EP332. Why we're stopping the podcast
The Green Beauty Conversations podcast is ending. After more than 330 episodes and eight and a half years, Lorraine Dallmeier has finally sa...
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The Green Beauty Conversations podcast brings the world of green beauty to your earbuds. Join Gemma and Lorraine from the Formula Botanica Team as they demystify confusing topics on ingredie...
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20 of 318 episodesEP331. Meet the graduate who quit her job to build Mongolia's first organic skincare brand
If you're thinking about starting your own organic skincare brand but you're scared it won't work out, this episode is for you. In this epis...
EP330. The marketing machine behind beauty's biggest online sellers
Every indie beauty brand founder wants to wake up to orders. Most of them launch a website, post on Instagram, and wait. Nothing happens. Me...
EP329. How to sell a million jars of skincare
Most indie beauty brands launch with a Shopify store, post a few times on Instagram, and wait for the sales to come. They don't. In this epi...
EP328. The beauty industry keeps renaming the same problem. And you're paying for it.
The beauty industry has always invented new problems for you to solve. What's changed is how fast it can now name them, package them, and se...
EP327. Meet the formulator who thinks your serum is too busy
What if the problem with your skincare routine has nothing to do with the products you're using, and everything to do with how many ingredie...
EP326. Have we been wrong all along about "natural" vs "synthetic"?
The beauty industry has spent decades arguing about natural versus synthetic ingredients. Most of that argument, Lorraine Dallmeier has long...
EP325. The 100-year old secret behind your favourite skincare ingredient
Glycolic acid has been made the same way since the 1930s. The process starts with formaldehyde. Most formulators have never questioned it, a...
EP324. Why beauty packaging is always the last thought and the biggest problem
Beauty packaging is one of the most expensive mistakes an indie brand founder can make. And yet most brands still treat it as an afterthough...
EP323. Beauty brands think about packaging last. Here's why that's a problem.
Picture this: you've chosen your materials, researched your options and invested in what you believe is eco packaging for your beauty produc...
EP322. What the hair loss industry isn't telling you
Hair loss is one of the most searched beauty concerns online – and yet, much of what you're being told about it simply doesn't hold up. In t...
EP321. What a hair loss specialist wants you to know before you buy your next product
Hair loss is far more common in women than we often realise – yet it often remains misunderstood, under-discussed, and frequently mis-sold t...
EP320. Why doesn't the beauty industry have to tell you this?
What if you discovered that a significant portion of the beauty products you use every day could be rooted in fossil fuels – and no one is r...
EP319. Your skincare is made from fossil fuels
Did you know that most of the most celebrated active ingredients in your skincare are actually derived from petrochemicals? In this week's e...
EP318. Why does natural skincare have to be white?
What if everything you thought you knew about natural skincare was… wrong? Picture the most luxurious skincare product you can imagine – a w...
EP317. He turned coffee waste into skincare. The industry said it was the wrong colour
The beauty industry says it wants to go natural – but does it really mean it? In this episode of Green Beauty Conversations , Formula Botani...
EP316. Why did the Body Shop fail but this Formula Botanica graduate didn't? (the answer will surprise you)
What happens when a brand loses its purpose – and what happens when a founder refuses to let go? In this week's episode of Green Beauty Conv...
EP315. Meet the woman trying to save butterflies with skincare
Could skincare help save butterflies? In this episode of Green Beauty Conversations , Formula Botanica CEO Lorraine Dallmeier is joined by C...
EP314. Good news from the beauty industry that will make you smile
If your newsfeed has felt overwhelmingly negative lately, this episode of the Green Beauty Conversations podcast is exactly the antidote you...
EP313. What if your cosmetics could keep forests alive?
What if your cosmetics could keep forests alive? In this episode of Green Beauty Conversations , Formula Botanica CEO Lorraine Dallmeier spe...