cosmetic chemist

Cosmetic chemists develop formulas in order to create and test new cosmetic products and improve existing cosmetic products such as perfumes and fragrances, lipstick, waterproof lotions and makeup, hair dye, soaps and detergents with special properties, topical medicines or health supplements.

The most in-demand skills for this role include cosmetics ingredients, good manufacturing practices, analytical chemistry, laboratory techniques, scientific research methodology, draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives cosmetic chemist a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.