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Podcast: Green Beauty Conversations by Formula Botanica
Episode: Why we need responsible mica in cosmetics
Description: As we go to air with this episode of Green Beauty Conversations in early 2022, the predictions are that frosted eye shadows, glittery nail art and luminescent blushers are going to be big trends this year. Adopting the hashtag #Y2K, a new generation of beauty consumers is exploring makeup trends of the 1980s to the millennium, and rediscovering the allure and bold shimmer of mica minerals in cosmetics. But, all that glitters in the cosmetics' world is not gold. Behind those shimmering cosmetics lies a mineral mining industry that in some parts of the world...