Green Beauty Conversations by Formula Botanica

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EP272. Can beauty survive in a post-natural world? The truth about sustainable beauty Jul 03, 2025

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Is the future of beauty really found in a lab? Or does true sustainability lie in the soil, the roots, and the traditional ways of working with nature?

In the final part of this thought-provoking four-part series, Formula Botanica CEO Lorraine Dallmeier looks ahead at the shifting definitions of sustainable beauty, and asks whether the next big divide won't be natural vs synthetic, but harvested vs lab-grown.

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EP271. You can't shame people into sustainability – The truth about sustainable beauty Jun 26, 2025

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What if the real reason the beauty industry can't become truly sustainable… is emotional?

In this honest and eye-opening episode of Green Beauty Conversations, Lorraine Dallmeier – Chartered Environmentalist, Biologist and CEO of Formula Botanica – explores the hidden engine behind overconsumption: the way beauty marketing makes us feel about ourselves.

In part three of her exclusive 4-part series, Lorraine challenges the idea that we can achieve sustainability while still selling products by preying on people's insecurities.

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EP270. Why 'sustainable beauty' isn't sustainable anymore – The truth about sustainable beauty Jun 19, 2025

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These days, everything in beauty is "more sustainable." More sustainable packaging. More sustainable formulas. More sustainable choices. But if everything is claiming to be sustainable… is anything really sustainable at all?

In this second episode of her exclusive 4-part series, Formula Botanica CEO, Chartered Environmentalist and Biologist Lorraine Dallmeier takes a hard look at the beauty industry's most overused word.

Tune in now to find out what sustainability really means in beauty today.

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EP269. When beauty misses the big picture – The truth about sustainable beauty Jun 12, 2025

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What if some of the most hyped innovations in sustainable beauty – dissolvable sheet masks, waterless shampoos, wild-harvested botanicals – are unintentionally part of the problem?

In this powerful solo episode of Green Beauty Conversations, Formula Botanica CEO, Biologist, and Chartered Environmentalist Lorraine Dallmeier kicks off a bold four-part podcast series challenging everything we think we know about sustainable beauty.

Drawing on seven years of expert interviews and hundreds of insights from the global cosmetics sector, Lorraine exposes one of the industry's most uncomfortable truths: clever isn't always the same as sustainable.

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EP268. Recyclable, but not recycled – The impossible moment we're all in Jun 05, 2025

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Right now, we're facing an impossible moment in beauty. Brands are under pressure to create fully recyclable packaging. Consumers are expected to recycle correctly, often with confusing or incomplete information. And regulators are pushing for urgent change, without enough funding or infrastructure in place to support it.

Everyone is trying, but the system isn't ready, and no one is winning.

In this week's Green Beauty Conversations episode, host Lorraine Dallmeier, biologist, Chartered Environmentalist and CEO of Formula Botanica, breaks down the messy and confusing state of recycling in the beauty industry.

If you've ever stood in front of a recycling bin unsure of what to do or felt frustrated by the mixed messages around sustainable packaging, this episode is a must-listen.

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EP267. The packaging fees coming for the beauty industry May 29, 2025

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Packaging is about to get a whole lot pricier for beauty brands, and it's not just a minor cost increase.

In this episode of Green Beauty Conversations, Lorraine Dallmeier – Chartered Environmentalist, Biologist and CEO of Formula Botanica – is joined by Renata Daudt, Director and Principal Consultant at AWEN Packaging Consulting, and a globally experienced chemical engineer, to discuss the new packaging regulations and considerations for beauty brands.

Together, they break down the new regulations, from mono-material mandates to reporting obligations, and reveal the most overlooked packaging pitfalls that could cost your brand money and credibility.

Tune in to learn why now is the time to futureproof your beauty packaging before regulators and fees catch you off guard.

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EP266. When sustainability reports to marketing – beauty's uncomfortable truth May 22, 2025

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Is your favourite beauty brand walking the talk on sustainability, or just selling a story?

Last week on the podcast, Lorraine Dallmeier – Chartered Environmentalist, Biologist and CEO of Formula Botanica – talked to Carly Snider of the Pact Collective, and Carly dropped a truth bomb: in many beauty brands, sustainability sits under the marketing department. Not operations. Not product development. Not supply chain. Marketing.

And in this week's episode of Green Beauty Conversations, Lorraine unpacks why this matters more than you realise and how it impacts every conscious consumer and ethical beauty entrepreneur. Tune in now!

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EP265. How Pact Collective is cleaning up the mess the beauty industry left behind May 15, 2025

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The beauty industry has a packaging problem – and it's much bigger than you think. But how do we fix a system that was never built for circularity? And who's actually stepping up to tackle the problem?

Join Lorraine Dallmeier – Chartered Environmentalist, Biologist and CEO of Formula Botanica – in this exclusive episode of Green Beauty Conversations as she speaks with Carly Snider, Executive Director of Pact Collective – a nonprofit collective uniting the beauty industry to reduce packaging waste and drive toward circular solutions.

If you've ever wondered what really happens to your beauty empties after you drop them in the bin, this episode is for you.

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EP264. 1.5bn toothpaste tubes are wasted every month – why aren't we talking about this? May 08, 2025

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Every month, 1.5 billion toothpaste tubes are thrown away. They end up in landfills, incinerators, or our oceans, yet the conversation around sustainable packaging rarely includes oral care.

We've seen sustainability discussions reshape skincare, makeup, and haircare, but why is toothpaste still stuck in the past? Why aren't we demanding change from the big brands dominating supermarket shelves?

Listen to this Green Beauty Conversations episode to find out more!

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EP263. The toothpaste industry doesn't want you to hear this May 01, 2025

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What if everything you thought you knew about toothpaste was wrong? For decades, we've been told that toothpaste is the key to healthy, happy teeth. But what if the very thing you rely on for oral care was doing more harm than good?

Join Lorraine Dallmeier – Chartered Environmentalist, Biologist and CEO of Formula Botanica – as she talks with Axel Kaiser, the man behind Denttabs, the first and most researched toothpaste tablets in the world.

In this episode of Green Beauty Conversations, Axel shares his journey in revolutionising oral care, the surprising health and environmental benefits of toothpaste tablets, and what the toothpaste industry doesn't want you to know. Tune in now!

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Free formulation course | Green Beauty Conversations Podcast | Blog | YouTube

Socials: Formula Botanica on Instagram | Lorraine Dallmeier on Instagram

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