This popular snail mucin repair cream has 10,000 5-star reviews—and it’s on sale
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Posted — UpdatedIf you’ve explored K-beauty at all, you’ve probably encountered a curious-sounding ingredient: Snail mucin. Often found in moisturizers and eye creams, it’s touted as a highly effective “hero” ingredient.
But: snails? And that word, “mucin,” looks a bit suspicious. What on earth is it? More important, what’s it supposed to do?
Well, if you’re easily grossed out, I have bad news for you. It’s exactly what it sounds like — snail slime. Yes, for your face. But it’s not as weird as it may seem at first.
Eventually, a moisturizer using snail mucin (the “slime”) hit the market, and here we are today, still talking about mucin-ing our faces.
There’s also the issue of ethics. How are companies retrieving mucin from snails?
The snail mucin ingredient is advertised to be at 97.5% concentration, which is to say it’s not filtered or diluted to death. The formula also contains nourishing vitamins E and B5, plus hydrating jojoba and shea butter.
Reviewers are sweet on this moisturizer, too, with more than 10,400 users rating it with five stars.
Convinced? Make like a snail and slide over to Amazon to give it a try.
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