WTF Friday: Manicures Just Got Dissssgusting

By Jessica Zaleski

The most extravagant I’ll go with my nails is alternating polish colors on each finger or painting a coat of glitter over my plain polish. I know, that’s so boring. If only I could be like women in Texas who created a brand new nail trend. A nail salon started putting snakeskin on nails! Not just a snakeskin pattern or airbrushing, ACTUAL SNAKESKIN!

I think we are going a little too far here. I’ve spent hours looking at cool manicures on Pinterest, and a lot of them make me think, “Why would someone do that to their nails?” I’ve seen newspaper nails, lace nails and weird 3-D looking nails, but those seem so tame compared to this freakish, snakeskin nail fetish.

The thought of me biting my nails when I’m nervous right before a class presentation and biting onto real snake body makes me want to vom. Or what about when I’m eating finger food? Will I get snakeskin in my sandwich? I wanted a BLT, not a BLSST.

Where are they even getting this skin? Are the nail salon managers patrolling the woods to find newly shed snakeskin, or are they just slaughtering the snakes for a manicure? I’m not being a crazy animal PETA person because I think fur coats and animal purses aren’t SO bad, but those products last years. A manicure lasts about a week!

So I searched the internet to find crazy manicures I would be willing to try before putting snakeskin on my nails. What about you guys? Are you pro-snake or anti-snake?

Jessica is a senior at the University of Florida. If you want to woo her, buy her a sandwich instead of a drink. She loves criticizing celebrities on CollegeCandy and tweeting from @jesszalesk about rude people on the bus.