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Are you a cosmetic scientist who dreams of one day starting your own line of cosmetics? On today’s show we talk to Kimberly Riley of FSL Cosmetics

Show notes:

1. News
Wrinkles are scarier for young people than cancer. If you want to stop people from exposing themselves to harmful radiation, just tell them it will make their skin look bad when they get older.

Benefits of Vitamin D in skin care products. Do these sound like drug or cosmetic claims?

2. Cosmetic Science Ideas
How to use the SCAMPER method for coming up with new cosmetic product ideas.

* Substitute

* Combine

* Adapt

* Modify

* Put to other Purposes

* Eliminate

* Rearrange

3. Interview with Kimberly Riley
Kimberly Riley is a cosmetic chemist who began FSL Cosmetics in January 2010. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering and had double minors in Chemistry and Business Administration. Her goal in life is to use nature as an aid that fosters in revolutionizing and enhancing women’s beauty worldwide.

You can contact Kimberly through her website FSL Cosmetics You can also follower her on Twitter (FSLcosmetics)

If you have a question, comment or other suggestion about the podcast, leave a message in the space below.

Chemists Corner is a podcast about cosmetic science and is broadcast to help educate, entertain, and inspire current and future cosmetic scientists. The information and opinions discussed on Chemists Corner are those of the hosts and the guests alone. They do not necessarily reflect those of any past, present or future employers.

There’s an interesting new website that promises to provide people with information about cosmetic and personal care products based on scientific facts.

It’s called Personal Care Truth and it looks pretty well done thus far.

Personal Care Truth Founders

The website was begun by two beauty product makers. Kristin Fraser Cotte is the founder of the Grapeseed Company which produces botanical beauty products from wine derivatives. Lisa Rodgers is the founder of Cactus and Ivy a manufacturer of cruelty free, vegan, and natural bath and body products.

Most impressively, they’ve assembled a group of experts which includes formulators, beauty product manufacturers, writers and cosmetic scientists.

The website is just getting started but you can already find some great articles about SLS, natural products, and cosmetic regulations. This is definitely one I’m going to add to my RSS feed reader.

We’ll have to get an interview with them on the Chemists Corner podcast.