Barbara Olioso, Author at The Green Chemist

Nov 09

Eight myths about natural cosmetic preservation

By Barbara Olioso Formulations, Ingredients, natural preservatives

In my 20 years of cosmetic development and training in the cosmetic industry I have come across a few misconceptions about ingredients used in cosmetic preservation. In this article I will debunk eight myths about natural cosmetic preservation: Myth 1 Vitamin E is a preservative…

Nov 03

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Natural deodorants podcast

By Barbara Olioso Formulations, Podcast

I had the great honour of being interviewed in a natural deodorants podcast by Greg Foot on Sliced Bread, Radio 4 . He was asked about the safety of antiperspirants and in particular Aluminium so he started investigating about it, getting in touch with a…

Oct 27

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In Conversation with Forest Wise, walking the talk of sustainable ingredients

By Barbara Olioso Ingredients, Sustainability

While looking for new natural and sustainable ingredients in Paris at In Cosmetics Global I bumped into Richard Eyles and Dirk-Jan Oudshoorn from Forestwise and started an interesting conversation about sustainability and the ingredients they offer. So here is taste of our chat in Paris…

May 25

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Cosmetic preservation with green chemistry, why and how

By Barbara Olioso natural preservatives

A few days ago I was pleased to give a talk on cosmetic preservation using green chemistry to NOHBA, the Natural and Organic Health Alliance in the US. NOHBA is an organization committed to educate about natural and organic beauty to create a more sustainable…

Apr 04

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What does clean beauty mean?

By Barbara Olioso Formulations

Clean beauty has become such a buzz word today, yet there are many takes on how to go about it and what it is. Here is my view on the story and meaning of clean beauty. How clean beauty started - human evolution and free…

Aug 24

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Interview on sustainable beauty, how sustainable is natural?

By Barbara Olioso Podcast, Sustainability

I really enjoyed this interview with Gemma at Formula Botanica. We chat about natural, nature identical, packaging in cosmetic formulations and beauty products in the age of dilemmas. You can find more about different shades of green in our recent article on green beauty Feel…

Feb 23

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What is the difference between natural, synthetic, naturally derived in cosmetics?

By Barbara Olioso Ingredients

We trust natural, and we find this word all over, however what is the difference between natural and synthetic today? What was natural 100 years ago is different from what is natural now. 100 years ago our ancestors were doing their washing by hand using…

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