The Miss Agathe FAQ

All our products are made in France. Our snail farmer is located in the heart of wine estates with exceptional terroirs between the Drôme and the Ardèche. The collection of the slime is carried out in our laboratory, on the place of breeding according to a principle developed and patented without stress for the animal, which guarantees the most optimal active principle. Finally, our laboratory is located in the Pays de la Loire region, the leading French region for the production of medicinal plants.

Our complete range of products is present on our website. Orders are shipped the same day or the day after their validation and delivered within 48 hours (working days) to your mailbox by Colissimo.
You can also buy in store and at our many fairs and shows. We invite you to consult the list by visiting our “Where to find us?” page.

At Mlle Agathe, animal welfare is very important. Our heliculturist collects the mucus at the most opportune time for the animal, that is to say when it will be the least disturbed in its natural occupations. It is therefore after reproduction, when the snail produces its richest mucus, and when it no longer needs it, that Mademoiselle Agathe harvests it. The snail farmer works on instinct and feeling, depending on behavior, the period, and the environment (heat, humidity, moon cycles, etc.) and it is only under these conditions that the animal gives the best of its benefits.
This is why Mademoiselle Agathe takes care of her snails and their well-being by harvesting the slime manually, snail by snail, respecting the snail's life cycle and therefore their well-being. Do not hesitate to consult our page “Our snails and their well-being”.

Mlle Agathe products and their ingredients are not tested on animals. You should know that since 2013 it is strictly forbidden to market cosmetics tested on animals within the European Union.

You should know that to integrate snail slime or any other active ingredient of natural origin, you must first bring down the level of bacteria to have the right to incorporate it into a cosmetic formula. Indeed the legislation which imposes a good manufacturing practice, requires less than 100 ppm (Part Per Million) of bacteria. So all the know-how of our laboratory is to preserve the structure of living organisms by causing the naturally present bacterial flora to fall. To do this, we make an extract at low pressure and cold so as not to degrade the proteins and their bioavailability by mixing with the solvent (water or oil). This is how an active ingredient must be made if you want to be able to benefit from the desired virtues. Our technique comes in total opposition to certain mechanical techniques which claim “Fresh” or “Pure” drool. Because yes indeed no solvent is added so everything is burned.

When we talk about "Fresh", "Pure" or "100% organic" slime, it means that the mucus is harvested industrially. This collection of mucus is very liquid, with less good bioavailability of enzymes (stress mucus), as well as little or no protein binding. This mucus being very fluid, it is therefore filtered by nano-filters, which means that these increase the pressure and heat the material. This first treatment has the immediate effect of breaking the protein chains of the "Fresh", "Pure" or "100% organic" drool. It is then irradiated by UV rays and finally, enough preservative must be added to also bring down the bacterial flora with the aim of destroying microbes, but also molds, spores, yeasts, sugars, i.e. the entirety of the alive. What allows a protein to be assimilated by the skin is first and foremost its structure in space (its bioavailability). A protein whose structure has been broken will be present in the raw material, but will have no way of penetrating the skin, let alone providing its benefits.

Snail slime is very good for the skin since it has strong cell regeneration properties, which helps to reduce wrinkles and fine lines but also scars, imperfections and other skin disorders.
Mademoiselle Agathe is committed to providing the most complete care possible with a maximum of snail slime extract inside. Most of the ingredients present in our formulas (other than our snail slime extract) are plant active ingredients (95% from organic farming) which complement the properties of snail slime and facilitate the penetration of the cream in the skin to counter the use of petrochemical oils.
Other active ingredients such as buckwheat wax, ribose (sugar derived from corn), algae (green and gold) will provide anti-dark circles, anti-puffiness properties, or even protection against external aggressions (pollution , sun...).
So with the Mlle Agathe Day Care, for example, a single product is enough to protect your skin, moisturize it and boost its cell regeneration.
And all of this is only possible through the respectful osmosis of animals and plants that gives all the effectiveness of our treatments.