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 Cosmetic Chemist

Job Description

Education

Support Group

Qualifications

Cosmetic Chemist creates cosmetics scientifically to improve products that meet consumers’ needs

 

Job Descriptions

  • You develop cosmetics

  • You need to create various types of products

  • You have to understand the scales and packagings of the products

  • You are asked to understand reactions and relationships of chemicals

  • You need to make sure that the products meet standards and expectations from consumers

 

Salary

  • You can earn $39, 000 to 116,000 annually

 

Typical Day

  • Typically, cosmetic chemist is redeveloping and improving the existing products or experimenting new cosmetics in a laboratory.

Requirements

  • Being a cosmetic chemist requires Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Science or other related fields

  • You at least need to have 1-3 years of experience

 

Skills

 

  • You should be good at oral communication to develop new products with your team

  • You need to be good at problem solving to identify the needs of consumers

  • Being good at finding information is also important because you will be identifying consumers’ needs and products that are wanted from people.​

  • Teamwork is the most important work habit for this career because you need to discuss with your colleagues come up with new products that are safe and fulfilling to consumers.

  • Mathematical skill is also an essential akill because you want to make cosmetics that are affordable to most of the people, and considering mass, weight and size.

University of the Arts of London, Cosmetic Science

 

Descriptions

  • It takes 4-5 years to obtain the degree

  • You will be looking at needs of consumers in Cosmetic Industry

  • You will studying for becoming a professional scientist at the same time

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Requirement

  • You have to have IELTS 6.5 or higher

 

Tuition fee

  • Tuition fee costs about £9,000 if you are a local student, and £15, 180 if you are an international student

Fairleigh Dickinson University, Cosmetic Science

 

Descriptions

  • You will be learning how you can fulfil consumers’ needs

  • You will be getting information about latest advancement in Cosmetic Industry

  • You will be experimenting in a laboratory

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Requirement

  • You need to have a baccalaureate degree from college or university in Science field

  • You have to have at least 550 on TOEFL

 

Tuition fee

  • Tuition fee will be approximately $1, 186.00

University of Cincinnati, Cosmetic Science

 

  • This university offers you to study Cosmetic Science online and you will be getting Master degree when you finish this course

  • The student needs to have average mark of 3.0 from their undergraduate courses such as Skin Care Science, Cosmetic formulation I, Cosmetic Formulation II, Hair Care Science, Cosmetic Project I, Cosmetic Project II,  and Seminar in Pharmaceutical Sciences.

  • Depending on how many courses you take in each semester, student can take 2-5 years to complete this course

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