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Formulating Natural Lip Products
LIMITED EDITION ONLINE COURSE
From nourishing lip care to beautiful lip color
There’s so much more to lip formulation than lip balm
Learn to formulate everything from high-performance lip care with active ingredients to beautiful natural lip color cosmetics.
From high-shine lip oils, exfoliating serums and intensive overnight treatments to tinted balms, lip gloss, lipstick and lip liner.
You’ll learn how to formulate a wide range of lip products from scratch, with ready-to-use formulations developed by our cosmetic scientists, adaptable formulation templates, detailed guidance and demonstration videos to support you along the way.
Choose natural, organic or vegan ingredients and formulate lip products that reflect your own ideas and preferences.
✓ MODERN LIP CARE WITH ACTIVE INGREDIENTS ✓ NATURAL LIP COLOR ✓ FORMULATE FROM SCRATCH
✓ MODERN LIP CARE WITH ACTIVE INGREDIENTS
✓ NATURAL LIP COLOR
✓ FORMULATE FROM SCRATCH
A complete range of lip care and lip color
In Formulating Natural Lip Products, you’ll learn to formulate a wide range of lip care and lip color products, building your knowledge and confidence as you progress through the course.
The course starts with straightforward anhydrous products such as lip balm and gradually introduces different formulation types and techniques, including the more advanced water-in-oil overnight lip treatment.
Ready-to-use formulations AND the skills to formulate your own from scratch
Start with our formulations
We know how useful it is to have professionally developed formulations that you can make straight away.
That’s why the course includes a selection of exciting example formulations created by our cosmetic scientists, including:
- Coffee Mint Plumping Lip Oil
- Gentle PHA Exfoliating Lip Serum
- Vegan Lip Stick
- High-Shine Nourishing Lip Gloss
- Mint Chocolate Lip Polish Stick
- Luxurious Overnight Lip Mask and more!
Then formulate your own
The teaching goes further than the example formulas. You’ll learn how each product type is formulated, understand the role of the key ingredients and use adaptable formulation templates to develop your own unique products.
So you get the enjoyment and reassurance of making tried-and-tested examples, while building the knowledge you need to formulate from scratch.
Over time, you become less dependent on someone else telling you exactly what to put in the formula. You start to understand why the formula works. And that’s when you can begin formulating products that are truly your own.
Inspired by lip products people already love
Ever looked at a bestselling lip product and thought, “I’d love to create something like that myself”?
Throughout the course, we study popular products from the market to see how professional lip products are formulated and use them as inspiration for our own formulations.
Popular lip products you’ll study in the course:
- LANEIGE Lip Sleeping Mask
- The Ordinary PHA 5% Exfoliating Lip Serum
- Burt’s Bees Tinted Lip Balm
- MÁDARA Velvet Wear Cream Lipstick
- Dr. Hauschka Lip Liner
You’ll see how different textures, ingredients, colors and finishes are achieved, then use what you’ve learned to formulate natural lip products of your own.
Ready to start formulating your own lip products?
HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
Part 1: Formulating Natural Lip Care Products
Discover how to formulate nourishing, protective and high-performance lip care products using a range of different formulation approaches.
Lip Balm
Learn how to formulate nourishing lip balms that soften, moisturize and protect dry lips, with formulations designed for both twist-up sticks and jars.
You’ll learn how oils, butters, waxes and thickeners influence firmness, glide and skin feel.
Includes Protective Lip Balm and Soothing Vegan Lip Balm, plus a flexible formulation template and troubleshooting guidance.
Lip Oils & Lip Serums
Create nourishing, high-shine lip oils and richer lip serums that moisturize, soften and protect while leaving a beautiful glossy finish.
Learn how to work with emollients, carrier oils, waxes, active ingredients, pigments and flavors.
Includes Coffee Mint Plumping Lip Oil and Intense Moisture Tinted Lip Serum, plus a flexible formulation template for developing your own variations.
