1 SCC SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS Florida Chapter www.flscc.org FLSCC Membership If you have not renewed your membership please visit www.scconline.org and register. We want you to continue to be an active part of FLSCC In This Issue Page 2: Upcoming SCC events Page 3-8: Symposium Information Page 9-10: Announcements Page 12-13: Feature Article: Page 14-18: Employment Opportunities June/July 2015 Issue 03 FLSCC Upcoming Event 2015 Sunscreen Symposium September 16th-19th Disney’s Yacht & Beach Club Resorts Lake Buena Vista, FL Sept. 16 - Pre registration Sept. 17—Free !! Educational Course Sept. 17— Golf Outing Sept.18-19 - Symposium and Poster Exhibition September 18—Symposium Gala 2015 Florida Chapter Officers Chair: Regina Lim [email protected]Chair Elect: Sandra Knox [email protected]Secretary: Barbara Roman [email protected]Treasurer: Stephen Dawes [email protected]Membership/Bylaws Chair: Chris Gerlach [email protected]Area IV Directors: Danielle Wheeler [email protected]Michelle Linscott [email protected]Newsletter Editor: Marisa Bailey [email protected]RSVP to Chapter Meetings: [email protected]Website: http://www.flscc.org SCC National Office 120 Wall Street Ste 2400 NY, NY 10005-4088 (212)668-1500 Fax (212) 668-1504 [email protected]www.scconline.org
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SCC SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS
Florida Chapter www.flscc.org
FLSCC Membership If you have not renewed your membership please visit www.scconline.org and register. We want you to continue to be an active part of FLSCC
Fight IR-Induced Aging : Novel Concept to Protect Skin from Sun-Induced Aging
Spin Coating: A New Technology for Sunscreen Testing
The next Generation of Sun Care Innovations and Global Regulatory Requirements
Delivering Enhanced UVA and UVB Protection: A unified theory of Sunscreen Performance on Skin
Natural sunscreens: which botanicals, vitamins, and anti-oxidants really work?
Public Access to Sun Screens (PASS) Coalition Efforts to Support Sun Care Innovation in the United States
Round Table Discussion, Q&A Session
Free Continuing Educational Course
Aspects of in vitro material handling and new developments in in vivo automation Demonstration Session.
ABSTRACT
One of the main criteria for accurate in vitro sunscreen and SPF testing is the ap-plication of the product on the substrate, the PMMA plate. Issues are viscosity of the sample, uniformity of the pressure being applied by the technician during the application of the sample and pattern of application over the whole plate. A me-chanical robotic device can be used to greatly reduce these uncertainties, and im-prove the accuracy of results in the laboratory. Such a device is now available and will be demonstrated in the workshop.
Another area of inaccuracy and lack of consistency is found in the reading of the samples after irradiation. We would like to demonstrate an automatic, computer controlled sampling device, which reduces uncertainties and inconsistencies in sampling practice.
When carrying out in vivo SPF testing, much time is spent setting up the equip-ment ready for irradiating the subjects. We would like to demonstrate a new devel-opment in a traditional method, which will free up technician time and maintain ac-curacy of irradiation from subject to subject and sample to sample.
2015 Sunscreen Symposium Golf Outing Thursday, September 17th, 2015 Time: 9:00am (Shotgun Start) Course: Disney Palm Format: 4 person scramble Cost: 4-some: $260, Individual: $70
Hole Sponsorship Available: $200 per hole. Prizes: 2 Longest Drives (Men) 2 Longest Drives (Women) 1 Most Accurate Drive, 3 Closest to the Pin (Men/Women) Contact Stephen Dawes at [email protected] for more information.
FLSCC Website Sponsorship If your Company would like to sponsor the FLSCC website please email [email protected]. Rates for sponsorship and for your company logo to appear on the website is $800.00 annually.
The Center for Professional Innovation & Education (CfPIE)
Course Schedule
CfPIE is the leading provider of training to the skin/cosmetics, pharmaceutical, medical device, and biotech industries. We offer classroom courses in Philadelphia, Los Ange-les, and Berlin, Germany, and our team boasts some of the most respected instructors in the industry (including Wen Schroeder and Nava Dayan).
