Cosmetic formulation engineering

Study of the entire development of a cosmetic product

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

Study of emulsions, definitions, characteristics and formulation

Study of instability phenomena in emulsions and stabilization solutions

Practical part :

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

Study of ingredients, chemical nature, physical behavior and formulation

Study of formulation equipment

Set up sensory, physicochemical and stability tests.

Development of a formula in several stages with imposed constraints.

Critical analysis of the results obtained.

For the introduction to chemical engineering applied to the field of cosmetics, students will work on a case study that describes 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 yourself as an executive in the cosmetics industry, acquire the scientific and technical fundamentals for formulation and introduce students to chemical engineering applied to the cosmetics field.

The objectives are to:

Acquire theoretical knowledge

• Cosmetic emulsion
• Cosmetics product development
• Development testing
• Corporate services connected to formula development
• Industrial transposition

Acquire practical knowledge

• Techniques for formulating simple emulsions
• Formulation methods
• Compliance with safety rules
• The development of emulsions with imposed technical constraints
• Autonomy for simple emulsion formulation
• Scaling constraints

And secondly :

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

Undergraduate chemistry

Integral Continuous Control

Courses taught by industry experts and teacher-researchers specialized in the relevant field.

Administrative contact(s) :

Secretariat Master Chemistry

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