What is the favorite part of your job?
What I find interesting in this field is the artistry and individuality that comes with problem solving. You can give three formulators the same marketing brief: develop a new shampoo. But, each person will approach it differently, based on their experiences, their interaction with vendors, the research they do. So, at the end, you can have three very different formulas. At Living Proof, we have a small (but mighty) team of chemists. We all have different backgrounds, so we all have different thought processes. I love just talking through ideas with all of them, seeing how different their thought processes are than mine, using that to morph what I’m doing into something even better than what I initially envisioned. The same is true with my colleagues in the industry. I often pick up a phone, call a vendor to request a sample. And, over the course of our conversation, they suggest a different approach that I may not have thought of. That evolution of product development is what I love.