PODCAST 215: HOW SEAWEED BECOMES SUSTAINABLE BEAUTY

On this episode, we dive deep, virtually actually, into the oceans with a take a look at how our seas could be a sustainable supply of magnificence components. System Botanica CEO and podcast host Lorraine Dallmeier talks to Matthew Perkins, the founding father of Macro Oceans to study an modern journey that’s reworking regeneratively-farmed seaweed into eco-friendly cosmetics.

Macro Oceans, a expertise firm based mostly in California, transforms seaweed regeneratively farmed in Alaska into a variety of low-carbon chemical substances, together with these utilized in cosmetics. Its distinctive zero-waste system makes use of 100% of the seaweed. The corporate just lately launched its first beauty product – a robust bioactive offering glorious hydration for skincare and haircare merchandise.

Don’t miss this insightful dialog exploring the way forward for sustainable magnificence and the transformative energy of seaweed in cosmetics.

Inspiring quote:

“Regenerative components must be efficient, pure, and low influence, and have a neighborhood profit. It’s about creating merchandise that not solely work, but additionally contribute positively to the setting and the communities concerned.” – Matthew Perkins

On this episode with Matthew Perkins of Macro Oceans, you’ll hear:

• Insights into the founding of Macro Oceans and the mission behind the corporate.
• A breakdown of how seaweed’s bioactive polysaccharides are utilized in skincare and hair care merchandise.
• The method of sourcing and processing seaweed, together with the challenges confronted in North America.
• The importance of traceability within the magnificence business and its influence on client belief.

Key takeouts embody:

• The bioactive polysaccharides extracted from seaweed provide hydration and safety to the pores and skin and hair, and showcase the facility and potential of marine components in cosmetics.
• The challenges in processing seaweed in North America spotlight the necessity for modern options and infrastructure improvement within the seaweed business.
• The rising significance of traceability in magnificence merchandise underscores the necessity for transparency and accountability all through the provision chain.

Meet our visitor: Matthew Perkins

Matthew is Founder and CEO of Macro Oceans, a start-up reworking seaweed into low-carbon chemical substances to be used in supplies, meals, cosmetics and lots of different purposes.

He’s an skilled entrepreneur, having constructed and offered his first firm, Yield Pop, to The Local weather Company. Matthew has greater than a decade of expertise in terrestrial agriculture and was the primary enterprise rent at Inari, a gene-editing expertise firm, the place he helped increase over $100m in enterprise capital.

Discover out extra about Macro Oceans:
Macro Oceans Website | LinkedIn | Instagram

System Botanica Macro Oceans’ provide: Macro Oceans is offering System Botanica college students with a particular provide that features:

• a free pattern of their Hydrating Marine Polysaccharides
• three free, ready-to-customise formularies – a plump and prime serum, an after-sun spray and a bi-phasic make-up remover
• a white paper explaining the science and advantages of the seaweed bioactives

To say the provide, merely go to this link and add your contact data.

There’s a wealth of data in our earlier episodes and we encourage you to return and hearken to them. If you wish to hear extra about a few of the subjects we lined on this episode, please do delve again into the podcast archives. Go and hearken to:

Episode 181: Marine magic – from seaweed waste to cosmetics
Episode 203: Turning the tide on plastics in beauty
Episode 168: Algae, the future of sustainable beauty

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Lorraine Dallmeier is a Biologist, Chartered Environmentalist and the CEO of System Botanica, the award-winning on-line natural beauty science college. Learn extra about Lorraine and the Formula Botanica Team.