Welcome to the forum

[Anonymous]

My name is Liz. I’m a trainee EU patent attorney. I have a degree in chemistry and pharmacology and a phd in chemistry and have a general interest in science and innovation. I make my own cosmetics as a hobby.

[braveheart]

My name is John, but I like the braveheart screen name . It took me a while to get my head around looking for the WELCOME page, I was so engrossed by the amount of information and readiness to help that is available on this forum. Thanks for the openness and generosity.

I have been doing a lot of experimentation with skin care, especially creams, lotions and recently shower gels. For the past 5 years, I have been making my own creams and lotions, but not been successful with the shower gel part.

Somehow, I just stumbled across Perry’s Stability test article and was impressed by the amount of information and tips he shared in the simple article.

Friends and family are constantly demanding me to make creams and lotions for them and it’s becoming an expensive hobby, so I started thinking of commercializing, then I saw Perry’s PDF on starting a skin care business, which is a great summary of the fragments of information I have been learning here and there over the past two years or so. 

Thanks for allowing me to be part of this forum and I hope to be of help where I can for others, too.

[belassi]

How nice to see two new enthusiastic people! Welcome!

[braveheart]

Thanks.

I am fast becoming your student, too. Reading up on your discussions.

[madabout]

Hi , I’m Jane from England. I have a degree in chemistry , worked for a oil formulations company before training to become a Science Teacher.I I have been making my own skin creams for a little while and now am looking to learn  everything I can in order to start my own small business…Big plans from small acorns and all that… 

[belassi]

Welcome to the forum, Jane. I used to teach physics and chemistry, too, and began making skin creams.

[TeniBeauty]

@Belassi, WOW!!!
Am speechless - you almost sound like a Yoruba man.
Thank you so much for your words; am pretty sure you had a great time in Naija.

Are you still here or do you still visit?

[belassi]

@TeniBeauty, it was a long time ago. I was putting radio stations into Owerri, Akure, Lagos State, a few other places that I can’t even find on the map, like Ashileke!

I had good times and bad times, the malaria for instance, but to be able to see Fela at the shrine and then to go back to his house - ah, that was unforgettable! I get eye for back bout dat! I have written a memoir about it all, on my web site.

[debnmike2]

Hi everyone. My name is, Debbie and I live way back in the boonies of, WV.

I work as an adult care provider for 3 disabled adults, and have been doing this for 15 years. Providing good skin care is part of my every day job. Due to this, I became interested in the, ‘What makes this lotion, cream, med, etc work’ side of skincare (along with my 50 year old face ) [..]

My goal is to learn all that I can absorb about different ingredients and how they work together, as well as why. I want to learn to formulate so that I can make beneficial products for my clients and myself while saving money. Once I gain knowledge, I want to share it.

Thank you for accepting me into the forum.

[yq1]

Hi! My name is Grace, I’m from Hong Kong, my friends call me YQ an abbreviation from my Chinese name. Thanks Perry for creating the online course and creating this forum and to everybody helping with answers! I’m a beginner in cosmetic formulating with little to no chemistry background except for what has been taught in high school which was many years ago. My company branched out into skincare from first researching about what makes life tick, what causes our life problems, illnesses and emotional and financial turmoil. Since 2000 we have been working with “alternative” ways of helping people getting through life crisis. We come up with different types of products and therapies and have been quite successful at it. We also offer courses to people who want to learn about what we do. About 2 years ago people commented that they had been looking younger and having skin quality while using some of these products so we started to branch out into the skincare business. Some trusted clients put together a fund for us to start the business. Without knowing anything about the business and the chemistry behind skincare (my major is architecture!!) we ventured out to try something new. Feedback on our products have been quite good but we still need a lot of professional advice and help to make sure our products are safe and stable for the market. Looking forward to learning more from everyone in this forum!! 

[Anonymous]

Hi all,

My name is Nanayaa Everett, I have a background in Biology and Paint Chemistry (R&D). I currently work for a paint company and my interest/hobby is making lotions and cosmetics. Now i want to make it a bussiness, my focus is to make a sunscreen that is not greessy and also smell good. After reading this blog post i think i found what am looking for, learning from you guys. I will need your help in this journey

[wpring]

Hello, I’m Wendy.

