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Create Your Own Skincare Stage 1 Workshop [ Online Class ]
Instructor : Amanda Foxon-Hill
Dates: See Available Dates
Price : $330.00 per person.(GST inclusive)
This workshop is presented Online in a webinar format via Microsoft Teams.
If you have always wanted to make your own retail standard cosmetics, then this inspirational workshop is perfect for you.
This is a course suitable for beginners right through to spa and salon owners. Whether you are interested in just making products for your own use or aspire to be the next cosmetic giant this course offers you a fun and hands-on dive into what is a fascinating and rewarding industry.
During this course you will learn how to put together a range of different skin care products using the New Directions bases as your starting points. First, we explore the importance of selecting a good base before moving on to your product actives.
Create Your Own Skincare Stage 2 Workshop [ Online Class ]
Instructor : Amanda Foxon-Hill
Dates: See Available Dates
Price : $330.00 per person.(GST inclusive)
This workshop is presented Online in a webinar format via Microsoft Teams.
After completing Create Your Own Skincare Stage One workshop, you will be ready to take a much closer look at what goes on inside a cosmetic product and how products achieve the things they claim on the label!
This one-day hands-on workshop introduces you to a range of different actives including peptides, vitamins, herbs, AHA's and enzymes. You will discover the biological targets of each different type of ingredient, how to formulate safely with different technologies and how to combine actives for a fuller, faster effect.
Cosmetic Chemistry Stage 1 Workshop [ Online Class ]
Instructor : Amanda Foxon-Hill
Dates: See Available Dates
Price : $297.00 per person.(GST inclusive)
This workshop is presented Online in a webinar format via Microsoft Teams.
Hate chemistry? Let us show you just how much fun it can be as we teach you how a cosmetic product really works! This two day course guides you through the process of developing safe, effective and marketable cosmetic formulations.
We have crafted this course to concentrate on one of the key aspects of the cosmetic formula - surface activity and more specifically the difference between a surfactant and emulsifier and a solubiliser, forming an emulsion and applying that knowledge to all-natural framework formulations ready for refining and scale-up.
Workshop Overview
- Learn how to look at the skin like a cosmetic chemist.
- Take a deeper look into the roles oil and water play in a cosmetic product.
- Decoding the language of cosmetic science.
- How oil and water form an emulsion.
- Designing and manufacturing cosmetic emulsions.
- Selecting and evaluating cosmetic preservatives.
- Good manufacturing processes.
Cosmetic Chemistry Stage 2 Workshop [ Online Class ]
Instructor : Amanda Foxon-Hill
Dates: See Available Dates
Price : $297.00 per person.(GST inclusive)
This workshop is presented Online in a webinar format via Microsoft Teams.
This course is aimed at people who are ready to look closer, go further and push themselves into the realm of professional skin care.
Workshop Overview
- Surfactants vs. Emulsifiers vs. Solubilisers
- Formulating surfactant products.
- Formulating with solubilisers
- Understanding the functionality, chemistry and origin of cosmetic ingredients
- Developing a formula from start to finish
- Refining a formulation/ Trouble Shooting - the scientific method, building an experiment.
How to Start Your Own Business Workshop [ Online Class ]
Instructor : Amanda Foxon-Hill
Dates: See Available Dates
Price : $330.00 per person.(GST inclusive)
This workshop is presented Online in a webinar format via Microsoft Teams.
If you want to launch your own brand, or would like to improve your business, increase product sales, and reduce your stress levels, then this is the workshop for you!
"This workshop is useful as it provides you with all the information you need in regards to retailing your own cosmetic range from concept to launch"
Create Your Own Urban Haircare Stage 1 Workshop [ Online Class ]
Instructor : Amanda Foxon-Hill
Dates: To be advised.
Price : $330.00 per person.(GST inclusive)
This workshop is presented Online in a webinar format via Microsoft Teams.
Styling Edition!
Calling all hair product brand owners, product developers and hair fashion enthusiasts!
This one day course offers you the opportunity to explore and apply the science and beauty behind urban haircare. The formulations we develop pay homage to the iconic and timeless Sydney side aesthetic that combines edgy high-fashion with a laid-back beachside chic. The results? Nutritive, easy-to-wear products that deliver photo-shoot ready hair with minimal fuss.
The six formulations we create together balance the science of runway ready styling with the wisdom of scalp health and vitality ensuring comfort, wearability and a level of performance that instils confidence.
Create Your Own Urban Haircare Stage 2 Workshop
Instructor : Amanda Foxon-Hill
Dates: To be advised.
Location: New Directions Showroom, 47 Carrington Rd, Marrickville NSW 2204 (Free Parking)
Price : $395.00 per person.(GST inclusive)
An Insiders' Guide to Deep Conditioning Hair!
Deep conditioning starts from within the follicle and that's where this course takes you. We explore the science and beauty of caring for hair naturally. We explore hair nutrition and chemistry before diving into our hands-on 'how to' guide to product application and selection. This course specifically covers the needs of curly, frizzy, coily and/ or damaged hair but the scalp conditioning tips and insights apply to all hair types.
During this one day course you will customise and build a range of six different formulations all designed to work with rather than against the hair.
The course is designed to suit brand owners, hair product enthusiasts, stylists and salon owners alike and while the emphasis is on natural ingredients as actives, some safe synthetics may be present in the formula bases.
The Chemistry of Cleansers Workshop
Instructor : Amanda Foxon-Hill
Dates: To be advised.
Location: New Directions Showroom, 47 Carrington Rd, Marrickville NSW 2204 (Free Parking)
Price : $385.00 per person.(GST inclusive)
This workshop has been designed to take what you have learned in Cosmetic Chemistry Stage 1 & 2 workshops and apply it to a section of the market that is diverse, interesting and lucrative for brand owners. This hands-on course explores the many different types of cleansers on the market from Castile Soap to oil-to-milk technology, Cream washes, Gels, Foams and Micellar waters. We explore what it takes to remove different types of dirt from the skin and work together to create some exciting formulations based on your choice of exfoliants, vegetable oils and aromas from our selection.
Please note that this is NOT a soap making workshop, we do cover working with Castile soap but not saponification of vegetable oils.
