Snail mucin patches: features and applications

Modern women use cream eye masks less and less. Today, patches are used for this purpose, or, as they are also called, “eye patches”. The specially shaped stickers are impregnated with useful substances that remove the external signs of fatigue and make the skin around the eyes soft and well-groomed.

Patches are a modern way to care for the delicate skin of the eyelids. Cosmetologists recommend carefully studying the composition before purchasing. Some components can cause allergic reactions, and if you have a tendency to allergies, you need to use any means with caution.

Such an unusual mask will help solve various problems with the skin around the eyes. On sale there are patches for sensitive, dry, thin skin, against "bruises", puffiness, from wrinkles (both small and deeper). But you need to remember that the cause of edema can be not only fatigue or a sleepless night, but also pathologies of the urinary system and cardiovascular diseases.

Among the huge number of types, hydrogel eye patches with snail extract can be distinguished, which will help solve various problems:

• remove swelling from lack of sleep;
• reduce the appearance of dark circles;
• smooth out fine wrinkles;
• moisturize the skin.

After application, the skin quickly recovers and gains a healthy glow. To achieve the desired effect, just one procedure is enough, and if you use the patches regularly (daily or every other day), then your look will always be irresistible, the skin around the eyes is moisturized and well-groomed.

But first of all, patches with mucin are suitable for sensitive skin prone to dryness, girls from 18 to 30 years old. It is at this age that the skin lacks moisture, which is manifested by a slight darkening under the eyes, tired eyes, small wrinkles.

The main component of the patches is mucin - purified snail mucus. Additionally, the composition of the hydrogel is enriched with colloidal gold. Snail mucin has a beneficial effect on the skin around the eyes and increases the production of its own collagen, and an aqueous solution with gold particles penetrates into the deeper layers of the epidermis and synthesizes hyaluronic acid. This double action allows you to retain moisture in the skin cells and smooth it out.

The patches are impregnated with a special caring compound, which includes mucus from a black or grape snail. This substance is rich in elastin, glycoprotein (a protein that is also found in human skin cells, which is actively involved in the production of hormones), copper peptides that stimulate collagen synthesis.

In addition to gold and mucin, patches may contain (depending on the manufacturer):

• Castor oil (makes the skin soft and tender, has a bactericidal effect);
• grapefruit extract (promotes skin renewal, reduces redness and pigmentation);
• wormwood extract (relieves puffiness, tightens and smoothes the skin, heals small cracks and inflammations);
• yuzu fruit extract (moisturizes and rejuvenates);
• bamboo stem extract (normalizes blood circulation, brightens the skin);
• betaine (retains moisture in the deep layers of the epidermis).

Now on store shelves and on the Internet, you can find many types of mucin patches from different manufacturers. But the following brands are popular with women.

• Petitfee & Koelf - South Korean brand that produces various cosmetics. Among the products are also gold hydrogel patches with snail mucin. They have a jelly-like form, are impregnated with active ingredients and effectively protect the skin from negative external factors, improve the overall condition of the skin.

• Evenlip Is another popular brand in South Korea. The company produces patches with black snail mucus, they tighten the skin well, hide shallow wrinkles. The main component - mucin, penetrating deep into the epidermis, begins to act at the cellular level, promoting the production of collagen, elastin, hyaluronic acid by cells.

• Esfolio - popular Korean brand. Among its products is also a hydrogel with mucin and gold. The products are suitable for girls over 18 years old with thin sensitive skin. These modern eye masks do their job well: they remove traces of fatigue and sleepless nights, and restore the cells of the epidermis.

• The skin house - The Korean brand produces patches with mucin and gold, which brighten the skin, remove puffiness, moisturize and tone the skin, provide saturation with vitamins and amino acids of the deep layers of the skin. The effect is enhanced if you first put the patch in a cool place.

• Trimay - a popular South Korean company specializing in the production of caring cosmetics. In addition to gold and mucin, manufacturers have added caviar extract to the patches - the most important source of proteins, amino acids and vitamins. Hydrogel patches have an immediate effect.Their action is aimed at hydration, nutrition, antioxidant protection, and the fight against signs of fatigue.

There are a few rules to keep in mind when using mucin patches.

• Do not apply overnight. According to some reviews, long-term exposure enhances the positive effect of mucin and other components. However, the manufacturer not in vain recommends keeping the patches for no more than half an hour - this time is quite enough for the active substances to penetrate the epidermis and begin to act.
• Use an eye mask in the morning. If you apply it before bedtime, then the next morning you may no longer see a positive effect.
• Apply patches regularly... Regular skin care will allow you to forget about "bruises", swelling, dull and dry skin.
• You can store the packaging in the refrigerator, but this is not a prerequisite for long-term storage.... Mucin patches are made on the basis of a hydrogel, which has a cooling effect. You can extend the shelf life if you remove the patches with a special spatula, which will prevent pathogenic microflora from entering the container.
• After application no need to use additional eye care products - the composition of the patches contains all the necessary components.
• Patches fit not only for the area under the eyes, they will help to cope with problems in the nasolabial part, on the forehead, between the eyebrows.

You can apply patches in different ways, depending on the effect you want to get. To remove puffiness and "bruising", the hydrogel is glued with a wide part to the inner part of the eye. To smooth out wrinkles and give the skin a radiance - the wide part of the hydrogel is located on the outside of the eye.

See how snail mucin transforms the skin below.