Ginger King – The Cosmetic Chemist

Ginger King has been passionately creating beauty products from concept to launch for more than twenty years. She is well versed in innovative concepts, creative product formulation, advanced technology applications, ergonomic package development, and impactful competitive analysis. Ginger has developed thousands of products from hair care to skincare, and sun care to color cosmetics. Her claim to fame products includes the revolutionary first to market Joico ICE SPIKER, water-resistant hair glue, Freeze 24.7 Ice Shield, SPF 15 face wash, and Avon Advance Techniques Color Protection series. Her Avon True Color Eye shadow and Daring Definition Mousse Mascara have also been selected as the finalists for CEW (Cosmetic Executive Women). Ginger holds several patents in cosmetic formulations.

Ginger King Entrepreneur

Ginger is the founder & CEO at Grace Kingdom Beauty (www.gracekingdombeauty.com) a cosmetic product development firm in New Jersey where she consults for cosmetic brands, contract manufacturers, and raw material suppliers. She has previously held management positions with Barnet Products Corporation, (cosmetic Raw material supplier), ChemAid Laboratories (a cosmetic contract manufacturer), Freeze 24/7 International (Cosmetic marketing company), Avon Products Inc. (Fortune 500 company), Joico laboratories (salon haircare) and Jason Natural Cosmetics (Natural Cosmetics). Ginger has also received numerous corporate awards for thinking out of the box claims, cost savings, and leadership. Ginger holds an MBA in Marketing from Long Island University as well as a Master’s in Natural Product Chemistry from San Jose State University. She is an active member of Cosmetic Executive Women and Society of Cosmetic Chemists.

Gingers Passion

Ginger loves to make and sell cosmetics and was once a beauty consultant for Chanel, Clarins, Estee Lauder, Clinique, and Elizabeth Arden. Ginger travels extensively in Asia and is aware of the Asian cosmetic trends. She has been the keynote speaker for brand launches and has spoken at the HBA conference on product development and In-Cosmetics on product innovation. Ginger is a beauty expert on Beauty Press and has been on radio and video chat with leading beauty magazines. Ginger has published an e-book in 2016 on How To Start Your Own Cosmetic Line. She has been quoted by top beauty magazines such as Allure, Self, Marie Claire, Harpers Bazaar, Shape, Teen Vogue, and Women’s Health. Ginger has served as Allure’s Beauty Judge for Breakthrough Products 2017 and Yahoo’s Diversity In Beauty Award 2018, Packaging Award Judge 2019,

Ginger King – Cosmetic Chemist

and New Beauty Brain Trust Magazine 2020. Ginger has been an adjunct professor at Rutgers Business School teaching a Saturday class on Business of Fashion/Beauty. Additionally, Ginger has appeared on CBS/Fox/CNBC/ABC talking about vegan beauty.