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Diploma in Formulating Natural Makeup and Advanced Color Cosmetics

Learn to formulate your own complete range of natural makeup and color cosmetics like a professional with our diploma course.

Feel and look your best with your very own pro-range of natural makeup and color cosmetics for the face, lips and eyes.

Do you want to look your radiant best using only natural and organic ingredients that care for your skin, avoiding the petroleum, mineral oil and silicones found in commercial makeup products?

Are you ready to learn from the professionals after following online tutorials that didn’t work out very well?

Are you ready to have fun formulating with color pigments and shimmery or sparkly micas and to create a range of makeup that enhances your natural beauty?

Introducing our Diploma in Formulating Natural Makeup and Advanced Color Cosmetics

The first and only online training course that teaches you to formulate professional standard natural and organic makeup and advanced color cosmetics, customized perfectly to your skin tone and preferences.

In this comprehensive program, you'll gain the skills and knowledge to:

Whether you’re formulating for fun, looking to add to your existing skill set, or wanting to create your own beauty brand, you’re in the right place.

Ready to create your own natural makeup and color cosmetics?
Join us on the journey today!

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Online DIY makeup recipes often result in terrible products that you just can’t use. Some even suggest using colored wax crayons or beetroot juice as an ingredient!

Why spend hours following bad advice that leads to poor results?

Instead, achieve the right color, texture, look and feel for you by learning from experts, including cosmetic scientists and chemists and using tried-and-tested formulations that have passed Preservative Efficacy Testing.

Let us demystify the art of color blending and the chemistry of cosmetics and empower you to create your own natural mineral makeup and advanced color cosmetics that create a luminous look and nurture and nourish your skin.

Just imagine how it would feel with more of this in your life:

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Control

Call the shots of what ingredients you use on your face and avoid the petroleum, mineral oil and silicones that are ubiquitous in commercial makeup products. Create the make-up of your dreams customized to your specific skin type, tone, and concerns or those of your customers.

Clarity

Stop wasting time and effort trying to follow DIY recipes online that are confusing or don’t work like they should. Find the answers to formulating professional color cosmetics in various formats that provide long-lasting color and coverage.

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Creativity

Enjoy the process and have fun learning how to formulate makeup and color cosmetics products professionally to organic, natural and vegan standards using only the ingredients you want. Who knows where it might lead you!

Learn to formulate a complete natural color cosmetics range:

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  • Tinted lip balm
  • Lip gloss
  • Lipstick
  • Lip liner pencils
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  • Cream eye shadows
  • Cream-to-powder eye shadows
  • Eye shadow crayons
  • Eye and eyebrow pencils
  • Liquid eyeliner
  • Mascara
  • Eyebrow pomade
  • Loose mineral eye shadow
  • Pressed powder eye shadow
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  • Concealer sticks
  • Cream concealer
  • Lightweight/sheer coverage foundation
  • Full coverage foundation
  • Loose powder mineral foundation
  • Pressed powder mineral foundation
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  • Bronzer and blusher sticks
  • Cream blush
  • Mousse blush
  • Liquid highlighter
  • Loose powder blushers, bronzers and highlighters
  • Pressed powder blushers, bronzers and highlights

Your journey on the Diploma in Formulating Natural Makeup And Advanced Color Cosmetics

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Theory

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Learn color theory, equipment and blending techniques

Ingredients

Discover natural mineral makeup ingredients

Skin tone

Create beautiful makeup to suit all skin tones

Mineral makeup

Create loose and pressed foundation, blush, bronzers and highlighters

Diploma in Natural Makeup and Color Cosmetics

Foundations

Develop sheer and full coverage foundations and concealers

Blushers & bronzers

Create products in stick, cream, mousse and liquid formats

Eye makeup

Formulate colorful eye shadow, crayons, eye liners and mascara

Lip cosmetics

Make beautiful lipsticks, lip gloss, balms and pencils

Meet your instructors and tutors

Learn from and be supported by cosmetic scientists and professional formulators.

Is the Diploma in Formulating Natural Makeup and Advanced Color Cosmetics right for me?

This course is perfect for…

Beginners

Passionate beginners

Open to learning new skills, you’d love to try creating your own professional standard natural makeup.

