Institutional development · Public engagement and economic impact · Brazil
UFSC pharmacy students teach cosmetics-making workshop to 48 IFSC secondary pupils
Undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy students at Brazil's Federal University of Santa Catarina led workshops on 22 October in which 48 secondary pupils made a two-phase make-up remover containing yerba mate extract.
Why it matters: The 48 secondary pupils from the Federal Institute of Santa Catarina took part in hands-on cosmetics formulation led by UFSC pharmacy students.
According to the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), its undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy students ran cosmetics production workshops for 48 secondary school pupils from the Federal Institute of Santa Catarina (IFSC) on Thursday 22 October.
The university said the teenagers produced a two-phase (biphasic) make-up remover, with yerba mate extract as one of the ingredients in the formulation.
UFSC reported that the activity was part of a university extension (community outreach) project coordinated by Professor Débora Fretes.
Editor’s view
Abigail Taylor, Leadership and Governance Editor
The workshop put 48 IFSC secondary pupils alongside UFSC pharmacy students to make a biphasic make-up remover using yerba mate extract, as part of the university's extension project.
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