Exfoliating Lip Serum
Learn how to formulate a modern exfoliating lip serum that gently exfoliates the lips while helping to keep them smooth, soft and hydrated.
Study The Ordinary PHA 5% Exfoliating Lip Serum for inspiration and learn why PHAs are particularly useful in lip care, combining gentle exfoliation with humectant properties.
You’ll make our Gentle PHA Exfoliating Lip Serum, containing gluconolactone alongside ingredients such as hyaluronic acid, ectoin, panthenol and allantoin.
Exfoliating Lip Scrub
Learn how to formulate physical lip scrubs that gently buff away rough, flaky skin to leave the lips feeling softer and smoother.
You’ll formulate two different formats, a soft jar scrub and a solid lip polishing stick, and see how the choice of packaging affects the formula.
Includes Lemon Cake Lip Scrub and Mint Chocolate Lip Polish Stick
Overnight Lip Treatment
Take your skills further with a luxurious water-in-oil overnight lip treatment inspired by the LANEIGE Lip Sleeping Mask.
Learn why water-in-oil emulsions work so well for rich, long-wearing lip treatments and how they allow you to combine nourishing oils with humectants and water-soluble ingredients.
You’ll receive two professionally developed formulations: an advanced version and a simplified version using easier-to-source ingredients.
Part 2: Formulating Natural Color Cosmetics for Lips
Learn how to work with pigments, waxes, oils and other ingredients to formulate tinted lip balms, lip glosses, lipsticks and lip liner pencils.
Create sheer or highly pigmented products in a range of colors, with matte, glossy and shimmery finishes.
Introduction to Formulating Color Cosmetics for Lips
Build the foundation you need to start formulating natural lip color with confidence.
Learn about pigments for lip products, different types of lip color cosmetics, fragrances and flavors, storage and shelf life.
Tinted Lip Balm
Combine lip care and color in one versatile product.
Learn how to formulate tinted lip balm, work with color and use a formulation template to develop your own variations.
You’ll also study Burt’s Bees Tinted Lip Balm as an example from the market.
Lip Gloss
Learn two different approaches to formulating beautifully glossy, nourishing lip products.
You’ll receive formulation templates and example formulations for both a wax-based lip gloss and a gloss made with an oil-gelling agent.
Lipstick
Learn how to balance oils, waxes and pigments to create lipsticks with the color payoff, glide, firmness and finish you want.
Study MÁDARA Velvet Wear Cream Lipstick for inspiration, then work through our vegan lipstick formulation template and example formula.
A demonstration video shows you how to fill a lipstick mold and assemble your finished lipstick step by step.
Lip Liner Pencils
Learn how to formulate lip liners with the right balance of firmness, color intensity and application.
Study Dr. Hauschka Lip Liner as an example from the market and work with our lip liner formulation template and example formula.
You’ll also see how to make and fill a lip liner pencil in a step-by-step demonstration.
“I’m not at the mercy of somebody else’s vision. I get to create my own.”
LESLIE CULVER • SCHOOL OF NATURAL SKINCARE STUDENT
Leslie originally started experimenting with natural makeup because she wanted to create products for her daughter. Her first attempt came from a simple DIY makeup recipe she found online. It looked pretty, but it crumbled and didn’t perform like a professional cosmetic product.
As Leslie learned formulation properly, she began to understand the ingredients she was working with and the function each one performed.
She went on to develop her own cosmetics, including Lip Boss, a lip product combining the richness of a balm with the sheer, glossy finish she wanted from a lip gloss.
Instead of wondering whether the exact product you want already exists, you can start thinking about how you might formulate it yourself.
Whether you’re new to formulation or ready to expand your skills, this course is for you
Newer to formulation?
You might be relatively new to formulation and particularly excited about making lip products.
This course will help you build your skills step by step, from straightforward lip care products through to more sophisticated treatments and natural color cosmetics.
