WAHAGNIES, France (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 French ...

Snail slime is a popular ingredient in some beauty products from South Korea. It contains elastin and collagen, and some even claim it has anti-aging properties. Damien Desrocher is a soap-maker, ...

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 ...

WAHAGNIES, France (KABC) -- Would you wash your hands with this? A French snail grower has been making an artisan soap from slime. To encourage the snails to produce the slime, he says it takes ...

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 ...

Is the secret to glowing skin found in snail slime? Plenty of TikTokers seem to think so. Snail mucin, or the mucus secreted by snails, has surged in popularity in the United States in recent years as ...

The slime is very thick and sticky, sort of like clear, sticky phlegm. There are several items that can be used to clean the slime off snails such as salt, lime and alum. Salt is used because of it's ...

Would you wash with snail slime soap? One French artisan is betting on it becoming big in the beauty industry. "Hi, my name is Damien Desrocher. I'm a snail grower and heliculturist, and I make ...