Learning how to make natural skincare products is incredibly rewarding and empowering. Imagine whipping up a fluffy body butter, blending a botanical toner, or creating your own organic serum—all from scratch. Once you experience the fun and simplicity of formulating your own skincare, you’ll likely turn away from store-bought products for good. In fact, after mastering the art of formulating, you will probably never buy a cleanser again!
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If you’re considering this course, chances are you’re hesitant about following the many DIY recipes you find online. And with good reason—you don’t want to end up with unsafe, unstable skincare products. Instead, you want to learn how to formulate professional organic skincare that truly works.
One of the most exciting parts of learning how to make natural skincare products is getting to work with the vast array of botanical ingredients available.
Every formulator we teach gets excited by the opportunity to work with herbs, leaves, stalks, roots, petals, buds, barks, seeds and flowers.
There is a global movement towards combining beauty with wellness, where people want plant-based ingredients in their beauty products because they feel that we have rejected the knowledge about plants passed down by our ancestors. Many traditional remedies are now being rediscovered and used, which is why we want to incorporate those amazing plants into our natural skincare products.
However, not every botanical ingredient should be used on the skin and some should be used in low percentages, so you need to start researching to find out which botanical ingredients work best when you’re choosing the right ones for your formulation.
Now that you’ve decided to make natural skincare products, you want to make sure you choose the right ingredients to benefit the skin.
Oil and water don’t blend. Oil floats on top of water. If you plan to make an oil-based serum, then you won’t be able to incorporate a water-based plant extract in it. Similarly, if you’re making a toner and plan to add essential oils, then they will float on top of the toner. Make sure you find out the solubility of your chosen extract.
Once you understand the basics, the world is your oyster: you can choose to make butters, balms, lotions, serums, gels, masks, scrubs, oils, cleansers, creams, toners, and moisturizers – or branch out into haircare and start making natural shampoos, conditioners, or styling products.