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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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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.
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So you can confidently start your own organic skincare brand anywhere in the world.
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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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From executive assistant to holistic skincare entrepreneur: Katja Frommelt’s story
Before joining Formula Botanica in 2022, Katja Frommelt worked as an executive assistant in the high-pressure world of industry and innovation. Her life was a constant hustle, which left her little room for self-care or creativity. But everything changed in 2019 when stress-induced skin issues forced her to stop and reexamine her life. Because of her skin allergies, Katja started […]
How to make an organic oil-in-water emulsion with Olivem 1000
Updated: 27.05.25 Have you ever dreamed of creating your own face cream or body lotion? If so, you’ve come to the right place! At Formula Botanica – the world’s leading online organic cosmetic formulation school – we’ve taught thousands of students worldwide how to formulate and make their own natural skincare and haircare products. And you can do it too. […]
Podcast 267: The packaging fees coming for the beauty industry
Packaging is about to get a whole lot pricier for beauty brands, and it’s not just a minor cost increase. With eco-modulation fees, plastic taxes, and new packaging regulations rolling out across the UK, EU, Australia and beyond, the rules around what your beauty product is wrapped in are shifting fast. In some cases, brands may pay up to 70 […]
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