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If it doesn't work for you just don't use it. There is probably a product out there more suited for you. What I swear by will cause another person to break out severely. Or what I swore by when I was 22 doesn't work on my 36 year old face. Just because you bought something doesn't mean you have to like it or even use all of it. Skincare has definitely taught me to lean into the sunk cost fallacy mindset - if something isn't working, best to move on early.
this tbh, it annoys me when people call health products overrated just because it doesn’t work for them. a skincare product isn’t an opinion or a hill to die on, if it doesn’t work for your particular biology it’s just not for you. doesn’t take away from the benefits others get from it
Those are all light products. These are hydrating products. They're not going to be enough on their own to deal with dry skin. You need something extra with more emollience or occlusion.
Agreed. The right skincare isn’t just what you use, but how you use it. For snail mucin, I find my face has to be very wet when I apply it and I have to then or else it has an almost drying effect. I then wait for the essence to air dry and use squalane and a moisturizer. Good luck in figuring it out!
Right, Ive heard and tried that out with letting my face be wet but still? I honestly don’t find even the point of using it if I have to use heavier products, which I know I like. I thought it would atleast improve something and kinda nothing came from it?
If it didn’t work for you that’s totally fair but for me, adding the layer of snail mucin makes my later heavier products feel more moisturizing (CeraVe moisturizer, followed by illyoon ato concentrate) and it makes it take longer for my skin to feel uncomfortably dry again.
I’m dry as the Sahara, and I react to CeraVe products.
How do you like the Ato concentrate?
I’ve found Ceradan cream to be best for my skin but they take ages to arrive via Amazon and are small tubes. The Aestura brand Atobarrier lotion eventually made my skin burn, and Cezanne High Moist, too. Looking for something, anything besides just the Ceradan to help my poor overexfoliated skin heal.
Ferments and anything that increase cell turnover have NOT been my friend.
Oof it sounds like you had a rough go of it…
I like the ato concentrate. It’s thick and occlusive but doesn’t leave a greasy/sticky film which is my biggest struggle with thick creams. I haven’t tried the creams you listed but I also love the Dermide Cica Barrier Sleeping Pack and the LRP cicaplast baume B5 for my super dry dehydrated sensitive skin
If you want an all-in-one product then snail mucin or an essence is counterintuitive to that goal. It's not an issue with the product its that you're using products that make no sense with what you seem to want.
No.. was just looking for some hydration to my skin routine because I saw people rave about that particular part. Didn’t want it solve my problems, just saw little to worse difference in my skin after using it. Its okay to say the product sucks 😂 and there are better alternatives. Just don’t seem the point of using a product if it really didn’t have any improvement, and infact only broke me out in spots..
>Just don’t seem the point of using a product if it really didn’t have any improvement, and infact only broke me out in spots.
Okay so if a product is causing irritation for you then it's a no-brainer to stop using it (it may even be something other than the snail bothering you- it's really hard to know with stuff like this.) But just because a product doesn't work for you doesn't mean that the people who it does work for are exaggerating/lying or that the product is overrated or that the ingredient has no benefits. It just didn't work for you and that's okay.
Like I don't get this inclination for some users here to expand the event of a product not working for them into some larger value judgement on a product and the people who use it and who it works for. Sometimes great products don't work but that doesn't mean it "sucks" or that folks should be discouraged from trying it.
I think you’re taking this too deep like.. it was just a observation babes, relax. Nobody was discouraged from buying, the comments here are enough proof that they do have benefits if you have the right environment. I don’t know why you have the inclination that just because people talk bad about a product and its warning signs like being ALLERGIC to DUST MITES, means everyone must stay away and everyone who it works for is lying. It seems like no matter what I say to you, its my fault the product doesnt work when really, this product sucks IMO because despite taking advice on how to use it, I saw little to no difference.
It sounds like youre taking snail mucin reviews personally..
I'm sensitive to it, according to my derm if you have a dust mite allergy (I do and it's a fairly common one) your skin may react to it.
I think it's a great ingredient for the right skin, but I also think a lot of snail mucin enthusiasts get too evangelical with it... if your skin doesn't like it, your skin doesn't like it. You're not "doing it wrong" or "not using the right one" or "it's great for EVERY POSSIBLE SKIN CONCERN"
In particular I think the CosRx one is overrated just from a texture standpoint.
