Society of Cosmetic Chemists - Michigan Chapter

05/09/2025

Join us for our September Technical Meeting at The Mitten Brewing Co. on Wednesday evening September 24th. Our featured speakers for the technical meeting will be Herve Offredo, Scientific Adviser to Barnet Products, and Ryan Lake, Sr Engineer Chem Engineering at Amway.

Herve's talk will explore the innovative role of plant-derived exosomes in the cosmetic industry and Ryan's talk will discuss the role of process engineering in development and how formulators and engineers can communicate and collaborate to streamline the product development process.

We hope you can make it and will join us for the golf outing the following day at Candlestone Golf & Resort. Make your reservations now if you haven't yet: https://www.scconline.org/SCCMI/Events/September-Technical-Meeting-Golf-Outing

20/06/2025

Mark you calendars for the next meeting of the SCC Michigan Chapter. This is our big event for the year. To better accommodate people's schedules, we are splitting it up into two events:

There will be a technical meeting hosted at The Mitten Brewing Company in Grand Rapids from 4:00-7:30PM with dinner and drinks on Wednesday, September 24th.

The following morning we will be hosting our main social and networking event, with a team golf scramble hosted at Candlestone Golf & Resort on Thursday, September 25th. Golfing starts at 10:00AM with lunch on the patio being served at 1:00PM.

The location and registration information is located on our website's event page at https://www.scconline.org/SCCMI/Events/September-Technical-Meeting-Golf-Outing
More details to come as the date draws closer. Event sponsorships are still available.

25/04/2025

Less than 2 weeks out from our next SCCMI meeting. Be sure to register if you haven't yet.
https://www.scconline.org/SCCMI/Events/2025-May-Technical-Meeting

The PayPal link for registration is now working for any of those having issues trying to register before. We're pleased to offer a much cheaper registration for this meeting as Merit Manufacturing as our sponsor and host has covered the majority of our costs. Hope you can make the trip out to Warren, MI on May 8th!

We are the Society of Cosmetic Chemists Michigan Chapter. Our Technical Meeting is sponsored by and will be held at Merit Manufacturing's brand new manufacturing facility. Join us for a tour, demonstrations and student presentations. Following will be dinner, drinks and networking with others in the...

17/03/2025

The date is getting close for our first meeting of the year! Be sure to register if you haven't yet already.

Our March 27th Technical meeting at the Grand Woods Lounge in downtown Grand Rapids from 4:00-7:00PM.
https://www.scconline.org/.../2025-March-Technical-Meeting

These technical meetings focus on professional development through enhancing technical knowledge, professional skills, upcoming trends in cosmetics, or new ingredient technologies. This meeting's focus will be on professional skills, highlighting the importance of effective communication for sharing technical expertise, both in the workplace and to lay audiences. We hope to see you there!

09/03/2025

Registration link is now live for our March 27th Technical meeting at the Grand Woods Lounge in downtown Grand Rapids from 4:00-7:00PM.

https://www.scconline.org/SCCMI/Events/2025-March-Technical-Meeting

Be sure to register in advance, and we hope to see you there!

We are the Society of Cosmetic Chemists Michigan Chapter. Our Technical Meeting will focus on public speaking and will allow individuals to present a five minute talk on the topic of their choice. The technical meeting will be followed by Dinner & Drinks.

13/02/2025

Mark your calendars. We have our annual meeting schedule planned for 2025. Here are the upcoming dates. More details to come soon.

March 27th
Topic: Public Speaking for Technical Presenters & 5 Minutes Talks
4pm - 7pm
The Grand Woods Lounge
77 Cesar E. Chavez Ave SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

May 8th
Topic: Plant Tour & Student Outreach
Time: 3PM - 7PM
Merit Manufacturing
28635 Mound Road. Warren, MI 48092

September 25th (tentative date)
Topic: Technical Presentations TBD & Golf Outing
Timing TBD
Location TBD

November 13th
Topic: Sensory Characterization of Cosmetic Emulsions
4pm – 7pm
The Oak Leaf Room (Thousand Oaks Golf Club)
4100 Thousand Oaks Dr NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49525

10/02/2025

Join us for our March Technical meeting on Thursday March 27th at The Grand Woods Lounge (77 Cesar E. Chavez Ave SW, Grand Rapids, MI) from 4:00-7:00 PM.

Registration starts at 4:00 and our meeting activities will kick off at 4:30.

The technical aspect of the meeting will be focused on professional development with communication skills and public speaking.

Whether you're in business development, or research & development communicating with project stakeholders, being able to condense your technical expertise and insights into a concise, easy to understand message is a valuable skill for the success of any project.

To that end we'll be doing something interactive by allowing attendees to participate in a series of 5 minute talks.

These don't strictly have to be about cosmetics, or the cosmetic industry. Participants are encourage to pick topics they are passionate about. The sign up link to the participate in the presentations is here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0D4CACA72CA3FF2-54675816-sccmifive #/

Meeting registration link coming soon!

Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. Thank you!

02/02/2025

The new year is already flying by, it's almost time for our first meeting of the year. Our March Technical meeting is being planned out and tentatively scheduled for 27th. More details to come soon!

The technical aspect of the meeting will be focused on communication skills. Whether you're in business development, or research & development communicating with project stakeholders is a valuable skill for the success of any project. To that end we'll be doing something interactive by allowing attendees to participate in a series of 5 minute talks.

These don't strictly have to be about cosmetics, or the cosmetic industry. Participants are encourage to pick topics they are passionate about. Sign up here:

Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. Thank you!

08/11/2024

Our last meeting of the year is less than a week away. Join us for our Technical Meet and Officer Installation at City Built Brewing in downtown Grand Rapids, Thursday November 14th, 4-7PM.

Our meeting will feature two guest speakers:

Heather Dusek, with over 15 years in the industry from Advancion, will be presenting on Enhancing Personal Care Formulations and Odor Control.

Anna Keller from Mintel will be presenting on how generative AI and smart devices are changing the landscape of beauty and personal care.

For more details on our speaker and the event, please check our website: https://www.scconline.org/SCCMI/Events/Technical-Meeting-Officer-Installation

We hope to see you there!

We are the Society of Cosmetic Chemists Michigan Chapter. Our Technical Meeting will feature speakers from Advancion Sciences and Mintel. The technical meeting will be followed by the 2025 Officer Installation and Dinner & Drinks.

14/10/2024

Exciting news, our new chapter website, hosted by the SCC is now live! https://www.scconline.org/SCCMI

Please be sure to bookmark this new one as we will be using this solely going forward to get news on upcoming events, chapter newsletters, and announcements.

Soon the old website link will just forward to this new one. Our next meeting is in November. Registration is open, so more to come on that soon!

Society of Cosmetic Chemists

13/09/2024

Full meeting agenda for SCC-MI Golf Outing and Technical Meeting taking place September 19th at Candlestone Golf and Resort:

9:00 - 10:00 AM – Golf Registration & Breakfast
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM – Golf 9-hole Scramble
12:30 – 2:00 PM – Lunch and Prizes
2:00 – 3:45 PM – Speaker Presentations (2)
3:45 – 5:00 PM – Cocktails, appetizers, and networking

Be sure to register if you haven’t already https://www.sccmi.org/golf-outing-event-information

Candlestone Golf and Resort is located at 8100 Storey Rd. Belding, MI https://candlestoneresort.com/

Golf not your thing? Don’t worry, we have registration packages that for those just interested in the afternoon’s activities. Hope to see you there!