow us snake owners have a crud load of shedded snake skin.... why go out and pay $300 for a full mani or pedi when we can have a friend do it or do it ourselves since it sounds simple.... seriously chop shops are getting that desperate?
 
Oh BTW MistyC.... your nails look awsome no matter if you think the pic is crappy... forgot to add that in my last post before i pushed submit. thats why i quoted the pic

nice job!!!!
 
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