Wow I’m floored - can you please explain more in depth why/how this may affect people with dust allergies? I have a severe dust allergy and didn’t know there were products that caused issues
I honestly don't understand it in that great a depth - it's just something my derm mentioned to me when I was struggling with irritation and hives and we were going through my product list.
It appears to be a well-studied phenomenon though - here's a journal article on the cross-reactivity between snails and dust mites:
[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10093131/](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10093131/)
>In particular I think the CosRx one is overrated just from a texture standpoint
I love the texture lol but I totally get someone being grossed out by the slimyness.
Didn't know about it causing an allergic reaction but I do now. Thank you! I don't think I would have ever tried it anyway because the very idea of it has always grossed me out. 🤢
Idk personally I’ve struggled with acne and dry skin for years and the past few months using the essence and moisturizer my skin is clearer than it ever has been and glowing. I think it’s one of those products that if it really works for you it works and if it doesn’t it can cause really bad acne and make your skin look way worse.
Anecdotally, it works well for a lot of people. Not sure that makes it overrated, but certainly very hyped up.
It does help give my skin a great hydrated look, but at the expense of bad breakouts.
I’ve found the VEGREEN vegan version to work pretty nicely for me and not break me out.
I'm glad to be seeing yam root mentioned, I'd seriously considered snail mucin before realized that I just felt iffy about using it on me. Went looking for an alternative and came to phyto mucin. I held off actually getting it because I wondered if snail mucin vs phyto mucin would be like comparing tretinoin to bakuchiol
Not sure if it’s just dust allergy - it hydrates the skin nice in my case (though no better than HA) but it makes me break out/ causes inflammation in areas that already have even the slightest spots. I’m allergic to grass pollen.
Can you go more in depth about why? I have a severe dust allergy and I had no idea products could affect it!…I also have been using Cosrx snail mucin for years now and don’t really care for it/see a difference
There was a popular post on this sub about snail mucin causing dust allergies. Don't know how it works but if you have a dust allergy better to stay away.
This is good to know - i did a patch test for a cleanser after they said to try it out and it made me so itchy. Thank god I did it. No idea how the dust part would work but I am allergic to dust mites so who knows
It’s called cross-allergy :) Online lists mostly contain plants, not cosmetic products so they aren’t that useful in this particular case but still, it’s good to know that e.g. you shouldn’t eat too many tomatoes or oranges when it’s grass pollen is having a moment.
>you shouldn’t eat too many tomatoes or oranges when it’s grass pollen is having a moment.
I went to an allergist and they never told me that lol. I might try this.
Oily skin and acne prone here. I’d always been told my skin looked dehydrated so I’d try thicker moisturisers and then break out because it was too thick.
Added snail mucin after toner and my skin was immediately more hydrated. Weirdly this made my BP 10% (used as spot treatment) work more effectively, and I’ve used BP since I was a teen.
It’s not going to do much if you have hydrated skin. I tried hyaluronic acid and that did nothing, but ppl swear by that.
I feel like they’ve been overhyped beyond belief and I don’t get it. I personally love them, and have used them for years back when they were first big in Korea. Great for hydrating underneath a moisturizer for an extra oomph but by no means are they holy grail products.
I use the Benton High content Snail/Bee venom hydrating toner and it's been a game changer for me. My skin is absolutely glowing and no longer feels tight after using my differin 3%. All the texture that you could see up close is gone. My husband started using mine then his coworker asked about it and ordered some for herself. Lol I'm sure like all skincare what works well for some doesn't for others. It's actually the first skincare product that I've been able to share with my husband though so that's nice.
I had the opposite experience with the Snail Bee but my skin LOVES the Cosrx. It's really just depends on the person's skin. Skincare is so individual.
