Alaria marginata
AKA “Winged kelp, Seaweed, Alaria marginata”
Ingredient
Ingredient Facts
Alaria marginata
AKA: Winged kelp, Seaweed
Ingredient · Skin Conditioning · EWG: 4
Plant-Derived Synthetic
Skin Conditioner
Marine
Not Clean
Alaria marginata is a cosmetic ingredient.
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Functions
Skin Conditioning
A catch-all term for ingredients that improve how skin looks and feels — softer, smoother, more supple. The workhorse behind most moisturizers.
Anti-Aging Benefits
Antioxidant Protection
Locks In Moisture
Traditional Use
A brown seaweed traditionally used in Celtic and Nordic coastal cuisines and skincare for its mineral content, particularly iodine and trace elements believed to support skin health and elasticity.
Skin Types
●all-skin-types
Best For
Dullness
Pregnancy & Breastfeeding Safe
Yes
Corallina Officinalis [Seaweed] Extract
European Commission
EU Cosmetic Ingredient Database (CosIng)
Chondrus Crispus Seaweed Extract
Environmental Working Group (EWG)
EWG Skin Deep Cosmetics Database
Highlighting the Biological Potential of the Brown Seaweed Fucus spiralis for Skin Applications.
Freitas R, Martins A, Silva J, Alves C, Pinteus S et al.
Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2020
An Eco-Friendly Extraction and Purification Approach for Obtaining Active Ingredients for Cosmetics from Two Marine Brown Seaweeds.
Gager L, Connan S, Cérantola S, Petek S, Couteau C et al.
Marine drugs, 2024
Bioactive Polysaccharides from Seaweeds.
Hentati F, Tounsi L, Djomdi D, Pierre G, Delattre C et al.
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2020
The Beneficial Roles of Seaweed in Atopic Dermatitis.
Kim AR, Kim MJ, Seo J, Moon KM, Lee B
Marine drugs, 2024
Anti-melanogenesis constituents from the seaweed Dictyota coriacea.
Ko RK, Kang MC, Kim SS, Oh TH, Kim GO et al.
Natural product communications, 2013
Extracellular synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticle using seaweeds of gulf of Mannar, India.
Nagarajan S, Arumugam Kuppusamy K
Journal of nanobiotechnology, 2013
Carrageenan: a natural seaweed polysaccharide and its applications.
Prajapati VD, Maheriya PM, Jani GK, Solanki HK
Carbohydrate polymers, 2014
Carrageenan: a natural seaweed polysaccharide and its applications.
Prajapati VD, Maheriya PM, Jani GK, Solanki HK
Carbohydrate polymers, 2014
Carrageenan: a natural seaweed polysaccharide and its applications.
Prajapati VD, Maheriya PM, Jani GK, Solanki HK
Carbohydrate polymers, 2014
Immunomodulation by xylan and carrageenan-type polysaccharides from red seaweeds: Anti-inflammatory, wound healing, cytoprotective, and anticoagulant
Premarathna AD, Ahmed TAE, Rjabovs V, Hammami R, Critchley AT et al.
International journal of biological macromolecules, 2024
Antioxidant and Antiaging Properties of Agar Obtained from Brown Seaweed Laminaria digitata (Hudson) in D-Galactose-Induced Swiss Albino Mice.
Reshma BS, Aavula T, Narasimman V, Ramachandran S, Essa MM et al.
Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2022
The effect of dietary or intraperitoneally injected seaweed preparations on the growth of sarcoma-180 cells subcutaneously implanted into mice.
Yamamoto I, Maruyama H, Takahashi M, Komiyama K
Cancer letters, 1986
The effect of dietary or intraperitoneally injected seaweed preparations on the growth of sarcoma-180 cells subcutaneously implanted into mice.
Yamamoto I, Maruyama H, Takahashi M, Komiyama K
Cancer letters, 1986
The effect of dietary or intraperitoneally injected seaweed preparations on the growth of sarcoma-180 cells subcutaneously implanted into mice.
Yamamoto I, Maruyama H, Takahashi M, Komiyama K
Cancer letters, 1986
Inhibitory effect of Jeju endemic seaweeds on the production of pro-inflammatory mediators in mouse macrophage cell line RAW 264.7.
Yang EJ, Moon JY, Kim MJ, Kim DS, Kim CS et al.
Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B, 2010
Verified Jun 2026
Data: CosIng · EWG · CIR