Diploma in Natural Skincare Formulation
Learn to formulate your own complete range of unique, natural, or organic skincare products like a professional.
Our Diploma in Natural Skincare Formulation is the only course you need to create and launch your own skincare brand.
Are you...
Passionate about formulating your own natural skincare products but struggling to find reliable guidance online?
Confused about selecting ingredients, not sure what to choose and how much to use?
Eager to launch your own natural beauty brand and want the confidence and credibility to get started?
Introducing the Diploma in Natural Skincare Formulation
The ultimate online course for designing, formulating, and launching your own line of natural and organic beauty products.
In this comprehensive learning experience, you'll gain the skills and knowledge to:
- Formulate your own complete range of professional quality natural or organic skincare products that meet industry standards, including passing Preservation Efficacy Testing.
- Receive expert guidance and support from experienced cosmetic scientists and chemists.
- Transform your passion for skincare into a thriving business venture by:
- Crafting your brand’s vision and values.
- Identifying and targeting your ideal audience.
- Developing a bespoke range of natural skincare products tailored to specific skin tones, types, and concerns.
Ready to turn your formulation dreams into a successful reality?
Join us on the journey today!
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Don’t waste time and money trying to follow misleading information online with recipes that don’t work.
Instead, learn how to select the right natural and organic ingredients for your formulations – putting you in control of what you use on your skin.
Formulate with confidence, knowing you’re learning from cosmetic scientists and industry experts, using tried-and-tested formulations that have passed Preservative Efficacy Testing.
Just imagine how good it would feel if you could:
Take the shortcut to success
Save time and costly mistakes by following a proven framework that helps you succeed at formulating – the first time.
Become the independent creator of your own skincare masterpieces
Break free from following other people’s mistakes. Create exceptional quality, unique natural and organic skincare products with precision and innovation at a fraction of the price of the big brands.
Build a business that takes you beyond formulating for fun
Do something meaningful with your passion for natural and organic beauty. Create products to sell and launch your own natural beauty brand.
Learn to formulate a complete skincare range:
Cleansers
- Cleansing oils
- Oil-to-milk cleansers
- Cleansing gels/cleansing melts
- Cleansing balms
- Emulsifying cleansing balms
- Cleansing lotions
- Cream cleansers
Oils and oil-based serums
- Facial oils
- Oil-based facial serums
- Body oils
- Massage oils
- Dry oil body spritz
Balms and butters
- Lip balm
- Cleansing balm
- Facial balms
- Body balms
- Massage balms
- Salves
- Oil-gel balms
- Anhydrous whipped body butters
Toners
- Toners
- Spritzers/mists
- AHA/BHA toners
Creams and lotions
- Moisturizing fluid
- Oil-free moisturizing lotion
- Face lotion
- Face cream
- Body milk
- Body lotion
- Body cream
- Body butter
Bath and shower products
- Bath soaks
- Bath oil
- Self-emulsifying bath oil
- Shower oil
- Self-emulsifying shower oil
Exfoliators
- Exfoliating facial polish
- Exfoliating body polish
- Body scrubs
- Exfoliating lotion
- AHA/BHA exfoliating creams, masks and toner
Gels
- Hydrating facial gels (water-based)
- Body gels (water-based)
- Oil-based gels (oleogels)
Surfactant products
- Facial washes/gel
- Body wash
- Shower gel
Your journey on the Diploma in Natural Skincare Formulation
Brand values
Identify your brand values and create a unique brand
Formulation skills
Learn professional formulation skills
Skin anatomy
Formulate for different skin types, tones and concerns
Natural ingredients
Increase your knowledge of natural ingredients
Business
Comply with cosmetic regulations and take your products to market!
Products
Formulate a wide range of natural skincare products to a professional standard
Preservation
Preserve skincare effectively and increase product shelf-life
Lab skills
Set up your home lab, develop lab skills and carry out GMP
Brand values
Identify your brand values and create a unique brand
Formulation skills
Learn professional formulation skills
Skin anatomy
Formulate for different skin types, tones and concerns
Natural ingredients
Increase your knowledge of natural ingredients
Lab skills
Set up your home lab, develop lab skills and carry out GMP
Preservation
Preserve skincare effectively and increase product shelf-life
Products
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 Skincare Formulation right for me?
This course is perfect for…
Beginners
Beginners committed to their natural skincare journey
Learn everything you need to start formulating natural skincare products.
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Develop and apply your new knowledge and skills immediately. No previous experience or scientific background is needed.