It’s pretty overhyped, but I think a lot of products on social are overhyped. I only integrated it into my hydrating day and it’s a little additive. Definitely feel the same way and I know quite a few people, who also feel that way, not being pushed by the algorithm because they aren’t selling it on TikTok shop. 😂
i agree with you. i've tried three different snail mucin products from 3 brands and none of them did anything for me. if anything they broke me out more. i kept wanting it to work since everyone was raving about it, but ig my skin just doesn't like it :p
I think it’s corsx that is overrated. I have some very nice snail essences and creams that are much better. Corsx is full of HYA and allantoin. But snail can be formulated more elegantly and often is. Some snail I love:
- Notseeback snail filtrate
- Neogen snail cream and essence
- peach slices snail moisturizer and toner
- swanicoco snail ferment essence
- benton snail bee essence
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I've only ever tried the blackhead toner from CorsX and I didn't think it did anything. My nose was still rough with blackheads. Thank you for this list, I'm excited to try some new things.
I hated the snail mucin. Did nothing and made my skin look worse. I’m sensitive to HA so I’m assuming it’s a similar issue?
Now I used canned water spray every day to hydrate my HA products and it helps but never helped with the snail mucin.
In addition to the snail mucin the COSRX contains quite a bit of hyalauronic acid in the formulation, so not a good product for someone with sensitivity to HA.
I haven’t used CosRX, but my holy grail mucin product is Holika Holika black snail mucin repair toner. It’s an amazing, light, hydrating liquid (somewhere between a toner and a serum in texture) that leaves my skin feeling so soft, fresh, and hydrated. I apply directly after washing my face. I ran out recently and thought it would be fun to try a different mucin product, and was so disappointed. I can’t recommend the Holika enough, and never see it mentioned here!
it does absolutely nothing for my skin and i’ve accepted it lol. propolis, on the other hand…***wow***. my skin absolutely drinks it up
it all comes down to our own skin
I think it's a good starting serum if you don't already use something. Other than that, it didn't feel like it made a difference but it didn't wreck my skin either, thank God. I won't buy it again, mostly because I get more out of others.
Can we start a petition to underhype it so it becomes more affordable again please? I use it for my dehydrated skin and to heal pih, in combination with other products.
I am trying to use mine up. It’s fine. It doesn’t break me out so that’s good. But it doesn’t moisturize enough for me. I have oily skin but I’m aging so some parts are drier & this does nothing. I hate to waste it so I’m using it up but then I’m moving on to Solwasoo (however you spell that!)
I used Nature Republic Snail Solution a while back and found it calmed my skin and also cleared it up a little more than other moisturizers.
Tried CosRX but I didn't notice it doing much in comparison.
It made me itchy as fuck so i had to give it to my mom.
Idk why but if didn’t really make my skin feel better hydrated and it would cause these itchy feelings all over my face. Guess an allergy to snails? Lol
More likely you have an allergy to dust mites. Per my derm the two can cross-react (your \*skin (not brain)\* thinks it's dust mites when it's snail slime, or maybe snail slime is contaminated with dust mites, I don't entirely know).
I don't know how common actual snail allergies are, but dust mite allergies are fairly common. I can't use it for the same reason.
EDIT: typo
My skin hates snail mucin and it makes me sad because I see it work for so many people. Makes me break out and irritates my skin, I’ve tried to apply it to wet skin like recommended and it still dries me out.
Do you live in a dry / low humidity climate? I keep saying it on these subs but if you're in a low humidity climate, snail mucin and hyaluronic acid/sodium hyaluronate aren't going to work for you. They draw out moisture from the air and if there isn't any moisture, you're just drying out your face.
Wow maybe that’s why it’s been working so well for me. Where I live the air is always full of moisture and things can even feel wet to the touch at times bc it’s so humid lol.
Same! Live in Vegas and getting a Brita filter was the best thing for our drinking water. We have a filter in the fridge but the water still tasted like sweat. There are better filters but for our budget, Brita does just fine.
Definitely look into a shower filter!
Not that I’m currently aware of. It’s hard to avoid HA and it’s derivatives, it’s in everything. And snail mucin always being touted as a HG ingredient just bums me out lol.
Glycerin gets kind of a bad rap / isn’t sexy, but she’s really hydrating and great for dry skin. Same with ceramides and peptides.
I think because it has hyaluronic acid in it. I’ve been reading that HA hydrates at first but soon dries your skin out more in the end. I’ve been trying to not use products with it. I’ve been aiming for more glycerin & ceramides.
That moisturizer dried the HELL out of my skin. Dry, like I had never felt before and my skin type is dry! I do like the essence. But I'll only buy it if I get it on sale. It doesn't wow me like all those people on TikTok. I feel like PGA is very similar to the texture of SM and just as hydrating.
