Review: Mizon Multi Function Formula All In One Snail Repair Cream

I've used tons of snails products, but most of them are masks. This is actually only my second snail cream. Mainly because the first one was so great already. My first snail cream was Missha Super Aqua Cell Renew Snail Cream, which worked wonders for me. In essence, it evens out my skin tone, calms the redness under my cheeks where I had a lot of acne scars, and brightens my whole face making it look like I got 12 hours of sleep. I can put it even over a pimple when I get one or two during that time of the month and it won't break out.

Paradoxically, however, one of the two problems that I have with Missha's snail cream is that it makes my face way too oily. When I put this cream on during the day, if I'm not careful and I keep touching my face, the oiliness WILL turn into a pimple. So to keep using this cream and not break out into pimples, I've been using Etude House Goodbye Pore Ever Pore Primer Essence for sebum control during the day.

My second problem was with the price. It's $39.99 on Missha's Canadian website for 47g of cream. $33 on eBay. Not exactly cheap. Mizon's snail cream is $20 for 75g on eBay! Half the price for 28g more cream!

Description (from koreadepart.com):

• Increases the reproduction of skin and absorb the active components into inside and makes the skin live.
• Cleans the darkness and trouble marks thoroughly and make the whole face clearly. 
• Removes the waste matters of pores and tight them. 
• Supplies the moisture and nutrition and keeps the skin smooth and healthy. 
• Fill the skin finely and makes the skin which has vitality and tight. 
• Non-paraben, non- artificial color, non- artificial scents.
• Ingredients: Snail Secretion 92%, Centella Asiatica, Adenosine, Peptide, β-glucan, Greentea Extract, Hysluronic acid, Betula Platyphylla Japonica Juice , Dimethicone, Portulaca Oleracea Extract, Hydrogenated vegetable oil.

My impression:

Poorly description translated but this was the best that I could find. I've been curious to try other snail creams, but most snail creams don't have samples to buy off eBay and I've been hesitant to splurge $20-40 on something I've never tried before. But then I recently ventured into G Market to buy It's Skin Power 10 Formula CO Effector, and around the same time I saw this:

Clearly I couldn't resist! 75g of snail cream in 92% concentration, all for $1! Of course I have to pay for shipping, but I was buying It's Skin Power 10 Formula CO Effector anyway so might as well.

This cream has no scent, a milky color and sticky texture, as if it's really packed with snail slime. This was a nice contrast to Missha Super Aqua Cell Renew Snail Cream  which evidently had a fragrance and resembled a clear, making me wonder how they can make 70% of snail slime so un-slimy.

I wasn't expecting for any dramatic effects since I've already been using Missha for the last 6 months and that already contains 70% snail mucin. I've also heard that your skin can also absorb a certain amount of snail mucin so having more wouldn't help. After this experience though, I disagree with that statement. I say that because this cream evened out my skin tone and took away the redness from my acne scars even MORE. I definitely see an improvement compared to when I was using Missha.

I do see a bit of pore tightening as well, which I didn't see much from the Missha Super Aqua Cell Renew Snail Cream  But my pores have been well controlled lately so I'm not sure if it's totally attributable to Mizon's cream.

Also, this cream gives a matte finish. Probably not great for dry skin but for oily/combination skin people like me, this was perfect. I didn't have to put any sort of primer or sebum control anymore! Of course, I started getting oil production at around 4-5 hours after application but compared to the oil on my face that I get from Missha Super Aqua Cell Renew Snail Cream, I am already very happy.

BUT, this cream does not brighten my face very much. That's the only problem I have with this cream. Price-wise it's great..$20 for 75g. I've used this cream for 3 weeks now and I don't even think I'm down 1/5.

So now my plan is to use this cream in the morning to take advantage of its matte finish and oil control (which means I don't have to spend money buying a primer either). And I'll use Missha Super Aqua Cell Renew Snail Cream at night and hope that the brightening effects will carry through the night to next morning.

Summary:

Evens out my skin tone and fades away the redness from the scars even MORE than Missha Super Aqua Cell Renew Snail Cream
Matte finish and better oil control than Missha's snail cream
Doesn't brighten my face very much
$20 for 75g on eBay

Grade: 4.5/5 because everything is perfect except it doesn't brighten my face very much

Value: 5/5 because for $20, I'm willing to forgive the fact that it doesn't brighten my face as much

Repurchase? Yes!