Entries from 2019-03-01 to 1 month

How To Make a Natural Cream Cleanser with PolyAquol 2W

Weve published a series of blog posts over the months about how to work with different emulsifiers. In case you have missed them, here are the natural emulsifiers we have already covered so far:How to make a natural emulsion with Xyliance.…

How to Make a Valentine's Black Salt Body Scrub

Valentines Day. The day for romance. The day to embrace love, family and friendship.Today, we are bringing you a unique formula that you can easily make yourself, because there is nothing that says I love you more than gifts you prepare fo…

Episode 30: The Philosophy of Biodynamic Skincare

Most of us in the green beauty sector are familiar with long-established organic brands Weleda and Dr Haushka, but what we might not know is that they run their skincare businesses according to biodynamic principles. Biodynamic skincare is…

Episode 29: Talking Ethical Natural Haircare

If you thought solid shampoo bars were a recent trend, you should listen to our latest Green Beauty Conversation with Akua Wood who is the founder of Sheabutter Cottage, a pioneering business that supplies natural haircare ingredients as w…

Episode 31: Talking Women's Health with Forage Botanicals

Formula Botanica students and graduates are mainly women, so we decided in this Green Beauty Conversation to focus unapologetically on womens health and well being; also because were still in our designated Womens Month of March as we hit …

Green Beauty Blogger Verdicts on Natural Haircare

When we invited six leading green beauty bloggers and Instagrammers to discuss the latest trends and issues in the natural, organic haircare sector, we guessed we were in for some hard-hitting, expert insights, but they outstripped our exp…

Change Your Career by Taking an Online Skincare Course

The start of March sees us kick off our Formula Botanica Womens Month with a focus on womens careers. We take a look at just how empowering it can be to change your career by taking an online skincare course. There are a host of reasons wh…

Episode 30: The Philosophy of Biodynamic Skincare

Most of us in the green beauty sector are familiar with long-established organic brands Weleda and Dr Haushka, but what we might not know is that they run their skincare businesses according to biodynamic principles. Biodynamic skincare is…

Green Beauty Blogger Verdicts on Natural Haircare

When we invited six leading green beauty bloggers and Instagrammers to discuss the latest trends and issues in the natural, organic haircare sector, we guessed we were in for some hard-hitting, expert insights, but they outstripped our exp…

Episode 28: Beauty Entrepreneurship with Jo Chidley of Beauty Kitchen

We met Jo Chidley, beauty entrepreneur and founder of Beauty Kitchen, effective, natural, and sustainable beauty, almost a year ago and have been stalking her ever since to give us some airtime. We are so excited to have caught up with her…

How to Make a Valentine's Black Salt Body Scrub

Valentines Day. The day for romance. The day to embrace love, family and friendship.Today, we are bringing you a unique formula that you can easily make yourself, because there is nothing that says I love you more than gifts you prepare fo…

Meet the Graduate: Casa Mencarelli

You may have heard us talk about the need to ditch boring white skincare when youre formulating. In fact, weve made it our manifesto to encourage Formula Botanica students to explore the rainbow of colours offered by pure natural ingredien…

How to Make a Valentine's Black Salt Body Scrub

Valentines Day. The day for romance. The day to embrace love, family and friendship.Today, we are bringing you a unique formula that you can easily make yourself, because there is nothing that says I love you more than gifts you prepare fo…

Top Natural Haircare Trends in 2019

This February at Formula Botanica, we are focusing on natural haircare and are starting the month with a look at the top haircare trends we feel are of great interest to the organic formulator. When we launched our Diploma in Organic Hairc…

Green Beauty Blogger Verdicts on Natural Haircare

When we invited six leading green beauty bloggers and Instagrammers to discuss the latest trends and issues in the natural, organic haircare sector, we guessed we were in for some hard-hitting, expert insights, but they outstripped our exp…