Mia Beauty Ltd

The Ingredients

Allantoin

Allantoin stimulates cell proliferation and tissue regeneration. It also has a soothing, cleansing and curative effect.

Glycolic Acid

This has a gentle exfoliating effect, thinning the corneal layer yet at the same time progressively thickening other layers of the dermis and epidermis, increasing cell metabolism, skin moisture and the general skin structure. It stimulates the formation of glycosamineglycans in the skin and promote's the bodies own production of collagen, improving expression lines, loss of skin elasticity, pigment changes (age spots), dryness, acne, oily skin, stretch marks, phot-ageing, sun damage, scars etc.

Collagen, Vitamin E and Elastin

The joint action of these ingredients makes the skin firmer and more toned and helps to reduce and smooth out wrinkles and expression lines.

Vitamin C

Refines the texture of the skin, reduces pigmentation spots and improves skin tone.

Vitamin A

This is essential for the cellular renewal of dry and dehydrated skin as it accelerates the cell division process in the epidermis, improves enzyme action and refines the skin texture. It also slows down the thinning of the epidermis and helps to keep the skin elastic. It is an active ingredient in treatments for preventing the premature ageing of the skin

The Snail - Helix Aspersa

This is the latin name for the snail that provides the special ingredient for our beauty creams.This is the same snail that is bred for the French Cuisine market.There are a number of snail farms set up in South America that service this market and it is here that the qualities of the snail extract were discovered. A doctor discovered that the workers on the snail farm had far softer hands than other manual workers in the region and that any cuts and scrapes they received healed in record time. He set about analysing the mucus that the snails generate to enable them to move.The snail's muscular foot contracts to move the animal, and secretes mucus to facilitate locomotion by reducing friction against substrate. The common term in England is snail trail. In some countries it is referred to as slime and others as dribble. None of these terms sound at all pleasant so we have settled for Extract.

The doctor set about collecting the mucus and carrying out a thorough laboratory analysis. He discovered that it is rich in Allantoin, Glycolic Acid, Collagen, Vitamin E, Vitamin C, Vitamin A and Elastin. All of these ingredients are key to healthy skin. The Doctor saw the commercial possibilities immediately and set about developing beauty products using the   special ingredient. This is   a very difficult market to break in to and requires massive amounts of investment capital. The snail farmers soon learned about the new possibilities from their snails. This has resulted in the the magic ingredient being made available all   over the world. One of the first European companies to get involved are the Spanish company Berioska. They launched their first   Snail Extract product at the beginning of 2007 using their flagship brand Babaria. This product has proven to be a spectacular success and three other products were quickly introduced.

The snail extract   comes from the   Helix Aspersa   species and is collected from animals bred in a completely natural environment. Before subjecting the snail to the extraction process, it is carefully purged and given special treatment. Following extraction, the snail is returned , unharmed and healthy, to the breeding zone.