Ingredients and ideas to transform beauty

ISSUE 05

Come formulate with us!

Are you looking to bring a new beauty or skincare concept to life in 2025? Perhaps you’re seeking multi-functional ingredients that deliver exceptional performance while streamlining your formulations? Or maybe you’re exploring the exciting possibilities of plant-based collagen and ceramides to elevate your product offerings?

At Formulation Design, we understand that the modern formulator faces unique challenges – balancing efficacy with sustainability, clean beauty with performance, and innovation with commercial viability. That’s why our 2025 edition serves as your comprehensive resource for transforming concepts into market-ready products.

This unique online resource brings together innovative ideas and solutions from reputable ingredient suppliers, focusing on what matters most to South African formulators and cosmetic chemists.

What makes Formulation Design particularly valuable is our focus on ingredients that are commercially available in South Africa. We’ve carefully curated formulations and ingredients from local suppliers, saving you precious development time. These distributors are always ready to provide technical support and guidance on incorporating these innovations into your product pipeline.

The beauty landscape is evolving rapidly, with consumers demanding products that deliver multiple benefits while aligning with their values. The formulations and ingredients featured in this edition represent more than just technical solutions – they’re pathways to creating the next generation of beauty products that South African consumers will love.

Enjoy the read.

Editor Abby Vorster

Editor Abby Vorster

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