ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT* By PAUL LAUFFER THIS HAS BEEN A year of continuing and expanding activity of our SOCIETY. The splendid co-operation of officers, committee chairmen and their committees, and many individual members, has enabled us to con- tinue our efforts to make this organization genuinely useful to our in- creasing group of members and to the industry they serve. The excellent programs arranged by the Program Committee have held our interest at the technical sessions. Printed in the JOUP. NAL ably edited by our Publications Committee, the contributions have added to the cos- metic chemist's reservoir of knowledge, and made his work more effective. Our arrangement with the New York Academy of Sciences, providing permanent headquarters and various office facilities, has proved highly advantageous in facilitating our work. Our library has been set up there, and the Library Committee has added leading modern compendia on cosmetic science and arts to the older volumes already collected. The library committee has also initiated a new service by compiling a list of 20th century books on perfumes, essential oils, odor, and oilaction, showing the libraries in the Greater New York area where each book may be consulted. [This is published in the JOUP. NAL, 4, 297 (1953).] The New York Academy of Sciences has also served as headquarters for our placement service, where cosmetic chemists can find efficient assistance in securing satisfactory connections. A questionn ,• e was mailed to all members to ascertain their interest in a ß seminar on cosmetics, and enough positive replies were received to justify appointment of a committee. It is expected that a seminar will be arranged for next year. Two genera] news letters were sent to the members during the year. A public relations program was initiated, with the assembling of a list of chief executives of companies manufacturing toilet goods, and the mailing of a letter to this list. When our new President assumes office, I am confident he will find all members eager to assist him in leading our SOCIETY to new levels of effectiveness and achievement. *Presented at the December 10, 1953, Meeting, New York Citv. 1

A METHOD FOR THE SEMIQUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF LIPSTICK* By HAZEL BISHOP Haze/Bishop Laboratory, New York 22, N.Y. "P•,oo•,Ess IS OUR most important product." This is the motto of the General Electric Company and must be that of every industry which expects to survive. Progress in product development, to be significant, must be accompanied by adequate methods of analyzing the new product, A search of the literature discloses a paucity of published articles on the sub- ject of cosmetic analysis in general and lipstick analysis in particular. Normally such a dearth of reference material indicates stagnancy in prod- uct development. In the field of cosmetic chemistry, the lack of published information on lipstick analysis probably has several explanations. First, the aura of secrecy surrounding the formulation of all cosmetics discourages even the most inconsequential scientific disclosures. Second, until the advent of non-smear type lipstick, market emphasis had been primarily on color, a factor which made it unnecessary to improve the base. Third, the dominance of the private labder over lipstick formulation and manufacture has humbed the interest of the distributor in lipstick im- provement. Fourth, a new product imposes serious marketing problems which many merchandisers are hesitant to undertake. Indeed, the new lipstick must become a competitor to the old one. Motivated by their recognition of the need for more published literature on analysis, the French Society of Cosmetic Chemists held a conference at the end of 1951 which they devoted to this subject. The principal papers delivered at the time have been published in La Parfumerie Modeme. In the article entitled, "L'Analyse Cosmetique," (1, 2) its author, Vdon, regarded the purpose of analysis as threefold. First, that designed to control the quality of the raw materials second, that designed to control the uniformity of the finished product and, third, that designed to disclose the formulation of products of unknown composi- * Presented at the December 10, 1953, Meeting, New York City. 2