Purodem® Journal
The Journal is where we think out loud about formulation: the materials, the methods, and the reasoning behind a product that is safe, stable, and genuinely useful. Articles and references for practitioners, students, and formulators who want to understand the reasoning behind the method.
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What Is a Client Formulation Plan?
A Client Formulation Plan is the record of how you formulated for one person: what they needed, why each material was chosen, what you made, and what happened next. This is what goes into one, and why it matters once you work with clients.
How to Become a Therapeutic Formulator
Making something for one person and getting it right is skilled, rewarding work. Here is what a therapeutic formulator does, what you need to begin, and how to get there.
Therapeutic Formulation: Crafted for the Individual
Integrative Therapeutic Formulation begins with a simple question: who are we making this for? What it means to formulate around the person in front of you, and why every ingredient has to earn its place.
What Is Integrative Therapeutic Formulation?
Integrative Therapeutic Formulation is the design of non-medical topical and olfactory products as a structured, holistic response to a person’s wellbeing needs. An introduction to the discipline, the materials it works with, and where it sits alongside neighbouring fields.
A Guide to Natural Skincare Formulation
Natural skincare formulation is the craft of building plant-based creams, balms, gels, and cleansers that are stable, safe, and ready for market. What the work involves, the products you learn to make, and how to learn it.
What Is Aromatology?
Aromatology is the study of essential oils and their therapeutic use, approached with scientific rigour. How it relates to aromatherapy, how it differs from aromachology, and where it fits within therapeutic formulation.
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