I am here looking to learn as much as possible, primarily by reading the existing discussions. No professional background to speak of, I’m curious in formulating things for personal use. I have some questions to ask as well, but I’ll do my best to give thorough attention to all the readily info available here first

Many thanks in advance!

[Anonymous]

Perry, When will you offer your next beginner course on how to make shampoo? I’m in NJ

[Oyinloye]

looking forward for t new course of the year perry

[OldPerry]

@head2head - I’m doing a formulating course in April in New York. The SCC will have information on it.  http://scconline.org

[ssdc]

Hi everyone

I am Stephanie from Malaysia. Unlike many of you all here I have only started working in an oleochemical company a year back. Just recently I have move to the application mainly focusing in cosmetic. I find this blog very interesting. I am also reading Perry’s book Beginning Cosmetic Chemistry. I am looking forward to gain more knowledge from all the experienced people in this blog

[lynw]

Hi everyone

I am a development chemist in south africa and focus on ethnic hair care products. I have been following this forum as a guest for a number of years so I decided it was about time I joined.

[georgetedder]

Hi everyone,

My name is George Tedder and for the past few years have been a home formulator (no industry experience). Recently an esthetician whose son I used to teach contacted me about formulating and helping her develop her own line of cosmetics for her clients, so Im here to learn all I can!

[Lee32]

Hello my name is Lee,

I am a business professor, and I am working on creating my own skin care line.

I am mostly interested in formulating natural skin care products.  I have been tinkering

with cosmetic formulations for the last 3 years, and have come to the realization that I

have a lot to learn. 

[Mulayam]

Hello Lee, I am closing my business of natural skincare. I am selling my formulations. If you are interested,see Natural skincare formulations for sale in Requests and Opportunities forum for more information.

[Lara]

Hello all,

my name is Lara and I’m from Munich.
I’ve made an apprentinceship as a chemical laboratory assistant at a university for food technology.
Since 2 1/2 years I am working at a fragrance house as a ‘laboratory assistant development’ and my job is to rework existing formula to actual customer desires or - our new aim - developing new cosmetic formula (regarding physical properties/skin feel/…).
This contains planning, development and stability testing for all personal care but decorative.
Before this job I never gave a single thought about cosmetics but now I am really passionate about it!
I can’t stop doing research and I would like to find solutions for all existing problems in the formulations I know ha ha

I’m so happy that I’ve found this page and I’m looking forward for some exchange.

[Anonymous]

Hello everyone!

I am Sofia. I study chemistry for cosmetics in Germany. My motivation to study and make cosmetics was bad experience with cosmetics and unsatisfactory performance of cosmetics that I used. Back in the past my interests moved to natural cosmetics and later to aromatherapy. In fact an informed use of pure oils and oils mixtures is what I call natural cosmetics without any buts. Now I don’t use any standard available leave-on cosmetics except for make-up of course ;
So my biggest interest is formulating skin-care with highly functional ingredients. My dream is to develop cosmetics in a pharmaceutical company in Germany.

[belassi]

Welcome to the forum Sofia!

[Denice]

Hi,  I’ve been lurking around for a little while and think it’s about time I said hello.

I’ve signed up for Perry’s Natural Cosmetic Formulating Course and looking forward to learning lots!

I live in Scotland where we have an employability program for recovering addicts and ex-offenders, the initial plan was to make traditional Cold Process Soap with the Shea Butter which is produced by a co-op we’ve helped to establish in the Upper East Region in Ghana.  As momentum has grown we’ve realised that we need to add some other products.  Liquid Soap and anhydrous balms seemed to be the easiest route, but now looking to bring some hair products and emulsions in too. The goal, of course being to use lots of lovely unrefined shea butter when possible.

We pay all our team a minimum of the living wage and surplus profit goes back to Ghana in aid and development.  

Our customer base seem to want ‘natural’ cosmetics without parabens, sls etc and so I’m learning as much as I can in that area.    

[vidakaramooz]

Hello Perry,

My name is Vida.  I am one of your students in the Natural Formulating Course.  This is my second course with you. 

I have been studying and experimenting with natural skin formulation for the last four years.   During this time, I have become aware of its challenges to compete with the non-natural products.  I am very excited to learn more from this class and to reconnect with a group of cosmetic formulators and experts.   

Vida