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Ingredients: Elicina Cream 
Scientific analysis carried out on the snail extract proved that it contains in a natural form the following ingredients and properties:
1. Allantoin: which for a long time has been proven to make the regeneration of human skin possible. It is a most effective repairing substance for scar tissues. It is also an antioxidant, which helps fight off free-radicals, the scavengers that damage skin and speed the ageing process. The SNAIL has the capacity of regenerating its own shell if broken by using calcium obtained through its diet and the action of Allantoin.
More info on Allantoin
2.- Proteins & Vitamins: resulting in richness and softness of skin. The snail obtains these proteins and vitamins
from what it feeds on: exquisite vegetables, such as carrots and lettuce, you might also want to try eating for your health. Vitamins act as an anti-inflammatory and also protect the skin from free radicals.
3.- Collagen & Elastin: the main components of the human skin connective tissue.
4.- Glycolic Acid: which helps in the exfoliation or peeling of the skin, to get rid of dead cells that are on the surface of your skin and to carry within it the skin repairing ingredients. ELICINA® CREAM has been designed to be as natural as possible. It's composition is: 80% extract and 20% excipients. It is useful on almost any skin and age.
What is also unique is that all those ingredients are naturally present in the snail's secretions, combined in one substance as designed by nature's wisdom itself, to function synergistically in the repair of damaged tissues. They also restore healthy normal looking skin colouration. The results are permanent and best when the cream is applied early after skin damage has taken place.
No side effects
It can be used by pregnant women or children. It requires no preparation before use.
Due to the glycolic acid content in Elicina (only 1.6%) it will gently peel the outer layer of your skin and for some people this means dryness and a tightening feeling, which can easily be remedy. Just wait about 10 minutes for the cream to be absorbed and then apply on top a moisturizer. Recommended non-comedogenic (not acne prone) moisturizers are: Alboline Lotion, Shepard's Cream, Lubriderm Lotion, Mineral and Petroleum Oil, Safflower and Sunflower Oil.
Ingredients in the cream base
20% cream base includes mineral oil, propyleneglicol, stearic acid, cetil alcohol, sodium laurisulphate, diazonidinil urea, methylparaben, popylparaben, triethanolamine. They allow for a shelf life of two years and an odourless and white appearance.
a) Natural mineral oil - which is beneficial to the skin contrary to the myths of the cosmetic industry. There is no scientific evidence or literature supporting the myth and what is said is at best anecdotal. Most people perpetuating this myth have forgotten they were raised as a baby having mineral oil and petrolatum rubbed daily on their behinds -- with only beneficial results.
More about why we have chosen mineral oil as a cream base.
b) Propyleneglicol - combination of glycerin and water, a humectant in cosmetics. The most common moisture-carrying vehicle in cosmetics other than water. A skin conditioner and viscosity decreasing agent necessary to make the secretions into a cream.
c) Stearic acid - is an essential saturated fatty acid (EFAs), one of the fifty nutrients needed to sustain your body's good health. It serves as a softener in cosmetics and in low quantities it is not irritating. Also called OCTADECANOIC ACID, one of the most common organic long-chain fatty acids, found in combined form in natural animal and vegetable fats. Is prepared commercially by treating animal fats with water at high temperature and at high pressure. It can also be obtained from the hydrogenation of vegetable oils, including cottonseed oil.
d) Cetil alcohol - a natural emollient and emulsifier derived from palm oil,
e) Sodium laurisulphate SLS - a white powder used as a detergent, emulsifier, and surfectant (tension reducer) in cosmetics. A reduced surface tension gives a product better absorption into the skin and promotes spreading of the product. SLS is also a very strong degreaser, and is used as a water "softener". Contained in the cream in minimum quantity.
f) Diazonidinil urea (Urea: The body's own natural moisturizer (a mixture of Carbon Dioxide and Ammonium) Urea attracts and retains moisture in the corneum layer - increasing water absorption. It is synthezized naturally in the body, passing through the skin and acting as a true moisturizer along the way. Anti-inflammatory, antiseptic and deodorizing actions allow it to protect the skin's surface against negative changes).
g) Methylparaben and Popylparaben (less than 0.1%) to preserve that which is good, pure and unspoiled with chemicals that are non-toxic, non irritating and able to destroy or inhibit the growth of yeast and mould which otherwise would spoil the finished product before it is used.
h) Triethanolamine - a solvent for the preservatives (in minute quantity). It solves the problem of stability of the preservative over a broad range of pH and temperature conditions. Commonly used in shaving cream and other toiletries as a solvent.
Comedogenic (acne producing) ingredients in cosmetics
Mineral oil, contrary to the myths of larger cosmetic brands and their oil-free claims is non-comedogenic.
Does Lubriderm Cream, for sensitive skin work for you? Read their ingredients... light mineral oil is one of them. We recommend it for dry skin and to use it together with Elicina to help if you feel your skin tight and dry, which may happen during the first days of use of the cream because of the desquamation effect of the glycolic acid it contains. Please read our article on the subject of comedogenic ingredients in cosmetics for if you use make up or other cosmetics for your face or hair they might cause more acne and interfere with the healing action of our cream.
The secret of Elicina® is a deep penetrating into the middle layer of the skin (the dermis), of it's natural skin care ingredients. They are: Allantoin, Collagen, Elastin, Proteins and Vitamins and Glycolic Acid.
Elicina® eliminates dead cells, cleans and clears the pores, destroys pathogens, triggers new collagen formation, nourishes the skin, improves elasticity, heals and regenerates damaged tissue, restores skin colour and leaves your skin silky soft and soothed.
The cream restores the skin's renewal process by stimulating the germinal cells and yields a healthier appearance of the skin with more thickness, a normal skin colour and normal skin texture.
