SELF-STUDY mini-course. ONLY PART 1
Contents of Part One of the Intensive
Basic skincare. Cleansing, makeup removal. Toning, acid therapy. Creams: hydration and skin barrier repair.
📌 1. Skin diagnostics
- Identifying skin type and condition
📌 2. Skin structure and pH
📌 3. Cosmetic formulations
- Part 1. What’s actually inside skincare products
- Part 2. Conventional, natural, and organic cosmetics. Greenwashing. Pharmacy skincare
📌 4. Step 1 — Cleansing
- Part 1. Understanding surfactants and supporting ingredients
- Part 2. Makeup removal: micellar water, cleansing oils
- Part 3. Cleansing: cream-based cleansers (milks), foaming cleansers (foams and gels)
- Additional: ubtans, cleansing bars, enzyme powders
- Handout: cosmetic ingredients and formulations
- Guide: curated list of cleansing products
📌 5. Step 2 — Toning
- Part 1. Formulations and product breakdowns: toners
- Part 2. Toners vs. tonics, hydrolates, face mists, thermal water, vinegar-based waters
📌 6. Step 3 — Exfoliation
- Scrubs
- Peeling gels
- AHA, BHA, PHA acids
- Acid toners
- Acid peels
- pH normalization and acid therapy
- Guide: curated list of toners, tonics, hydrolates
- Guide: curated list of acid-based products (acid toners, peels, acid therapy)
📌 7. Step 4 — Hydration & Barrier Repair
- Part 1. Classification of humectants and hydrating agents. Moisture replenishment and retention
- Part 2. Types of emulsions. Formulation and analysis of creams
- Part 3. Transepidermal water loss. How we damage the lipid barrier. How to restore it. Physiological emollients
- Part 4. Oils: physiological vs. non-physiological emollients. Comedogenicity
- Guide: curated list of face creams, eye creams, and facial oils