Claim Substantiation for Topical Products Date: July 20 & 21, 2015 Location: The Desmond Hotel and Conference Center, Malvern, PA
GMPs for OTC and Cosmetic Products – US and Global Requirements Date: October 20 &21, 2015 Location: The Desmond Hotel and Conference Center, Malvern, PA
You Be The Chemist is a program available to students in grades K-8 designed to encourage interest in the sciences. Created by the Chemical Educational Foun-dation and sponsored by the National Association of Chemical Distributors, this program, offered at no cost to elementary and middle schools in the US, needs volunteers and sponsors to expand into new schools in Florida. Consider sponsoring and/or offering to con-tact your local schools to introduce this program. For
elementary schools, a flash drive costing $10 contains content for fun and easy chemistry experiments using common household ingredients age appropriate for grades K-4 and 5-8. Students in grades 5-8 are eligible to participate in the You Be The Chemist Challenge, a fun quiz-type event held at county, state and national levels now celebrating its 10th year with over 30 states participating in 2014. For more information visit the CEF website: www.chemed.org/ybtc/ Contact: Ken Moyer [email protected] Florida State organizer Michele Margherita [email protected] SCC contact and NJ State organizer
It is safe to say that we truly are living in the Golden age. Modern technology has helped us go from an average life expectancy of 49 years in the early 1900’s to 74 years in the year 2014. Thanks to the advancement of Science, medicine, sports, a woman or man reaching 40 does not need to worry about not looking pleasing to oth-ers. The progress does not apply to the oldest, as even the youngest people know that it is best to prevent rather than to cure disease, or in this case, skin aging. Pollution, stress, smoke and sun contribute to over 80% of skin aging. Yet, some of us do not even do the basics to protect this vital organ. When we follow some basic rules of awareness for maintenance and prevention, imagine that we can even repair damage that has occurred.
1: Understand that Skin is an Organ
It is the main defense mechanism against exterior aggression, be it physical, chemical or microbial. It protects the body from dry-ing and overheating. It also receives touch stimuli through the sense organ. Did you know that it syntheses vitamin D? Vitamin D is known to help us not be depressed.
2: Know Your Skin Type
Follow these easy steps to find your skin type (Normal, Oily, Combination, or Dry). Simply wash your face with a light scrub. Do not apply any product and wait an hour. Get a Kleenex and press on certain parts of the face: forehead, nose, chin. Find your skin type below:
Normal: if after the hour there is no tightening feeling, no sebum anywhere.
Oily: if there is excess sebum all over the face
Combination: f the T-zone areas have excess sebum, and tightening around the mouth area.
Dry: if there is a tight feeling all over the face. No sebum
3. Exfoliate, Protect, Prevent, Clean
Exfoliate: Pass the age of 30; this should be as natural to us as brushing our teeth. Depending on which system you use, it can only be necessary to exfoliate only two or three times a week. Babies have smooth, soft skin because it is constantly renewing itself. It is scientifically proven that after age 25 that process starts to slow down; going from a cycle of 28 days to almost three months.
Treat your skin: There are so many good products out there that can help in preventing
The Florida Chapter Society of Cosmetic Chemists invite all interested parties to submit technical articles for publication in our newsletters. commentaries or short articles are also welcome. P l e a s e s e n d c o r r e s p o n d e n c e t o [email protected].
damage on the skin. Make sure to always look for those which contain high amounts of anti-oxidants.
Protect your skin. Do not go out into the sun without sunscreen. No matter, what you skin color! The sun causes inflammation on our skin at the cellular level; that swelling leads to wrinkles, age-spots and all.
Always clean skin by removing make-up and any residue that may accumulate during the day.
4. Carefully choose your products.
Carefully choose your products by a. Reading ingredient labels, to get an idea of where
the ingredient you are using the product is situated. b Knowing that all products are not
the same in quality. In our world today we had better be looking into organic or biody-
namic.
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Active Concepts, LLC was founded in 2000 with the inten-tion of providing the Cosmetic and Personal Care Industries
with innovative ingredients for finished goods. We thrive in today’s rapidly evolving marketing environment by harnessing the latest techno logical ad-vances to create products useful for brand differentiation. Our product devel-opment is based on our different technology platforms, which include delivery systems, botanical and complex actives, bioferments, proteins and functional ingredients. In addition to our abundant selection of standard products, we also welcome the opportunity to develop raw materials specifically tailored for our customers’ needs.
At Active Concepts we are committed to providing superior customer service. Our combi-nation of short lead times, strict quality control procedures and efficient technical support guarantee customer satisfaction. We also take pride in our on-point marketing concepts that allow for brand differentiation. Instead of following trends, we are creating them. Active Concepts has established a global presence with facilities in North America, Eu-rope, Asia and Latin America.
