Job Description

Formulation Scientist / Cosmetic Chemist – Color Cosmetics (Lips & Face)

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Experience band that works well in India for this scope: 2–4 years

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Location: Bengaluru (or “Bengaluru / hybrid with lab access in a small commercials pace”).

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About the role

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We are building a premium color-cosmetics line (lips, cheeks, eyes, and overnight lip care) with a solid focus on texture, wear, shade performance, and cleaner/natural-leaning ingredients (butters, oils, film formers, pigments). We need a hands-on Formulation Scientist / Chemist who can take concepts from lab bench to stable, manufacturable products.

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This is not a theoretical R&D; role. You will formulate, iterate, shade-match, stability-test, and work with manufacturing and packaging so products can actually launch.

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Product categories you will own

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- Classic lipstick (bullet)
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- Liquid lipstick
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- Tinted lip balm
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- Lip gloss
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- Lip liner pencil
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- Blush stick
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- Highlighter stick
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- Cream eyeshadow stick
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- Contour stick
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- Cream bronzer stick
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- Lip sleeping mask
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Key responsibilities

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- Develop and optimize formulations from brief to lab batch to pilot/scale-up.
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- Work on payoff, slip, melt, transfer, wear time, comfort, shine/matte finish, and shade accuracy.
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- Build and refine bases for anhydrous sticks, oil-wax systems, emulsions (where needed), and film-forming liquid lips.
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- Shade development and pigment dispersion (organic/inorganic pigments, lakes, pearls, iron oxides).
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- Select and evaluate raw materials: waxes, butters (cocoa, shea), oils (castor and others), esters, film formers, polymers, preservatives/antioxidants, flavor/fragrance, actives for lip mask.
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- Run and document stability (RT, 40/45°C, freeze–thaw, cycle), compatibility with packaging (bullet, doe-foot, pencil, twist-up stick), and basic performance tests.
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- Prepare formula sheets, batch records, specs, and tech-transfer packs for C

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