Make your own skincare products and say goodbye to plastic, says Hong Kong zero-waste advocate
Eko Savon, a brand launched by New Zealander Kate Mercurio, offers skincare products as well as workshops on making hair and body-care products as well as domestic cleaners
Having grown fed up with watching her children play among plastic rubbish on Hong Kong beaches, Kate Mercurio decided to tackle the issue head on – one bar of soap at a time.
“People are waking up to the problem of all the excess waste we create,” says Mercurio, a New Zealander. “A lot of people start with food, but don’t know what to do in beauty.”
The 39-year-old cosmetics entrepreneur and low-waste advocate launched Eko Savon last summer. As well as producing a range of skincare products, she runs a series of workshops in which participants learn to make their own soap, lotion, serum, shampoo, conditioner and domestic cleaners using methods that are cheap and have a low environmental impact.
“I looked at my bathroom and I had so many plastic bottles: shampoo, conditioner, moisturisers. It’s really difficult to find hair or body-care products that aren’t packaged in plastic. So I did a bit of research and started making my own soap and then expanded into other products,” says Mercurio.
