Our Diploma in Natural Skincare Formulation has been created to be inclusive of all skin tones.  Throughout the course, you will learn how to customize your formulations for oils, moisturizers, serums, creams, cleansers, toners, etc to address the concerns of the skin type and tone you are formulating for.


You will learn how to create cosmetics to help lighten or brighten hyperpigmentation and create a more even skin tone. Cosmetic products will provide results over a longer period of time, since more potent anti-pigmentation ingredients are usually only permitted in drugs.  We don't include how to formulate skin-whitening creams. 


You’ll learn how to formulate with several ingredients to help with hyperpigmentation. These are Niacinamide, Licorice root and AHAs and BHAs.


We include several formulation examples in the course targeted for hyperpigmentation including Facial lotion for hyperpigmentation with licorice and niacinamide, Licorice and niacinamide gel for hyperpigmentation and several brightening AHA and BHA products.


If you would like to experience it first-hand and sample the course materials and lesson presentations, you can sign up for a free trial here: https://school-of-natural-skincare.thinkific.com/enroll/1051493 


You can download the course prospectus here: https://schoolofnaturalskincare.lpages.co/prospectus-diploma-in-natural-skincare-formulation/ 


As many ingredients for treating hyperpigmentation are advanced ingredients we cover these in our Advanced Certificate in High-Performance Serum Formulation (3rd Edition). In this course, we include:

  • Vitamin A (including retinol and retinyl palmitate)
  • Vitamin C (including ascorbic acid, sodium ascorbyl phosphate, magnesium ascorbyl phosphate, ascorbyl palmitate and ascorbyl tetraisopalmitate)
  • Niacinamide
  • Licorice root
  • Arbutin
  • AHAs and BHAs.

We include an example formulation for a Brightening serum for hyperpigmentation featuring many of these advanced ingredients, plus other example formulas that are also suitable for hyperpigmentation including Vitamin C serums, Vitamin A serums and AHA serums.


If you would like to experience it first-hand and sample the course materials and lesson presentations, we offer a free trial, with no obligation to buy. You can sign up for it here: https://school-of-natural-skincare.thinkific.com/enroll/558725 


You can download the prospectus here:

https://schoolofnaturalskincare.lpages.co/prospectus-advanced-certificate-in-high-performance-serum-formulation/ 


If you'd like to study both courses, the Skincare Specialist Program is available which contains both courses with a discount. You can find out more about that here: https://www.schoolofnaturalskincare.com/online-programs/#specialist