111) An eco-skincare brand born out of a journey of natural healing after major injuries with Andy Hnilo
Green Dreamer: Seeding change towards collective healing, sustainability, regeneration
Kaméa Chayne
4.8 • 694 Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2019
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
What are some environmental impacts from the beauty and skincare industry that we should be mindful of? In the midst of our fast-paced, often stressful lives, what can we keep in mind that can help us to immediately shift our outlooks to one of gratitude?
Sharing his wisdom here is Andy Hnilo, Founder and CEO of Alitura Naturals. You'll hear about the serious injury that led to him starting Alitura Naturals, some of the most concerning problems with the skincare and beauty industry right now, how to keep a perspective of appreciation in life, and more. Let's dive in!
HIGHLIGHTS
[3:18] The serious accident that eventually led to Andy's founding of Alitura.
[7:52] Why the ingredients we put onto our skin matter.
[12:23] Andy discusses the research and development process he used to develop his innovative, natural skincare.
[17:02] Why Andy decided to source unique, wild-harvested ingredients and how this set his products apart from other popular natural skincare brands.
[25:17] Some of the biggest environmental and health issues that exist within the beauty industry.
[28:02] The availability of unisex and men's eco-skincare and beauty products.
[29:47] How word-of-mouth marketing is the most powerful tool Alitura has used to gain exposure.
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| 0:00.0 | I have a quick but important ask. As you're probably aware, Green Dreamer is an independent |
| 0:07.9 | podcast and we don't take on corporate advertisers to fund our work because we don't want those |
| 0:13.7 | considerations to influence our curiosities or our abilities to question whatever it is that we want to question. |
| 0:22.3 | So if you value and believe in our work, this is our call out. |
| 0:26.8 | We need your direct support in order to continue this podcast. |
| 0:30.7 | And you can help us out so, so much through a paid substack subscription to my newsletter at |
| 0:37.3 | camaya.substack.com or through a one-time |
| 0:40.4 | donation at greendreamer.com slash support. It really means a lot to have you here. And we're so |
| 0:47.6 | grateful for whatever form or level of support that you're able to share with us. |
| 0:54.4 | What we put into our body and onto our body, |
| 0:57.4 | it demands extreme detail and concern on purity of ingredients. |
| 1:01.0 | And I've been practicing that since I was probably 20 years old, |
| 1:04.3 | just going, wait a minute, want to sodium glutamator, wait a minute, potassium sorbate or sodium |
| 1:08.3 | benzate or sodium benzodia, what is that? |
| 1:10.3 | And then I'd look into it and go, ah, well, I'll just get something fresh without that. |
| 1:17.8 | What are some environmental impacts from the beauty and skincare industry that we should be mindful of? |
| 1:24.3 | In the midst of our fast-paced, often stressful lives, what can we keep in mind |
| 1:29.0 | that can help us to immediately shift our outlooks to one of gratitude? That's just the tip of the |
| 1:35.0 | iceberg of what you'll hear today. To check out our limited 2019 Green Dreamer planners |
| 1:39.7 | created to holistically support all that you do this year. Just head to greendreamer.com. |
| 1:44.5 | Your purchase will also support the planting of 50 trees and the continued production of |
| 1:48.6 | Green Dreamer. So thank you so much if you get to find something that you love. |
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