MONA LISA'S BEAUTY SECRET FINALLY REVEALED!
What's behind Mona Lisa's smile? After centuries of speculation and frantic quests, Miss Agathe now provides an answer to one of the most mysterious questions in the history of beauty. It can be summed up in two words: snail slime!
MONA LISA: MUSE OF THE BENEFITS OF SNAIL SLIME
The secret of Mona Lisa's beauty has kept scholars and historians in suspense for many years. How to explain this beauty that has spanned the centuries? How to rationally decipher the freshness and radiance of your complexion? Miss Agathe gives you a historical scoop today!
Let's rewind. We are in Italy, more precisely in Florence, in the midst of the Renaissance. In 1538, Lisa di Antonio Maria Gherardini, known as Mona Lisa, was portrayed by Leonardo da Vinci. Mother of 6 children and wife of the Florentine silk merchant Francesco del Giocondo, she will retire, once widowed, among the Franciscans of the Saint-Ursula convent, where two of her daughters were nuns and where she will probably be buried in 1542. What is the link with Miss Agathe will you tell me?
This is where our investigation begins. Thanks to our research and our contacts, we had access to the monastery's account books, in which we found proof of purchase of snail slime extract. Yes yes ! The annotations indicate that she would have bought it very precisely on August 29 for the sum of 7 pounds. It should be remembered that at the time, this ingredient was used as an anti-wrinkle face care. The clue was there...
Investigation folded and solved. Snail slime extract would be the beauty ingredient that would explain the eternal youth of Mona Lisa. In addition to its hydrating, antioxidant and exfoliating properties, remember that one of the main virtues of our mucus is to be regenerating. Indeed, allantoin, hemocyanin and the RIF1 protein that compose it act on the aging process, as well as on cell renewal. Yesterday, like today, snail slime pushes the limits of age!
Mona Lisa inspires you? Find our anti-aging face serum and our eye contour serum, both composed of snail slime extract. Add a touch of our rich cream and you have the perfect trio to stop counting the years!
SNAIL SLIME THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES
But Mona Lisa is not the oldest evidence of snail slime use. From thread (of drool) to needle, it has not finished revealing all its properties to us. A thousand-year-old animal, the snail has been dragging its benefits since antiquity.
Let's start with a short trip to Greece. It was in – 400 BC that Hippocrates, a Greek physician and philosopher, recommended it for its therapeutic virtues. Galen, another Greek doctor, then prescribed it against generalized edema under the skin.
The snail continues on its way to Italy. Pliny the Elder recommends it in the form of porridge to release its emollient properties. “This remedy is supreme for alleviating the pain caused by burns, abscesses and other wounds”. For Celsus, a 2nd century Roman philosopher, the snail is eaten raw and even crushed with its shell as a healing agent.
A little later in France, in the 20th century, André Quevaudiller, pharmacist and university researcher, proved the inhibitory properties of mucus on cultures of pertussis bacilli, as well as its spasmolytic activity on the respiratory tract. The result of this work? Helicidin: an antitussive syrup, still sold in pharmacies today.
Last historic turning point. In 2018 & 2019, Mlle Agathe, a brand of organic cosmetics based on snail slime, carried out scientific tests on its own snail slime extract. These studies highlight hemocyanin and actin as the main proteins, respectively cell regenerating and healing, then many other proteins, each more interesting than the other for the skin. It's a small step for the snail, but a giant leap for man!
The snail crosses history… Today in the Louvre, the Mona Lisa representing Mona Lisa is one of the most seen paintings in the world. And, if you approach a mirror of his smile you will see a small snail enthroned on his face. Can you keep the secret?