You’ll gain practical experience, learn how different lip products are formulated and build the confidence to start developing products of your own.
Already a formulator?
Perhaps you already formulate natural skincare and want to add modern lip care and natural lip color to your repertoire.
Or you may be ready to challenge yourself with more sophisticated products, active ingredients, pigmented cosmetics and new formulation techniques.
By the end of the course, you’ll have broadened your formulation skills and gained the knowledge and confidence to develop a much wider range of lip products of your own.
Formulate for yourself, for others, or for a beauty brand, and build practical skills you can apply in your own way.
BONUS: Formulating 101
A practical foundation in cosmetic formulation.
If you’re newer to formulation, this bonus resource will help you build the core knowledge you need to approach the course with more confidence.
Work through it before you begin, or return to individual sections whenever you need a refresher.
FORMULATING 101 COVERS:
- Calculating Batch Sizes
- Health, Safety & Best Practice
- Equipment for your Home Lab
- Writing Professional Formulas
- Ingredient Types & Classification
- Types of Cosmetic Formula
- Supplier List
- Researching & Substituting Ingredients
Already comfortable with the foundations? Dip into the sections you need and move straight into the lip formulation classes.
Natural, organic or vegan? The choice is yours.
As you work through the course, you’ll learn what different ingredients are doing in the formula and how to make informed substitutions and adaptations.
✓ NATURAL INGREDIENTS ✓ ORGANIC INGREDIENTS ✓ VEGAN ALTERNATIVES
✓ NATURAL INGREDIENTS
✓ ORGANIC INGREDIENTS
✓ VEGAN ALTERNATIVES
Create lip products that reflect your own preferences, values and formulation style.
Create lip products that reflect your own preferences, values and formulation style.
Be supported by cosmetic scientists
You won’t be left to figure things out on your own. Our experienced professional cosmetic scientists are there to support you as you work through the course and develop your formulation skills.
Get your questions answered
Ask our experienced professional cosmetic scientists for help as you work through the course.
Get help with troubleshooting
If a formula doesn’t turn out as expected, you can ask for guidance on what may have gone wrong and what to try next.
Ask about ingredients and substitutions
Get support when you’re considering ingredient swaps or adapting one of the formulations.
Build confidence as you formulate
Get professional guidance as you move from making the example formulations to developing ideas of your own.
Plus
Receive access to our friendly online student community.
Connect with like-minded formulators from around the world, along with the School of Natural Skincare’s cosmetic scientists and team.
It’s a supportive place to ask questions, share what you’re working on and learn alongside other students.
Everything you need to formulate natural lip care and lip color
You’ll receive:
10 focused modules
Lip care and lip color, from lip oils and serums to lipstick and lip liner.
Professionally developed formulations
Ready-to-use formulas to make, customize and build on.
Formulation templates
Practical templates to help you develop products of your own.
Formulation demonstrations
Step-by-step videos showing selected products and key techniques.
Beautiful downloadable textbooks
Course notes and guides to support your learning and formulation work.
Cosmetic scientist tutor support
Get expert answers to your formulation questions as you study.
Supportive global community
Connect with like-minded formulators and continue learning together.
Certificate of completion
Earn a certificate after successfully completing the course.
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 our own enjoyment and learning or to create a beauty brand.
Study at a pace that fits your lifestyle.
99% of our students would recommend the course to others.
Realize your dreams of formulating natural skincare like a pro.
Imagine what you could formulate
Active-rich Lip Oil
A glossy lip oil enriched with active ingredients.
PHA Exfoliating Serum
A gentle PHA exfoliating serum that smooths and hydrates.
Overnight Lip Treatment
A rich overnight lip treatment inspired by one of the best-known products in the category.
Lipstick + Liner
A creamy lipstick with exactly the color and finish you wanted, with a coordinating lip liner.
A tinted lip serum in a shade you’ve chosen yourself. A high-shine gloss. Or perhaps something that combines ideas from several different product types and becomes completely your own.
