Cyprus Mail11 Jul 2026

Limassol students transform beauty product into safety tool

A team of teenagers from Limassol has secured third place in Europe after transforming an ordinary lip gloss into a discreet tool designed to help women detect potentially harmful substances in their drinks.

HerShield, created by nine students from St Mary’s School, finished third in the upper-secondary category of the JA Europe of the Year 2026 competition at GEN-E in Riga. Slovakia’s Lipigo claimed first place, while Greece’s Enalion finished second....

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