I get it — snail goo on your face sounds like a dare, not a skincare routine. But Peach Slices made a jelly mask that turned my skeptical ass into a believer.
Pore strips peel off your dignity along with the gunk. This actually works with your skin instead of against it.
It’s a wash-off jelly mask, $19 at Ulta. The claim: visibly minimized pores after 10 minutes. I laughed, then added it to my cart anyway.
Jelly-to-milk texture
Slides on like cold honey, rinses off like a cleansing balm—no tight film left behind
Cooling sensation
That tingle isn’t menthol—it’s actual skin-soothing, not just a gimmick
10-minute timer
Fast enough for a weekday crisis, effective enough to notice
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Snail mucin is the headline, but the supporting cast does the heavy lifting. It’s 92% natural-origin, which shocked me—most jelly masks are a chemistry experiment.
- Snail Mucin: rebuilds skin barrier + plumps fine lines
- Niacinamide: shrinks pore appearance over time
- Hyaluronic Acid: drinks 1000x its weight in water
- Allantoin: calms redness on contact
Photo: Viktoriia Muzyka / Unsplash
First application: thick, slick, and weirdly satisfying to spread. Absorbs in about 8 minutes—you’ll feel it sink in, not just sit there. Rinsed off, my face felt like I’d just drank a gallon of water.
Two weeks in: my nose pores look… smaller? Not gone—they’re pores, not Photoshop—but definitely tighter. The real shocker? My boyfriend asked if I was wearing foundation. I wasn’t.
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My nose pores went from “strawberry” to “barely-there dots” in 3 weeks. The ones on my cheeks? Unchanged—they weren’t the problem. Blackheads on my chin stayed put, which was disappointing.
Photo: Jocelyn Morales / Unsplash
It won’t erase your pores—nothing will—but it’s the best $19 illusion of perfection I own. Snail that.