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[flushblush]

Oh, no. Praying I don't get the mayu masks. Frown town.

 

[Luxx22]

Ooh. In that case, maybe I won't use it. Hope I get a different one. I can't believe people would eat horses.  /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

I don't eat any meat, I've been a vegetarian for a long time now. - Even in Canada there are horse slaughter houses( Quebec)  /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> - Ive been to a few protests there a couple of times. There is a raceway here in Ottawa, and a lot of the horses that use to work on the race track we're sold for meat, but I think there was too many people against it, so they shut it down (the racetrack). I get really sensitive and emotional when it comes to animals being harmed. Ooooo *IDEA* Memebox should have a Cruelty Free Memebox!! but, I think most of Korea's products are tested on animals?

 

[biancardi]

they should tell us what it is made of.  I mean, I had to look it up.  Most people wouldn't.  I doubt there will be a horsey picture on the Mayu mask.

 

[Heather Hicks]

Yeah, I really do find it disturbing. I also wish (for this reason and for many others) that we always got a list of ingredients in English. Admittedly, 'mayu' as a single ingredient still had to be investigated to understand it. But it would be great to know what we are getting. I would've looked up Mayu if I had gotten it. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[theori3]

I wouldn't say the snails aren't harmed, just apparently not killed. Salt is used, which causes rapid dehydration.

 

[MissJexie]

I wouldn't say the snails aren't harmed, just apparently not killed. Salt is used, which causes rapid dehydration.

I read that they were passed over serrated surfaces to irritate the membrane that causes them to release their mucous which helps heal themselves. Which isn't much better but I thought salt immediately made them shrivel up and die, which wouldn't be cost effective for snail farmers at all unless they have some secret way of doing it?

 

[theori3]

I read that they were passed over serrated surfaces to irritate the membrane that causes them to release their mucous which helps heal themselves. Which isn't much better but I thought salt immediately made them shrivel up and die, which wouldn't be cost effective for snail farmers at all unless they have some secret way of doing it?

I read in an article that salt was used but not to kill the snails, no idea how that would work, though.

 

[Heather Hicks]

I was going off a comment made by the founder of Peach and Lily in that video someone posted. Idk anything for sure. As much as I love Korean skin care for the effectiveness of it, I had gotten to the point that I was using pretty much all natural, sometimes organic ingredients, and most of the brands were cruelty free. I miss that part of my old products a lot.

 

[MissJexie]

I read in an article that salt was used but not to kill the snails, no idea how that would work, though.

I've read about a few different ways that snail mucous is harvested, and I know I read recently about the serrated surfaces that slightly irritate them enough to product the slime. I've also read that many places harvest it naturally, or feed the snails Korean ginseng which makes them over-produce the slime and it is extracted/harvested naturally as they move around.

Then there was this article:http://www.today.com/id/43911194/ns/today-style/t/snailed-it-snail-slime-face-cream-hot-beauty-trend/#.VCjYdhZVhOE

that says "To produce their coveted slime, snails are exposed to “safe mechanical stress,” in which they’re stimulated repeatedly during a life cycle." To which I read "safe mechanical stress" was a gentle-enough serrated surface.

Although I've got to say, when I was doing research it was VERY difficult to find information past "secret extraction processes" LOL

 

[veritazy]

The Milky Dress sounds fun, I'll trade the PureDerm, and I'm meh on the Pure Smile but the variations sound interesting.

Yeah maybe we all start to get tired of Purederm, Pure Smile and Pure Skin. What do you guys think about 'pure' stuff?

 

[theori3]

I've been looking at several more articles and reports from the last few years about snail mucus, and they all mention that the snails are not harmed during the extraction process.

 

[biancardi]

Yeah maybe we all start to get tired of Purederm, Pure Smile and Pure Skin. What do you guys think about 'pure' stuff?

I am not pure.  lol

I actually am fine with the purederm wrinkle thingies because I just started to get the elevenses (those II lines between the eyes) and I bought "frownies" to help with that, but I will try those purederm wrinkle gel masks too.

The Pure Smile - if they are masks, I am fine with it.  I just don't want mayu!   Pure Skin - which one is that?  I don't remember pure skin.....

 

[candes]

Oh, no. Praying I don't get the mayu masks. Frown town.

If you think about it, this is even a pretty poor ingredient for a skin care product. Maybe they can throw in some beef lard to boot? True?

 

[TooMuchElectric]

If you think about it, this is even a pretty poor ingredient for a skin care product. Maybe they can throw in some beef lard to boot? True?

Isn't lard one of the primary ingredients in soap? I mean I know now people will often use olive oil or other vegetable-based oils, but I thought it was originally lard.

 

[candes]

Isn't lard one of the primary ingredients in soap? I mean I know now people will often use olive oil or other vegetable-based oils, but I thought it was originally lard.

Saponification (soap making)entails extraction of fatty acid salts and glycerol. Slapping bake shop lard on your face is another thing.

Horse Oil

 

[TooMuchElectric]

Saponification (soap making)entails extraction of fatty acid salts and glycerol. Slapping bake shop lard on your face is another thing.

Horse Oil

Horse.jpg

Obviously yes, (and the idea of smearing a bunch of crisco on my face and exclaiming, "just like soap!" is cracking me up)

...anyway lard and shortening are definitely used to make soap, aka are ingredients in soap, so it's not much of a leap that horse oil could be used in exactly the same way and be listed as an ingredient in a skin care item.

 

[wadedl]

I am not pure. lol

I actually am fine with the purederm wrinkle thingies because I just started to get the elevenses (those II lines between the eyes) and I bought "frownies" to help with that, but I will try those purederm wrinkle gel masks too.

The Pure Smile - if they are masks, I am fine with it. I just don't want mayu! Pure Skin - which one is that? I don't remember pure skin.....

I have those 11 lines and use anything to fade them. Actually they are doing really well (fading) but I use too many products to even actually know what is helping. I just hope it's not that Sulwahasoo that I just ran out of that did it all.

 

[veritazy]

I am not pure.  lol

I actually am fine with the purederm wrinkle thingies because I just started to get the elevenses (those II lines between the eyes) and I bought "frownies" to help with that, but I will try those purederm wrinkle gel masks too.

The Pure Smile - if they are masks, I am fine with it.  I just don't want mayu!   Pure Skin - which one is that?  I don't remember pure skin.....

Lol what? XD

Purederm is not my fave somehow...I could get them super cheap with mass hauls from gmarket (did this last time with some college friends). Those doesn't seem like they work for me... /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

Pure skin is the lemon curd overnight mask from KMW1. Not sure what else. But not miraculous either. Just an alginate layer on my face to preserve moisture. But messy...hair and pillow lint got stuck.

 

[formul8edphrase]

Ooh. In that case, maybe I won't use it. Hope I get a different one. I can't believe people would eat horses.  /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

I think most other countries can't believe we eat steroid-injected chicken. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

I hear you, though. I hope these horses lived long and comfortable lives before being turned into cosmetics and glue. I don't feel bad about putting spiders and snails on my face, but since we have such close relationships with horses, it feels a bit weird.

But hey, I eat meat and wear leather, so I guess it doesn't bother me too much.

 

[UberClaire]

My thoughts on the mask box:

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I wish there had been more sheet masks included and less of the patches -- a bust patch, two neck patches, a box of undereye patches -- patch overload.