Spanish designer Júlia Roca Vera has created a line of cosmetics from fruit that was discarded for purely aesthetic reasons, to encourage people to make use of waste products.
Named Lleig, after the Catalan word for ugly, the range includes four products all made using one single piece of fruit that had been discarded by its producer because it didn't comply with the cosmetic quality regulations used by supermarkets.
It is estimated that over a third of the European Union's total horticultural production is lost for this very reason.
Júlia Roca Vera created four products including a moisturiser (above)
"I took one single orange to see how many different products I could make from only one piece," Roca Vera told Dezeen. "This way I could make the most of it and reduce the amount of waste." From this one orange, she extracted the flesh and essential oils to create a moisturiser and soap, scraped off its peel to form a potpourri and squeezed out the juice for drinking.
The products are packaged in ceramic cylinders
Each of these products is packaged in a sculptural ceramic vessel, which can be refilled rather than discarded once the product has run out.
The range is designed to be used as part of a ritual that borrows from holistic bathing traditions which have existed since antiquity.
They are designed to be used as part of a ritual
"To complete the ritual, the user will need to fill the provided clay jar with water and pour it into the bowl. The wa...