Beauty Salon Science
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on the Interns Expose Amway blog.
As an intern in Personal Care Formulation, Rebecca Hyatt spends most of her days in the lab.
She plans, researches and runs different experiments to test the mildness of surfactants (the foamy part) in sulfate-free shampoos and how they’ll interact with human skin cells.
But last week, her research took her to an unexpected location: the beauty salon.
In order to perfect our products, Amway brings in hairstylists and volunteers to test different hair care products and gain feedback. During this process, she was able to watch Scottish stylist, John Gillespie, who trained the hair stylist used by Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, test and give his opinion on some recently developed hair care products from her own lab.
Volunteers were receptive of John’s expertise and gave honest consumer feedback on our products. The volunteers interacted with John, turning what seemed to be a simple experiment into an entertaining, and memorable morning.
And it reminded her that science can be found in the most common of places.