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- Snail Secretion Cream NYMag.com Saromae

Snails are more than garden pests and French appetizers these days. The slime these mollusks leave behind them is being blended into countless creams, masks, serums, and other skin-care products, including

from SMD Cosmetics. Though snail slime, or mucin, hasn’t been subjected to rigorous scientific studies, it does help seal in moisture, and it’s rich in glycoprote­ins, hyaluronic acid, and glycolic acid, all of which have well-known skin benefits. And you don’t have to worry about snail welfare: When manufactur­ers harvest mucin, the snails simply crawl around a mesh net for 30 minutes and are then returned to their habitats to rest. $70, smdcosmeti­cs.com Source:

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