Learn more: Cosmetic Chemistry

“True cosmetic chemistry concerns itself not only with what is in our skin
care and cosmetic products, but what chemical occurrences are happening
in and around the various cells within the skin and how the chemicals
in the cosmetics interact with the skins own chemistry”

Sample pages from Cosmetic Chemistry for Skin Treatment Therapists
By Florence Barrett-Hill ISBN: 978-0-473-26279-2

The first section deals with the major groups of components in cosmetic formulations

Quality of ingredients and purpose are discussed

The variety of technologies are reviewed

How certain chemicals interact with our biochemistry..

About the Author

Florence Barrett-Hill CIDESCO, ITEC Dips

Independent Technical Educator & author to the Professional Aesthetics Industry

Florence Barrett-Hill is an internationally acclaimed dermal science educator, practitioner, researcher, and author with a vast experience covering all aspects of professional aesthetic therapy and paramedical skin care.
Florence’s special area of expertise is effective skin analysis and has written numerous books and developed many specialist training programs around that topic. During the late 1990’s, Florence began developing The Pastiche Method® of advanced skin analysis; a progressive and effective technique to more accurately determine skin types and skin conditions. The method focuses on the cause of skin conditions to appropriately target interventions as opposed to treating the symptoms only.
Today, the method has been adopted or assimilated in to many skin diagnostic procedures practiced by skin care professionals around the world, and is an integral part of curriculums of progressive aesthetics and skin care colleges.

Florence has trained both generic and brand specific philosophies, understanding the wide range of treatment modalities, and their place in the industry. With wide experience from owning and operating clinics, through to paramedical technical experience in the post operative care of burns survivors and plastic surgery patients and the formulation of skin care products, Florence is a uniquely talented industry practitioner who intimately knows her subject and is passionate about continually raising the standards of professional beauty therapy and skin care.