On the 14th of March, we held the first ever Formula Botanica training in Nigeria. The tutor was Nkechi Ofoegbu. We had an amazing crowd of women - everyone got along really well and were really open about their businesses. This is something we need more of, frankly! Collaborations get us farther ahead as an industry. Anyhoo, we had a lovely group of women. I loved the fact that some of them literally travelled out of their comfort zone to come for this class. We had people come in from Ife, Kano and Calabar.
With Nkechi at the helm, we made Facial Washes, Facial Mists, Facial Creams, Facial Serums, Facial Toners and Facial Masks. All the products any woman needs for facial care. Participants were taught to properly calculate formulas so that they can replicate their products over and over again, consistently. Before we had even finished, some had written new formulations they wanted to try out at home.
I had a lot of fun at this training and if you would like to join us for the next one, please save the date - July 4th.
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Nkechi Ofoegbu[/caption] [caption id="attachment_5557" align="aligncenter" width="649"]
Making Lotions at home? Here are some basic equipment you will need.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_5551" align="aligncenter" width="649"]
Temperature is key in lotion making.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_5561" align="aligncenter" width="649"]
Precision gives consistent results[/caption] [caption id="attachment_5552" align="aligncenter" width="649"]
Checking pH of products is a very important step! This was the Facial Wash[/caption] [caption id="attachment_5563" align="aligncenter" width="649"]
Finished Lotion. This was an oil free one for folks with oily skin.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_5564" align="aligncenter" width="649"]
Talking shop[/caption] [caption id="attachment_5562" align="aligncenter" width="649"]
Akunma diligently calculating her formulas and writing out new ones to try out at home.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_5554" align="aligncenter" width="649"]
Some participants. Not everyone wanted their picture here - yeah! there are people like me out there, lol![/caption] [caption id="attachment_5556" align="aligncenter" width="649"]
Pouring product into bottles[/caption] [caption id="attachment_5553" align="aligncenter" width="649"]
All the products that were made - sorry not all have their labels! Each participant got to take a sample of each product home.[/caption]