Monday, June 8, 2026
HAIR ODYSSEY TRAINING: A SCIENTIFIC JOURNEY FROM ROOT TO RANGE
Training
NEW PROGRAM 2026!
UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD OF HAIR TO BETTER INNOVATE TOMORROW...
Next session > Thursday, September 24, 2026!
A training module eligible for funding by OPCOs!
The hair care market is undergoing a profound transformation driven by new consumer expectations: enhanced naturalness, scalp care, multifunctionality, and sophisticated rituals. Specialized brands for textured hair (types 3 and 4) are emerging with targeted products, while others are streamlining their offerings to provide all-inclusive ranges integrating hygiene, care, and nutritional supplements.
The rise of scalp care, the boom in pre-shampoo treatments, dry shampoos, and leave-in products reflects a revolution in traditional routines. Some consumers favor multi-purpose products, raw ingredients (e.g., pure oils), active ingredients from skincare, and adopt personalized approaches like DIY. Ayurvedic trends, the emergence of spalons (hair extensions), and the gradual discontinuation of hair coloring after age 50 reinforce this shift towards greater authenticity and new skincare models.
In this rapidly changing context, brands must meet complex strategic challenges to reconcile innovation, naturalness, performance and credibility, under the gaze of a better informed and more demanding consumer.
The "Hair Odyssey" training program aims to build a solid and accessible scientific foundation to better anticipate, create, and collaborate between R&D and marketing. It offers a clear summary of biological fundamentals, hair disorders, and current cosmetic solutions, enabling the structuring of innovative, coherent, and differentiating projects in a rapidly evolving market.
Directors, Engineers, R&D technicians in hair cosmetics, Project Managers, Marketing Managers, Scientific or Technical Communication Managers, or any employee wishing to acquire or consolidate the basics of hair cosmetics, this training is for you!
Educational objectives:
- Acquire a concise and practical scientific understanding of hair and scalp
- Understanding common hair disorders and associated cosmetic solutions
- Understanding the structure of hair care ranges in hygiene and treatment
- Facilitating dialogue between R&D and Marketing teams around a shared knowledge base
Skills targeted:
- Choosing ingredients and active ingredients with discernment through a refined understanding of their action on the hair and scalp
- Critically analyze the formulation choices and ingredient charter
- Collaborating more effectively between R&D and Marketing through a common language
- Better define product development briefs and structure hair innovation projects
Prerequisites: Cosmetics professionals wishing to develop or strengthen their expertise in hair care, structure new projects or approach this field from a scientific perspective accessible to all.
- Format: In-person, 1 day (7 hours)
- Place: Cosmetic Valley Training Center, "Pivoine" Room (1st floor - elevator accessible to people with reduced mobility), 12 rue Saint-Michel,28000 Chartres, 1 hour from Paris
- Dates: Next session >Thursday, September 24, 2026
- Group of 4 to 10 trainees
- Member price:€780 excluding VAT / intern
- Non-Member Rate:€930 excluding VAT / intern
Register on the Cosmetic Valley Training platform > https://formation.cosmetic-valley.com/fr/
For any questions regarding our training programs or disability-related topics, please contact: Véronique Beaujouan > vbeaujouan@cosmetic-valley.com - Tel: +33 6 95 62 72 51