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Smilebloom Kkoch Snail Hero Complex Versus JUMISO Snail Mucin 95 + Peptide Essence

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Korean Brand South Korea
Korean Brand South Korea

Updated on August 16, 2024

Overview

What they are

These products are both reef safe . They have a total of 10 ingredients in common

Cool Features

They both contain hyaluronic acid and peptides

Suited For

They're both likely to be good for anti aging, dry skin, sensitive skin, reducing pores, scar healing and dark spots

Free From

They both do not contain any harsh alcohols, common allergens, fragrances, oils, parabens, silicones or sulfates

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Ingredient Info

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About this product

About this product

At a glance

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Key Ingredients

Benefits

Benefits

Ingredients Side-by-side

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Ingredients Explained

These ingredients are found in both products.

Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.

Skin Conditioning, Solvent

Water. It's the most common cosmetic ingredient of all. You'll usually see it at the top of ingredient lists, meaning that it makes up the largest part of the product.

So why is it so popular? Water most often acts as a solvent - this means that it helps dissolve other ingredients into the formulation.

You'll also recognize water as that liquid we all need to stay alive. If you see this, drink a glass of water. Stay hydrated!

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Humectant, Masking, Skin Conditioning

Butylene Glycol (or BG) is used within cosmetic products for a few different reasons:

  • It is a solvent, meaning that it helps to dissolve other ingredients. This also enhances the absorption of the product into one's skin.
  • It is a humectant, which means that it helps attract moisture into the skin.
  • It helps improve product application.
  • It has mild preservative properties.

Overall, Butylene Glycol is a safe and well-rounded ingredient that works well with other ingredients.

Skin Conditioning

Snail Secretion Filtrate is the excretion from snails. It is an effective moisturizer and promotes collagen production.

A popular nickname for this ingredient is 'Snail Mucin'.

Snail mucin has numerous skin benefits:

On top of this, Snail Secretion Filtrate contains a variety of vitamins and minerals. These include copper peptides, Vitamin A, and vitamin E. Vitamins A and E are antioxidants. Antioxidants help fight free-radicals that damage skin cells.

Being cruelty-free means a brand does not experiment on animals. If you're worried about the well-being of the snails, we recommend looking more into the company of the product. Many brands have developed humane methods to collect snail mucin.

There is much debate on this subject. On one hand, this ingredient comes from an animal. On the other hand, many will argue the ingredient is naturally secreted (like a natural by-product) and therefore vegan. If you have reservations, you can look into Galactomyces Ferment Filtrate or Centella Asiatica Extract as alternatives.

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Humectant, Skin Conditioning

Betaine is a common humectant (a substance that promotes retention of moisture). It's known to be gentle on the skin and can help balance hydration.

This ingredient is best for improving hydration and soothing irritated skin. Studies also show it helps even out skin tone.

Fun fact: Betaine is naturally created in the skin and body. The kind found within cosmetic products can be either plant-derived or synthetic.

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Skin Conditioning, Solvent

1,2-Hexanediol is a synthetic liquid and another multi-functional powerhouse.ย 

It is a:

  • Humectant, drawing moisture into the skin
  • Emollient, helping to soften skin
  • Solvent, dispersing and stabilizing formulas
  • Preservative booster, enhancing the antimicrobial activity of other preservativesย 
Masking, Skin Conditioning

Arginine is an amino acid that is important for human development. Your body uses is it to produce hair keratin and skin collagen.

As a cosmetic ingredient, Arginine has antioxidant properties and can also help repair damaged skin. This ingredient is derived either synthetically or from animals.

Arginine isn't fungal acne safe when used in the presence of other lipids (fats, fatty acids, oils, esters, etc). Oils and fats occur naturally within the skin, so take caution when using Arginine if you're prone to fungal acne.

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Emulsion Stabilising, Gel Forming

Carbomer is a polymer of acrylic acid. Its main role is to create a gel consistency.

A high amount of carbomer can cause pilling or balling up of products. Don't worry, most products contain 1% or less of carbomer.

Humectant, Skin Conditioning

Sodium Hyaluronate is hyaluronic acid's salt form. It is commonly derived from the sodium salt of hyaluronic acid.

Like hyaluronic acid, it is great at holding water and acts as a humectant. This makes it a great skin hydrating ingredient.

Sodium Hyaluronate is naturally occurring in our bodies and is mostly found in eye fluid and joints.

These are some other common types of Hyaluronic Acid:

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Absorbent, Emollient, Emulsion Stabilising

Sodium Polyacrylate is the sodium salt of polyacrylic acid. It is used as an absorber, emollient, and stabilizer.

This ingredient is a super-absorbent polymer - meaning it can absorb 100 to 1000 times its mass in water. As an emollient, Sodium Polyacrylate helps soften and soothe skin. Emollients work by creating a barrier to trap moisture in. This helps keep your skin hydrated.

Skin Conditioning

Panthenol is a common ingredient that helps hydrate and soothe the skin. It is found naturally in our skin and hair.

There are two forms of panthenol: D and L.

D-panthenol is also known as dexpanthenol. Most cosmetics use dexpanthenol or a mixture of D and L-panthenol.

Panthenol is famous due to its ability to go deeper into the skin's layers. Using this ingredient has numerous pros (and no cons):

Like hyaluronic acid, panthenol is a humectant. Humectants are able to bind and hold large amounts of water to keep skin hydrated.

This ingredient works well for wound healing. It works by increasing tissue in the wound and helps close open wounds.

Once oxidized, panthenol converts to pantothenic acid. Panthothenic acid is found in all living cells.

This ingredient is also referred to as pro-vitamin B5.

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When to use

4 Routines
25% use in am
75% use in pm
100% use every day
918 Routines
47% use in am
53% use in pm
95% use every day
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Reviews

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Smilebloom Kkoch Snail Hero Complex 19 ingredients

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JUMISO Snail Mucin 95 + Peptide Essence 19 ingredients

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Works Well (6) Absorbs Well (6) Great Value (5)
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Butter

1 year ago
Review

โ‹†.เณƒเฟ”*:๏ฝฅ ๐ŸคŽ

๐Ÿฅฅ ๐Œ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ž: ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ฒ/๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž, ๐š๐œ๐ง๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐œ๐ณ๐ž๐ฆ๐š ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ž.

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เณƒโ€โžท ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐š ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ.
หšโ‚Šยท อŸอŸอžอžโžณโฅ ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž, ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง.

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โ•ฐโ”ˆโžค Show more

#great value
#hydrating
#light
#absorbs well
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Alisa

5 months ago
Review

So theres several great things about this but also a couple bad thingsโ€ฆ

Pros:
- you get a lot of product! I used around 3 pumps of product each use so like 6 pumps a day since i used it in the morning and at night. I only finished HALF the bottle after month 3 ish
- it does help to repair your skin barrier, when i first got this, my skin barrier definitely wasnt on the verge of death or Show more

#light
#absorbs well
#no scent