Podcast 274: The obsession of the beauty industry with exotic constituents wears a minute

What happens if the next big breakthrough in beauty was not deeply hidden in a jungle, but develops in your garden?

In this episode of Green Beauty’s talks, Formula Botanica’s CEO Lorraine Dallmeier asks if industry’s obsession with exotic ingredients no longer serves us – or our planet.

Following last week’s interview with Le Prunier’s Allison Taylor-a brand built around the cold, upcycled pruning oil-Lorraine challenges listeners to redefine the idea of innovation.

Should beauty always come wrapped in Mystique and fly halfway through the world? Or could the future be in ingredients that are local, familiar and often overlooked?

This is an episode that has to touch for the manufacturers, the founders of the brand and the fans of beauty. Tune in now!

“Maybe it’s time to leave the idea that beauty must come from the ends of the earth. Maybe what we need now is less exotic, more important.” – Lorraine Dallmeier

KEYS PRODUCTION:

• The Excision Marketing Side: Lorraine explores how the use of the beauty industry by dark, remote ingredients has become more for the mystery than efficiency. Far from being innovative, this exit now feels repetitive and hollow and is a tired trap that many brands continue to rely.
• Looking at the local, ignorant herbal: Lorraine also reflects her recent interview with Le Prunier, a brand that proves that local ingredients, such as the humble branch, can be powerful, effective and urgent when combined with science and narrative. Could this be the beginning of a new wording mentality?
• A call for review of viability at root: Sustainability does not start at the end of the recyclable supply chain – it begins with what you choose to formulate. Lorraine encourages listeners to examine the ingredients that are abundant, waste or native to their environment to reduce the cost of carbon of beauty.
• Cultural cherry and moral blind spots: The pursuit of exotic ingredients often comes with unpleasant questions about credit, exploitation and moral commission. Lorraine challenges listeners to think more critically about the full story behind the one -component journey on the market.
• Discovering again what’s on our doorstep: From nettles to dandelions to so-called “weeds” rich in benefits for both the skin and biodiversity, Lorraine shares its thoughts on the capabilities of real local, often missing botanicals-and how they could inspire the next generation.

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Lorraine Dallmeier is a biologist, a chartered environmentalist and the CEO of Formula Botanica, the award -winning online school cosmetics school. Read more about Lorraine and Formula Botanica.