Snail Mucus: The Miracle Working Ingredient in Skin Care?

Anyone who follows beauty trends today has heard the rave reviews about snail mucus.  When you say snail mucus do you actually mean that gross slimy good a nail leaves behind?  Why yes, in fact, I do.  Snail mucus or mucin is the hot new treatment on the block and celebrities like Drew Barrymore have been touting its effects.  At 44 years old, if youthful, dewy, and glowing Drew Barrymore uses it, I want to try it.

Snail mucus is a prevalent ingredient in Korean skincare products used with a Korean skincare regime.  Korean skincare regimes generally have approximately 8 plus sets that include oil cleanse, foam cleans, exfoliate, essence, treatment, ampoule, eye cream, moisturizer, and sunscreen or sleep pack depending on if its a day or night application. Moisturizers, eye creams as well as essences and ampoules all contain snail mucus.  Essences and ampoules, if you don't know, are strong targetting treatments for your skin.  Snail mucin has therapeutic properties that supposedly promote cell regeneration, firmness, and help to fix dark spots.

Ok.  Great. That all sounds great but its still snail mucus.  So, does it work? Yes!!! I gave it a try for a month.  It does work.  I bought an ampoule. It was thick and viscous and took a good 3 minutes to absorb fully into my skin.   The consistency was what I precisely the consistency I conjured in my mind when I first heard about mucin in beauty treatments.  However, ampoules tend to be of a thicker consistency. They are very powerful and hydrating.  That is why they are one of the final steps.  I tried this ampoule for about four weeks.  I suffer from the fine lines that all 35-year-olds start to see in addition to blotchy rosacea-like redness and hyperpigmentation thanks to my tendency to be less than diligent with sunscreen in my teens and early twenties. I do not leave the house without something on my face to smooth out the color.  I may not wear a full face of makeup day and day out, but I like to even out my patchy red skin.

It was not magic.  My lines are not gone.  My red spots are still red.  However, they are better.  In 4 weeks I saw enough improvement comfortable go out of the house without BB Cream or tinted moisturizer. There was a marked improvement in just four weeks.  Give me all the snail snot you have.  I have since tried eye creams and treatments, and they are all wonderful.  They do affect my skin.  There are marked changes for the better in a short time.   Also, and this is a significant detail, the moisturizer, eye cream, and treatments are not viscous.  Most ampoules are a bit mucilaginous.  So if the texture gives you the icks, remember there are others, and in my experience, they all work well.

Call me a convert, but snail mucin works. 



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