Natural Skincare :: Luscious herbal Recipes for Younger Skin (Udemy.com)
Easily make superior & safe skin care using natural herbs and botanicals from herbalism. Beauty at its best!
Created by: Elizabeth Heck
Last updated April 2025
What you will learn
- Deeply nourish the skin for long-term benefits so you look your best today and years from now
- Understand the most beneficial and effective ingredients for healthy, vibrant skin
- Easy step-by-step instructions and simple recipes for your mature or dry skin
- Knowledge to create complete regimens of fabulous quality skincare
- Taylor the ingredients to your exact needs
- Learn from a professional formulator of natural botanical skincare
How it compares
Against the other 418 rated Udemy courses in Lifestyle on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 65% of them
- Reviews762#108 of 419 by number of reviews
- Length1.3 hoursshorter than 84% of them
- Last updatedApril 2025more recently than 62% of them
Course Description
DO YOU WANT GLOWING, RADIANT SKIN?
It is all about your skincare ingredients.
You absolutely do not need a long list of complicated ingredients or a complex formulation for softer, fresher, younger looking skin. You need the RIGHT ingredients.
The right ingredients are the nourishing, healing botanicals. Why do you think the the big cosmetic brands are now featuring them? They have finally figured it out.
It only takes a few of these beneficial botanicals to make a cleanser, a mask, a steam, a toner or a moisturizer. In the time it takes to go to the store to purchase expensive commercial products, you can easily make each product at home. An hour or so of kitchen fun will provide all your skincare needs for two to six months.
There are so many benefits to creating your own facial skincare you will wonder why you didn't start sooner!
Avoid unsafe chemicals and preservatives of commercial products
Taylor your skincare to your exact needs
Create gentle cleansers that don’t strip beneficial oils from the skin
Deeply nourish the skin for long-term benefits
Pay for the ingredients, not the 500% markup for marketing and packaging of commercial products
This course gives you the simple skills you need to easily create a complete daily and weekly facial regimen for ultimately healthy and vibrant skin.
Here’s what students have to say:
★★★★★ "I really loved this course. I did not realise making homemade skincare could be so straightforward, or the results so nourishing and beneficial. Beautifully and clearly presented, too.” – Katrina L
★★★★★ "I love this class! My hubby and I have both been using the lotion and some oil blends I made. I also steam when I remember. We are looking so much healthier! We've been using the homemade products for about two months. I love tailoring the lotions and cleansers to our needs. Some of my fine lines are going away! Thanks for putting this class together!” – Pixie M
★★★★★ "I really liked this course. Elizabeth gave an excellent demo, not only how to mix the products, but what the different ingredients would do for you, how to protect your final product and great recommendation for other products. I have watched other "how-to" homemade skincare courses, this is really worth the time and money.” – Crystal
★★★★★ "As an older adult, I am looking for ways to save the skin. As a celiac I have to be careful with what I use. This class was actually very good. I wasn't sure I wanted recipes when I signed up. After already making the cleanser, my skin feels better. I am looking forward to making the other products now.” – Faith F
★★★★★ "Elizabeth shares a wealth of knowledge in this course, explaining beautifully and succinctly what ingredients to use for various skin types and WHY to use each individual ingredient. I really enjoyed the fun beauty tips as well! I've taken several courses by Elizabeth and I would highly recommend each and every course!” – J.N. S
This course emphasizes healing botanicals
Botanicals offer profound nourishment inside and out. The cosmetic industry is catching on. Companies large and small are adopting plant-based formulations and revisiting botanical ingredients that have been used with great effectiveness for centuries. Yet what you pay at the counter largely covers the enormous costs for marketing, packaging, insurance, administration and retail overhead. Avoid the costs, preservatives and often unsafe chemicals by making your own skincare in lovingly wholesome small batches.
You will never find better skincare than what you make yourself. It is easier than you think!
The course offers:
Detailed simple recipes
Learning from a professional formulator of natural botanical skincare
Knowledge to create complete daily and weekly regimens of fabulous quality skincare
Easy step-by-step instructions to formulate for mature or dry skin types
Understanding of the most beneficial and effective ingredients for great beauty
You will learn detailed information about making, using and storing your skincare creations including:
Cleansers
Steam
Mask
Toner
Moisturizers
This course is packed with insights from years of experience. Make skincare that is fresher, far superior and above all, safe and healthy. You can tailor to your own specific mature, damaged or dry skin type needs.
More of what students have to say:
★★★★★ "I found here exactly what I'd been looking for. Working with easily available ingredients, home-made products that are fun to create and save me using store-bought cosmetics that may be expensive or contain harsh chemicals. The instructor is very nice and inspiring, and she explains and demonstrates everything clearly. I really appreciate that she says not only how to do things but also why to do them that way.” – Zdenka D
★★★★★ "Fantastic course! A lot of great information. I've been wanting to make my own skincare products for sometime and Elizabeth takes the guess work out of it and makes it look so much easier than I imagined. I can't wait to get started making my own recipes! Thank you for this great information!!! Highly recommended!” – Cathleen A
★★★★★ "I love the way Elizabeth tells you the benefits of the item, then shows you how to make it, and then applies it to her own skin to show you how. She's very calming and knowledgeable. I love her courses. I learn so much and feel confident that I can make everything she shares with us.” – Jay C
You have lifetime access to the course so you can take as long or short as you wish to go through the material. You can replay the videos at anytime using the course as an ongoing reference. You also have a 30 day money back guarantee.
