Green Beauty Conversations by Formula Botanica

For decades, green beauty has leaned heavily on one simple belief – if an ingredient comes from a plant, it must be better. Better for the skin, better for the planet and better for people. But what happens when that comforting narrative starts to unravel?
In this episode of Green Beauty Conversations, Formula Botanica CEO Lorraine Dallmeier explores the deeper story behind fermentation and asks a provocative question: could microbes help reshape the future of the beauty industry?
If you're interested in beauty and where its future might lie, this episode is for you. Tune in now!
 
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Palm oil is everywhere in cosmetics – but what if it didn't need to come from trees at all?
In the latest episode of her Green Beauty Conversations podcast, Formula Botanica CEO Lorraine Dallmeier is joined by Nemailla Bonturi, co-founder and CEO of ÄIO, an Estonian biotech company developing fermentation-derived oils for cosmetics and personal care that can mimic the properties of palm oil and tropical butter – without plantations, deforestation or seasonal harvests.
If you're curious about palm oil, biotech, sustainable beauty, or the next generation of cosmetic ingredients, you need to listen to this!
 
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Are modern beauty brand founders accidentally sabotaging their own success by hiding behind their screens?
In this thought-provoking episode of Green Beauty Conversations, Formula Botanica CEO and host Lorraine Dallmeier challenges one of the most widely accepted assumptions in today's indie beauty world: that selling online is always the easiest – and smartest – way to grow a beauty brand.
Tune in now to find out more!
 
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Ever wondered what it's like to build a family-led beauty brand?
Then tune in to this episode of Green Beauty Conversations, where Formula Botanica CEO Lorraine Dallmeier sits down with mother-daughter duo Angela Gargano and Kathy Griswold, co-founders of Lola Arnao Beauty, a family-run beauty brand for ultra-sensitive skin.
Discover the realities of building a family business, the practical advantages, tensions and emotional dynamics of owning a beauty brand when the relationship comes first and the business second. 
 
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The modern beauty industry didn't just happen – it was carefully designed.

In this episode of Green Beauty Conversations, Formula Botanica CEO Lorraine Dallmeier tells the remarkable story of Helena Rubinstein, the woman who helped invent the beauty industry as we know it today, yet whose name most people no longer recognise.

From lab coats and clinical imagery to the idea that beauty needs to look scientific to be trusted, this episode reveals how one brilliant marketer reshaped the way we buy, sell and think about beauty. Tune in now!
 
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