Diploma in Natural Haircare Formulation
Learn to formulate your own complete, professional range of natural and organic shampoos, conditioners, hair treatments and styling products on our accredited course.
Our Diploma in Natural Haircare Formulation is the only course you need to create and launch your own natural and organic haircare brand.
Have your attempts at DIY haircare recipes resulted in disasters? Maybe they’ve left you with hair that is weighed down, rough or dry and now you’re ready to learn a better way?
Do you want to avoid synthetic ingredients and harsh detergents, and create natural and organic products that actually do what you need them to do?
Are you eager to understand the science of healthy hair while expanding your skills to formulate professional-grade haircare products with customizable ingredients?
Introducing our accredited Diploma in Natural Haircare Formulation
The only online course you need to formulate high-performance natural and organic shampoos, conditioners, hair and scalp treatments, and styling products tailored to specific hair types, textures and preferences.
In this comprehensive course, you’ll:
- Learn how to formulate shampoo without harsh sulfates like SLS, and instead discover a wide variety of gentle, natural surfactants.
- Learn how to formulate conditioners that leave hair smooth, soft and silky, with a natural shine (and not weighed down or greasy).
- Be able to understand the characteristics and needs of different hair types and textures, and how to customize your formulations to suit them.
- Explore the functions, properties and benefits of a wide range of natural and organic haircare ingredients, so you can select ingredients for your formulations with confidence.
- Learn how to create a haircare brand and comply with cosmetic regulations so you can sell your products.
- Plus, receive expert guidance and support from experienced cosmetic scientists and chemists.
Say goodbye to frizzy hair, itchy scalp, and products that don’t work.
Ready to turn your formulation dreams into a successful reality? Join us today!
Find out more
Haircare products require specialized knowledge to get right, so it’s no surprise the internet is full of DIY solutions that just don’t work and, worse still, can actually damage your hair.
Through our Diploma course, you’ll learn the professional way to formulate haircare products, select the ingredients that align with your values and eliminate those that are ineffective or too harsh.
Formulate your own complete haircare range, for yourself or to sell, with confidence, knowing you’re learning from the experts, including cosmetic scientists and chemists, using tried-and-tested formulations that have passed Preservative Efficacy Testing.
Just imagine how it would feel with more of this in your life…
Clarity
Haircare products that work – made by you
Creativity and possibility
Learn to formulate a complete haircare range:
Shampoos
- Regular shampoo.
- Clarifying shampoo.
- Daily use shampoo.
- Conditioning/2-in-1 shampoo.
- Anti-dandruff shampoo.
- Solid shampoo bar.
Conditioners
- Rinse-off conditioner.
- Leave-in conditioner (spray).
- Leave-in conditioner (cream).
- Intensive conditioner.
- Detangling spray.
- Co-wash.
- Solid conditioner bar.
Hair and scalp treatment
- Hair and scalp oil.
- Hair mask/butter.
- Anti-frizz spray.
- Dry shampoo.
- Clay-based mask.
- Ayurvedic shampoo.
- Scalp scrub.
- Scalp serum.
Styling products
- Hair wax/pomade.
- Styling gel.
- Edge control.
- Sea salt texture spray.
- Curl custard/pudding.
Your journey on the Diploma in Natural Haircare Formulation
Brand values
Identify your brand values and align them with professional standards
Hair anatomy
Learn to formulate for different hair types and textures
Formulation skills
Set up your home lab and develop professional formulation skills
Natural ingredients
Discover beneficial natural and organic ingredients for hair
Business
Comply with cosmetic regulations and take your products to market!
Treatments & Styling
Formulate a wide range of hair treatments and styling products
Conditioner
Learn conditioner theory and formulate a range of conditioners
Shampoo
Explore the science of surfactants and formulate a range of shampoos
Brand values​
Identify your brand values and create a unique brand
Hair anatomy​
Learn professional formulation skills
Formulation skills​
Formulate for different skin types, tones and concerns
Natural ingredients​
Increase your knowledge of natural ingredients
Shampoo​
Set up your home lab, develop lab skills and carry out GMP
Conditioner​
Preserve skincare effectively and increase product shelf-life
Treatments & Styling​
Formulate a wide range of natural skincare products to a professional standard
Business
Comply with cosmetic regulations and take your products to market!
Meet your instructors and tutors
Learn from and be supported by cosmetic scientists and professional formulators.
Tina Svetek
Tina is a cosmetic formulator, formulation consultant and safety assessor, who leads new product development for natural skincare and wellness brands.
Dr Nicole Voster
Nicole is a cosmetic formulation consultant and senior lecturer with extensive experience teaching chemistry and cosmetic formulation at South African universities and aiding brands in new product development.
Gail Després
Gail is an award-winning entrepreneur and author of the A-Z of Natural Cosmetic Formulation. After creating her natural skincare brand, Gail moved into education, founding the School of Natural Skincare in 2010.
Gareth Després
Gareth qualified as a certified aromatherapist in 2010 and enriches the content of our online courses with his specialist knowledge of essential oils.
