Superdrug’s Shona Bear has been appointed President of the Society of Beauty Scientists

Shona Bear, High quality and Technical Supervisor at Superdrug has been appointed as President of the Society of Beauty Scientists (SCS).

Shona’s new function will kind a part of the workforce on the SCS who look to encourage, inform and join with the subsequent technology of beauty scientists, from faculty degree to lifelong studying. Within the subsequent 12 months the society will proceed to advertise schooling, analysis, and collaboration to advance the science of cosmetics and can look to work extra carefully with different trade teams to make progress on joint issues which are affecting the trade.

Shona commented “I’m delighted to be taking up the President function on the SCS and am very a lot wanting ahead to serving to the society to attain its mission to encourage, inform and join. I’m really enthusiastic about beauty science, and I need to make it possible for it’s accessible to everybody. Final 12 months we launched the Introduction to Beauty Science Course, which is a module designed for folks with a non-scientific background who need to study the true science of the beauty trade. In my new function, I’m eager to proceed to help and promote this course and assist extra folks have a scientific understanding of the sweetness merchandise they use each day.

“The SCS have additionally launched a subgroup referred to as Future Soc aimed toward our new younger members and I need to help them in order that they will have the good trade expertise I’ve had. One of many largest issues I’ve gained from the society is friendship, I’ve been fortunate sufficient to satisfy many fascinating folks by way of the society and have learnt a lot from them.

“I’d additionally wish to thank everybody at Superdrug for his or her continued help all through my profession and in my function at SCS.”

The SCS has been a continuing all through Shona’s profession, and she or he turned a member shortly after she first joined the beauty trade in 1989. Initially this was by way of schooling when she studied for the Diploma in beauty science, however in newer years she has been actively concerned within the society on a number of committees.

Shona may even be working carefully with members of her Superdrug workforce on the society, with colleague Monika Szymanska, who has beforehand sat on a number of SCS committees, elected as a member of the SCS council. The council works with the President to ship the objectives of the society. Amber Duke- Cohen at Superdrug can also be actively concerned within the society as a member of the social committee and can work carefully with Shona to develop a plan for the SCS’ social program within the coming 12 months and Betty Cheng from Superdrug may even be becoming a member of the SCS as a part of the Membership Committee.

In her function as President, Shona will probably be working with speedy previous President, Sam Farmer, to push ahead the 5-year technique to modernise the SCS and be sure that the society delivers advantages lengthy into the long run. The goals of the society embody selling excessive moral requirements in beauty science, advance the science of cosmetics and toiletries and maximise the accessibility of society actions and encourage participation all through the occupation.

Simon Commins, Chief Business Officer at Superdrug commented “We’re delighted for Shona as she takes on her new function as President. Superdrug as a retailer is de facto devoted to investing within the growth and help of the subsequent technology, and so to have a number of members of the workforce going out and doing that in different areas of the trade is nice to see. We congratulate Shona, Monika and Amber on their new roles and sit up for seeing the work that the SCS delivers over the subsequent 12 months.”

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