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positioning. “The ingredient is a good example of how science can connect to trends and social worries about the toxic environment as opposed to linking with unfounded beliefs and magic! Our customers need to fit in with these trends, but how do they do it? The concerns that consumers have may not be well described, but they are there and this comes back to the question: how to live a healthy life in a toxic environment?”
I asked Joel what he felt were the most
pressing challenges for the personal care industry and he responded by saying: “There was a nice slide earlier today which showed that there are 52 billion businesses related to the word ‘natural’! And cosmetics is particularly sensitive to trends and social orientation and mindsets. But does it mean that everything that is natural is non-toxic and good? No, and we know this. I think the way we think about ‘natural’ is about life, it is about the biology as it is the only force in the universe that goes against entropy and for the time being it only exists where we are. The challenge for the industry today is taking the aspiration for natural ingredients into consideration, and this has already started to happen, but at the moment every time a natural alternative ingredient is offered, it is preferred by the consumer because they assume natural means more effective and less harmful. But also they consider that science is important and ‘natural’ alone is not enough, and when you think about the myths that shaped our world there is one that exists in many cultures but the one that we know is of Prometheus, which brought fire and light, i.e. the knowledge, to humans so that they could escape their conditions of being ‘unconsciously natural’ to start to understand the world they were living in. And there has always been these two tendencies in society. On one side, Nature knows what is good for us, and on the other side let us understand how things work because we want to control our destiny. I really think we are now at a moment in time where the two combine, as we know we have to take care of nature and we know that we need science to achieve it.”
Awards Two Ashland chemists gained prestigious awards during the 73rd Annual Scientific Meeting and Technology Showcase breakfast in New York City. The prestigious Des Goddard Award
was presented to William Thompson, Ashland senior staff scientist, and the Hans A. Schaeffer Award was presented to Roger L. McMullen, Ashland principle scientist. The Des Goddard Award recognises the most innovative paper on the topic of polymer science related to cosmetics or personal care. William Thompson’s paper,
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‘Investigating Film Properties of Polymers Used in Anhydrous Sunscreen Formulations Using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM): Polymer/Polymer interactions and Their Relation to Vapor Transmission’ was published in the Journal of Cosmetic Science, Vol. 69 No. 3. The Hans A. Schaeffer Award recognises the most innovative paper presented at the 2019 Annual Scientific Meeting. Dr Roger McMullen’s paper is entitled, ‘Evaluation of the Surface Properties of Hair with Acoustic Analysis’.
Dr Roger McMullen has over 20 years of experience in the personal care industry with specialties in optics, imaging, and spectroscopy of hair and skin. He is principal scientist in the Material Science department at Ashland. Roger received a BS in Chemistry from Saint Vincent College and completed his PhD in Biophysical Chemistry at Seton Hall University.
Interview with Gino Macalino, incoming Chair, NYSCC Earlier in 2019 it was confirmed that Giorgino “Gino” Macalino would become Chair of the NYSCC chapter in 2020. Gino, who is manager, Makeup Innovation, at The Estée Lauder Companies, spoke to Personal Care about his plans for Suppliers’ Day and the role of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists (SCC) and NYSCC within the industry and began by describing his journey through the personal care and beauty industry so far:
“I’m a chemist by trade and I started my
career in Avon’s research and development centre in the mascara group, and then ventured out into different business units. I worked for third party contract
manufacturers, and for raw material suppliers, so I have a very broad understanding of how the business works. Throughout my career I have always been involved in the NYSCC as a volunteer. I started as a social media chair in 2012, when social media was just starting to grow. At the time we had 57 LinkedIn members, and I grew the team, the content we were publishing, and communities by staying current, and using hashtags and live feeds on the website to remain relevant in the industry and push out original information to the Members.
After being the social media chair, I was elected as Chapter secretary, and was part of the team that moved Suppliers’ Day to the Javits in New York City. That was a really intense process, interviewing the different show management companies, service vendors and associations that wanted to partner and collaborate with us in New York. This momentous move for Suppliers’ Day was all based on the needs of our Members. They needed more space, and rooms to hold educational programmes to increase the overall show experience. And, as we are the New York Chapter, we need to be in New York, we cannot be in New Jersey. It is very important for us to stay with our brand, and the Javits was a perfect place.”
The move has been a great success and allowed Suppliers’ Day to grow and evolve quickly from its previous incarnation into a major industry event. Gino has been thrilled with the results:
“The time had come, we outgrew the space in New Jersey, but we had a loyal exhibitor base, so we had to hear out their concerns and address them. So far,
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