- In a bizarre fashion trend, women in Mexico are gluing scorpions to their fingernails, which can easily kill in 15 minutes
- The brand-new manicure style sees country’s second most venomous scorpion, the Centruroides Suffusus glue to nails
- Trend was pioneered at Skip Uñas beauty parlour in Durango, where some 1,000 were killed by the insects last year
- Scorpion manicure started as a ‘sick joke’, yet now women from across America are visiting for the beauty treatment
- Insects are likewise considered a delicacy and one city centre restaurant is serving scorpion tacos to daring diners
Alasdair Baverstock In Durango, Mexico, For Mailonline
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It’s the latest and most bizarre beauty craze sweeping Latin America – women gluing dead scorpions to their finger nails.
The brand-new manicure style sees women attach scorpions to their nails along with a venom so deadly it kills victims in 15 minutes, all in the name of fashion.
‘It started out as a sick joke’, beauty parlour owner Rocío Vidales, that is pioneering the bizarre beauty treatment told MailOnline. ‘We’ve had women come here from across North America specifically to have actually baby scorpions fitted to their nails.’
Bizarre: In just what started as ‘a sick joke’ women across Latin America are getting deadly scorpions glued to their nails. Lupita Garcia (pictured) started the trend once she suggested to staff at Rocío’s nail parlour in Durango, Mexico, use insects
Killer fashion: A dead baby Centruroides Suffusus scorpion is attached to Lupita Garcia’s thumbnail. The insects’ venom is so deadly that a single sting can easily kill an adult human in simply 15 minutes
Manicure: The beauty parlour’s owner Rocío Vidales (pictured) said women from across North America travel to the Mexican state simply to have actually their nails done at the salon after a video of the treatment went viral
Beauty essentials: Scorpions are piled up next to a pot of nail varnish at Skip Uñas beauty parlour, where the treatment was pioneered
The trend started in September once Lupita Garcia, a scorpion artisan and enthusiast, suggested to the staff at Rocío’s nail parlour in Durango, Mexico, to have actually a Scorpion-themed manicure.
The tiny scorpions are stuck onto women’s nails, despite being much less compared to a week old, are still highly venomous.
The insects are killed along with bug spray prior to they go near the manicurist’s table, and while the stingers are left on, Rocío says she never touches the animals along with her hands.
Dr Julio Cesar Ramirez, that has actually worked in hospitals for 30 years, said: ‘The scorpions remain venomous after they have actually died.’
Lupita said: ‘Most people believe scorpions are to be feared, yet I believe they are animals of real beauty. I’m always innovating brand-new ways to make art from scorpions, and this manicure has actually been my biggest hit.’
‘It looks good, yet I surely wouldn’t have actually it done to my own nails,’ said Sylvia Ruedas, having her manicure alongside Lupita.
A video of the brand-new manicure went viral after it was uploaded to Facebook – bringing comments in praise and disgust in equal measure.
‘A lot of people wrote saying how disgusting it was. yet a lot Mexican-American women along with roots in Durango have actually come specifically for the brand-new manicure’ said Rocío.
Lupita’s passion for the deadly insects, the second most venomous scorpion in Mexico, has actually survived three divide trips to the emergency room.
‘I’ve been stung enough to know that the pain of the venom is pretty intense’, she said, recounting her experiences. ‘It gives you a terrible headache, your nose begins to bleed, your tongue goes numb and your throat feels like it’s lined along with fur.
‘The scorpions like the shade and so often slip in to people’s houses. My estate is situated next to an abandoned lot where a lot of them live, so I get hold of much more compared to my reasonable share.’
Although they grow to simply 4cm in length, the venom from Centruroides Suffusus can easily kill an adult human in 15 to 20 minutes. much more compared to a thousand people were killed in Durango state in northern Mexico by the deadly insects last year.
Grub: Scorpion tacos are served up at Raíces restaurant in the city centre and have actually become a huge victory since launching last year
Revenge: Silvia Torres (pictured) was nearly killed by a scorpion sting four years ago. Even though nervous about getting close to one of the deadly insects again, she says consuming a scorpion taco feels like ‘revenge’
Brave: Scorpion manicure fan Lupita Garcia’s daughter Ana Carol is much like her mum in that she is not scared of the insects, despite the fact that they can easily kill an adult along with simply a single sting
Variety: The scorpions can easily be served in several different ways. Here is an unusual take on a tequila slammer – one of the insects has actually been coated in chilli to offer it a bit of heat
For sale: Dead scorpions, preserved in alcohol, are available for £2 each in the local market. Eduardo Miguel, that sells around 20 dead insects a day, said men buy them to play pranks on their girlfriends and sisters
Dangerous: The venom of the Centruroides Suffusus can easily kill a person in 15 minutes and the insects are very common in Durango. They are the second most venomous inset in Mexico
‘Fatalities have actually been reasonable significantly by the anti-venom units installed in every hospital, yet it’s the people in rural areas that can’t get hold of to a hospital quickly enough that tend to die,’ Lupita said.
