Today’s guest is Anna Mitsios, naturopath, skincare formulator and founder of Edible Beauty Australia

Anna’s journey began in the corporate world, where she spent over a decade specialising in corporate finance and private banking. However, a pivotal moment in her life came at the age of 18 when she was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.

This diagnosis sparked her deep dive into botanicals, nutrition, and holistic health as she sought to manage her autoimmune condition and help others achieve optimal health.

In 2014, Anna took a leap and launched Edible Beauty while working as a naturopath at a fertility clinic. There, she realised there was a gap in the market for truly safe, effective skincare—products that were free from endocrine disruptors and harmful chemicals. So, she created a line of skincare so pure, you could almost eat it.

Anna is a firm believer that beauty begins from within. She developed Edible Beauty not just as a skincare line, but as a holistic wellness range, where products nourish both the skin and body from the inside out.

I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Anna for almost a decade, and I’ve witnessed Edible Beauty grow into an innovative brand that continues to evolve while staying true to its core values of transparency, integrity, and efficacy.

Today, Anna is here to share her expertise in health and skincare formulation as she introduces her latest groundbreaking product—a high-performance anti-aging solution that targets aging at the cellular level. I’m excited to share this with you.

• What is the last beauty product you purchased? Bon Charge LED Mask

• What’s been your best beauty discovery in the last 12 months? Spermidine which is the key ingredient in Super Stem Cell Concentrate. Click here to see before and after images.

• Your desert island skincare product? Edible Beauty Snowflower Oil

• Professional treatment you swear by? Natural Enzyme Botanical Facial

• Best piece of beauty or wellness advice you can share? Address your stress - as it takes a toll on our body and beauty.

Follow Anna Mitsios and Edible Beauty on instagram @ediblebeautyau

Mukti is an Author, Cosmetic Formulator, Skin Therapist and founder of Mukti Organics.

Mukti launched her award-winning skincare brand in 2000, after identifying a gap in the market for organic products that are both results-driven and backed by science.

With an unwavering commitment to harnessing the power of nature for optimal skin health, Mukti is at the forefront and has paved the way for the organic beauty movement.

Today, Mukti Organics’ award-winning formulations are sold online, stocked in both domestic and international retailers, and used in professional treatments at world-class salons and spas.

Mukti is a wealth of knowledge on the beauty industry, business and hitting the balance between the two.

For many years I have enjoyed immersing in Mukti’s products, I truly respect her philosophy on beauty and I am so thrilled to share this episode with you.

• What is the last product you purchased? Ere Perez Coco Crayon

• What’s been your best beauty discovery this year? A new Mukti body product coming soon.

• What is your desert island skincare product? Mukti Antioxident Facial Oil

• What is the professional treatment you swear by? Mukti Signature Facial with LED

• What is the best piece of beauty or wellness advice you can share? Learn how to read beauty product labels and reference The Truth In Beauty book.

Follow @muktiorganics and @bymukti

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On this episode of the podcast, I have the pleasure of speaking with Nina Hargrave, founder of Serene Body Health.

Nina on a mission is to encourage daily practices and rituals of self-care through the power of scent.

And I personally love to incorporate her range of holistic blends into my daily practices.

Serene Body Health is a brand with strong integrity and a dedication to formulating products with incredibly high quality ingredients and with the utmost transparency.

As Nina and I both have teenage boys, we unpacked the current cologne trend hitting our tweens and teens and she shared valuable insights about synthetic fragrance for us to be mindful of.

Nina’s biggest inspiration comes from nature, she has a deep fascination and appreciation of plants and their health benefits and is on a mission to encourage us all to take mindful moments each and everyday.

• What is the last product you purchased? Skintuative Copper Peptide Serum

• What’s been your best beauty discovery this year? Beauty sleep and getting enough rest.

• What is your desert island skincare product? Avocado Zinc tinted lip and cheek balm with spf and Eco Tan Face Tan Water

• What is the professional treatment you swear by? Skin Needling

• What is the best piece of beauty or wellness advice you can share? Plenty of sleep and Magnesium - both injestable and topical.

Follow Nina Hargrave and Serene Body Health on instagram @serenebodyhealth

And if there’s anything you want to hear on future episodes let us know on Instagram @thegreenedit_au or via email hello@thegreenedit.com.au

Sofie Teh - Event Director for Naturally Good Expo

I have had the pleasure of working with the Naturally Good Expo team for the last few months to curate content and speakers for The Beauty Stage which will feature at Naturally Good Expo at ICC Sydney on the 3rd and 4th of June 2024.

