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Welcome to Formula Botanica
We are the leading online teaching institution for organic formulation and indie beauty entrepreneurship and we are on a mission to teach the world to formulate. We empower our students with the skills to change their lives through organic skincare and haircare. Formulating organic cosmetics with plants, flowers and herbs is an amazing, empowering skill that anyone can learn. Let us teach you how to become a formulator.
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Learn to Formulate At Home
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Empower yourself by becoming a professional organic skincare formulator and create beautiful botanical lotions, serums and balms to use yourself or to sell. Become part of the global green beauty movement, embracing naturals, wellness and sustainability. Enrol with Formula Botanica to receive an online education in organic skincare and haircare formulation.
We Teach the Complete Package
So you can confidently start your own organic skincare brand anywhere in the world.
Our graduates go the distance
Graduate Highlights
Our thousands of graduates lead the global green beauty movement. Their customers love their beautiful botanical serums, balms, toners, cleansers and lotions. You too can create an indie beauty business that impacts on the world around you, creates a life you love and teaches people about the benefits of natural ingredients.
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The Global Organic Beauty Industry will be worth $54bn by 2027.
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Best Forms of Vitamin C in Natural Skincare
Vitamin C is popular in high-performance natural skincare. Our guide explains some pros and cons of key water- and oil-soluble forms of vitamin C.
Beauty Shortlist Awards 2025 – Formula Botanica graduates win an incredible 96 awards
We are celebrating a major achievement here at Formula Botanica, the world’s leading online organic cosmetic formulation school. Our graduates won an astounding 96 (!) awards at the prestigious 2025 Beauty Shortlist Awards, and we wanted to share this amazing accomplishment with you. This sweeping success across multiple categories proves what Formula Botanica has championed for over a decade – […]
Podcast 257: Meet the solid brand disrupting beauty norms
What if your beauty routine was part of the problem – and the solution? Imagine a beauty product so innovative that it tackles overconsumption, packaging waste, and water scarcity while still delivering on luxury and performance. Sounds impossible? Not for Disruptor London, a bold beauty brand rewriting the rules of beauty. In this episode of Green Beauty Conversations, Lorraine Dallmeier, […]
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