Seaweed and Skin Barrier Blog

Respecting Nature’s Master Profile: How 7 Fathoms’ Extract Philosophy Preserves Seaweed’s Bioactive Compounds
Respecting Nature’s Master Profile: How 7 Fathoms’ Extract Philosophy Preserves Seaweed’s Bioactive Compounds
Community Consensus    Praise from customers inspired us to assemble an ingredients glossary, available through the link at the bottom of this page, summarizing the structure of the Seawise™ formula.... Read more...
The Future of Seaweed and the Seaweed Revolution
The Future of Seaweed and the Seaweed Revolution
The Future of Seaweed and the Seaweed Revolution In wake of warming sea temperatures and rapid industrialization, we need to think about what the future holds in store for Canadian... Read more...
Essential Ingredient: How Newfoundland and Labrador’s “Rural Advantage” Can Lead Canada’s Seaweed Revolution
Essential Ingredient: How Newfoundland and Labrador’s “Rural Advantage” Can Lead Canada’s Seaweed Revolution
Human curiosity, creativity, and observation are essential means to realize innovative solutions. Over the last ten years we have taken a personal experiment and developed it into research-informed skincare formulations... Read more...
Deep Dive: Seawise Recovery Spray
Deep Dive: Seawise Recovery Spray
Customers Are Our Best Advisors The Seawise Recovery Spray is the second product we developed after the original Seawise Barrier Hydration Lotion. Laminaria digitata is the sole extract in this... Read more...
Learning from Our Daughter Phoenix
Learning from Our Daughter Phoenix
September is a month that brings many changes, and quite a personal one this year for our family and 7 Fathoms. One of our central partners, a founding member of... Read more...
Reading the Wind: Generations of Knowledge Behind Every Harvest
Reading the Wind: Generations of Knowledge Behind Every Harvest
As seaweed harvesters we’re grateful for the harsh ocean environment most condemn as cold, fierce, and brutal. The northerly gale force winds, the foaming tides, the salt spray battering against... Read more...
Natural Perspectives: Stories About Seaweed Based Skincare
Natural Perspectives: Stories About Seaweed Based Skincare
Fundamental to the creation of 7 Fathoms is a responsibility to share the human benefit of seaweed. Every individual experience of newfound relief and skin barrier stability affirms the purpose... Read more...
Out of the Water and into the Showroom: On the Road at NPC
Out of the Water and into the Showroom: On the Road at NPC
Natural Products Canada 10th Anniversary Atlantic Summit The turn of the decade accelerated a cultural shift toward reconnecting with natural, elemental resources. NGOs, such as Natural Products Canada (NPC), help... Read more...
Community, Science, and Communication: Sharing our Success Story at Kelpfest 2026
Community, Science, and Communication: Sharing our Success Story at Kelpfest 2026
Terrence and I recently had the fortune of attending Kelpfest 2026, an annual festival hosted by the Ecology Action Center to bring together Atlantic Canada’s seafarming network. They were also... Read more...
Care, Encouragement, and Trust: How Family and Friends Are the First Defence Against Occupational Skin Irritation
Care, Encouragement, and Trust: How Family and Friends Are the First Defence Against Occupational Skin Irritation
How Skin Irritation Affects Families When reactive skin compromised Terrence’s quality of life, it affected our entire family. Together we did all we could to care for him. Our quest to... Read more...
Summer Seaweed Survey: Measuring Regrowth for a Sustainable Harvest
Summer Seaweed Survey: Measuring Regrowth for a Sustainable Harvest
For centuries, the livelihoods of Newfoundland’s local and commercial harvesters have depended on the abundance of natural resources in the North Atlantic. They also understand the delicate balance of farming... Read more...
The Science behind our Seaweed Extracts
The Science behind our Seaweed Extracts
As summer approaches, many of us begin spending more time outdoors. As much as we like dreaming of long, bright days of sunshine, its heat can be harsh on delicate... Read more...