At Active Concepts we fully believe in Aristotle’s philosophy that “we are what we repeat-edly do. Excellence, therefore is not an act, but a habit.”
innovative technology platforms.
Our ability to conceptualize, manufacture and locally supply raw materials differentiates us from the competition. Our commitment to assessing, sourc-ing and creating innovative products and tech nology platforms mirrors the ever -evolving expectations and marketing environments of the personal care and cosmetic industries. We harness the latest technology to deliver our cus-tomers with value added benefits for their final fo rmulations.
market-leading customer support.
We have made top -level customer service not only a habit, but truly a priority. What good are a company’s products if the people providing support are not? Our stance on customer services provides you with the best response time in the industry – your needs and satisfaction always take precedence.
products with a purpose.
Our mission is to fully support our customers in promoting and providing brand differentiation. We want to help you achieve your vision! We strive to provide a c ompetitive edge, not only in customer service and innovation, but also in the beneficial nature and product application of our raw materials. in-vivo and in-vitro testing of our products is a standard.
Job Summary: The successful candidate will be responsible for assigning and managing work flow through the Quality Control laboratory, creating and approving finished product and stability
specifications, reviewing and approving finished product and stability procedures, pull, login and submit stability samples at the appropriate stability time point intervals to the QC laboratory, train the QC laboratory personnel and assist them when necessary to troubleshoot test procedure related issues, review and approve laboratory investigation reports as needed, conduct QC personnel annual reviews, evaluate and recommend disciplinary actions for QC personnel when necessary, attend departmental and interdepartmental meetings and update upper management as needed, and acting as a liaison with customers on product related issues.
This is a fast-paced environment where it will be necessary to keep focus on longer range projects while managing the day to day challenges of changing priorities, a high flow of new products, and troubleshooting in production. The individual must be organized, practical, energetic, personable, and have a hands-on orientation with respect to Quality Control Laboratory operations. Must be able to understand and adhere to cGMP work practices at all times.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
Work with QC lab personnel and upper management to manage work flow through the lab.
Create and approve Finished Product and Stability specifications and test procedures.
Train and assist QC personnel in troubleshooting analytical method related issues.
Proficient in GLPs, GDPs, and GMPs.
Review and approve laboratory investigation reports as needed.
Participate on multi-functional project teams throughout the complete product development cycle.
Work on multiple projects simultaneously and special projects and other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required: Education: BS in a relevant scientific discipline.
Preferred: BS or Master’s degree in Chemistry or relevant scientific discipline.
Experience:
Required: Minimum of 2-4 years’ experience in an analytical laboratory supervisor role in a high volume, multiple product, semi-solid manufacturing facility.
Desirable: Minimum of 2- 5 years’ experience in a laboratory supervisor role with filling and packaging of liquid and semi-liquid cosmetic, OTC, or Rx products on manual, semi-automatic, and fully automated equipment. Knowledge of powders technology also desirable.
Experience in a cGMP facility and trained in cGMP requirements.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Required: Good knowledge of analytical testing equipments such as HPLC, GC, UV/Vis Spectrophotometer, KF, AA, ICP. High energy, motivation, and multi-tasking skills. Ability to write clearly, logically, and concisely. Good oral communication and word processing skills. Well-organized and able to work effectively in a multi-functional team-based environment. Experience in GMP/GLP environment.
Ability to troubleshoot problems and drive productivity improvements in procedures and operations.
Ability to understand and establish priorities on multiple projects simultaneously.
Communication & Interaction:
Interact closely with production and R&D in an atmosphere which encourages the open and constructive exchange of ideas.
Participate in interdisciplinary teams and meetings.
Excellent writing skills. Word processing knowledge of Word and Excel.
Ability to communicate and interact with internal and external customers on complex priorities.
Management Responsibilities:
As a designee in the absence of departmental manager
Direct Reports: QC Laboratory personnel
Indirect Reports: None
Value Scope of position in dollars (oversight and/or authority of spend/earn level): n/a
PHYSICAL & MENTAL DEMANDS
Physical Demands:
Light - Exert up to 20 lbs. of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 lbs. of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. Physical demands are in excess of those of Sedentary work. Light work usually requires walking or standing to a significant degree.
Mental Demands:
Thinking, concentrating, learning, ability to interact, active listening, and/or working under stressful conditions, etc.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Laboratory Environment: Well-lighted, heated and air-conditioned. May be exposed to noise, vibration, or atmospheric conditions.
Note: This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the incumbent(s) assigned to this position. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and/or skills required of all personnel so classified. Send e-mail to: [email protected]