I hold two diplomas from Formula Botanica: their Diploma in Organic Skincare Formulation (completed late 2018) and their Diploma in Organic Haircare Formulation (completed mid-2020). Even though I’d been formulating for years before taking these courses I still learned a lot from both of them, and I would enthusiastically recommend the Diploma in Organic Skincare Formulation to anybody looking to jump start their formulation skills—especially if you’re hoping to start a business selling skincare!
I have learned much of what I know about formulating DIY skincare and cosmetics through years of doing, trial-and-error, obsessive experimentation, and extensive research. My university degree is in graphic design (a Bachelor of Design Honours from York University & Sheridan College, graduated summa cum laude). If you peruse the older posts on this blog you can definitely see how much I’ve learned over the years!
Here are some of my favourite resources for learning more:
- Supplier websites
- The Beauty Brains blog
- Realize Beauty
- The Acid Queen
- Chemist’s Corner
- Personal Care Truth
- It’s All In My Hands
- Skin Chakra (this website is the bomb-diggity, packed with tons of incredible educational content!)
- Colin’s Beauty Pages
- LisaLise Blog
- Formula Botanica’s blog
- SDS (Safety Data Sheets)
- Studying ingredient labels of shop-bought products and trying to replicate the product
- Handling and working with ingredients to understand what they bring to products
- Essential Oil Safety: A Guide for Health Care Professionals by Robert Tisserand & Rodney Young
- Modern Cosmetics: Ingredients of Natural Origin from Modern Cosmethics
- Scrub Me Down
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