A METHOD FOR THE ANALYSIS OF LIPSTICK 399 result in improvements which will, some day, culminate in a really compre- hensive, analytically precise method for the analysis of lipstick. REFERENCES Shupe, Irwin S., y. Assoc. Offi. •lgr. Chemists, 26, No. 1,249 (1943). Freeman, Kenneth, personal communication. Sclar, R. N., and Freeman, K. A., y. •lssoc. Offi. •lgr. Chemists, 38, No. 3 (1955). Newburger, S. H., y. Soc. Cosmetic Chem., 1, 95 (1948). SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD AT THE BONNINGTON HOTEL, W.C.1, ON FRIDAY, MAY 25TH, 1956 THERE was the customary good attendance at this Annual General Meeting of the Society when the President, Mr. R. T. Dobson, took the chair. He presented the Council's report for the year, calling attention to the continued expansion of the membership, which stood at 248 at the end of the financial year. During the lecture season six scientific meetings had been held at the Royal Society of Arts. Except for one of these, which had been honoured with extremely inclement weather, the attendance had been unusually good, although the Council would continue to work for still larger attendances and expected that the programme t'or 1956/7 would be well supported. Experienced specialist lecturers had promised to speak on their respective subjects, the programme dealing with the following: Histology of the skin Polyvinyl pyrrolidone Silicones in the cosmetic industry Particle size measurement of powders, Cationic surface active agents Ion exchange resins and suriace phenomena. The golf tournament had been held at the Burhill golf course in ideal sunny weather with a gentle breeze. Mr. L. O. Gatland won the Firmenich Cup, with Mr. A. B. Bell as hi.• runner-up the foursomes were won by Messrs. A. B. Bell and F. W. Cripps, with Messrs. J. R. A. Evans and E. Fairbanks-Smith as runners-up. The Dinner and Dance was held at the Caf• Royal, Regent St., 162 people being present--an increase of nearly fifty over those at last year's event. Dr. Kent-Jones, F.R.I.C., President of the Royal Institute of Chemistry, and Lt.-Col. ,1. K. L. Wenham, Chairman of the Toilet Preparations Federation, Ltd., were our guests of honour. The President went on to express the Council's appreciation of the work

A METHOD FOR THE ANALYSIS OF LIPSTICK 399 result in improvements which will, some day, culminate in a really compre- hensive, analytically precise method for the analysis of lipstick. REFERENCES Shupe, Irwin S., y. Assoc. Offi. •lgr. Chemists, 26, No. 1,249 (1943). Freeman, Kenneth, personal communication. Sclar, R. N., and Freeman, K. A., y. •lssoc. Offi. •lgr. Chemists, 38, No. 3 (1955). Newburger, S. H., y. Soc. Cosmetic Chem., 1, 95 (1948). SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD AT THE BONNINGTON HOTEL, W.C.1, ON FRIDAY, MAY 25TH, 1956 THERE was the customary good attendance at this Annual General Meeting of the Society when the President, Mr. R. T. Dobson, took the chair. He presented the Council's report for the year, calling attention to the continued expansion of the membership, which stood at 248 at the end of the financial year. During the lecture season six scientific meetings had been held at the Royal Society of Arts. Except for one of these, which had been honoured with extremely inclement weather, the attendance had been unusually good, although the Council would continue to work for still larger attendances and expected that the programme t'or 1956/7 would be well supported. Experienced specialist lecturers had promised to speak on their respective subjects, the programme dealing with the following: Histology of the skin Polyvinyl pyrrolidone Silicones in the cosmetic industry Particle size measurement of powders, Cationic surface active agents Ion exchange resins and suriace phenomena. The golf tournament had been held at the Burhill golf course in ideal sunny weather with a gentle breeze. Mr. L. O. Gatland won the Firmenich Cup, with Mr. A. B. Bell as hi.• runner-up the foursomes were won by Messrs. A. B. Bell and F. W. Cripps, with Messrs. J. R. A. Evans and E. Fairbanks-Smith as runners-up. The Dinner and Dance was held at the Caf• Royal, Regent St., 162 people being present--an increase of nearly fifty over those at last year's event. Dr. Kent-Jones, F.R.I.C., President of the Royal Institute of Chemistry, and Lt.-Col. ,1. K. L. Wenham, Chairman of the Toilet Preparations Federation, Ltd., were our guests of honour. The President went on to express the Council's appreciation of the work