Pauline DARCEL

Pauline DARCEL (class of 2019) is an engineer in the Beauty division of the Cargill group at the European R&D center in Belgium

“Being interested in the formulation and in the fields of cosmetics, health and the food industry, I joined the ENSCR after two years of CPGE (Preparatory Class for Grandes Ecoles). I then followed the major Chemistry and Technologies for Life in 2nd year, then the Formulation specialty in 3rd year, which comforted me in my desire to work in R & D formulation. Following this training, I completed my final internship at L’Oréal, where I had the opportunity to work in Research & Innovation on the formulation of natural colors in the field of makeup. I learned a lot in practice during this internship, and that convinced me to continue in the natural cosmetics sector. Today, I work as an engineer in the Beauty division of the Cargill group at the European R&D center in Belgium. Cargill Beauty’s objective is to supply cosmetic raw materials with a high naturalness index to many customers in the sector. My mission within the laboratory therefore consists of researching and developing new natural cosmetic ingredients, drawing inspiration in particular from those already developed in the agrifood division of Cargill and by adapting them to a cosmetic application. Being a fairly recent branch of the group, in full development, innovation occupies an important part of our work, which is rather challenging and enriching. “