Fennel is often used as a breath freshener. Unscented mineral oil, dried lavender, small containers with tight-fitting caps. At this station, students make their own scented bath oil from lavender and unscented mineral oil by placing a small amount of the lavender in a small amount of oil. They then tightly cap their oil container and leave it to sit for several days. I like to have a clear, cork-fitted glass bottle filled with mineral oil and lavender sprigs as a demonstration of a nice gift that students can make themselves for relatively low cost.
Students mix oatmeal and water and apply to their faces as a mask or scrub.
Ask students to speculate as to why oatmeal might make a good facial scrub. Chopped tomatoes, chopped onions, cayenne, chopped bell peppers, salt, chips. Ask students to combine a small amount of the vegetables with a pinch of cayenne pepper and salt. Taste using the chips provided. While most of your students will be familiar with salsa, they will not be aware of the many medicinal uses of capsicum, the ingredient that makes peppers hot.