Skincare recipes, formulation tips & useful info

Skincare Recipes and Getting Started

The equipment you need for making natural skincare products at home

If you are thinking about making your own natural skincare products at home or taking one of our courses you are probably wondering what equipment you need to get started. Luckily for making products at home you don't need too much. What you do need is inexpensive...

5 ways to use nourishing Cocoa Butter (plus a free recipe!)

I thought I'd share a little about wonderful cocoa butter, why it’s the most amazing skin nourishing ingredient, how to use it AND one of my favourite recipes! When and why to use cocoa butter For those of you who like to know exactly what is going into your...

9 reasons to make your own skincare products

We converted to making our own skincare products a long time ago! However if you are quite new to making your own products, or haven’t yet and want to know why you should, here are 9 fantastic reasons to inspire you to start! 1 - Trust It's hard to trust...

Can you make safe preservative free skincare products?

There is one golden rule when making your own natural skincare products: If a product contains water (or an aqueous solution like hydrosol, herbal infusions, aloe vera), it needs a preservative. If your product could come into contact with water during use then you...

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Skincare formulation tips

Can you make safe preservative free skincare products?

Money saving tips: make great-performing skincare products on a budget

When it comes to spending money on ingredients, we can easily end up splashing out more than perhaps we need to (and want to!). You see, there are so many exciting and gorgeous ingredients from which to choose, and whilst that would normally be a good thing, it...

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Ingredient Information

Our secret facial serum ingredient

Today we're sharing with you our secret facial serum ingredient! It's something we teach in our Natural Facial Skincare online course and has proven a hit with many of our students! Many natural serums are made from specialist nutritious plant and vegetable oils....

How to substitute ingredients when making skincare products

Has this ever happened to you: You find a product that you want to make but you are missing one or more of the ingredients? You live in a country where some ingredients are not readily available? You want to save money by using less expensive ingredients while still...

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Building a Business

How to build a profitable beauty brand

As an entrepreneur, you have to be good at many different things; making products, dealing with suppliers, marketing, finances, PR, Social Media, planning and organisation and the list goes on! For most beauty business owners, finance is the sticky area which they...

10 Natural Skincare Brands started by our students

Do you dream of starting your own skincare brand? It may seem like it’s hard to achieve and yes, hard work is required, but we want to show you that it is totally possible. These 10 students had the same dream. After completing their studies with us they have gone on...