Cosmetic formulation engineering

Study of the entire development process of a cosmetic product

• Definition of a cosmetic product
• Launch of development, interactions between the development department and the marketing, industry, and regulatory departments: needs, expectations, operations, and procedures
• Study of all possible tests: sensory analysis, physicochemical stability, safety and health safety, efficacy.
• Study of industrial transposition
• Study of interactions with packaging and associated tests
• Description of the product information file or legal cosmetic file

Study of emulsions, definitions, characteristics, and formulation

Study of emulsion instability phenomena and stabilization solutions

Practical part:

Formulation of water-in-oil, oil-in-water, and cream gel emulsions

Study of ingredients, chemical nature, physical behavior, and formulation

Study of formulation materials

Implementation of sensory, physicochemical, and stability tests.

Development of a multi-step formula with imposed constraints.

Critical analysis of the results obtained.

As regards the introduction to chemical engineering applied to the field of cosmetics, students will be required to work on a case study describing the laboratory-scale production of a cosmetic product, and then find a way to produce it on a larger scale.

Hourly volumes:

 CM: 15

TP: 25

To position oneself as a leader in the cosmetics industry, acquire the scientific and technical fundamentals for formulation and introduce students to chemical engineering applied to the field of cosmetics.

The objectives are, on the one hand:

Acquire theoretical knowledge

• Cosmetic emulsion
• Development of a cosmetic product
• Tests associated with development
• Business services connected to formula development
• Industrial transposition

Acquire practical knowledge

• Techniques for formulating simple emulsions
• Formulation methods
• Compliance with safety rules
• Emulsion development with imposed technical constraints
• The autonomy of simple emulsion formulation
• The constraints of scaling up

And on the other hand:

• Scale up a process from laboratory scale to pilot scale.
• Evaluate the influence of process conditions on its performance.
• Understanding the physical meaning of a process parameter.
• Determine the parameters of a model based on experimental data.
• Use a simple model to predict the progress of a reaction, taking thermal effects into account.

Bachelor's degree in chemistry

Continuous Integral Control

Courses taught by industry professionals and faculty members specializing in the relevant field.

Administrative contact(s):

Master's Program in Chemistry Secretariat

https://master-chimie.edu.umontpellier.fr/