The scorpion manicure involves sticking the dead insect to the nail prior to encasing it in liquid acrylic, which is subsequently polished.
‘Designing the manicure was tricky,’ Rocío told MailOnline. ‘It was a challenge not to enable the insect to move, adjustment colour or rot if exposed to the air.
‘I believe it’s a quite strange thing to want on the end of your finger, yet I can’t argue along with the demand.’
The popularity of the lethal scorpions, which are commonly found hiding under bus benches in Durango, has actually not been limited to the city’s beauty parlours.
Dead scorpions, preserved in alcohol, are available for £2 each in the local market, fished from jars containing much more compared to 1,000 insects.
‘Guys buy them to play pranks on their sisters and girlfriends,’ said vendor Eduardo Miguel, 19, that sells around 20 dead insects a day. ‘Watching them discover a massive scorpion in their underwear drawer can easily be hilarious.’
Scorpions are even sold in tacos to consume at the city centre’s Raíces restaurant.
The scorpions served in Sergio’s tacos are soaked in surgical alcohol for 24 hours prior to they go near the kitchen, a process which the owner claims neutralises the asphyxiating venom.
‘We make certain they completely safe to consume prior to we cook them’, he said, ‘that’s why we leave the stinger on, it gives the insect that extra bite on your tongue once you bite in to it’.
Dr Ramirez added: ‘The alcohol destroys the functionality of the venom-creating organ. They’re perfectly safe to eat, Even though still not particularly delicious’.
Diner Silvia Torres, that was nearly killed by a scorpion sting four years ago, said: ‘For me it feels a lot like revenge. I’ve finally worked up the courage to set eyes on the beasts again and I was pretty nervous prior to biting in to the taco.’
‘It’s popular because it’s such a novelty, not because it’s delicious.’ said Erica Mendez from Sinaloa. ‘It’s much more like chewing stringy cartilage.
‘I surely wouldn’t go with scorpions tacos over enchiladas in the future’.
Sergio Ávila, the scorpion taco’s inventor, added: ‘I used to play along with the scorpions on the mountainsides as a kid.
‘Here we soak them in a liquid which neutralises their venom prior to frying them and serving them up, stinger and all.’
Unusual taste: Erica Mendez, that tried the delicacy, said: ‘I surely wouldn’t go with scorpions tacos over enchiladas in the future’
Fried: Raíces restaurant in the city centre serves variations of the fried bug by coating them either in chocolate, chilli powder or tequila
Daring: Raíces restaurant likewise offers the scorpions alive to those that have actually consumed enough tequila, otherwise you can easily consume them fried
Expanding business: Raíces restaurant hopes to franchise the tip in Canada and then Europe and staff are working on a tasting dish of edible insects from across Mexico
‘people always ask me just what they tastes like,’ said the self-styled ‘Scorpion King’ as he chosen a wriggling insect from a bucket containing much more compared to a thousand and eats it. ‘The answer is that it only tastes of scorpion, there’s nothing to compare it to.’
The honest truth is that Sergio’s insects taste of pretty little, and given their hard exoskeleton are difficult to chew.
The restaurant serves variations of the fried bug by coating them either in chocolate, chilli powder or tequila, and offering them still alive to those that have actually consumed enough alcohol to dare.
‘We’re hoping to franchise the tip in Canada and then Europe,’ he told MailOnline. ‘And we’re likewise working on a tasting dish of edible insects from across Mexico.’
‘The scorpions have actually claimed a lot of lives throughout the region, so it’s understandable that they have actually come to represent Durango,’ said Socorro Orijin, 76, that sells clocks, key rings, fridge magnets and mugs containing dead scorpions. ‘A lot of people have actually been murdered using these scorpions.
‘It used to be that badly-behaved prisoners in the state penitentiary would certainly discover a scorpion waiting under their bed sheets.’
Lupita, that says her alternative manicures have actually helped to attract much more business to her stall, added: ‘We sell live scorpions to people as pets, yet we always cut off the stinger.
‘The tip is to improve the image of these insects, not to sell people deadly weapons.’
Cuisine: Diner Miriam tucks in to scorpion tacos at Raíces restaurant in Durango state in northern Mexico. The insects are difficult to chew
Killers: much more compared to a thousand people were killed in Durango state in northern Mexico by the insects last year. They are the second most venomous insect in the country
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