Naturally Good Expo is a stage for brands to showcase their latest healthy and sustainable innovations and the place for buyers to secure cutting-edge healthy additions for their shelves.

The Beauty Stage will be located on the expo floor in the beauty section of the event. It is an intimate stage with comfortable seating, the perfect oasis if you need a little break from the enormity of the expo.

I am very proud of the engaging, informative and interactive content I have created for the beauty stage to inspire the natural and ethical beauty industry at Naturally Good. The speaker line up is incredible and of course I have invited a few favourites from The Green Edit community who will be joining us over the two day content program.

The Beauty stage will feature over 25 industry professionals sharing their knowledge and experience on the topics that retailers, beauty brands and anyone in the beauty and wellness industry need to know about to grow and thrive in 2025.

Today I have invited Sofie Teh, the Event Director for Naturally Good Expo, to tell us a little more about the event.

And we will talk you through the incredible agenda at the beauty stage and share the industry professionals and the important topics they will cover.

Naturally Good Expo is an industry event, it’s free to attend, its easy to register via their website naturallygood.com.au

Sofie and I look forward to welcoming you to The Beauty stage, so please come and join us to learn and connect with like valued beauty and wellness brands and industry professionals.

Follow Naturally good Expo @naturallygoodex

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Today’s guest is Lucy Bradshaw, founder of Tulita, an evolutionary fragrance brand which has set a new benchmark in luxury, ethical, and sustainable fragrance.


Lucy has 16 years experience working around the world strategising, developing and creating products for some of the best known luxury beauty brands from YSL, Prada, Ralph Lauren and Giorgio Armani to name a few.

After 7 years in Paris, Lucy returned home to Australia where she continued her work in the beauty industry whilst also training as a Yoga Teacher and Chakra healer.

Lucy saw a clear gap in the fragrance market; and with her unique fusion of expertise she was inspired to create Tulita, a 100% natural, wellness fragrance.

In creating Tulita, Lucy is a passionate pioneer in the Blue Beauty movement, surpassing clean and green practices with an unwavering dedication to sustainability and transparency - setting a new standard in the fragrance industry.

I was honoured to have early access to all three fragrances in the Tulita range ahead of their January 2024 launch. And I was thrilled to have found my favourite signature scent. And Lucy would love to offer The Green Edit community two special offers which I will include in the show notes so that you can experience Tulita for yourself .

I can truly say that Tulita is “Evolutionary” not just in its energy but in what it means for the fragrance category as a whole – Lucy is at the forefront of a fragrance revolution.

• What is the last product you purchased? Sodashi Serum 21

• What’s been your best beauty discovery this year? Dry Body Brushing

• What is your desert island skincare product? Ipsum Skin Lip Oil Balm

• What is the professional treatment you swear by? Hydro Facial

• What is the best piece of beauty or wellness advice you can share? Gua Sha daily incorporating breath-work.

Lucy would love to offer The Green Edit community a special offer using code 'tulitalovesthegreenedit' to receive a gifted Gua Sha handle with every 50ml purchase valued at $60. Lucy will also include free shipping on the Discovery Kit using code MUKTA-SHIPPING.

Follow Lucy Bradshaw and Tulita on instagram @tulita.co

And if there’s anything you want to hear on future episodes let us know on Instagram @thegreenedit_au or via email hello@thegreenedit.com.au

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Today’s episode is one I am really excited about. I am speaking with Megan Larsen, founder of Sodashi Skincare.

Born in New Zealand, Megan began making her own skincare products in Western Australia in the early 1990s. Megan is truly a pioneer in the clean beauty space and in 2024 she will celebrate 25 years since launching her brand Sodashi.

Sodashi is a renowned skincare brand, known for its holistic approach, combining the wisdom of ancient traditions with modern science. Megan’s very first product, Sodashi’s Rejuvenating Face and Neck moisturiser was formulated 25 years ago and to this day remains the hero product in her range.

With a commitment to natural, ethical, and sustainable practices, Sodashi is a vegan and cruelty-free range which continues to redefine skincare excellence through innovative and clinically proven formulations.

Today, Sodashi is a global business that supplies the world’s most exclusive spas worldwide. Sodashi seeks to inspire a holistic approach to beauty and wellness, while also delivering genuine results.

Having interviewed many beauty brand founders over the years, Megan is one woman I have wanted to speak to for the longest time, I hope you enjoy this conversation as Megan generously shares so many valuable insights and experiences with us.

• What is the last beauty product you purchased? Westman Atelier Eye Love You Mascara

• What’s been your best beauty discovery this year? Sodashi Serum No. 21

• What is your desert island skincare product? Samadara Ultimate Age-Defying Crème

• What is the professional treatment you swear by? Sodashi Thermal Infusing Face Mask, as well as Kinesiology and Bowen Therapy.

