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That famous French entree is now showing up in cosmetics in the U.S: Snail cream, made from the mucous of actual snails, is the latest supposed miracle makeup cure-all that heals everything from acne to stretch marks to dry skin.

What's even more slimeprising than finding a snail trail in your cold cream is that, according to Beauty Brains, snail slime (or, if you're a PhD, Helix Aspersa Müller Glycoconjugates) is packed with face-friendly compounds. Minerals like zinc and iron, skin-firming copper peptides, and even mega-moisturizing hyaluronic acid are among the star ingredients these gooey gastropods leave behind.

Companies like Bioskincream are now touting the magical impact of snail snot. In fact, snail slime even has natural antimicrobial properties that, in either a serious twist of irony or proof that the universe loves a good joke, keep it bug-free.

If you find the idea of direct contact with snail mucous a little gross, plenty of beauty companies are seamlessly blending it into everything from face cream to nail gel. (Seriously: Amazon it.) But while natural snail slime is indeed a powerful bioactive, simply sliming up a lotion is no guarantee that snail trails will do a thing for your face. And we definitely don't agree with Bioskincream's claim that snail snot leaves your face "kissable."

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