SSK Beauty School

Hi Intending formulator,  If you are reading the first line of this blog, I want to say congratulations because your formulation journey just got started and even better if you are an existing formulator too.  A brief info about me My name is Semy Ekong and I am based in Nigeria 🇳🇬 I have been working as a skincare formulator for 4 years + I have a retail brand where I focus on selling corrective skincare products. I am also an esthetician in training This particular blog post is created for skincare enthusiast who’d like to start a skincare brand but would like to understand the basics of it and what it’s all about before actually taking a full fledged course like our Diploma Skincare Course This blog post would give you an insight on what skincare business is all about and the basic things you need to know in order for you to decide if you are ready to fully go in and develop your skill, creativity as well as knowledge. Let’s get right into it shall we! Introduction Al...

 Hi hi formulator  Do you know that you can get right ahead into product  formulation and make your first pretty skincare products at home with just a small cosmetic formulation kit of essential tools? Most of which you will either already have at home or can source cheaply and easily online.  Here are top essential tools you need to get started on your formulation journey  1) Digital Measuring Scale At SSK Beauty School, we write and measure out formulations in Weight (grams) and never in fluid ounces or millilitres. This is best practice in cosmetic formulation as otherwise you have only a vague formulation to work with. For example, an emulsifier of wax pellets would have pockets of air between the flakes so could never be measured out using liquid graduations on a beaker.  When you start out formulating and are making small trial amounts of product all you need is a small digital scale  which operates to two decimal points: from 0.01g going up to 5...