We are delighted to guide you through our comprehensive training course on starting a business and soap making. This course is ideal for people who want to launch their own artisanal soap-making business, or simply to learn the basics of starting a business and making soap. If you want to grow your business, this course is for you! By the end of this training course, you will have a good understanding of the regulatory framework governing the setting up of your laboratory and the development and manufacture of cold-processed soaps, and you will be able to complete and draft your DIPs.

We invite you to explore the training program in detail.

Part I:  Starting a business

1. Foundation of a business

Various forms of statutes, declarations, institutional bodies

Mandatory requirements and regulatory texts governing a cosmetic establishment

Accounting concepts, expenses, balance sheets, income statements, profits, losses

Calculating the cost price of a finished product

Calculating gross margin and net margin

Establish a multiplier coefficient, a margin rate, a markup rate

Break-even point calculation

VAT calculation

2. Trade report 

Find prospects

Sales stages

Product marketing

Additional sales

Part II: General information on cosmetics

Part III: Soap development and manufacturing

1. Safety and Equipment

Wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Laboratory prohibitions

Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)

The essential equipment for soap making

2. Choice of Raw Materials

Fats (origin, characteristics, and properties)

Alkaline agents

3.  ISaponification index and software

Saponification Index – General Information

Presentation of existing software

Calculation of saponification indices

4. Over-lubrication

Generality – Definition

The different types of over-lubrication

The choice of overgreasing

The iodine index and its use

5. Composition of a formula

Proportions of fats

Choice of overgreasing

Determining the amount of soda and water

6. Manufacturing process

Principle of saponification

The different types of saponification

Monitoring the saponification reaction

Safety

7. Traceability and Quality Control

Batch sheets

Drying treatment

pH measurement

Stability study

8.  Case specialty products (honey soap, milk soap, etc.)

Part IV: Additives

1. Perfumes

Presentation of the different types of fragrances

Introduction to IFRA (International Fragrance Association)

Verification of compliance with IFRA

Calculation of allergens

Incorporation into soap

2. Dyes and Pigments

Study of different dyes, pigments, and their incorporation into soap

3. Exflubricants

Choice of exfoliants and incorporation stage

4. Other assets

Selection of assets and their incorporation

5. Practical cases

Part V:  Common problems and their solutions

Part VI: Cosmetics regulations

1. Ggeneralities

2. Regulatory context :

European Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009

The regulatory authorities (ANSM, DGCCRF, customs)

The SCCS

The European Cosmetic Products Notification Portal (CPNP)

3. The Product Information File (PIF)

General information – Contents of the file

Help with writing Part 1

Writing Part 2A:

• • • • • • • • • • CosIng and verification of compliance with the annexes to the European regulation
                  • Qualitative and quantitative formula: INCI, CAS, mass percentage
                  • Physical and chemical characteristics and stability of the finished product
                  • DTP and DDM
                  • Microbiological quality: challenge test (CT) or justification for the absence of CT
                  • General information about packaging material
                  • Mandatory labeling information
                  • Calculation of traces and impurities
                  • Exposure to cosmetic products (SCCS)

Claims and testing (Part 4)

Justification for the absence of animal testing (Part 5)

4. Obligations 

The declaration to the ANSM

Batch records to be provided (stability study, label, packaging, test results, formulation, manufacturing sheet)

Regulatory monitoring: Updating and life of the DIP

Cosmetovigilance (reporting of adverse reactions and serious adverse reactions)

Notification of products on the CPNP

5. Practical cases

Study of a DIP with parts 1, 2A, 3, 4, and 5

In particular, you will study:

• • • • • • • • • • Determination of an INCI
                  • Determining the compliance of raw materials with European regulations
                  • Determination of a PAO/DDM
                  • Verification of compliance with IFRA
                  • Calculation of allergens
                  • Calculation of impurities
                  • Label verification
                  • Determination of exposure to the cosmetic product
                  • Notification on the CPNP portal 

Part VII:  Assessment of learning outcomes

At the end of the course, an assessment will be carried out and you will be awarded a training certificate.

General information

Duration: 10 days

Price: €3,900 excluding tax

Payment in installments is possible (please contact us).

Equipment to bring: Lab coat, goggles, safety shoes (or shoes) closed), paper, pencil, calculator, laptop. 

If you would like to train several members of your company, you can benefit from a sliding scale of fees. Please request a quote.

Accommodation and meals are the responsibility of participants. However, a preferential rate will be negotiated with a partner hotel and restaurant.

Find the program for this training course in PDF format at download here.

We are available to answer any questions you may have about this training course. Please feel free to contact us. contact us.

Laboratoires Lelégard SASU is a training organization registered under number 84030393603. This registration does not constitute state approval.