Interested in making botanical body care and skin care products?
Join us for our FIRST live retreat at Yarrow Mountain Farm in Stuart, VA!
Learn to make botanical body care and aromatherapy products for yourself, your family, business skincare line, or your clients.
Our Aromatic Formulation retreat will focus on water-based products such as creams, lotions, gels, cleansers, toners, and clays. Upon completion students are primarily interested in:
- Developing a body care product line
- Enhancing their existing knowledge of botanical body care
- Learning how to use an array of ingredients to make therapeutic and beautiful plant-based products
- Content creators and authors eager to develop and write for a larger specialize audience
- Enrolling in one of our advanced aromatherapy online certification courses.
Aromatic Formulation Retreat
RETREAT TOPICS
Getting Started
• Getting Started
• Good Manufacturing Practices
• Supplies and Equipment
Botanical Ingredient Palettes
• Carrier Oils
• Herbal Oils
• Butters
• Waxes
• Essential Oils
• Hydrosols
• Gums and Thickeners
• Surfactants
• Antioxidants and Preservatives
Creams and Lotions
• Learn how to make face and body creams and lotions.
Gels
• Learn how to make gels using aloe vera gel or from scratch using a range of gums.
Toners & Cleansers
• Learn how to make your own cleansers using surfactants.
• Learn how to make aromatic toners utilizing hydrosols.
Aromatic Distillation
• The basics of distillation
• Harvest plants and experience a community aromatic distillation
Other Topics to be covered:
• Anatomy and Physiology of the Skin
• Resources, where to get the best supplies
• The business of botanical body care/skin care
• Sustainability
Who is this course for?
- Massage Therapists and Estheticians who would like to make their own botanical products
- Individuals interested in formulating and making their own botanical skin care products, for their family, friends and community
- The Aromatherapy Entrepreneur who would like to develop or expand their existing business
- Home-schooling parents who would love to learn about and create homemade body care products with their family
- Herbalists interested in integrating botanical skin care products into their practice
- Bloggers, authors, and content creators who want to develop and write for media, books, and video
What you will learn:
Our Botanical Body Care Retreat has been designed to guide you step-by-step on how to make a variety of botanical and all natural plant-based products with a focus on water-based products such as creams and gels. For those of you already making product, this course can be taken to expand existing product making techniques. And besides all that, it is loads of fun and your skin will love you!
AROMATIC FORMULATION RETREAT
September 22-29th
On-Campus Tuition: $1800.
Includes: Room and Board, 5 days of class, Water-based formulations book and worksheets,
All products made in class, distillation experience and hydrosol to take home, plus an incredible experience at Yarrow Mountain Farm!
$500. DEPOSIT: Reserve Your Spot
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What you will be able to do:
In this course you will learn how to make:
- Gels
- Creams and lotions
- Cleansers
- Toners
- and oil based formulations as time allows
You will be guided throughout your process with hands on learning activities using recipes and ideas provided throughout the retreat. You will be empowered with the knowledge of formulation guidelines to make your own unique botanical body care products.
The Aromatic Formulation Retreat includes:
- 5 days of live class devoted to botanical body care products with a focus on water-based formulations
- Room and Board: includes
- Botanical Body Care Product book: Water-based Formulations plus course workbook
- Experiential product making exercises
- All products made in class
- Distillation class and hydrosol to take home
- CE hours for aromatherapist
Aromatic Formulation Instructor
Jade Shutes
Jade holds a Diploma in Holistic Aromatherapy, Holistic Massage, Anatomy and Physiology, and Reflexology from the Raworth College of Natural Medicine in Dorking, UK, and a Diploma in Aromatherapy from the International Therapist Examining board (ITEC). Jade completed her first year for the Masters of Science in Therapeutic Herbalism at the Maryland University of Integrative Health. She hopes to inspire a new generation of aromatherapists with a balanced, progressive and integrative approach to the practice of aromatherapy. She is visionary and director of education for the School for Aromatic Studies.
FAQ
I have learned step by step how to make natural and organic skincare products and started using a lot of new and amazing ingredients. I have deepened my knowledge about essential oils, vegetable oils, herbal oils and how to use it to support and enhance the skin health. All this knowledge has been extremely valuable to my life, family and my business.
Cintia Wess
AROMATIC FORMULATION RETREAT
September 22-29th
On-Campus Tuition: $1800.
Includes: Room and Board, 5 days of class, Water-based formulations book and worksheets,
All products made in class, distillation experience and hydrosol to take home, plus an incredible experience at Yarrow Mountain Farm!
$500. DEPOSIT: Reserve Your Spot
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