About Me

I am a formulation scientist, inventor, manager, beauty blogger, beauty futurologist, science communicator and environmentalist.

Biggest achievements to date -

Conceiving and formulating one of the top selling pharmaceutical scalp treatment shampoos.
Organising the first two Formulate trade shows, now a key feature of the UK cosmetic industry's year.
Starting Colin's Beauty Pages, the UK's main blog devoted to cosmetic science and other health and beauty matters.
Elected as a Fellow of the Society of Biology 1st October 2013.
Specialties: Formulation development, science communication, cosmetic regulatory compliance, rheology, experimental design, finding odd connections between things that nobody else has noticed.
I am an experienced formulator of cosmetic and topical pharmaceutical products, having started working for a contract manufacturer supplying supermarkets, an ethical Pharmaceutical company specialising in dermatology, a brand holder in the FMCG sector and a developer and manufacturer of topical products with a medical twist including some licensed ones.

Experience

Beechams Pharmaceuticals - 2 years as a lab technician
Intergen Beauty Products - 4 years as a development chemist
Stiefel Laboratories - 14 years as a development chemist and lab manager
Medex Scientific/Montagne Jeunesse - 9 years managing lab and supporting contract manufacturing
Colin’s Beauty Pages - 7 years building it up to the most widely read UK beauty science blog with over 30,000 page views a month

Education

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