CosRx

CosRx Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence Specifically, CosRx Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence: Provides intense hydration and helps protect the skin from moisture loss Improves and restores skin elasticity  Soothes skin after a breakout helps improve damaged skin and restores vitality Supplies important and abundant nourishment to our skin  All while staying lightweight and non-greasy. Snail mucin is — you guessed it — an excretion from the snail. It’s also referred to as snail slime and often appears on ingredient labels as snail secretion filtrate or SSF. It comes out of the snails when they’re stressed as a way to protect themselves and contains properties like glycoproteins, hyaluronic acid, and glycolic acid, all of which are great for the skin ( source ). You might be wondering if the tiny snails are hurt during the process of extracting this ingredient.  Especially when you think about the vast amounts of snail extract needed to meet the demands of the skin...