Uploaded February 2020 | Updated September 2026, 37 minutes ago

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The full panel discussion from our Green Beauty Night in LA from a couple of weeks ago. On the panel, in order of appearance in this conversation, was Laura Markley, PhD student, plastic researcher and the brains behind the popular blog Waste Free PhD. Dennis Abbeduto, cosmetic chemist and personal care business manager at Colonial Chemical. Perry Romanowski, cosmetic chemist, co-host at the Beauty Brains podcast, my favourite beauty science podcast, and founder at Chemists Corner. Damien Perriman, industry thought leader in the biotech space and VP at Genomatica. And Kenna Whitnell, biochemist and plant extraction expert, she also runs the beauty science Youtube channel Kenna. The goal of this conversation was to try to find the science in the green beauty movement. What does “Green Beauty” really mean, from a science-based perspective? What do you think? let us know in the comments!

For more on our Panelists please see the links below

Laura Markley
wastefreephd.com

Dennis Abbeduto
colonialchem.com

Perry Romanowski
thebeautybrains.com

Damien Perriman
genomatica.com

Kenna Whitnell
sciencebabes.ca
youtube.com/channel/UC1xQjWqORMIdz0rMI2VdneQ