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Making and Formulating with Botanical Extracts
Make your own selection of natural botanical extracts with many different skin benefits such as soothing, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and skin-brightening.
Here’s what we’ll cover:
The theory and science
In this class, you’ll discover:
- Different extract types, their benefits and how to make them: glycerin-based extracts, oil-based extracts, ethanol-based extracts, water-based extracts and propanediol-based extracts.
- The composition of botanical materials including flavonoids, tannin, terpenoids, phenolic acids and carotenoids, and their benefits in skincare.
- The science of identifying which active compounds to extract into which solvents to make a wide range of effective botanical extracts.
- A comprehensive guide to extracting solvents, key considerations for selecting a solvent and how to determine the most suitable solvent for your needs.
- How to work with fresh and dried plant material - herbs, fruits, berries and flowers.
- When to use fresh material and when to use dried material.
- How to ensure the microbiological safety of different types of botanical extracts.
- Step-by-step extract-making process for different extract types and the equipment you will need.
- How to formulate with water-, glycerin-, ethanol- and oil-based extracts.
- Compatibility and suitability of extracts in different formula types.
Ready-to-use formulations and guidelines for formulating your own products
Receive 12 extract recipes to practice making including kiwi, raspberry, blueberry, green tea, marshmallow root, hibiscus, ginger, licorice, lavender, calendula and carrot.
Create a complete facial skincare range using botanical extracts of raspberry, hibiscus, licorice, green tea, blueberry, goji berry, cucumber, chamomile, calendula and carrot.
You’ll receive five professionally created formulations from our lab that are ready for you to practise with and customize:
- Raspberry and Lime Facial Cleanser – a surfactant-based foaming cleanser that gently removes impurities from the skin and uses a variety of glycerin based extracts to hydrate the skin and for gently exfoliating and anti-aging properties.
- Brightening Licorice Toner – a water-based liquid toner to refresh and hydrate the skin. The botanical extracts used offer photoprotective, antioxidant and skin-brightening benefits.
- Superfruit Revitalizing Serum – an aqueous gel serum that hydrates the skin and features two different botanical extracts to revitalize the skin and enhance the skin's firmness and elasticity.
- Soothing and Hydrating Facial Moisturizer – an emulsion that relieves dry skin on the face by moisturizing, hydrating and soothing. The botanical extracts used provide anti-inflammatory, anti-aging, soothing and hydrating properties.
- Rejuvenating Facial Oil – an oil-based facial oil that contains carotenoids: powerful antioxidants that also function as Vitamin A precursors.
With each formulation, we share the product development questions, formula, instructions and usage guidelines.
Follow our formulations and then create your own!
Here’s what’s included
Study from anywhere in the world at your own pace.
Two beautiful textbooks to download with step-by-step instructions and stunning photographs.
Five tried and tested formulations, plus guidelines for creating your own unique formulations.
Four demonstration videos showing you which equipment to use, how to make extracts with fresh plant materials, how to make extracts with dried plant materials and how to make the Raspberry and Lime Facial Cleanser.
A plant index of 26 plants with at-a-glance information on their properties, active compounds, method of extraction and which part to use.
Expert support from our Cosmetic Scientists within the monthly Tutor Q&A.
Support from your student and graduate peers from around the world inside our Private Student and Graduate Community (hosted on Facebook).
Join the live Formulator Forums and connect face-to-face with your student and graduate peers (hosted monthly on Zoom).
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Making and Formulating with Botanical Extracts
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US $197
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Receive 6 months access to classroom, Formulator Forums and tutor support.
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