Terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs, more commonly known as snails, continue to be a hot skincare trend. If you haven’t heard of it, you might be living under a skincare rock. A quick google ...

Snails are well-known for their lack of speed and their ability to upset gardeners. But there is growing scientific interest in the familiar sticky trail of slime they leave behind — and the medicinal ...

WAHAGNIES, France, May 17 (Reuters) - Foamy slime bubbles onto Damien Desrocher’s hand as he lightly rubs one of the thousands of snails he keeps in an enclosure in his backyard. The 28-year-old ...

Snail mucin — that’s the slimy excretion produced by the shelled creatures — has been a popular ingredient in international cosmetics products for decades. Now the trend has arrived in the United ...

I’ve spent decades searching for magical beauty products that will give me smooth, luminous skin. When I heard that snail mucin, or what I like to call “snail slime” was a popular skin treatment ...

Manufacturers are now using snail slime in cosmetics. There are surprising skin care benefits in what these garden creatures leave behind. Anatoly Repin/Getty Images — -- Just as lipstick ...

Foamy slime bubbles onto Damien Desrocher’s hand as he lightly rubs one of the thousands of snails he keeps in an enclosure in his backyard. The 28-year-old French artisan began using the gastropod ...

(CNN Money) -- Americans are choosing to smear snail slime on their faces. Snail mucin -- that's the slimy excretion produced by the shelled creatures -- has been a popular ingredient in international ...

CHAMPAGNOLLES, France (Reuters) - The French have long appreciated snails on a plate with butter and garlic. But one rural snail farmer believes the humble molluscs have more to offer alive than dead.

Snail slime has been used in skincare for centuries, and today the snail beauty-product industry is worth an estimated $4 billion. Back in the day, the snails had to be killed for their slime to be ...