ENROLL NOW FOR THE BEST SKIN OF YOUR LIFE!
Instructor Details
- 4.7 Rating
762 Reviews
Elizabeth Heck
As Udemy’s most qualified wellness instructor, Elizabeth has a solid background in healing arts. She has a 25 year history working with clients and creating wellness products. She was the founder of a successful herbal products company is also the founder and current Director of the Home Herb School. The school offers a complete suite of wellness courses empowering students on their journey to better health.
Elizabeth taught wellness curriculums for a large metropolitan agency for nearly a decade. She also makes speaking appearances at the top health-centered conferences, teaching centers and events globally. Most notably, Elizabeth frequently presents at the International Herb Symposium which invites the most highly respected teachers from around the world, the New England Women's Conference, one of the oldest, largest and most honored wellness gatherings and the legendary Sage Mountain Retreat Center.
Beyond her degree from the University of Minnesota, Elizabeth's formal wellness training started back in the late 1990s. Education with world-renowned teachers includes:
▪ Dr. Robert Mohlenbrock
▪ Rosemary Gladstar
▪ Lise Wolff
▪ Matthew Wood
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Reviews
By (Other) Defne Y. on 11/2/2021
The tutor Elizabeth, knows very well the ingredients and what are they good for. She shares lots of sources where to find them, alas they are not available in my country. But this course helped me at least to indentify the ingredients of skin products on the markets, so I would be able to choose them knowing what they are good for. Thanks.
By Jennifer Stang on 6/10/2020
Elizabeth shares a wealth of knowledge in this course, explaining beautifully and succinctly what ingredients to use for various skin types and WHY to use each individual ingredient. I really enjoyed the fun beauty tips as well! I've taken several courses by Elizabeth and I would highly recommend each and every course!
By Julie Sørensen on 9/2/2019
This course has the basics for creating your own skin care products. I like that it has just about everything from an exfoliant to a moisturizer and steaming and with a short list of ingredients so a beginner such as myself will not need to buy a lot of different oils and hydrosols in order to get started. I would have liked a couple of different examples of each product, other than the moisturizer that has 2 versions, so that I won't have to basically guess how to change it up if this exact recipe does not work on my skin. Elizabeth is a good teacher going through the different ingredients calmly without stress. She explains almost everything very well in a language anyone can understand. The provided recipes have all the required ingredients listed but there is no written manual on how to mix the ingredients which means that unless I start making these products just after watching the video I will likely forget the pointers she gives and I will have to re-watch the video every time I want to make something. Also, it would be nice to have the ingredient information in a downloadable version so I don't have to copy/paste it from the Resource page in order to save it with the recipes. Overall I think it is a nice, brief course that gives a good insight into starting to make your own skin care products.
By Zdenka Dostalova on 3/3/2019
I found here exactly what I'd been looking for. Working with easily available ingredients, home-made products that are fun to create and save me using store-bought cosmetics that may be expensive or contain harsh chemicals. The instructor is very nice and inspiring, and she explains and demonstrates everything clearly. I really appreciate that she says not only how to do things but also why to do them that way.
By Cathleen Absalon-Bogner on 1/22/2019
Fantastic course! A lot of great information. I've been wanting to make my own skincare products for sometime and Elizabeth takes the guess work out of it and makes it look so much easier than I imagined. I can't wait to get started making my own recipes! Thank you for this great information!!! Highly recommended!
By Carmen Smith on 11/28/2018
This is an amazing course! I learned more than I expected to, and now I'm really excited to start my own little skincare products (though I will be tweaking some of the recipes a bit). I will definitely take more courses by this instructor and highly recommend taking this one if caring for mature skin is an interest of yours.
By Jay Cee on 10/20/2017
As with the free course, this one was great, too. I love the way Elizabeth tells you the benefits of the item, then shows you how to make it, and then applies it to her own skin to show you how. She's very calming and knowledgeable. I love her courses. I learn so much and feel confident that I can make everything she shares with us.
By L.J. Belanger on 5/30/2017
Great course in making your own facial products. I have experimented with some of the products in the past. Have taken a hands on course very similar that has cost upwards of $75 so this course is a steal for the information contained in it. Would highly recommend this course if someone is looking to make their own skin care products.
By KJ Walt on 5/22/2017
I love this class! My hubby and I have both been using the lotion and some oil blends I made. I also steam when I remember. We are looking so much healthier! We've been using the homemade products for about two months. I love tailoring the lotions and cleansers to our needs. Some of my fine lines are going away! Thanks for putting this class together!
By Abagale Winters on 3/4/2016
This course goes into just the right amount of detail. I feel like I can now successfully make good, high quality skincare without being overwhelmed by the process or by having to use synthetic ingredients. The best possible care for my skin does not need to be complicated and truly comes from natural ingredients. This course is a true gem!
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