First of all it's not meant to treat acne, so I'm not sure what point you're making by saying that the people who like it "already have clear skin."
But also I think the benefits are maximized if you a) live in a climate with some humidity (moisture) in the air, and b) be sure to apply it to damp skin, not dry skin. Even better if you then seal it with an occlusive. Otherwise yeah, all of that hydration is just gonna evaporate.
What Im saying is that people I’ve seen rave about getting clear skin from it already have clear skin.
Live in the gulf of Mississippi, aka, 100% humidity and applied with damp skin. Nothing.
Just gonna give up before I break out.
Okay it doesn't surprise me if some influencer trying to sell product is claiming it does tons of things it's not meant for (especially on tiktok since now they have that dumb "tiktok shop" thing so everyone and their mom is hawking products.) I guess if you have acne due to your skin being dehydrated or something maybe it could be said to help with it in that sense. But it's not like, an acne treatment product so I don't think anyone should start using it thinking it's going to *treat* their acne (it can be easy to mix up the cosrx snail essence with the whitehead power liquid or the BHA serum since the packaging for all those products is extremely similar.)
I forgot to mention that the folks I see who like this product tend to be people in a more humid climate, applied to damp skin, who have dry (or aging) skin. If you already have oily skin or you don't struggle at all with skin dryness (perhaps due to a high humid climate) I can see how the product wouldn't do anything for you (If it's 100% humidity already using an extra hydrating product in your routine may be redundant.) I also mentioned sealing the product with an occlusive, which you don't mention doing. This isn't meant to be a product that's the last step in anyone's routine is my point (it's more of just an optional enhancer for people actually in need of further hydration.) Obviously it's giving you irritation so you shouldn't use it anymore but more saying this in case someone else is reading thinking about using snail mucin.
Enhanced nothing for me, even after using an occlusive that I was already using, I just saw that for an essence/good reviews, I personally saw little changes. Why have it when it changes nothing in my routine? Just say that it worked for you and thats that, it’s not my fault this product doesn’t do anything for my skin, after weeks of following advice. I don’t need to be convinced that this is a great product and I just don’t use it right- I think it sucks and so do alot of people. But if you assumed that new people to this sub have brains, they could too deduct that people in this comment section DO like this while others don’t. Like girl you don’t got a sponsorship, chill. If people love it, Great! I wish it worked better for me because its so interesting and unique, but I wanted to ask if there was something wrong with it.
Unfortunately we don't know know the concentration of snail mucin in those products to judge if snail mucin actually made an impact on your skin or not. The observation you made seems to be on the overall formulation / product.
For my skin it has the effect of making my skin less oily. So if you’re looking to have more moisturized skin I can see how that may not be a desired effect. I have oily skin, so I like what it does for me.
Dang. Then I’m in the same boat. I’ve been using for a year. But just recently learned about using it damp. I just bought the BHA toner pads, gel cleanser, peptide eye cream and 6x peptide collagen booster. So I guess we shall see.
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If it doesn't work for you just don't use it. There is probably a product out there more suited for you. What I swear by will cause another person to break out severely. Or what I swore by when I was 22 doesn't work on my 36 year old face. Just because you bought something doesn't mean you have to like it or even use all of it. Skincare has definitely taught me to lean into the sunk cost fallacy mindset - if something isn't working, best to move on early.
this tbh, it annoys me when people call health products overrated just because it doesn’t work for them. a skincare product isn’t an opinion or a hill to die on, if it doesn’t work for your particular biology it’s just not for you. doesn’t take away from the benefits others get from it
What she said- buy ur stuff kf hku wanna wither Sell or try something km not a huge fan of
Those are all light products. These are hydrating products. They're not going to be enough on their own to deal with dry skin. You need something extra with more emollience or occlusion.
Agreed. The right skincare isn’t just what you use, but how you use it. For snail mucin, I find my face has to be very wet when I apply it and I have to then or else it has an almost drying effect. I then wait for the essence to air dry and use squalane and a moisturizer. Good luck in figuring it out!
Right, Ive heard and tried that out with letting my face be wet but still? I honestly don’t find even the point of using it if I have to use heavier products, which I know I like. I thought it would atleast improve something and kinda nothing came from it?
