The latest beauty trend to hit Korea isn't the most invasive, but it may be the grossest yet.
Korean cosmetics companies are now touting snail guts as the new heaven-sent ingredient for skin care. Creams containing large amounts of snail extract have been selling fast in Seoul.
Although Korea is hardly the first market for snail creams -- European cosmetics companies have been selling snail cream for a number of years and a Chilean snail cream hit the market in 1995 -- snail skin-care products have exploded in popularity among Korean women over the past year.
Rich ingredients
Snail extract “soothes, regenerates and heals skin,” says Jeong Chang-hyun, deputy head of product planning for cosmetics company 'Able C&C.'
'Able C&C' owns beauty brand 'Missha,' which released a snail cream in June 2010.
'Super Aqua Cell Renew Snail Cream' contains 70 percent snail extract, and the company says it pays great attention the quality of that 70 percent.
The snails, the same kind that can be found on menus in French restaurants, are fed red ginseng while being raised in Korea in order to ensure quality slime.
Cream d’escargot
Korean brand 'It’s skin' also has a snail cream line -- 'Prestige Cream d’escargot' -- which has seen huge success since it went on the market in 2009.
The snail cream, made from 21-percent snail extract, is currently the company’s best-selling product.
“I had severe adult acne,” says fan Mina Oh, 26, who began using snail cream last winter when her boss introduced her to the product.
Oh says that the snail cream is so sticky she has to slap it onto her face with a spoon. That doesn’t bother her at all.
“I could feel my skin getting much better,” she says. She plans to continue using snail-based creams.
“If you say snail cream, some people ask if whole snails go into it,” says 'It’s skin' PR chief Hong Min-jeong ruefully.
According to Hong, the desire for good skin outweighs potential ick factors. Adding a K-Pop idol advertisement into the mix helps make the case.
Ads starring boy band 2PM member Nichkun spurred snail cream sales after they started airing in February. In March alone, 70,000 creams were sold.
“We are still seeing a boom from those ads,” says Hong.
The brand’s snail line features everything from blemish balm to toner to body lotion.
'Cream d’escargot' ₩60,000 at 'It’s skin' stores nationwide. 'Super Aqua Cell Renew Snail Cream' ₩38,000 at 'Missha' stores nationwide.
Dark circles as well as puffiness over your skin can be reduced with cucumber. Apart from this, cucumber also has a soothing property that is ideal in making skin healthy. Even the lactic acid is contained in curd which works well in the process of exfoliating dead skin. You can now get rejuvenated skin with a facial mask containing curd and cucumber. You need to get two teaspoon of grated cucumber and half cup of curd. Mix both the ingredients really well and apply it over your face. Keep it for 20 long minutes and wash it away. If you can carry on with this practice once in a day, after a month you can see visible difference.
Coconut milk
Coconut has variety of properties in keeping your skin, hair and health in good shape. This fruit is also rich in minerals and vitamins that is very essential for your health. Your skin will be effectively moisturized with the coconut milk and will gain radiant, soft and supple skin. For these you need to have coconut grater that helps to grate coconut. You need to squeeze milk from grated coconut. Now, squeeze water from coconut and apply the milk over your face. You also need to stay like that for 20 minutes and then rinse it thoroughly. This will give your wrinkle free youthful looking skin for long.
Olive oil
As we all known that olive oil is a great massage oil and eatable form of olive oil is also very beneficial for your skin. It also contains vitamin E and vitamin A which is really good for removing free radicals from your skin. If you can massage olive oil regularly on your skin where wrinkle has formed, it will make your skin look very attractive and smooth with eradication of wrinkles and fine lines over your skin. You can also add few drops of glycerin and honey in olive oil and make a wonderful mixture. This can not only eradicate wrinkles from your skin but also will make your skin beautiful.
Ginger
No one might be in a state to imagine the credit worthiness of ginger in making your skin look attractive and amiable. Since it has high content of antioxidants, ginger works well in reducing wrinkles from your skin. It also will have inhibition with regards to the breakdown of elastin. You need to take a table spoon of honey and add a pinch of grated ginger in it. Store it in a place and make a routine of consuming it every day. Alternatively, you can also consume ginger tea every morning to reduce wrinkles from your skin.
Almonds
Almond is one of the nuts that is filled with ample amount of folic acid, vitamin E, oleic acid, zinc, as well as iron. This will be really effective in delaying the aging process and help in treating wrinkles as well. You need to soak some almonds overnight in milk. After getting up in the morning, you need to remove skins from almond and grind it well till it becomes paste. Now, apply this over your face and skin to remove dark circles under your eyes. You need to leave the paste over your skin for a period of 20 to 30 minutes and then wash away with Luke warm water. If you can do this on a daily basis, result will be much more effective.
There are numerous regular solutions for diminish the indications of maturing. While there are numerous profits from characteristic skin health management, not all the practices and cures are went down via research and some fair haven’t been contemplated enough. Assuming that you wish to, you could attempt some of these prominent healthy skin medications however:
Lemon Juice
Massage lemon squeeze onto every part of your skin to help dispose of wrinkles. The juice acts as a profound purging executor and astringent and might help keep the skin clean and tight.
Cabbage Juice
An old home solution for the evacuation of wrinkles, cabbage juice ought to be kneaded over the facial skin and left to dry. After the juice dries, flush it off with warm water. Cabbage juice is accepted to help tighten up facial muscles.
Rose Water
Another against maturing medicine is the provision of a face pack made up of rose water, nectar and turmeric. Utilize this mixture to shed the skin and uproot dead skin and avoid wrinkles.
Papaya
Mash a ready papaya and apply the mash to the face and neck. The key vitamins discovered in papaya help keep the skin smooth and unlined.
Egg Whites
This is a mainstream cure for maturing skin. Apply egg whites blended with coconut oil to the face and gave it a chance to get before flushing dry. This aides look after the versatility of your skin and kill indications of maturing. The coconut oil functions as a cream and forestalls skin lack of hydration moreover.
Pineapple
Pineapple is rich in cell reinforcements and is a tree grown foods known for its against maturing impacts. Apply pineapple squeeze everywhere throughout the skin and abandon it on for five prior minutes washing off. This builds the level of Alpha-Hydroxy Acids (Aha) in the skin that are vital to battle the maturing process.
Facial Massage
Regular facial back rubs with oils, for example vitamin E oil, castor oil or coconut oil can help anticipate lack of hydration of the skin. The solid strokes of a back rub likewise help avert changeless lines and hanging of the
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