Discover the secret to making the best facial oils & oil serums
Spoiler alert: the secret is in your ingredients. We'll show you how to get the very best results with the right high quality botanical oils so that you can create exceptional, innovative formulas for your skincare line, your clients and your personal skincare routine.
Bring your vision to life
From single oils to potent oil combinations, formulating facial oils and oil serums is as much science as it is art. And with new and exciting oils becoming increasingly available our pallet of lipids to work with continues to grow.
On last count, I had 167 different carrier oils and butters in my workshop.
But you don’t need to stock 167 oils!
In this course, you will discover how to find and stock the right oils to bring your vision life.
Nourish, protect, balance, heal
Singles is a term that I have adapted from the herbal world where single herbs, called simples, are balanced enough to heal and nourish all on their own.
You’ll learn about 'singles', single oils that are so balanced in fatty acids and rich in unsaponifiable fractions that they nourish, protect, balance, and heal all on their own.
From there you will move on to base oils focusing on how to settle on a good base oil for the specific skin condition you are addressing.
There will be some overlap in the base oils and the singles, but not as much as you might think. The singles are more balanced than the base oils.
Potent & effective ingredients
High-value botanical oils bring concentrations of pigments, antioxidants and other plant compounds to your skincare and formulating. Learn how to harnessing the skin-nourishing power of these specialty oils to give your formulas focused action.
Lessons in the unsaponifiable compounds or healing fraction of botanical oils give you important data in treating specific skin conditions. You'll learn about phytosterols' anti-inflammatory properties, the antioxidant properties of the vitamin E tocopherols, and the vitamin A precursor, carotenes and much more.
As we age, our skin's production of lipids diminishes and supporting the tissues with squalene and the omega 7 palmitoleic acid, helps supplement natural production. Discover the plant oils that share these same compounds that our skin makes when formulating for the later years.
Facial Oil Formulation is both an application of the fatty acids for skincare and focused application of the unsaponifiable compounds to help maintain the health of the skin at any age.
Create the very best facial oils for your skincare line, your clients & your personal skincare routine?
Confidently formulate facial oils and oil serums for:
How many oils is too many?
Is there a limit, or can you keep adding oils to get the maximum benefit from as many lipids as possible? When developing a formulation, you want to use a variety of different oils to get the therapeutic action you are after.
But using too many oils, just makes for a complicated ingredients list and oils that are too diluted to be effective.
Learn how to hit the sweet spot of effectiveness, variety and balance.
Is this program for you?
You're looking for a personal skincare solution
Are you looking for the right facial oil combination for your own skincare routine? You don't need to be a formulator or skincare professional to participate in the course. In Facial Oil Formulation you'll learn about botanical oils for different skin care needs. And, I am confident you'll find the right one for you.
You're building formulations for clients & customers
Create custom facial oils for clients and customers with hands-on knowledge of the wide range of botanical oils. Not set up for formulating custom facial oils? This program gives you the tools you need to guide clients through the many oils available to find the right combination for them.
You're creating formulations for a skincare line
Facial oils and oil serums are a defining part of any skincare line.
In this course you'll learn about individual oils first, then layer these lessons into formulating for different skin types and benefits.
You're completely and totally obsessed botanical oils
Coffee seed oil! Arctic cranberry seed oil! Hibiscus seed oil! Kiwi seed oil! I can't get enough (see 160 + oils in my workshop) and I am looking forward to sharing my formulation process with you!
Your 4 Week Lesson Plan
Module 1: Botanical Oils & Skin Health
Lessons 1 through 3
Lesson 1: How Oils Benefit the Skin. How botanical oils interact with the skin, how the skin responds and why true oils are essential to good skincare.
Lesson 2: The Skin Structure. A lesson on the skin structure and function, how to support, nourish and care for the skin to achieve optimum skin health.
Lesson 3: Fatty Acids In Botanical Oils. How the fatty acids in botanical oils determine the characteristics of oils including skin feel, skin benefits and how to use each oil for specific skin conditions.
Module 2: The Structure of the Formula
Lessons 4 through 6
Lesson 4: The Balanced Oils. Individual oils, we call them singles, that create the foundation for your facial oil formulations. Chosen well these well balanced, nutrient dense oils make exceptional facial oils all on their own. Examples include argan oil, cranberry seed oil, plum kernel oil, peach kernel oil and many more.
Lesson 5: The Base Oils. Every successful formula starts with a strong base. In this lesson, learn which oils create the foundation for your facial oil and oil serum formulas.