Is the Diploma in Natural Haircare Formulation right for me?
This course is perfect for…
Beginners
Beauty enthusiasts who care about what they put on their hair
Create customized products for your hair type and values.Read more
Perhaps you’ve tried making haircare products following DIY recipes, and it’s been a disaster. Learn to create your dream products and unlock the secret to happy hair and scalp using natural and organic ingredients.
Intermediate
Formulators ready to diversify into haircare formulation
Enhance your formulation skills by learning to formulate professional quality haircare products.Read more
Entrepreneur
Beauty brand owners
It’s time to take your brand to the next level.Read more
Why learn to formulate your own haircare products?
Many online haircare recipes actually damage the hair due to having an unsuitable pH and not closing the hair cuticle – instead, formulate products that care for and protect the hair.
Select ingredients and design products tailored to the needs of different hair types and textures – this is the key to creating products people love!
Save time and costly mistakes. Learn the skills to formulate like a professional, not an amateur.
It is YOUR responsibility to sell safe products. Don’t take any chances. Have peace of mind that you are creating high-quality, safe products.
Want to try before you buy?
Sample a selection of our course material inside our online classroom.
How does the Diploma in Natural Haircare Formulation work?
Our proven system for teaching formulation skills, developed over more than a decade of training provision, means when you study with us, you’ll gain the knowledge, skills, and support to succeed at formulating.
Knowledge
You don’t need a scientific background; our courses cover everything you need to know.
Skills
We start with more straightforward products and progress to the more complex or challenging ones so you can build your skills and confidence.
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:
More than just a course, our Diploma in Natural Haircare Formulation includes the support and community you need to truly thrive in your formulating journey
You’ll receive:
10 in-depth modules accompanied by detailed textbooks with step-by-step instructions and beautiful photographs.
Full HD video classes including step-by-step product making demonstrations.
35+ formulation examples to practice with and 25+ preservative efficacy test reports.
Join our supportive, vibrant community of like-minded students and graduates across the world.
Easy-to-use online classroom, quizzes, and activities.
10 workbooks and 28+ downloadable, fillable worksheets.
Assignments marked personally and a course completion certificate.
An in-depth library of ingredient information.
Be supported by cosmetic scientists
Get your questions answered
each week in our dedicated Tutor Q&A
Join the professionals
for LIVE course sessions
Expand your understanding
with our monthly Formulators Forum, a LIVE learning and discussion session on Zoom
Have your end-of-course assignments personally marked
by our cosmetic scientists
Plus
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.
Student testimonials
I wanted to avoid DIY methods so I could start my brand.
- Morgan Brooks,
- USA
The Diploma in Natural Haircare Formulation gave me the confidence I needed. I now understand the exact breakdown of each product, the ingredients and quantities required, and how to label my products and follow cosmetic regulations. I especially enjoyed learning the detailed formulation process and now I create professional standard products.
- Morgan Brooks,
- USA
DIY products I found online didn't give me the results I wanted.
- Saskia Galloway,
- Netherlands
The Diploma in Natural Haircare Formulation has been invaluable as I want to create products for my hair salon. Now, I’ve learned about natural haircare ingredients, how to work with them, and where to buy them. The online study, quizzes, videos, and formulation templates were particularly valuable. I’m happy I joined your course!
- Saskia Galloway,
- Netherlands
Now I have all the knowledge I need to formulate professional quality hair products.
- Norma Nlanda,
- Botswana
Before enrolling on this course, I didn’t know how to make different kinds of shampoo for different hair types but that changed very quickly. What I loved about this course is the fact that the different challenges and activities allowed me to practice so much. I can also refer to the correct information from the course to refresh my mind any time I need to and I frequently do that.
- Norma Nlanda,
- Botswana
This course is like always having a teacher on call.
- Saskiea Halley,
- USA
I can always refer back to this information while practising. I enjoyed the fact that I learned that it is not just about formulating products, but making certain that these products are safe for customers. I enjoyed the videos that showed the examples of different formulations. Most useful was the regulation guidelines and the list of formulations offered for different products.
- Saskiea Halley,
- USA
Studying with your School has revolutionized my approach to haircare.
- Ella Elhoudiri,
- Libya
The course taught me how to craft high-quality, natural hair masks and treatments using diverse ingredients like silk and lavender oil. The knowledge gained has enabled me to create effective, luxurious products that my clients love. I’m thrilled with the results and grateful for the expert guidance provided.
- Ella Elhoudiri,
- Libya
Enjoy learning anywhere, anytime
All our training is completed through our easy-to-use online classroom.
Study from anywhere in the world at your own pace.Â
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.
Learn from and be supported by professional cosmetic scientists.
Tried and tested formulations. Our formulas have passed Preservative Efficacy Testing.
Formulate your way – natural, organic, vegan, sustainable – and customized to your skin type, tone and concerns.
Multi-award winning and accredited school, established in 2010.
Study with us for your own enjoyment and learning or to create a beauty brand.