January 5, 2010
In college, science majors spend their time learning complicated subjects like Calculus, Physics and Chemistry. Figuring out stuff like differential equations
and bond angles of electron orbitals there isn’t much time or brain power left to learn the more mundane things taught in business classes.
But when you get out of school, business subjects are important and you’ve got to take time to learn them. To be the most well-rounded and effective cosmetic chemist, you need to know about the markets for which you’ll be creating products. In this post, we’ll review the overall cosmetic industry to give you a basic understanding of where the money is and what products make the most.
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January 4, 2010
I remember the first time I learned about rheology, or the study of how materials deform and flow, at my grade school science fair. One of my
classmates had a poster on the thixotropy of ketchup. My project was cryogenics, I was clearly born to be a scientist but that’s a story for some other time. It wasn’t until I started my career as a formulation chemist that I became reacquainted with the topic.
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