Sustainability Archives

Oct 27

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 02

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New Ways with Solid Bars

By Barbara Olioso Formulations, Sustainability, Trends

As plastic pollution is a growing concern, solid cosmetics make good sense. The most common format is solid bars, a.which re not only on the rise in hair care but also in many more cosmetic applications. What are the advantages and where are possible pitfalls…

Feb 10

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Sustainability at the time of COVID 19

By Barbara Olioso Sustainability, Trends

The pandemic is affecting sustainability in cosmetics in a variety of ways, in different parts of the world, including disruption to the supply chains. Despite the disruption there are growing sustainability related trends in finished products and initiatives by retailers to help conscious consumers navigating…

Nov 27

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Forty Shades of Green Cosmetics

By Barbara Olioso Sustainability

Following the famous Irish song, we can close our eyes and picture a vast forest of cosmetic products on the market, a wooded landscape made up of many shades of green. Which one is the greenest? The answer depends on many factors such as the…

May 15

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Ecolabels

By Barbara Olioso Formulations, Sustainability, Trends

Cosmetic ecolabels are super trendy because consumers desire for natural and organic cosmetics is growing. However there are a lot of grey areas in relation to green cosmetics claims and consumers do not have the skills to distinguish what is really natural and what is…

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…

Jan 28

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Sustainability definition in cosmetic development

By Barbara Olioso Formulations, Sustainability

How many times have you heard of sustainability in cosmetics? or sustainable cosmetics in the last six months or so? to me it has become a buzz word, I thought it is time to write about it to understand not only how to apply the sustainability…

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