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How to make Creams, lotions, emulsions - natural skincare
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How to make Creams, lotions, emulsions - natural skincare

I will not only teach you to make creams, but also create your own recipes.
Created byMaria Molnarova
Last updated 2/2022
English

What you'll learn

  • You will learn what is an emulsion.
  • You get a compact overview about vegetable oils and butters, their functions. All about water and hydrosols
  • I will introduce you to active botanicals you can use in your product.
  • What is an emulsifier and what is a co-emulsifier, working with phases.
  • You learn how to calculate the amount of emulsifier and how to make a recipe formula

Course content

1 section9 lectures49m total length
  • Intro to the course, definitions, difference between cream, lotion, butters5:42

    Introduction to my course, definition of emulsion and its use in cosmetic. There is a certain rule of what ratios of oil and water the individual water-based products have. You will learn something about difference between creams, lotions, butter and emulsion. In the production of cream formulations, you will encounter the following phases: the oil phase, the water phase and the cool-down phase.


  • Oils and their properties7:59

    I give you an overview about oils, butters and waxes, attached you can find a list of most frequently used oils and butter with useful information on them.

  • Water and hydrosols7:18

    You learn somewhat about several possibilities about what to use in your water phase

  • What is an emulsifier, co-emulsifier and how to work with8:25

    There are quite a number of emulsifiers available, and based on which emulsifier we choose, it is possible to obtain a wide range of different consistencies, textures and viscosities of our final product. We can get a less or more dense cream, a less or more slippery, harder, or more fluid cream.


  • How to calculate the amount of emulsifier1:36

    Explanation of calculation method of emulsifiers.

  • How to make a formulation recipe10:06

    I will show you step by step, how to make a formula recipe, I will share with you a useful tool to calculate formulations from percentage to grams.

  • Manufacture process step by step2:45

    In this lesson you will learn by watching video recipes but also you get a lot of information on how to do the manufacture process.

  • Troubleshooting, remedy2:05

    I tell you a few solution what to do if your formulation is broken.

  • Active botanicals3:17

    A briefly talk about the active botanicals that are added in the final phase to our formulations because they deserve praise.

Requirements

  • A passion for home-made cosmetics, there is no need to be experienced in.
  • You need to purchase a cosmetic scale and several ingredients from your local suppliers.

Description

Creams are the basis of skin care and the skin of the whole body. Today, the market offers us an incredibly wide range of ingredients from which we can make great creams, lotions, cleansing creams - and most importantly, with only the ingredients we want there. Do not hesitate and dare to take an advanced course in Creams, Milks, Emulsions, in which we will show you how to make cream products with the help of an emulsifier. We will not only teach you to make creams, but also create your own recipes.

If you've only made anhydrous creams so far because you've been afraid of emulsifiers and their use, it's time to change that and learn how to make great creams, lotions and emulsions from the world's fiction. Hydration is important, and you need water-based creams. We will walk you through the production process step by step in this online course, and you will finally  find that it is easy.

This course  includes the following attachments:

  • Recipe book (10 recipes)

  • Overview and description of base oils and butters (24)

  • Overview and description of emulsifiers (28)

  • Graphic cheatsheet "Essential oils for skin"

  • FORMULA SHEET - a tool for creating recipes

RECIPES you get with this course:

  1. Brightening face cream

  2. Light summer cream with aloe vera

  3. Body lotion

  4. Hand cream with beeswax

  5. Whipped butter (anhydrous cream)

  6. Vitalising cream 40+ with hyaluronic acid

  7. Hydrophilic make-up remover (oleogel)

  8. Shaving gel

  9. Under eye balm

  10. Cleansing milk

Who this course is for:

  • For people who wants to learn to create their own natural skincare products.