About Sophie
Sophie Chen started making her own skincare after a persistent skin condition sent her searching for cleaner, simpler ingredients. She spent months reading cosmetic chemistry journals, learning about emulsification, pH balancing, and preservation systems. She started formulating her own moisturisers. Then cleansers. Then soap. Then bath bombs.
Her background in chemistry meant she approached cosmetic formulation differently from most craft tutorials — with rigorous testing, careful documentation, and a healthy scepticism toward claims that could not be supported by evidence. She began sharing her process online and found an audience hungry for tutorials that combined real science with beautiful, artisanal results.
Sophie is particularly passionate about making bath and beauty craft safe. She writes extensively about preservative systems, safe usage rates for essential oils, skin sensitisation, and the importance of challenge testing for water-containing products. Her readers trust her because she does not cut corners.
Outside her lab-studio, Sophie teaches cosmetic formulation courses and is developing a range of bath products that she hopes to bring to market within the next year.
Tutorials by Sophie
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