Green Beauty Conversations by Formula Botanica

Have you heard the news? Clean beauty is out. Dirty beauty is in. This week on Green Beauty Conversations , Lorraine Dallmeier, Chartered Environmentalist, Biologist and CEO of Formula Botanica, speaks with Stephen Smith, the regenerative entrepreneur behind Nuturn – a pioneering skincare ingredient complex that redefines what it means to be effective, ethical, and elemental. If you've ever questi...

What if the next big breakthrough in beauty wasn't hidden deep in a jungle, but growing in your own back garden? In this episode of Green Beauty Conversations , Formula Botanica CEO Lorraine Dallmeier asks whether the industry's obsession with exotic ingredients is no longer serving us – or our planet. Must beauty always come wrapped in mystique and flown halfway across the world? Or could the fut...

How do you turn farm waste into liquid gold and build a cult beauty brand in the process? Well, Allison Taylor from Le Prunier did just that. Along with her sisters, Allison took a forgotten byproduct from their fourth-generation, 100-year-old plum farm and turned it into a skincare phenomenon that's gone viral – while staying completely self-funded. In a world obsessed with growing fast and big,...

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...

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 serie...

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 indus...

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...

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 t...

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...

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 developmen...

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 Dire...

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? L...

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 mo...

You don't need to scale your beauty brand internationally for it to be successful. In fact, keeping it  small is an option. In this episode of Green Beauty Conversations , Lorraine Dallmeier –  Chartered Environmentalist, Biologist, and CEO of Formula Botanica – explores something we don't talk about enough in the beauty industry: the option to not scale.  Listen to this episode and discover why k...

Starting a beauty brand is one thing – scaling it internationally is another challenge entirely. In this episode of  Green Beauty Conversations , Lorraine Dallmeier – Chartered Environmentalist, Biologist, and CEO of Formula Botanica – is joined by Karmen Novak, founder of  Flower and Spice , who shares how she turned her passion for botanical skincare into a thriving global brand. What began as a...

Travel minis may seem like a small luxury, but their impact on the planet is anything but tiny. Every year, billions of these single-use plastic bottles are produced, used, and discarded – contributing to a staggering waste problem. So why do they still exist? In this episode, Formula Botanica CEO and  Green B eauty Conversation s host Lorraine Dallmeier uncovers the ethical dilemma of travel mini...

Travelling is one of life's greatest pleasures, but have you ever thought about the environmental impact of your beauty routine when you're on the move? From single-use hotel toiletries to travel minis and confiscated airport cosmetics, travel beauty waste is a massive issue – and few people are talking about it. In this episode of  Green Beauty Conversations , Lorraine Dallmeier, Chartered Enviro...

Is luxury beauty finally moving away from excess? In this episode of Green Beauty Conversations , Lorraine Dallmeier, Chartered Environmentalist, Biologist, and CEO of Formula Botanica, explores how minimalism is redefining premium beauty. Consumers are no longer impressed by overcomplicated routines and excessive packaging. Instead, they're demanding high-performance, multifunctional products tha...

What if your beauty routine was part of the problem – and the solution? In this episode of Green Beauty Conversations , host Lorraine Dallmeier, Chartered Environmentalist, Biologist, and CEO of Formula Botanica, speaks with Sira Naidu, co-founder of Disruptor London , a bold brand redefining beauty norms with innovative, multi-tasking solid formulations. Disruptor London is tackling overconsumpti...

Have you ever stopped to wonder about the story behind your beauty products and their ingredients? Most of us don't think twice when picking up a product off the shelf, but what if we did? In this episode of Green Beauty Conversations , Lorraine Dallmeier – Chartered Environmentalist, Biologist, and CEO of Formula Botanica – dives into the untold stories behind your beauty ingredients. Tune in now...

Have you ever stopped to consider where the ingredients in your beauty products come from? Behind every bottle of oil or jar of cream lies a story – one that often goes untold. In this episode of Green Beauty Conversations , Lorraine Dallmeier – Chartered Environmentalist, Biologist, and CEO of Formula Botanica – is joined by Chloé Vallée, co-founder of Primegreen, a social enterprise transforming...

When was the last time you read a beauty brand's sustainability report? If your answer is "never," you're not alone. Sustainability reports are often buried on company websites, obscured by glossy marketing materials that feel more like a promotional brochure than a genuine disclosure of progress. But what if you could look behind the curtain and examine what these brands are really doing for the...

Can a beauty brand grow, innovate, and achieve international success without compromising its core values? That's the question Lorraine Dallmeier, Chartered Environmentalist, Biologist, and CEO of Formula Botanica, asks in this week's episode of  Green Beauty Conversations . Lorraine is joined by Laura Rudoe, founder of  Evolve Organic Beauty . Together, they explore how Laura built a globally suc...

Imagine starting a beauty brand with no financial backing, formal training, or industry guidance—armed only with determination and a dream. This is the story of Elizabeth Arden, who transformed her kitchen-made creams into one of the most iconic beauty empires of all time. But it's also the story of so many modern-day indie beauty entrepreneurs. In this episode of Green Beauty Conversations , Lorr...

Elizabeth Arden is one of the most iconic figures in the beauty industry, known for building a global empire from modest beginnings. Her remarkable journey is a testament to vision, innovation, and determination—and surprisingly mirrors the path of many modern-day indie beauty entrepreneurs. In this episode of Green Beauty Conversations , Lorraine Dallmeier, Chartered Environmentalist, Biologist a...