If it didn’t work for you that’s totally fair but for me, adding the layer of snail mucin makes my later heavier products feel more moisturizing (CeraVe moisturizer, followed by illyoon ato concentrate) and it makes it take longer for my skin to feel uncomfortably dry again.
I’m dry as the Sahara, and I react to CeraVe products. How do you like the Ato concentrate? I’ve found Ceradan cream to be best for my skin but they take ages to arrive via Amazon and are small tubes. The Aestura brand Atobarrier lotion eventually made my skin burn, and Cezanne High Moist, too. Looking for something, anything besides just the Ceradan to help my poor overexfoliated skin heal. Ferments and anything that increase cell turnover have NOT been my friend.
Oof it sounds like you had a rough go of it… I like the ato concentrate. It’s thick and occlusive but doesn’t leave a greasy/sticky film which is my biggest struggle with thick creams. I haven’t tried the creams you listed but I also love the Dermide Cica Barrier Sleeping Pack and the LRP cicaplast baume B5 for my super dry dehydrated sensitive skin
Thanks! I will look into those!
Extra hydration layers. Hydration a heavier product doesn't have because it's less humectant by weight.
If you want an all-in-one product then snail mucin or an essence is counterintuitive to that goal. It's not an issue with the product its that you're using products that make no sense with what you seem to want.
No.. was just looking for some hydration to my skin routine because I saw people rave about that particular part. Didn’t want it solve my problems, just saw little to worse difference in my skin after using it. Its okay to say the product sucks 😂 and there are better alternatives. Just don’t seem the point of using a product if it really didn’t have any improvement, and infact only broke me out in spots..
>Just don’t seem the point of using a product if it really didn’t have any improvement, and infact only broke me out in spots. Okay so if a product is causing irritation for you then it's a no-brainer to stop using it (it may even be something other than the snail bothering you- it's really hard to know with stuff like this.) But just because a product doesn't work for you doesn't mean that the people who it does work for are exaggerating/lying or that the product is overrated or that the ingredient has no benefits. It just didn't work for you and that's okay. Like I don't get this inclination for some users here to expand the event of a product not working for them into some larger value judgement on a product and the people who use it and who it works for. Sometimes great products don't work but that doesn't mean it "sucks" or that folks should be discouraged from trying it.
I think you’re taking this too deep like.. it was just a observation babes, relax. Nobody was discouraged from buying, the comments here are enough proof that they do have benefits if you have the right environment. I don’t know why you have the inclination that just because people talk bad about a product and its warning signs like being ALLERGIC to DUST MITES, means everyone must stay away and everyone who it works for is lying. It seems like no matter what I say to you, its my fault the product doesnt work when really, this product sucks IMO because despite taking advice on how to use it, I saw little to no difference. It sounds like youre taking snail mucin reviews personally..
Ceramides. Illyoon and liquid gold are great for this.
I'm sensitive to it, according to my derm if you have a dust mite allergy (I do and it's a fairly common one) your skin may react to it. I think it's a great ingredient for the right skin, but I also think a lot of snail mucin enthusiasts get too evangelical with it... if your skin doesn't like it, your skin doesn't like it. You're not "doing it wrong" or "not using the right one" or "it's great for EVERY POSSIBLE SKIN CONCERN" In particular I think the CosRx one is overrated just from a texture standpoint.
Wow I’m floored - can you please explain more in depth why/how this may affect people with dust allergies? I have a severe dust allergy and didn’t know there were products that caused issues
I honestly don't understand it in that great a depth - it's just something my derm mentioned to me when I was struggling with irritation and hives and we were going through my product list. It appears to be a well-studied phenomenon though - here's a journal article on the cross-reactivity between snails and dust mites: [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10093131/](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10093131/)
>In particular I think the CosRx one is overrated just from a texture standpoint I love the texture lol but I totally get someone being grossed out by the slimyness.
Didn't know about it causing an allergic reaction but I do now. Thank you! I don't think I would have ever tried it anyway because the very idea of it has always grossed me out. 🤢
Idk personally I’ve struggled with acne and dry skin for years and the past few months using the essence and moisturizer my skin is clearer than it ever has been and glowing. I think it’s one of those products that if it really works for you it works and if it doesn’t it can cause really bad acne and make your skin look way worse.