Lesson 6: The Specialty Oils. High-value botanical oils add antioxidants, skin specific fatty acids, vitamins, minerals and other plant compounds. In this lesson you'll learn which oils to use and at what percentage and concentration.
Module 3: Formulating for Specific Skin Conditions
Lessons 7 through 9
Lesson 7: Oils for Specific Skin Conditions. How to choose the right oils for conditions including inflammation, hyperpigmentation, minimize signs of aging and treating blemishes.
Lesson 8: Result Specific Formulas. Examples of formulas for specific skin conditions, and your guide to developing your own unique and effective formulas.
Lesson 9: The Chemistry Behind High Value Oils. Pie charts, fatty acid profiles and detailed descriptions so that you not only learn which oils to use for specific skin conditions, but also why these oils are so effective.
Module 4: Solid Serums & How to Use Butters in Facial Formulas
Lessons 10 through 12
Lesson 10: How Plant Butters Work in Facial Oil Formulations. Saturated plant butters used well add richness, protection and specific skin benefits. The key, getting the proration right so that your formula feels light on the skin and stays liquid at room temperature.
Lesson 11: Building 3 Key Formulas. In this lesson, you will build three formulas with detailed explanations for the specific oils used, the method for combining and reason for each oil.
Lesson 12: Solid Serums For Skincare. Combining butters from lesson 10, you will learn the process for formulating light, silky and potent solid serums for concentrated skincare.
Get 4 Exclusive Bonus Guides
Bonus 1: Guide to Carotenoids in Lipid Oils
Companion guide to Carotenoids in botanical oils. Quickly reference oils high in carotenoids to add potent antioxidants to your facial oil formulations and solid facial oil serums.
Bonus: Guide to Vitamin E in Lipid Oils
Lists of oils naturally high in vitamin E for quick reference. Need to add a natural preservative to your facial oil formulation or a potent does of vitamin E? Print out this e-book or keep a copy on your desktop. Includes both versions of vitamin E, tocopherols and tocotrienols and why this difference is important.
Bonus: Guide to Squalene in Lipid Oils
Squalene is a hot word right now in the skincare world and with good reason, it helps minimize visible signs of aging while nourishing and rebuilding the skin. In this guide you'll find lists of botanical oils naturally high in squalene. Spoiler alert, the oils high in squalene all come from one specific group of oils. Learn why in this bonus study e-book.
Bonus: Guide to Phytosterols in Lipid Oils
New research is coming out on this important plant compound, but we do know that phytosterols play a role in calming inflammation . This study guide gives you the most up-to-date research on phytosterols in botanical oils, plus you'll get automatically upgraded when we release new study guides and booklets (at no extra cost to you).
New Bonus: Guide to The Science of Lipid Oils & Skincare
Your guide to how botanical oils interact with the skin. Inside you'll find:
- Defense systems of the dermal layer
- Defense systems of the epidermis
- New research on ceramides
- Guide to Vitamin E in skin health
- Guide to Vitamin D in skin health
- How the skin's immune system functions
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I took the Facial oil course with Susan Parker last year when it launched as I was in the process of developing a product for my aromatherapy line. I already read her book "Power of the seed" and referenced it regularly for my work.
Even though I had a good grasp of lipid oils and their many benefits, I can honestly say Susan's course has taken that knowledge to another level. She manages to condense a lot of information in a simple and easy to follow format that gives you enough knowledge to work with and yet leaves you wanting to research more. A perfect combination of keypoints and visuals that make the information easy to digest and remember for later.
I would highly recommend Susan's course for anyone interested in more in depth knowledge about lipid oils in general and facial formulation in particular.
Yasmine ElGhamrawy
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Frequently asked questions
You get ongoing access to the course materials once all payments are made in full. This includes future updates to the Facial Oil Formulations course.
The course is set up so that you can study at your own pace. Once you enroll you will get access to three lessons per week over the next four weeks for a total of 12 in-depth lessons. Once the final lessons open up you have ongoing access to the course.
We will have two live calls for this round of the course. The calls are recorded so even if you cannot join us live you can email your questions and catch the replay. And, you will get an alumni invitation to the live calls for future rounds of the Facial Oil Formulation course.
We're susan & Olivia
Mother-daughter team here to share the wonderful, and rather vast world of the lipid oils with you.
Susan, researcher and author of Power of the Seed, is your teacher and guide in your studies and Olivia runs tech and supports students with all the details!
With warmth,
Susan & Olivia
