I love my Mizon Snail Repair Intensive Ampoule, however it seems to run out so darn fast. I picked up the COSRX Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence hoping to find a longer-lasting replacement.



I purchased both products on Roseroseshop. The Mizon ampoule was $11.87 for 30 ml, coming out to $.396 per ml. The COSRX essence was $11.44 for 100 ml, or $.114 per ml. I did pay more in shipping for the COSRX, because Roseroseshop offers free shipping for Mizon products (in which free shipping means a $2.50 charge but hey, still a good deal).

However, even with shipping costs the COSRX essence is still cheaper per milliliter. Also, it lasts over three times as long because of the larger bottle.









Mizon has a more elegant packaging. The ampoule is in a brown glass bottle that was well protected in a little box. The neck of the bottle does a great job of skimming off excess product that sticks to the side of the dropper.

However, the dropper is too short as there is a gap between the end of the dropper and the bottom of the bottle. This means that when the ampoule is running too low for the dropper to reach I have to flip it upside down. I ended up placing the upside down bottle inside a plastic Beauty Blender holder, or else it wouldn’t be able to stay upright.

Look at all that ampoule at the bottom.





Mizon Snail Repair Intensive Ampoule Ingredients:

Snail Secretion Filtrate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Alcohol, Panthenol, Glycereth-26, Punica Granatum Extract, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Extract, Carbomer, Triethanolamine, Trehalose, Copper Tripeptide-1, Human Ogliopeptide-1, Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4, Cornus Officinalis Fruit Extract, Nelumbo Nucifera Flower Extract, Caprylyl Glyocol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Tropolone, Sodium Polyacrylate, Adenosine, Coptis Japonica Extract, Disodium EDTA

The Mizon ampoule contains 80% snail filtrate. Also whoa whoa whoa did I just see ‘human’ listed? After a quick Google search it seems that the ingredient in question is a synthetic chemical. No humans, or snails, were killed in the making of this ampoule.





The COSRX comes in a large pump bottle. It’s sturdy and does the job. The top part was shrink wrapped, but no box.

COSRX Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence Ingredients:

Snail Secretion Filtrate, Betaine, Butylene Glycol,1,2-Hexanediol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Panthenol, Arginine, Allantoin, Ethyl Hexanediol, Sodium Polyacrylate, Carbomer, Phenoxyethanol

Not surprisingly by the name, COSRX essence contains a whooping 96% snail filtrate. This is more than any Mizon snail product. The ingredients list is also much short, which means less chance of something reacting badly with your face.





Both the COSRX and Mizon are viscous, clear liquids with a lot of slip. At first they feel slightly sticky on the face, but absorb quickly after some patting in. These are not super moisturizing products, which is nice for the daytime when I don’t want heavy products to make me greasy. For my nighttime routine I like to follow my snail application with a sheet mask for ultimate moisturization.





Because my COSRX essence came while I still had half bottle of Mizon ampoule, I decided to try a side by side comparison. I applied the COSRX on the left half of my face, and Mizon on the right half both morning and night.





After 2 weeks of dual-usage I found that ultimately… drumroll

The two are very very similar. So similar that I do not see any difference on my face. Ever since I introduced snail products I have noticed overall improvement in my skin’s condition. But between these two products one does not work dramatically better or worse than the other. Also, neither resulted in pimples or closed comedones which is always a plus in my book.





I’ll be sticking to the COSRX essence in the future because of the cheaper price and larger bottle, but the Mizon ampoule is also a fantastic product.