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Marine Algin
De-Puffing

Marine Algin

Summary

A biopolymer drawn from brown seaweed. It settles into a weightless, smoothing veil across the eye contour, tightening the surface as it dries.

Veil in the formula

Marine Algin sits in our formulas for one job: easing the look of puffiness. We file it under De-Puffing in this glossary because that is the effect its evidence actually supports, not because it is the most flattering label available.

Veil in the seaweed

The mechanism is the one stated in the summary above, and we have deliberately not extended it. Where a supplier or a competitor would reach for a bigger promise, the sentence we publish stops where the research stops.

Veil in the evidence

Our source is an industry technical paper from a credentialed source, recorded as EU CosIng (viscosity / film-former). We grade that as supplier and sector evidence, weaker than published research.

Veil and its limits

The research behind Marine Algin studies the ingredient, not the finished Opuliss product it sits in. It supports what Marine Algin does. It is not a trial of our formula, and we will not present it as one.

Cosmetic claims describe how skin looks and feels. Nothing here is a medical claim, and nothing here treats a condition.

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