You’ll build your skills one product at a time, learning how different formulas work and gaining practical experience as you go.
By the end, you’ll have the knowledge and confidence to start creating a complete range of natural lip care and lip color products from scratch.
What you need to know:
Level
Suitable for newer and experienced formulators. Formulating 101 is included for foundation knowledge.
Format
Online and self-paced.
Access
6 months’ course access inside the Club. Download all course textbooks for lifetime access.
Support
Tutor support from experienced professional cosmetic scientists + online community.
Formulate a complete range of natural lip products
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Formulating Natural Lip Products
Here’s what you get:
- 10 focused modules
- Professionally developed formulations
- Adaptable formulation templates
- Formulating 101
- Cosmetic scientist tutor support
- 6 months’ access inside our Natural Cosmetic Formulation Club
- Online community, live learning labs and formulation challenges
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Includes 6 months’ course access inside our Natural Cosmetic Formulation Club. Download the course textbooks for lifetime access.
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Top FAQs
You can absolutely take the course if you’re newer to formulation. We’ve included Formulating 101 to give you the foundation knowledge you’ll need, including formula types, batch calculations, ingredient classifications, professional formulas, equipment and ingredient sourcing. If you’re newer to formulation, we recommend starting there before moving into the lip formulation classes.
Yes. Lip products give you the opportunity to work with a wide range of formulation types and skills. You’ll work with anhydrous balms and oils, active ingredients, exfoliating serums, water-in-oil emulsions and pigmented color cosmetics. So there is plenty here for an existing formulator who wants to broaden their skills.
Yes. You’ll receive professionally developed formulations created by our cosmetic scientists, so you have exciting products you can start making straight away. You’ll also learn how those products are formulated and receive adaptable formulation templates that help you move on to formulating your own versions from scratch.
Yes. You can work with natural ingredients, choose organic ingredients and formulate vegan alternatives depending on the kind of products you want to create. Because you’ll learn what the ingredients are doing in the formula, you’ll be better placed to make informed substitutions and adaptations.
No. You’ll need suitable ingredients and basic formulation equipment for the products you decide to make, but you can learn and formulate from a well-organized home workspace. Formulating 101 covers equipment, health and safety, best practice and setting up your home formulation space.
You’ll have 6 months’ access to the course inside our Natural Cosmetic Formulation Club, giving you plenty of time to work through the lessons and formulations at your own pace.
All of the course textbooks are downloadable, so you can keep them for lifetime reference and return to the formulas, guidance and learning materials long after your course access ends.
And during your 6 months inside the Club, you’ll have access to much more than the course itself, including:
- Tutor Q&A with our cosmetic scientists
- live Learning Labs
- Formulation Challenges
- our online student community
- and the other learning resources and activities available to Club members
You’ll receive tutor support from experienced professional cosmetic scientists. You can ask questions as you work through the course, whether you need help troubleshooting a formulation or want advice about an ingredient substitution. You’ll also have access to our online student community.
No. The individual classes that make up Formulating Natural Lip Products are also available to members of the Natural Cosmetic Formulation Club through their membership. If you’re already a Club member, you can exchange your credits for the classes there rather than purchasing this separate limited-edition course.
Yes. The formulation knowledge, example formulas and templates can all help you develop your own product ideas. If you intend to sell cosmetic products, you’ll also need to meet the relevant testing, safety, regulatory and legal requirements for the markets where you sell.
You’ll receive immediate access to the course. If you’re newer to formulation, you may want to start with Formulating 101. Otherwise, you can begin with the lip care classes and start making your first formulations straight away.
FROM HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIP CARE TO BEAUTIFUL LIP COLOR
Formulate a complete range of natural lip products from scratch
Learn how to formulate modern lip care with active ingredients, create beautiful natural color cosmetics and develop products that reflect your own ideas and preferences.
