Redefining Skin Health Through Functional Nutrition, Dietary Dermatology and Evidence-based Education

We create Practitioner-level internationally-accredited online courses and live training in evidence-based functional skin nutrition so you can be a confident and competent practitioner of skin nutrition 

The Skin Nutrition Institute is the world’s first internationally accredited practitioner-level school dedicated to the science of skin nutrition and integrative nutridermatology®. We train health, beauty and medical professionals to understand and apply cutting-edge nutritional science that supports skin health from the inside out

Our Purpose

We’re not a typical nutrition school. We exist to push the boundaries of functional skin nutrition and equip practitioners with tools and interventions grounded in real science, not opinion or marketing hype. Our approach emphasises botanical nutrition, bioactive nutrients and phytochemicals that play a measurable role in cellular health, inflammation regulation, hydration, oxidative defence and age-reversal pathways.
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Rather than relying on quick fixes or supplement trends, our curriculum dives deeply into how nutrients and functional foods influence metabolic pathways, immune balance and gene expression — all of which directly impact skin structure and function. You’ll learn how botanical compounds and other bioactives influence collagen formation, barrier integrity, hormonal modulation and inflammatory balance.

Who We Serve

Our students include aesthetic therapists, dietitians, naturopaths, dermatology practitioners, skincare formulators and wellness professionals who want to elevate their practice with functional nutrition insights that produce measurable skin outcomes
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Estheticians & Dermatologists

Natural skincare formulators

Nutritionists & dieticians

Face yoga practitioners, facialists etc

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Dietary factors play an essential role in cutaneous homeostasis since they supply the nutrients necessary for good cellular functioning. Any shortage of these elements can lead to dysfunctions of the cutaneous structure, often hard to identify, since the clinical condition is oligosymptomatic. Nutraceuticals are associations of nutrients with benefits and synergistic effects. They act not only in response to any minor shortage of micronutrients but also in phenomena at the cellular level, associated with aging, dermatoses, and the cellular cycle

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Why Professionals Choose Skin Nutrition Institute

  • Accredited professional training aligned with recognised UK standards
  • Self-paced online study, designed to fit around clinical and client-facing work
  • Practitioner-focused, ensuring knowledge translates into confident client support
  • Evidence-based, with content informed by peer-reviewed research
  • Licensed practitioner resources, approved for use with clients
  • Lifetime access to course materials and future updates
  • A global professional community of practitioners advancing integrative skin-health education

Expert-Led Support.
Built Into Your Learning Experience

What Student Support Looks Like Here at SNI 👇🏼

Dedicated discussion threads for every module

Engage with course-specific discussions, explore concepts in depth and learn from real-world practitioner perspectives.

Knowledge self-check lesson quizzes

Self-assessment quizzes help you confirm understanding and identify areas to revisit — without pressure or formal grading. Your feedback from these quizzes makes easier for you to revise for the graded exams 

Curated community forums & topic boards

Participate in structured discussions organised by theme, condition and area of practice, not chaotic open forums.

Direct ‘Ask the Instructor’ messaging

Contact the instructor directly from within the learning platform for clarification and academic guidance when needed.

Integrated Skin Health Science Library

Immediate access to a curated research and reference library to support questions, deepen understanding and reinforce evidence-based learning.

Built-in professional networking

Connect with fellow students and practitioners inside the platform — share insights, compare approaches and build meaningful professional connections.
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A Truly High-End Educational Experience

  • 24/7 expert discussion forum for real-time learning, support and professional dialogue
  • Facilitated study groups to deepen understanding and accountability
  • Built-in private social network to connect with like-minded practitioners worldwide
  • Comprehensive science library with licensed, evidence-based resources
  • Highly interactive learning materials designed for deep comprehension—not passive watching
  • Automatic digital study notes generated directly from highlighted text in our eBooks
  • Interactive assessments and exams with personalised human feedback (not automated responses)
  • Extensive student resource library including licensed factsheets, recipes, templates and guide books. 
  • Sequential, multi-media learning pathways that build true expertise step by step
  • Courses hosted on LearnWorlds: widely regarded as the 'Ferrari of e-learning platforms'   
  • Lifetime access to the student portal, ensuring ongoing education, updates, and professional support
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I really love your modules. Being a nutrition scientist, I really appreciate that everything you teach has a sound scientific base. Beauty nutrition is such an exciting approach to talk about healthy nutrition from a completely new and attractive perspective. I think there is so much undiscovered potential in this area and the public attention is increasing steadily. 
Christina | Germany
I love that I am able to offer my clients my added knowledge and transformative properties of beauty foods so they too can experience for themselves having younger, healthy and glowing skin
Jessica Luft | Canada
I love how you are more than just a Graduate with Star, she is there for you even when your course has completed. Her knowledge is second to none and the course content is at your pace, highly informative as well as fascinating with the encouragement for independent further research
Kat Bamford | UK

Meet the SNI team

Small but MIGHTY
Star Khechara
Founder & Program Director
Skincare formulator and beauty author turned skin-nutrition nerd, Star distilled her 20+ years of skin-health knowledge into the world’s first international accredited skin-nutrition school to teach practitioners and professionals how to feed the skin from within for cellular-level rejuvenation and vibrant beauty. 

Star is the author of The Holistic Beauty Book, creator of The Facelift Diet, the Agehacker® cellular skin rejuvenation system, the Dietary Skin-Ageing Index scoring system and course creator at Skin Nutrition Institute.
Jodie Lopez
EdTech Ninja
Jodie Lopez is a self-confessed geek and proud of it. Having won a number of awards for her use of technology across the curriculum as a primary school teacher, Jodie wanted to help more schools and edtech businesses to get tech right for everyone in education - pupils, parents, teachers and school leaders. 

 She is now a freelance consultant and founder of lovEdtech. Jodie supports schools with using technology on any budget, as well as helping edtech businesses with everything from marketing to customer journeys and product development. 
Martin Khechara
Research Scientists & Professor
Martin Khechara is an Associate Professor for Engagement in science technology engineering and
maths (STEM) at the University of Wolverhampton. Martin is a medical microbiologist, researcher
and educator who has an international profile for his work in pedagogy for higher education. He is
also a public engagement practitioner, science communicator, presenter, writer, director and
science theatre performer who believes that study at university can change lives. Martin leads on
development of strategy for better outreach and public engagement for STEM subject areas for the
university of Wolverhampton and is a champion of social change and actively works in the
community as manager and creative director of the award-winning STEM response Team. 

WHY DID STAR BUILD THIS SCHOOL?

As a teenager Star Khechara suffered badly with excruciating eczema and nothing from the Doctor or chemist  ever worked. Star had to do her own research into medicinal plants then created her own plant-medicine diet and skincare products using herbs with other natural ingredients.

Her own holistic methods worked and that kickstarted her career as the author of The Holistic Beauty Book, followed by launching Formula Botanica (skincare formulation school) and now Skin Nutrition Institute.

With mountains of science now proving that medicinal plants and a clinical botanical nutrition diet can both treat and prevent skin disorders, Star wants to end the suffering of others and help people experience vibrant health at the cellular level.

Her mission is to train thousands of practitioners so that anyone that needs help has a holistic skin-health practitioner in their neighbourhood.

SNI graduates are the holistic skin-health doctors of tomorrow
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SKIN MICROBIOME HEALTTH

  Internationally Accredited
  Self study online
  1 hour class + 1 CPD / CE credit
  Personalised certificate + web badge

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