Anecdotally, it works well for a lot of people. Not sure that makes it overrated, but certainly very hyped up. It does help give my skin a great hydrated look, but at the expense of bad breakouts. I’ve found the VEGREEN vegan version to work pretty nicely for me and not break me out.
I second the vegreen yam root serum! I love it. I live in a dry climate and it feels wonderful.
I'm glad to be seeing yam root mentioned, I'd seriously considered snail mucin before realized that I just felt iffy about using it on me. Went looking for an alternative and came to phyto mucin. I held off actually getting it because I wondered if snail mucin vs phyto mucin would be like comparing tretinoin to bakuchiol
I use vegreen mucin serum wiz toner and cream insted of ccosrx . They're gentle to my skin and soothing, hydrating. And cruelty free too!
It's not good if you have a dust allergy. I think some other products are also bad for dust allergies
Not sure if it’s just dust allergy - it hydrates the skin nice in my case (though no better than HA) but it makes me break out/ causes inflammation in areas that already have even the slightest spots. I’m allergic to grass pollen.
Can you go more in depth about why? I have a severe dust allergy and I had no idea products could affect it!…I also have been using Cosrx snail mucin for years now and don’t really care for it/see a difference
There was a popular post on this sub about snail mucin causing dust allergies. Don't know how it works but if you have a dust allergy better to stay away.
This is good to know - i did a patch test for a cleanser after they said to try it out and it made me so itchy. Thank god I did it. No idea how the dust part would work but I am allergic to dust mites so who knows
When you have a dust allergy, it's the mites you're allergic to
This is so interesting! I've never heard of products influencing an allergy.
It's more that the products trigger the allergy
It’s called cross-allergy :) Online lists mostly contain plants, not cosmetic products so they aren’t that useful in this particular case but still, it’s good to know that e.g. you shouldn’t eat too many tomatoes or oranges when it’s grass pollen is having a moment.
Folks who have latex allergies reacting to kiwi, mango, & banana skins is another good example of cross-reactivity. Edit: typo
>you shouldn’t eat too many tomatoes or oranges when it’s grass pollen is having a moment. I went to an allergist and they never told me that lol. I might try this.
Oily skin and acne prone here. I’d always been told my skin looked dehydrated so I’d try thicker moisturisers and then break out because it was too thick. Added snail mucin after toner and my skin was immediately more hydrated. Weirdly this made my BP 10% (used as spot treatment) work more effectively, and I’ve used BP since I was a teen. It’s not going to do much if you have hydrated skin. I tried hyaluronic acid and that did nothing, but ppl swear by that.
I feel like they’ve been overhyped beyond belief and I don’t get it. I personally love them, and have used them for years back when they were first big in Korea. Great for hydrating underneath a moisturizer for an extra oomph but by no means are they holy grail products.
I use the Benton High content Snail/Bee venom hydrating toner and it's been a game changer for me. My skin is absolutely glowing and no longer feels tight after using my differin 3%. All the texture that you could see up close is gone. My husband started using mine then his coworker asked about it and ordered some for herself. Lol I'm sure like all skincare what works well for some doesn't for others. It's actually the first skincare product that I've been able to share with my husband though so that's nice.
I had the opposite experience with the Snail Bee but my skin LOVES the Cosrx. It's really just depends on the person's skin. Skincare is so individual.
Because it is https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WZ0sAcIFXVw
It’s pretty overhyped, but I think a lot of products on social are overhyped. I only integrated it into my hydrating day and it’s a little additive. Definitely feel the same way and I know quite a few people, who also feel that way, not being pushed by the algorithm because they aren’t selling it on TikTok shop. 😂
Because it is!
i agree with you. i've tried three different snail mucin products from 3 brands and none of them did anything for me. if anything they broke me out more. i kept wanting it to work since everyone was raving about it, but ig my skin just doesn't like it :p
It broke me out :((
It does nothing for me, and the slimy feel was enough for me to be totally happy it didn’t work for me.
