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What makes a cosmetic chemist?
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@Gunther - To join as a general member…”General Membership is available to persons engaged in scientific or technical work in the cosmetics and toiletries industry or in related governmental or academic areas, who have earned a Bachelor’s Degree in the chemical, physical, medical, pharmaceutical, biological or related sciences and technology. “
But you can also join as an Affiliate member - “Available to persons interested in the objectives of the Society, but not qualified for General Membership. National Affiliates are entitled to all membership privileges, except that they may not vote or hold elected office within the Society or its Chapters. (Please note: after seven consecutive years in good standing, all National Affiliates are automatically upgraded to General Members.)”
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Perry said:@Gunther - To join as a general member…”General Membership is available to persons engaged in scientific or technical work in the cosmetics and toiletries industry or in related governmental or academic areas, who have earned a Bachelor’s Degree in the chemical, physical, medical, pharmaceutical, biological or related sciences and technology. “
But you can also join as an Affiliate member - “Available to persons interested in the objectives of the Society, but not qualified for General Membership. National Affiliates are entitled to all membership privileges, except that they may not vote or hold elected office within the Society or its Chapters. (Please note: after seven consecutive years in good standing, all National Affiliates are automatically upgraded to General Members.)”
Do you know what do you have to do once enrolled as a SCC member?
Do you answer other member questions like in chemistscorner ? -
@Gunther - There are no specific requirements after you join the SCC. Ideally, you will attend meetings and network with other cosmetic chemists, but if you wanted to just pay your dues every year and read the Journal of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists, you can do that too.
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Don’t know exactly what makes a cosmetic chemist but here are 3 symptoms:
- Spending to long time in other peoples bathrooms checking ingredients on their cosmetic products- Gettting stuck in the cosmetics department in the supermarket forgetting what you actually came there to buy- Analysing the claims made on the latest cosmetic product TV commercial -
First two were the reason why I started formulating ?
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I have definitely exhibited all of those symptoms. -
a good cosmetic chemist is half scientist and half engineer, with a dash of creativity and imagination - besides technical skill, the key personal qualities required to achieve this are patience, hard work, deductive reasoning and attention to detailin the UK at least, the only practical skill a chemistry degree teaches you is how to get a chemistry degree, which is handy if you want to get a Ph.D or teach chemistry, but of limited use if you want to do anything else
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