The key difference between the Certificate in Making Natural Skincare Products and the Diploma in Natural Skincare Formulation is that the Certificate in Making Natural Skincare Products teaches you how to make products using lovely natural ingredients following our recipes and the Diploma course teaches you how to formulate or design your own recipes and unique products.
If you are a beginner, you are most interested in making simple yet effective products for yourself and you would like a comprehensive but shorter course to help you, we think the Certificate in Making Natural Skincare Products is the best choice. You can always build off of what you learn in the Certificate if you choose to come back and take the Diploma!
If your goal is to formulate products from scratch, understand in more detail the science of cosmetic formulation, use more advanced ingredients and/or sell your products, then we recommend the Diploma in Natural Skincare Formulation.
Both courses can be taken as a beginner, so which one is right for you is more about where you want to end up than where you are starting from.
We have written an article that helps explain this further: Choosing between our skincare Certificate or Diploma – which course is right for you? www.schoolofnaturalskincare.com/difference-between-certificate-and-diploma/