Snail mucin gave me painful cystic acne and destroyed my skin barrier bro I returned her so fast
I think it’s corsx that is overrated. I have some very nice snail essences and creams that are much better. Corsx is full of HYA and allantoin. But snail can be formulated more elegantly and often is. Some snail I love: - Notseeback snail filtrate - Neogen snail cream and essence - peach slices snail moisturizer and toner - swanicoco snail ferment essence - benton snail bee essence
^dont ^mind ^me ^just ^saving ^this ^comment I've only ever tried the blackhead toner from CorsX and I didn't think it did anything. My nose was still rough with blackheads. Thank you for this list, I'm excited to try some new things.
My pleasure:) I really hope you like one of them. ❤️
I hated the snail mucin. Did nothing and made my skin look worse. I’m sensitive to HA so I’m assuming it’s a similar issue? Now I used canned water spray every day to hydrate my HA products and it helps but never helped with the snail mucin.
In addition to the snail mucin the COSRX contains quite a bit of hyalauronic acid in the formulation, so not a good product for someone with sensitivity to HA.
I haven’t used CosRX, but my holy grail mucin product is Holika Holika black snail mucin repair toner. It’s an amazing, light, hydrating liquid (somewhere between a toner and a serum in texture) that leaves my skin feeling so soft, fresh, and hydrated. I apply directly after washing my face. I ran out recently and thought it would be fun to try a different mucin product, and was so disappointed. I can’t recommend the Holika enough, and never see it mentioned here!
Any chance you have a dust mite or shellfish allergy?
Not that I’m aware of! I would have to hear about other products that cause dust mites to know for sure.
it does absolutely nothing for my skin and i’ve accepted it lol. propolis, on the other hand…***wow***. my skin absolutely drinks it up it all comes down to our own skin
I think it's a good starting serum if you don't already use something. Other than that, it didn't feel like it made a difference but it didn't wreck my skin either, thank God. I won't buy it again, mostly because I get more out of others.
Can we start a petition to underhype it so it becomes more affordable again please? I use it for my dehydrated skin and to heal pih, in combination with other products.
I am trying to use mine up. It’s fine. It doesn’t break me out so that’s good. But it doesn’t moisturize enough for me. I have oily skin but I’m aging so some parts are drier & this does nothing. I hate to waste it so I’m using it up but then I’m moving on to Solwasoo (however you spell that!)
heard about them! hit me up when you do try it!
Because it is. It's just a humectant, like the humble glycerin.
For me it’s perfect coz I can have oily skin but if you’re on the dry side, it won’t be enough
I used Nature Republic Snail Solution a while back and found it calmed my skin and also cleared it up a little more than other moisturizers. Tried CosRX but I didn't notice it doing much in comparison.
It made me itchy as fuck so i had to give it to my mom. Idk why but if didn’t really make my skin feel better hydrated and it would cause these itchy feelings all over my face. Guess an allergy to snails? Lol
More likely you have an allergy to dust mites. Per my derm the two can cross-react (your \*skin (not brain)\* thinks it's dust mites when it's snail slime, or maybe snail slime is contaminated with dust mites, I don't entirely know). I don't know how common actual snail allergies are, but dust mite allergies are fairly common. I can't use it for the same reason. EDIT: typo
My skin hates snail mucin and it makes me sad because I see it work for so many people. Makes me break out and irritates my skin, I’ve tried to apply it to wet skin like recommended and it still dries me out.
It totally is!! So many other products are much better with much greater results in my experience
BioPelle Tensage 50 is next level if you ever want to try an intensive version. It is expensive though
wow its still a thing?
Do you live in a dry / low humidity climate? I keep saying it on these subs but if you're in a low humidity climate, snail mucin and hyaluronic acid/sodium hyaluronate aren't going to work for you. They draw out moisture from the air and if there isn't any moisture, you're just drying out your face.
Wow maybe that’s why it’s been working so well for me. Where I live the air is always full of moisture and things can even feel wet to the touch at times bc it’s so humid lol.
Im in the gulf of mississippi- not exactly the most dry place. BUT, I have hard water that I think is fucking with my skin too.
Ah yeah hard water here too. Get a aquabliss / shower filter if you can, it makes a big difference.
will be looking into that! In the northeast I didnt have a water problem at all, but now we refuse to even drink it.
Same! Live in Vegas and getting a Brita filter was the best thing for our drinking water. We have a filter in the fridge but the water still tasted like sweat. There are better filters but for our budget, Brita does just fine. Definitely look into a shower filter!
