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SCC Unveils Award Honoring Women in the Cosmetic Sciences by Cosmetics Toiletries

25 March 2020

The Society of Cosmetic Chemists (SCC) has announced the creation of its first ever award honoring women in the cosmetic sciences.

The Florence Wall Women in Cosmetic Chemistry Award recognizes women’s scientific and leadership contributions to the cosmetics and personal care industry.

Wall, the first-ever female recipient of the SCC’s Maison G. deNavarre Award in 1956, was a known authority on hair dyeing. Along with establishing the first post-graduate school for hair coloring specialists in the 1920s, she was inducted into the Cosmetology Hall of Fame in 1965.

 

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