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Vegan Cosmetic Formulation: Ingredient Selection, Stability & Certification Simplified

Vegan Cosmetic Formulation: Ingredient Selection, Stability & Certification Simplified
Language: English
Length: 90 min
Apr 23, 2025 03:00 PM
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Course Description

Create high-performing vegan cosmetics without compromising on texture, stability, or sensory appeal. Learn how to replace animal-based ingredients with the right vegan alternatives while ensuring your formulations align with vegan standards to build consumer trust.


Join our vegan expert Priscilla Rolvers to learn practical, science-backed solutions to:


  • Identify and implement substitutes for iconic animal-derived ingredients like carmine red, beeswax, collagen, and keratin.
  • Overcome sensory and texture challenges to create formulations that feel luxurious and deliver exceptional performance.
  • Gain a clear roadmap to achieving vegan certifications like Vegan Society and PETA, ensuring consumer trust and marketability
Intermediate
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Priscilla Rolvers
Priscilla Rolvers
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Priscilla Rolvers is the founder of Green Cosmetics Revolution, a consultancy dedicated to making the cosmetics industry more sustainable and regenerative. With over a decade of experience formulating natural care products for indie brands and several years in manufacturing, Priscilla combines deep technical expertise with a passion for driving meaningful change.

Her work focuses on helping cosmetics professionals create sustainable formulations, streamline their sourcing practices, and innovate with environmental impact at the forefront. Priscilla’s expertise spans sustainable formulation development, ingredient sourcing, and guiding brands toward greener business practices.

She is currently writing a book on sustainable cosmetics development, sharing her knowledge and insights to empower professionals across the industry.

Fields of Expertise: Sustainable cosmetics, eco-design, natural cosmetics, vegan cosmetics, regenerative practices in cosmetics, sustainable ingredient sourcing.

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Why should you view this course?

The vegan cosmetics market is no longer just a trend—it has become an expectation. Consumers today demand products that are not only ethical and sustainable but also deliver the same high performance as their non-vegan counterparts.

 However, simply swapping out animal-derived ingredients for plant-based alternatives is not enough. Success in this space requires an understanding of how to maintaain texture, stability, and sensory appeal, and how to create formulations that meet consumer expectations & compliance. Without the right approach, brands risk unstable products, compromised performance, and costly reformulations.

By attending this course, you will: 

  1. Make Smarter Ingredient Choices: Avoid trial-and-error by understanding the compatibility of substitutes like plant-based waxes, proteins, and pigments, to skip on issues with stability, viscosity, skin, and feel.

  2. Solve Color Stability Issues: Address common challenges with plant-based colorants, ensuring vibrant and consistent shades in your formulations.

  3. Overcome Certification Challenges: Demystify the requirements of certifications like Vegan Society and PETA, ensuring your products align with global standards and consumer expectations.

  4. Identify Hidden Animal Ingredients and Verify Supply Chains: Learn to spot animal-derived components in raw materials and ensure your supply chain complies with vegan standards for truly ethical and reliable products.

  5. Boost Your Brand’s Credibility: Learn how to position your vegan cosmetics as ethical, high-quality, and aligned with evolving consumer values.

Who should join this course?

  • Formulators and R&D Scientists working on skincare, makeup, or personal care products.

  • Product Development Professionals aiming to innovate vegan-friendly formulations.

  • Regulatory and Compliance Experts navigating vegan certification processes.

  • Marketing and Brand Managers who want to understand the technical aspects of vegan formulations to effectively position products in the market.

  • Complete the course and (unlock your personalized certificate)– your badge of accomplishment awaits!

  • This course is suitable for intermediate level proficiency
    Intermediate
Course Outline

Introduction to Vegan Cosmetics

Key Challenges in Vegan Cosmetic Formulation 

  • Consumer Expectations: Balancing ethics with performance. 
  • Formulation Challenges: Stability, texture, and compliance. 
  • Regulatory Landscape: Certifications and market demands.

Ingredient Substitution: Finding the Right Alternatives  

  • Replacing Animal-Derived Ingredients 
  • Plant-based and synthetic substitutes for key ingredients 
  • Avoiding Pitfalls: Allergenicity and compatibility issues. 

Solving Stability and Texture Challenges 

  • Stability Essentials: 
  • Texture Optimization: 
  1. Achieving smooth, non-waxy textures. 
  2. Recreating silky sensory attributes. 

Navigating Vegan Certifications and Compliance 

  • Major Vegan Certifications: 
  1. Overview of Vegan Society, PETA’s Vegan Logo, Leaping Bunny 
  • Compliance Made Easy: Practical steps for certification. 

Market Trends & Consumer Insights 

  • Growth of the Vegan cosmetics market 
  • Demographic insights 
  • Consumer Motivations: 
  1. Ethical concerns 
  2. Health perceptions 

Concept of “Formulating for life” 

  • Applauding Vegan formulation efforts 
  • Beyond veganism: Formulating for biodiversity 
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30 min Q & As for this course
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  1. 30 mins per session for Questions and Answers
  2. Clarify your doubts.
  3. If your questions are not answered, dont worry you will recieve tutor’s reply via email after sessions.
Vegan Cosmetic Formulation: Ingredient Selection, Stability & Certification Simplified
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