• Please share the best piece of beauty or wellness advice you you live by?

Use a cleanser and moisturiser daily.

For complete show notes for this episode and for links to products mentioned head to:

www.thegreenedit.com.au/podcast

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On today’s episode, Cathy Tolpigin and Erin Hawken, co-founder of Nourished Netherlands are thrilled to announce the Best of The Green Edit Award Winners for 2023.

Clean beauty and wellness brands were invited to submit the hero products from their range into 12 categories, which were initially tried and tested by myself, Erin and Celebrity makeup artist Laura Burns who is based in New York, but was in Sydney over summer to help us shortlist the finalist products.

Erin, Laura and I had the pleasure of testing over 130 products across 12 categories — all of which represent the very best clean beauty and wellness products. Despite an incredibly strong caliber of entries, shortlisted the top five products in each category.

For second round judging and to determine the winners of each award, finalist products were sent to an independent and highly acclaimed judging panel of influential Australian and international beauty experts and retailers including

Elena Severin from The Detox Market who have 6 stores across the USA and Canada,

Robyn Doyle founder of Beautyologie in the US,

Yvette Wyeth founder of Active Skin,

Alex Wilson founder of Heartwood based in Western Australia,

Clare McGrowdie founder of Sydney's Bond Clean Beauty store and

Elise Wilson Category Beauty Editor at Are Media Australia.

I am so proud to offer these brand founders the unique distribution opportunity to introduce their brand and product range to these amazing judges so they too may experience the very best of clean beauty.

A big congratulations to the winners and thank you to all the brands who entered The Best Of The Green Edit awards this year, we absolutely loved discovering new favourite products and celebrating truly natural and ethical brands.

And if there’s anything you want to hear on future episodes let us know on Instagram @thegreenedit_au or via email hello@thegreenedit.com.au

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If you are a beauty brand looking to make aligned retail partnerships, gain knowledge about how to approach buyers and navigate knock backs and rejection, Nicci will be sharing her insights and experience with beauty brands and wellness brands.

One of the key challenges I hear from beauty and wellness brand founders across all categories including skincare, makeup, beauty injestables and wellness products is the difficulty they experience gaining the attention of beauty buyers as they aim to grow their retail distribution channels.

The Green Edit Beauty Summit is fast approaching onThursday the 16th of March and I have curated a panel of key beauty buyers from Sephora Australia, Nourished Netherlands, Clean Beauty Market and RIISE who will share valuable insights about what they look for when curating products for their stores and how your beauty brand can stand out from the rest.

Beauty Summit Tickets:

https://www.thegreenedit.com.au/industry-event-award-2023

In the lead up to Beauty Summit I have invited Nicci Herrera, Director of Partnerships for Retail Beauty Magazine to join us via a virtual fireside chat to share a really unique perspective about how to navigate and make aligned retail partnerships for your beauty and wellness brand.

Nicci has over 25 years experience across many aspects of the beauty industry including publishing, retail, marketing, strategy and sales. She has her finger on the pulse when it comes to the retail landscape and what really happens on the department store floor, in the pharmacy beauty aisle and in airport retail stores.

Nicci’s driving force has helped lead the next chapter of Retail Beauty to a 360-degree tool for brands to build awareness, educate the industry, secure distribution and help gain global exposure.

On this episode one of the key takeaways that Nicci shared and that beauty buyers have shared with me recently is how much they truly value meeting brand founders face to face. That they say is where the magic happens and when real partnerships are made.

They are joining the Beauty Breakfast summit as they want to connect with you and hear more about your brand and story. Which means this is the event you need to be at to make these valuable connections.

At time of recording I still have some tickets available for The Beauty Breakfast Summit. I also have 1 exhibitor space available for an aligned clean beauty or wellness brand to join us at the Beauty Brand Showcase event later that afternoon. It’s an incredible opportunity to share your brand and product range with a curated list of 80 key media, retailers and influencers.

I also wanted to share some exciting Industry news today as Qantas officially launched their new retail platform Qantas Marketplace and I am so proud to have Qantas as an event partner of The Beauty Summit and the beauty buying team will at the event, they are growing their online clean and sustainable beauty offering and are looking forward to meeting and connecting with aligned beauty brand founders - you will find them at the Qantas Coffee Cart at the summit.

Now onto our insightful fireside chat with Nicci, the audio isn’t the best, however the gold nuggets Nicci shares are so valuable and listen to the end and Ere Perez shared some great insights having been in the beauty industry for over 20 years.

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