Ingredient & Formulation Sciences Intensive

IFSI: Ingredient & Formulation Sciences Intensive Continuing education: NCEA-approved continuing education, 10 CEs Estimated learning time: 18 hours of live instruction over 12 weeks Course format: Live, 90 minutes per week Kit: Required Kit A, purchased separately About the Course The Ingredient & Formulation Sciences Intensive is a 12-week live course focused on ingredient literacy, whole-formula evaluation, and practical cosmetic formulation development. Students learn how raw materials, formulation structure, concentration, pH, preservation, and ingredient selection influence product performance, sensory experience, product fit, and skin-health considerations. Throughout the course, learners apply these concepts through guided formulation, evaluation, documentation, and controlled product-development exercises. What You Will Learn Upon successful completion of this course, the learner will be able to: 1. Analyze cosmetic ingredient information, raw-material characteristics, and formulation structure to distinguish ingredient identity, material form, functional role, sensory behavior, and cosmetic relevance within finished products and developing formulas. 2. Evaluate cosmetic ingredients and finished formulations in context by considering concentration, vehicle, exposure, phase behavior, comedogenicity when relevant, skin presentation, product claims, supplier information, and the limitations of available evidence. 3. Differentiate and apply formulation-environment principles across dry, anhydrous, and water-containing cosmetic systems by evaluating solubility, phase affinity, oxidation, antioxidant support, microbial-preservation needs, pH, handling, stability considerations, and appropriate fresh-use or stored-product decisions. 4. Develop, calculate, prepare, evaluate, and document cosmetic formulations across multiple product systems using percentage-by-weight and gram calculations, controlled ingredient selection, appropriate preservation and pH reasoning, batch records, observed performance, and purposeful revision, culminating in an evidence-supported dry/activated mask development project.