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EP332. Why we're stopping the podcast

EP331. Meet the graduate who quit her job to build Mongolia's first organic skincare brand

EP330. The marketing machine behind beauty's biggest online sellers

EP329. How to sell a million jars of skincare

EP328. The beauty industry keeps renaming the same problem. And you're paying for it.

EP327. Meet the formulator who thinks your serum is too busy

EP326. Have we been wrong all along about "natural" vs "synthetic"?

EP325. The 100-year old secret behind your favourite skincare ingredient

EP324. Why beauty packaging is always the last thought and the biggest problem

EP323. Beauty brands think about packaging last. Here's why that's a problem.

EP322. What the hair loss industry isn't telling you

EP321. What a hair loss specialist wants you to know before you buy your next product

EP320. Why doesn't the beauty industry have to tell you this?

EP319. Your skincare is made from fossil fuels

EP318. Why does natural skincare have to be white?

EP317. He turned coffee waste into skincare. The industry said it was the wrong colour

EP316. Why did the Body Shop fail but this Formula Botanica graduate didn't? (the answer will surprise you)

EP315. Meet the woman trying to save butterflies with skincare

EP314. Good news from the beauty industry that will make you smile

EP313. What if your cosmetics could keep forests alive?

EP312. Fermentation made our food. Could it shape the future of beauty too?

EP311. The palm oil alternative that doesn't rely on trees

EP310. Why do some beauty brand founders avoid meeting their customers?

EP309. Could you start a beauty brand with your family?

EP308. The woman who invented the modern beauty industry (and you've never heard her name)

EP307. Why you don't need to be a chemist to formulate

EP306. How 5,000 years of history turned eye makeup into a daily habit

EP305. The beauty habits affecting your eyes (according to an eye doctor)

EP304. Why indie beauty falls apart when the founder leaves

EP303. Is pig fat the next big thing in beauty?

EP302. If your serum isn't working, this is probably why

EP301. I spoke to an active ingredient scientist… and it changed how I see skincare

EP300. Cellulite is a scam – And the beauty industry knows it

EP299. Meet the supplier turning the world's coffee waste into skincare

EP298. The world doesn't need another celebrity brand. It needs yours.

EP297. How indie beauty brands really grow (without Sephora, investors, and a team)

EP296. Why the beauty industry is now selling you anti-zombie skincare

EP295. Could vitamin C's days be numbered in skincare?

EP294. My call to legislate cosmetic claims for human dignity

EP293. The truth about cosmetic claims: What brands can and can't say

EP292. Why the beauty industry needs to stop blaming the consumer

EP291. Meet Forestwise, the ingredient supplier growing money on trees

EP290. Is it time to break up with natural beauty?

EP289. Meet the man restoring Hawaii's forests with sustainable sandalwood

EP288. The idea that blew my mind: 3D-printed skincare

EP287. Skincare you can eat – Trend or transformation?

EP286. Why do some skincare ingredients take decades to go mainstream?

EP285. Could kelp be the future of beauty? A conversation with GreenWave

EP284. I asked ChatGPT to formulate for me… again (And this time it listened)

EP283. Will AI replace the cosmetic chemist?

EP282. Why beauty can't count – And the data gap holding sustainability back

EP281. Closing beauty's sustainability data gap with Fairglow

EP280. Can a small beauty brand change the world?

EP279. How your skincare is made – Inside the world of contract manufacturing

EP278. When success feels scarier than failure

EP277. Meet the beauty entrepreneur who bootstrapped her way into 1,000 Walmart stores

EP276. Efficacy at all costs – The beauty standard we need to rethink

EP275. Meet the ingredient supplier championing dirty beauty

EP274. The beauty industry's obsession with exotic ingredients is wearing thin

EP273. How to grow a beauty brand with purpose – and lead with integrity

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

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

EP270. Why 'sustainable beauty' isn't sustainable anymore – The truth about sustainable beauty

EP269. When beauty misses the big picture – The truth about sustainable beauty

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

EP267. The packaging fees coming for the beauty industry

EP266. When sustainability reports to marketing – beauty's uncomfortable truth

EP265. How Pact Collective is cleaning up the mess the beauty industry left behind

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

EP263. The toothpaste industry doesn't want you to hear this

EP262. Why keeping your beauty brand small is an option

EP261. From kitchen formulations to global success – The journey of Flower & Spice

EP260. The ethical dilemma of travel minis

EP259. The sustainability of travel beauty

EP258. Why the premium beauty market needs to embrace minimalism

EP257. Meet the solid brand disrupting beauty norms

EP256. The untold stories behind your beauty ingredients

EP255. How moringa oil is helping one Amazonian community protect its future

EP254. Are beauty brands really as green as they say they are?

EP253. How to evolve a beauty brand without losing your values

EP252. Lessons for indie beauty entrepreneurs from Elizabeth Arden's legacy

EP251. From Kitchen Formulator to Global Icon – The Story of Elizabeth Arden

EP250. Are beauty retailers overstepping?

EP249. Why retailers are asking for proof – and what it means for your beauty products

EP248. How ancient beauty rituals are inspiring modern-day skincare

EP247. How to build a heritage beauty brand - Evelyn Akande from Kanda Natural

EP246. Formulate your own path in 2025

EP245. Could AI make your skincare more eco-friendly?

EP244. The forgotten pillar of sustainability

EP243. Meet the inspirational entrepreneur rebuilding the beauty industry from seed to shelf

EP242. Has #Underconsumptioncore influenced beauty?

EP241. Is big beauty falling behind?

EP240. The beauty industry has a biodiversity problem

EP239. How one Indonesian island community is conserving wildlife through coconut oil

EP238. 8 ways we must embrace slow beauty

EP237. Rethinking skincare- The slow beauty revolution

EP236. The circular biorefinery model used by sustainable ingredient suppliers

EP235. Meet the beauty industry's most regenerative ingredient

EP234. 3 ways you can change the beauty industry

EP233. From crime journalist to skincare entrepreneur