Remote Cosmetic Ingredients Advisor

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Candidate Information

Full Name
Jess Ghorbani
Age
21
Education
Bachelor of Cosmetic Science
Experience
Personal care lab assistant
Job Type
Full-time

Contact Details

Phone
Address
198 Merton Street
State
ON
Country
Canada

About candidate

About you
Cosmetic Science student at Seneca Polytechnic, currently formulating creams, lotions, and skincare products through an active co-op at IMCD Canada. Skilled in ingredient function, safety, and GHS/SDS compliance, with strong communication skills for translating technical detail across teams. Passionate about sustainable, ethical ingredient sourcing and evidence-based cosmetic formulation.
What are you looking for in a new role?
I'm looking for a role where I can apply hands-on ingredient and formulation knowledge in a way that goes beyond the lab bench — advising across R&D, product development, and other teams rather than working in isolation. This role's focus on sustainability and ethical sourcing matters to me too; I want to work somewhere that treats those as real priorities, not just marketing language. I'm also drawn to remote, cross-functional environments where I can keep building technical depth while developing the communication side of the work — explaining ingredient science clearly to people outside the lab. Long-term, I want a role that lets me grow from hands-on formulation work toward more of an advisory or technical sales-adjacent position.
What you are interested in working with us?
What interests me about Blossom Beauty Care specifically is the emphasis on natural, sustainable, and cruelty-free formulations, alongside a genuine focus on research and development rather than just marketing claims. I like that ingredient advisory here isn't siloed — it touches R&D, product development, sourcing, and even customer-facing education, which fits how I like to work. I'm also drawn to the training and education part of the role, since I enjoy translating technical ingredient knowledge into something clear and useful for people outside the lab. It feels like a place where I could keep growing my formulation background while building the advisory and communication side of my skill set.
What has been most challenging experience in a past role?
One of the most challenging experiences in my current role was troubleshooting a lip gloss formula that kept failing — the pigment was separating from the oil phase instead of staying evenly dispersed. There was no set method to fall back on like in coursework, so I had to work through it myself: reviewing the ingredients I'd used, forming a hypothesis about a polarity mismatch between one of the esters and the thickener system, and testing that theory in the next batch. It took a few iterations to isolate the cause, but the harder part was explaining my reasoning clearly to my supervisor rather than just reporting that a batch had failed. That experience pushed me to get better at both technical problem-solving and communicating it in a way that made sense to someone reviewing my work, not just doing it myself.

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Dear Hiring Team,

I’m applying for the Remote Cosmetic Ingredients Advisor role at Blossom Beauty Care. I’m a Cosmetic Science student at Seneca Polytechnic, currently on co-op at IMCD Canada, where I evaluate ingredients for function, safety, and formulation compatibility in creams, lotions, and skincare products, and review GHS/SDS compliance documentation daily.

What draws me to Blossom Beauty Care specifically is the genuine emphasis on sustainable, cruelty-free formulation backed by real R&D, not just marketing language. I like that this role connects ingredient knowledge across R&D, product development, and customer education, which matches how I like to work — translating technical detail so it’s useful to people outside the lab.

I want to be upfront that I’m still completing my degree, expected April 2027, and my experience comes from an active co-op rather than 3 years in a dedicated advisory role. What I can offer is current, hands-on ingredient and formulation knowledge, strong communication skills, and genuine enthusiasm for ethical, science-backed beauty.

I’d welcome the chance to discuss how I could contribute.

Sincerely,
Jess Ghorbani