Student success stories
From beauty advent calendars to formulating her own vegan skincare: One woman’s journey to launch her own vegan skincare brand
Making your own skincare products is not only a fun hobby, but it can also be a way to take control of what you put on your skin. However, formulating effective and safe natural skincare products requires knowledge and skills that not everyone has. That's where the...
From Massage to Skincare: How One Woman Found Her Passion in Natural Formulations
As a teenager, Claudette had always been fascinated with holistic massage. So, at the age of 19, she decided to pursue her passion by enrolling in a massage school in Hawaii. She loved everything about the course, especially how it focused on natural and organic...
From Hobbyist to Entrepreneur: How One Natural Skincare Student Is Turning Her Passion into a Successful Business
Leanne Simcock is a 41-year-old mother of two from Melbourne, Australia who has always been interested in healthcare, particularly skincare. She holds a bachelor's degree in health science in natural medicine and currently works in administration at a hospital. ...
Learning the Art of Natural Cosmetics: How the School of Natural Skincare Helped Shahad Realize Her Dream
Shahad, a 19-year-old based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has always been interested in skincare. "As a little girl I would always create my own things and call them my little potions," she says. She started following DIY skincare recipes from YouTube, blogs, and books and...
How Sarah’s mission to detox her skincare led to the launch of her own small batch luxury natural skincare brand
When she was pregnant with her daughter in 2016, Sarah Price suddenly became a lot more conscious of what she was putting on her body, now that she was growing a life inside it! I always have my nails painted and whilst on an app I saw about how nail polish was...
From A Bad Experience With A DIY Recipe To Studying Natural Skincare Formulation And Launching Her Brand
Heena Bhat had always been fascinated with natural products, and in India, where Heena is from, homemade skincare is part of everyday life. She told us how many people in India look for skincare solutions from their kitchen cupboards and rely on DiY methods, but those...
The Certificate in Making Natural Skincare Products: The course that fits around your life
Sometimes when you’re just not happy with the way things are, you have to take a leap of faith and work towards making a difference. But what if you have a career and a growing family? Can you really add another drop to the mixture? With the help of our Certificate...
The power to create, the freedom to believe: Joining the Natural Cosmetic Formulation Club
Behind every good idea is a person with a dream. Making that dream a reality is the difference between an idea thriving and seeing it disappear. One member of the Natural Cosmetic Formulation Club has found that her dreams of becoming a brand founder are being...
Being part of the Club; feeling like a member of the natural cosmetic world
How one student’s membership to the Natural Cosmetic Formulation Club has given her the confidence to launch her own brand Having always strived to use products that were good for her skin and hair, Stacey Brown, from the USA, became aware that products with 100%...
Science, nature and community: Below the surface of the Natural Cosmetic Formulation Club
During the early stages of the Covid pandemic, a feeling grew among the masses. The desire to ‘go back to nature’ became prevalent. Many people wanted the products they used on their skin and hair to include natural ingredients, and be effective and safe. For Althea...