For many years the colleagues of the natural
sciences in the CSO have been organizing the project week „sustainable
cosmetics“. In this special school week the students produce their own
cosmetics such as skin creams, soaps, bathing oils and many other
products. The youngsters were always enthusiastic about how easy it is
to make cosmetics themselves.
Due to the high demand, we decided to
offer this project regularly all over the year. The new working group is
called „Sustainable cosmetics“ and meets once a week for two hours. The
cosmetics, that students take home and use, are very colorful and
motivating. The Sustainability is based, for example, on the raw
materials used to produce the cosmetics and on the bottles and
skin-cream pots, that students bring from home. We reuse the containers
several times, before they end up in trash.
Concerning production,
the saying “less is more“ applies, so only the essentials are used.
Since we produce our creams freshly, we are able to work without any
additives such as preservatives. In the fridge, the products can be kept
for at least two weeks. They can also be frozen in portions. Moreover,
if desired, the products can be perfumed with essential oil. Everyone
can choose their perfume individually – allergy sufferers can completely
do without it. The raw materials are purely vegetable – no animal
products are used.
The photos show students preparing bathing bombs
and bathing oils. Furthermore, you can see the finished products from
the students such as: creams, lip gloss, peelings, soaps, bathing bombs
and bathing oils. The girls often lovingly pack their products in
materials that would otherwise have been thrown away from their parents,
such as old curtains. In this way, the youngsters are developing
increasingly sustainable consumer behavior.
F. Kösece
