Cream Bases for Herbal Skin Care - Online Course - 09-AUGUST-2025

PART 2 of Herbal Skin Craft: Foundations of Herbal Skin Care Making
3-part online training for naturopaths, herbalists and formulators

Date & Time

SATURDAY 09-AUGUST-2025 10.00am-12.00pm AEST (replay is available for 6 months if signing up for this course only or for 12 months if taking part within the Herbal Skin Craft offering)

Contact me to get on the waitlist. Pre-sale will commence on 13-June-2025!

Course content

A cream base is not a final skin care product. To turn a cream base into a successful herbal cream, one needs to add herbal extracts in a sufficient amount. However, only cream bases formulated and made in an appropriate way are able to accommodate additional herbal extracts without falling apart. Furthermore, the formulation of your cream base is critical not only for the stability but also for the therapeutic success of your final herbal cream. In this course you will not only learn how to make your own cream bases, but how to fine-tune them to make final products tailored to specific skin needs.

Do you struggle to make stable herbal creams using  commercially available cream bases?

Would you like to know how to make your own cream base and how to fine tune its composition to make fit-for-purpose herbal creams that suit your clients' skin needs?

Would you like to know what type and how much of herbal extracts you can add to your cream bases?

Do you have doubts about the making process?

If you answered YES to any of the above questions, then this 2h deep dive into cream bases for herbal creams is for YOU!

Who is it for

This course is suitable for experienced herbal medicine makers, qualified or student naturopaths and herbalists, pharmacists, aromatherapists, cosmetic chemists and aestheticians who would like to deepen their knowledge of the skin and herbal medicine for the skin. To home / community herbalists, and skin care formulators these courses will provide university-level education within the context of practical application and in a easy-to-digest engaging manner..

Modules

• Basics of cream bases, incl. where they fit in dermal dosage forms. 
• Formulating your cream base.
• Fine-tuning your cream base.
• Activating your cream base.
• Step-by-step making of your cream base.
• Practical considerations.
• Generous time for Q&A.

Format

Live online masterclass (2 hours). A link will be sent to you prior to the meeting. Recording will be available for 6 months* after the course. A selection of downloadable digital resources will be shared, this includes a practical spreadsheet calculator to calculate ingredients for your tailored cream bases. Note that participants of the Herbal Skin Craft course have access to the recording for 12 months.

ABOUT THE TUTOR

Karolina "Kaja" Skraskova holds a Masters degree in Pharmacy from the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. During this course Kaja studied not only various forms of chemistry but also pharmaceutical botany, pharmacognosy and pharmaceutical compounding. Kaja further holds a PhD in Analytical Chemistry from the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Kaja has more than 8 years of experience formulating and making award-winning herbal skin care, using the principles of Galenic formulation. She delivered several invited talks on the topic to naturopathy students at Australian universities. Kaja enjoys teaching qualified naturopaths and herbalists, BHSc students and the broad public at the interface of herbalism and cosmetic science. She revels in presenting information new and old from refreshing angles. More information about Kaja and her work can be found here.

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