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Basics of Cosmetics
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210 students

Basics of Cosmetics

Cosmetic ingredients and Formulation~
Created byNikko Chemicals
Last updated 5/2025
English

What you'll learn

  • You will know what cosmetics are and what they are used for.
  • You can learn about the raw materials used in skin care cosmetics.
  • You can learn about the role of cosmetic raw materials.
  • You can learn techniques related to cosmetics development (emulsification, solubilization)
  • You can learn important basic knowledge for developing cosmetics.
  • It is useful information for those who are interested in cosmetic technology.

Course content

6 sections15 lectures34m total length
  • Introduction1:30

Requirements

  • No cosmetic knowledge required.
  • If you have a basic knowledge of science, you will have a deeper understanding.

Description

Hello everyone. This course focuses on Basics of Cosmetics, especially cosmetic ingredients and formulation.

Cosmetics are very familiar to us. We think it's essential to keep your skin healthy and beautiful. Do you know what kind of raw materials are used? Have you seen the ingredients? What kind of work does it do? How to make?

You can get to know them by watching this video.

Experiment scenes are included, so you can easily understand.

No specialized knowledge is required.

Definition and category of cosmetics.

Cosmetics has specific role for skin

Cosmetics are divided into skin care, body care, hair care, color cosmetics

Cosmetic ingredient

Then we discuss cosmetic ingredients. In this presentation, we will focus on skin care items.

We will show you water-based materials, oil-based materials, surfactants, functional ingredients, and others. These are essential for cosmetics and have specific roles.

You can see the oil-based material such as waxes and liquid oils.

We will show you some experiment for you.

・Cosmetic technology

Emulsification and solubilization

Finally, we talk about cosmetic technology, for example, solubilization is utilized in tonner formulation and emulsification is utilized in cream formulation. In this way, these two are often used in skin care items. In addition, we will show you how to make cream and moisturizing toner.


Who this course is for:

  • Students interested in cosmetology
  • Students interested in cosmetic technology
  • People who want to work at a cosmetics company in the future