Home Cosmetic Science Talk Formulating EcoBeauty

  • Onur

    Member
    July 2, 2025 at 8:04 am

    I’m curious about which raw materials they demonize and which ones they glorify when evaluating those products. I’ve had enough of these fear-mongering companies. In the bigger picture, the so-called ‘angel’ ingredients they promote as alternatives to the ‘evil’ ones often have a similar environmental footprint.

    Mother Nature might sound poetic but the idea that natural ingredients are inherently harmless is misleading. Pouring vegetable oil down the drain, for example, will harm the environment for sure. ‘Natural’ and ‘organic’ may feel like a warm hug, yet snake venom is 100% natural, too. Natural substances are still made up of chemicals.

    It’s a bit absurd to pin the blame on individual waste when most marine mucilage is caused by agricultural runoff and industrial waste.

    • Perry44

      Professional Chemist / Formulator
      July 2, 2025 at 9:39 am

      You can tell these companies aren’t really sincere in their efforts. If they were, they could reduce their carbon footprint or environmental impact very easily.

      Just stop selling so much and stop trying to sell more and more every year!

      But sustainability and capitalism don’t really mesh.

  • Perry44

    Professional Chemist / Formulator
    July 2, 2025 at 9:37 am

    This time they got the Big Guys involved.

    Inevitable. Clean beauty / EcoBeauty / Natural…. None of this is an ownable position for a brand. If it gets popular, the big guys will just adopt it, adjust it so it fits with what they were already doing, and declare victory.

    I just wonder what the small guys will vilify now?

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