You are ready for a less overwhelming and more trustworthy route than unreliable online information and YouTube videos.

Intermediate

Experienced skincare formulators

Take your formulation skills to the next level and branch into the exciting world of color cosmetics.

Master new, creative techniques to extend your product range aligned to your values and interests.

Entrepreneur

Beauty brand owners

Take the leap and create a range of beautiful natural makeup products.

Provide your customers with a stunning range of natural and organic makeup tailored to your brand values and your customers’ skin types, tones, and concerns.

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Why learn to formulate your own makeup and color cosmetic products?

It’s fun and creative – have fun mixing colored pigments and shimmery micas, and experiment with a range of makeup formats.

Customize your perfect shade – make products suited perfectly to your skin tone and preferences.

Create products your way – vegan, clean, natural and/or organic.

Avoid the mistakes and misinformation found online, and learn the correct way to create professional standard color cosmetics.

Establish a natural makeup and color cosmetics range!

Want to try before you buy?

Sample a selection of our course material inside our online classroom.

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How does the Diploma in Formulating Natural Makeup and Advanced Color Cosmetics work?

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Knowledge

You don’t need a scientific background; our courses cover everything you need to know.

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Skills

We start with more straightforward products and progress to the more complex or challenging ones so you can build your skills and confidence.

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Support

You can rest assured that you are learning from qualified and experienced professionals and are not misled by inaccurate, poor-quality and unsafe information often found online.

We’ll teach you to formulate by providing the following resources for each type of product:

1. Essential theory
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Learn about the chemistry of cosmetics, ingredients, equipment, packaging and suppliers.
2. Formulation guidelines and templates
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We break each product down and explain the ingredients used, their function, benefits and usage rates.
3. Benchmarks
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Analyze products on the market to learn how they are formulated and use them as inspiration for your own products, if you wish.
4. Example formulations
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We provide professional standard formulas developed by our cosmetic scientists ready for you to follow, giving you the chance to put the theory into practice.
5. Video demonstrations
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Our high quality, step-by-step video demonstrations will help you learn the practical skills required to successfully make each type of product.
6. Product development briefs and formulation worksheets
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Follow the prompts and guidelines in our worksheet to formulate your own products and take the fast track to success.
7. Support
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Have your questions answered by our team of scientists and join our student communities for peer support.
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More than just a course, our Diploma in Formulating Natural Makeup and Advanced Color Cosmetics includes the support and community you need to truly thrive in your formulating journey

You’ll receive:

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10 in-depth modules accompanied by detailed downloadable textbooks with step-by-step instructions and beautiful photographs.

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Practical demonstration videos that show you how to make a wide variety of products.

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70+ formulation examples to practice with and 8 preservative efficacy test reports.

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Join our supportive, vibrant community of like-minded students and graduates across the world.

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Easy-to-use online classroom, quizzes, and activities.

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Detailed ingredient, equipment, and supplier information.

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Assignments marked personally and a course completion certificate.

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Lots of makeup shade recipes plus guidance on creating unique pigment blends.

Be supported by cosmetic scientists

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Get your questions answered

each week in our dedicated Tutor Q&A

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Expand your understanding

with our monthly Formulators Forum, a LIVE learning and discussion session on Zoom

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Have your end-of-course assignments personally marked

by our cosmetic scientists

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Receive an invitation to join our private student and graduate online community.

Connect with like-minded formulators around the world inside our friendly student community. It’s the perfect place to discuss, support and inspire each other.

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Enjoy learning anytime, anywhere

All our training is completed through our easy-to-use online classroom.
Study from anywhere in the world at your own pace. 

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Why study with the
School of Natural Skincare?

Be part of our accredited, globally acclaimed, award-winning online formulation school that’s seen over 25,000 students from 150 countries enjoy mastering the art, science, and creativity of making natural and organic skincare.

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Learn from and be supported by cosmetic scientists and professional formulators.

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Tried and tested formulations. Our formulas have passed Preservative Efficacy Testing.

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Formulate your way – natural, organic, vegan, sustainable – and customized to your skin type, tone and concerns.

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Multi-award winning and accredited school, established in 2010.

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Study with us for our own enjoyment and learning or to create a beauty brand.

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