Start your adventure into Natural Skincare with us here…
The School of Natural Skincare is the perfect place if you’re a complete beginner, or if you’re looking to grow a natural skincare business.
Start your adventure into natural Skincare with us here…
The School of Natural Skincare is the perfect place if you’re a complete beginner, or if you’re looking to grow a natural skincare business.
WHICH OF THESE SOUNDS LIKE you?
Just starting out? Welcome! You’re in the right place
Here are three easy ways we recommend to get started with creating your own natural, effective and safe products
1. Get your hands on our free Natural Skincare Recipe Book full of fabulous recipes.
2. Read through our most popular articles and recipes on getting started with natural skincare.
More Than Just a Nice Scent: How to Combine the Art and Science of Formulating with Essential Oils
Essential oils are typically some of the first ingredients that people encounter when they are just starting out in natural skincare formulation—or using natural products in general! They are typically accessible, affordable, easy to use, and provide...
Choosing between our skincare Certificate or Diploma – which course is right for you?
Of all the courses we offer, our most popular courses and quite possibly the ones we get the most questions about are the Certificate in Making Natural Skincare Products and the Diploma in Natural Skincare Formulation. Both are excellent courses (if we can...
Natural, Simple, and Effective: Why Natural Skincare Ingredients Help your Products Shine
When it comes to skincare, there are many times where the simplest solutions are the best. As you begin formulating your first products, it's easy to get overwhelmed by the abundance of available ingredients! Keeping it simple to start with means you can...
How to Create a Luxury Spa Experience At Home (it’s Easier than you Think!)
For most people, going to a luxury spa is the ultimate self-care, pampering experience. It would be amazing to have access to the decadent products, exclusive treatments, and relaxing atmosphere of a luxury spa whenever and wherever we wanted it. But who...
Bringing your Inner Beauty to Light: Creating a Self-Care Ritual
Skincare products can do amazing things. On the surface, they can nourish our skin, calm irritation, combat signs of stress, and bring vibrancy back to dull and tired skin. All of these effects are wonderful, and for some, can add a life-changing boost of...
It’s Not You or Your Skin, It’s Your Skincare Products!
If you’ve got a troublesome skin issue that just doesn’t seem to want to heal no matter what off-the-shelf product you try, then you know how frustrating, disheartening, and expensive it can be to try product after product and see no results! Or worse than...
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READY TO TAKE YOUR PRODUCTS TO THE Next Level?
Start formulating products from scratch and creating a wider range of products here
1. Get your hands on our free step-by-step guide to formulating natural skincare products from scratch (rather than following recipes).
2. Read through our most popular articles on formulating natural and organic skincare products.
How to Create Sustainable Skincare Products
Green issues are fast becoming mainstream and sustainability is now at the forefront of many consumers’ minds. In the words of Amarjit Sahota from Ecovia Intelligence, “Sustainability is not a trend, fad or niche. It’s here to stay”1.A recent study2 found that 90% of...
Formulating Natural Cosmetics for the Conscious Consumer
Conscious consumerism is a “respectful and compassionate approach to consumption [that] embraces mindfulness of other human beings, animals and the environment.”1 The trend towards more conscious consumption has been on the rise recently, and all signs point to a...
Body serums: what they are and why to use them
Most people are very familiar with facial serums and eye serums but did you know that’s just the beginning when it comes to serums! We normally spend more time taking care of our facial skin, but the skin on the rest of the body is just as complex. While it is true...
Formulating Serums with a Hero Ingredient
Serums are designed to be high-performance products that are formulated to target specific skin concerns. They often do this with the use of a ‘hero’ or star ingredient—an ingredient that is literally the star of the show, the superhero of your product that delivers...
More Than Just Anti-Aging: 9 Benefits That Serums Can Offer
It’s no secret that serums can be versatile, amazing, powerhouse products that help with skin concerns commonly associated with aging skin, but that’s not all that they can do! Our complex and often contentious relationship with aging means we sometimes don’t treat...
Beyond Oil-based Serums: 6 Types of Serum Formulation to Try
Recently, we shared a little bit about the differences between face oils and face serums, primarily by describing the main differences between face oils and oil-based serums. But did you know that oil-based serums aren’t the only type of serums you can make? And...
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SO YOU WANT TO BUILD A natural OR organic BEAUTY BRAND?
You don’t need to feel overwhelmed when starting or growing your business. Let our business experts help.
1. Do you dream of starting or growing your own natural beauty brand? If so, get started now with our Beauty Business Checklist
2. Read through our most popular articles on growing your natural beauty business.
What Students Are Saying about the Certificate in Making Natural Skincare Products
Curious about the Certificate in Making Natural Skincare Products? Wondering if it might be the right choice for you?You’re in good hands! If you want to know what people are saying about our beginner’s certificate course, then you’ve come to the right...
How Tanya juggled life with kids, work and studying natural skincare to launch her beauty brand, Indagare Beauty
Where Indagare began Tanya Joslin struggled with hormonal, severely congested skin for many years, and was running out of options. Stress levels, diet, I tried everything. I'd used dermatologist-prescribed creams and antibiotics, and my frustration levels...
The Hunt for High-Quality Ingredients: How to Find a Quality Cosmetic Ingredient Supplier!
Exceptional, high-quality products always start with high-quality ingredients—and there’s nothing you can do during the process to make a poor-quality oil, butter, or botanical product into a higher-quality one. The abundance of online and in-person...
Do Your Courses Certify Me to Make and Sell Skincare Products? What You Need to Know about Qualifications and Certifications
As our prospective students consider enrollment, one of their most-asked questions is “Will your courses certify me to make and sell skincare products?” This is an excellent question, and one we feel is important to clarify! So important, in fact, we...
How One Diploma in Natural Skincare Formulation Student Boosted her Skin Care Business to the Next Level!
Kelly Spinks had always been in love with making her own skin care products. In fact, as a child, she’d use everything in the kitchen to concoct her own recipes—from bananas and avocado to oats and yogurt! “As I got older my recipes became a bit more...
12 gorgeous natural beauty brands founded by our students! Holiday Gift Guide 2018
Are you looking for gifts for a natural beauty lover? This holiday season we are delighted to recommend to you products by 12 gorgeous, natural brands that put quality, purity, transparency and passion at the heart of everything they do. We are also incredibly proud...