Intermediate
Skincare enthusiasts passionate about formulating
Take your formulation skills to the next level.
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Develop and apply your new knowledge and skills immediately. No previous experience or scientific background is needed.
Entrepreneur
Aspiring beauty brand owners
Take the leap and launch your own natural beauty brand.
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Develop and apply your new knowledge and skills immediately. No previous experience or scientific background is needed.
Student testimonials
- Flora Ndukwe,
- Ireland
Now, I confidently formulate everything from moisturizers to serums.
The affordable and well-structured courses made learning straightforward and enjoyable. The tutors were exceptionally knowledgeable and made complex concepts easy to grasp. The comprehensive courses offered a solid foundation and the inspiration to start my own brand. I only wish I had found this school sooner.
- Kylie Phillips,
- Australia
This course ignited my passion for skincare formulation and led to the launch of my own brand!
With sensitive skin in mind, I initially struggled with ingredient safety and effective formulations. I lacked confidence and didn’t know where to start. Now, I confidently create formulas, research ingredients, and understand what makes quality products. The self-paced online format, demo videos, and invaluable textbooks were crucial. I’m truly grateful!
- Mehmet Shevki,
- Cyprus
This course gave me everything I needed to make my own natural skincare.
After thorough research, I chose your course, and it’s been amazing! I now feel confident in creating creams and formulating my own products. The video demonstrations were especially helpful, providing clear, practical guidance. I’m truly grateful for the knowledge and inspiration it’s given me. Thank you!
- Heena Bhat,
- India
Before the course, creating stable emulsions was a challenge for me.
But after this course, I have created emulsions that are stable and result oriented. Understanding the ingredients and experimenting with them has become a lot easier now, too! Honestly, everything about this course is GREAT. Especially your sample formulations. They are amazing.
Why learn to formulate your own products?
Create your own unique, professional standard skincare products – don’t just copy recipes from others.
Select ingredients and design products tailored to the needs of yourself or your ideal customers – 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 Skincare 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 Skincare Formulation includes the support and community you need to truly thrive in your formulating journey
You’ll receive:
14 in-depth modules accompanied by detailed downloadable textbooks with step-by-step instructions and beautiful photographs.
Full HD video classes including step-by-step product making demonstrations.
70+ 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.
14 workbooks and 28+ downloadable, fillable worksheets.
Assignments marked personally and a course completion certificate.
An in-depth library of ingredient information, plus resources for further research.
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
The course has greatly enhanced my skills and confidence.
- Cara Wetherall,
- Australia
After a year of self-taught skincare formulation, I struggled with misinformation and felt stuck with basic products. I sought more advanced knowledge, which led me to your course. Now, I have a solid understanding of ingredient properties and how to use them effectively. I particularly enjoyed learning about extracts and calculating batch sizes.
- Cara Wetherall,
- Australia
The course has set me up for success!
- Penelope Da Luca,
- USA
I can create AMAZING emulsions and serums and I am overjoyed to watch them come together successfully. I put all of my passion into my formulations. I loved the demonstrations of how to make different products. I want to tell you how grateful I am that I found this school! It’s exactly what I needed to launch my dream! Thank you so much!
- Penelope Da Luca,
- USA
I was completely lost with online information.
- Pujitha Raja,
- UK
Enrolling with the School has been worth every penny! I had no idea about formulating skincare products. I was completely lost with online information, didn’t know what to trust or where to start. The videos were great and I am now confident that my ingredient knowledge has improved significantly. I can formulate effective and natural skincare products.
- Pujitha Raja,
- UK
I can now formulate, myself, without copying it off the internet!
- Norma Segovia,
- USA
I didn’t know anything about preservatives or emulsifiers and many other ingredients. I was following other recipes on the internet, incorrectly believing an internet recipe is safe and accurate, but I never used a formula. I didn’t even understand the difference between them. Now, I am confident in myself and feel proud. I feel that I have learned tremendously from the School of Natural Skincare.
- Norma Segovia,
- USA
I’m so grateful for this school—it’s exactly what I needed to launch my dream!
- Myadagmaa Tsedendamba,
- Mongolia
I’ve always dreamed of launching a natural skincare brand, because commercial products irritated my sensitive skin. These courses helped me learn how to create effective emulsions and serums at a professional level. The video demonstrations and textbooks were incredibly useful, and I’m proud of my progress.
- Myadagmaa Tsedendamba,
- Mongolia
Look inside the online classroom
All our training is completed through our easy-to-use online classroom.
Study from anywhere in the world at your own pace.
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.