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Their time to slime: who will be 'Mollusc of the Year'?
AFP, Published on 17/03/2023
» PARIS - Will you choose beauty? The carnivorous Wavy Bubble Snail, perhaps, with its billowing skirts shimmering under UV light. Or will it be age? Like the venerable 500-year-old Methuselah oyster.
Limpet's sticking power is mucus, not muscle
AFP, Published on 17/06/2020
» PARIS: Limpets -- those coin-sized, suction-cup critters with conical caps -- have had the experts fooled all along.
Controversial skincare from Singapore
Life, Published on 10/12/2019
» Joining bee venom, sheep placenta, snail slime and salmon sperm on vegans' blacklist, red deer umbilical cord lining extract is the latest controversial animal-derived ingredient to be bottled into skincare products.
The kiwi's heroic role in skincare
Life, Published on 17/09/2019
» While K-beauty swears by ginseng and snail slime, New Zealand skincare brands propose avocado, kiwi and manuka honey as hero ingredients in their natural products.
Farmers on the cash trail with snail slime
AFP, Published on 20/07/2019
» NAKHON NAYOK: Giant snails inch across a plate of pumpkin and cucumber in central Thailand, an "organic" diet to tease the prized collagen-rich mucus from the molluscs, which to some cosmetic firms are now more valuable than gold.
Skin bleaching in Africa: An 'addiction' with risks
AFP, Published on 09/08/2018
» LAGOS - Dr. Isima Sobande was in medical school when she first heard of mothers who bleached the skin of their babies.
Snails kept 'happy' and healthy for their cosmetic slime
Reuters, Published on 18/05/2018
» Giant African snails endemic to Thailand are getting the red carpet treatment to keep them producing top-notch slime, say farmers harvesting the mucus for use in cosmetics.
Old-school skincare
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 08/05/2018
» Patting crocodile dung mixed with mud or cyprus oil on the face seems gross but the ancient Greeks and Romans pleasured in this skincare ritual. According to Roman naturalist, Pliny the Elder, it smelled nice since the "crocodilea" was obtained on land where the crocodile grazed on fragrant flowers.
Scar tissue: Snail slime saves the day
News, Aree Thongboonrawd, Published on 07/04/2018
» Giant snails previously spurned as pests that ruined crops are now being bred for their precious slime, which provides farmers with economic security, helps generate jobs and raises awareness about the benefits of going green.
Slime beyond skincare
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 04/09/2017
» Snail slime has been popular among Thais for many years with the cosmetics industry extolling its virtues following studies that found a major component in the mucus has properties that help keep human skin looking smooth and young.