Snail Mucin: Slime Makes the Skin Shine

Animal slime may be gross, but it tends to translate into full, nurtured, vibrant human skin. Oily fish like salmon and oysters have long been hailed as edible skin care.

This is why applying snail slime, or snail mucin as it’s officially known, to your skin isn’t as preposterous as it may intuitively sound. It’s basically like topical oysters, only better.