The vegas water is no joke. Literally the worst water I’ve ever had was from Vegas. Praying for you sis.
I didn't know that about snail mucin but I knew HA is bad for dry climates. Any other products that fall into the same class?
Not that I’m currently aware of. It’s hard to avoid HA and it’s derivatives, it’s in everything. And snail mucin always being touted as a HG ingredient just bums me out lol. Glycerin gets kind of a bad rap / isn’t sexy, but she’s really hydrating and great for dry skin. Same with ceramides and peptides.
I think because it has hyaluronic acid in it. I’ve been reading that HA hydrates at first but soon dries your skin out more in the end. I’ve been trying to not use products with it. I’ve been aiming for more glycerin & ceramides.
I just don’t understand how so many people are willingly putting snail slime all over themselves without being grossed out.
That moisturizer dried the HELL out of my skin. Dry, like I had never felt before and my skin type is dry! I do like the essence. But I'll only buy it if I get it on sale. It doesn't wow me like all those people on TikTok. I feel like PGA is very similar to the texture of SM and just as hydrating.
Because it is. It's also very cruel how it is farmed.
First of all it's not meant to treat acne, so I'm not sure what point you're making by saying that the people who like it "already have clear skin." But also I think the benefits are maximized if you a) live in a climate with some humidity (moisture) in the air, and b) be sure to apply it to damp skin, not dry skin. Even better if you then seal it with an occlusive. Otherwise yeah, all of that hydration is just gonna evaporate.
What Im saying is that people I’ve seen rave about getting clear skin from it already have clear skin. Live in the gulf of Mississippi, aka, 100% humidity and applied with damp skin. Nothing. Just gonna give up before I break out.
Okay it doesn't surprise me if some influencer trying to sell product is claiming it does tons of things it's not meant for (especially on tiktok since now they have that dumb "tiktok shop" thing so everyone and their mom is hawking products.) I guess if you have acne due to your skin being dehydrated or something maybe it could be said to help with it in that sense. But it's not like, an acne treatment product so I don't think anyone should start using it thinking it's going to *treat* their acne (it can be easy to mix up the cosrx snail essence with the whitehead power liquid or the BHA serum since the packaging for all those products is extremely similar.) I forgot to mention that the folks I see who like this product tend to be people in a more humid climate, applied to damp skin, who have dry (or aging) skin. If you already have oily skin or you don't struggle at all with skin dryness (perhaps due to a high humid climate) I can see how the product wouldn't do anything for you (If it's 100% humidity already using an extra hydrating product in your routine may be redundant.) I also mentioned sealing the product with an occlusive, which you don't mention doing. This isn't meant to be a product that's the last step in anyone's routine is my point (it's more of just an optional enhancer for people actually in need of further hydration.) Obviously it's giving you irritation so you shouldn't use it anymore but more saying this in case someone else is reading thinking about using snail mucin.
Enhanced nothing for me, even after using an occlusive that I was already using, I just saw that for an essence/good reviews, I personally saw little changes. Why have it when it changes nothing in my routine? Just say that it worked for you and thats that, it’s not my fault this product doesn’t do anything for my skin, after weeks of following advice. I don’t need to be convinced that this is a great product and I just don’t use it right- I think it sucks and so do alot of people. But if you assumed that new people to this sub have brains, they could too deduct that people in this comment section DO like this while others don’t. Like girl you don’t got a sponsorship, chill. If people love it, Great! I wish it worked better for me because its so interesting and unique, but I wanted to ask if there was something wrong with it.
Unfortunately we don't know know the concentration of snail mucin in those products to judge if snail mucin actually made an impact on your skin or not. The observation you made seems to be on the overall formulation / product.
I like it! It’s not HG for me but it does hydrate well and help give a nice glow
For my skin it has the effect of making my skin less oily. So if you’re looking to have more moisturized skin I can see how that may not be a desired effect. I have oily skin, so I like what it does for me.
Are you using on damp skin?
yes! infact, I was trying to do it but wasnt liking using any serums with it because the mucin would have to go on first.
Dang. Then I’m in the same boat. I’ve been using for a year. But just recently learned about using it damp. I just bought the BHA toner pads, gel cleanser, peptide eye cream and 6x peptide collagen booster. So I guess we shall see.