How a Chemist Launched Her Own Cosmetic Product – Podcast 008

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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)

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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.