Aboriginal Australian skin care brands are battling a lack of ingredient sources and pandemic-driven logistical issues – but the founder of Natural Cover is still optimistic about the sector’s growth potential.
Natural Cover was founded in 2015 by Sharon Maley, a descendent of the Wadjigan people, or Bulgul, from the Northern Territory.
Maley, a qualified beauty therapist, used traditional knowledge passed down from her mother and grandmother to develop a range of skin care products that feature indigenous ingredients such as Frangipani and Aloe Vera in its formulations.
In the last five years, Natural Cover has largely been a local business operating within Darwin.
Aboriginal Australian skin care brands are battling a lack of ingredient sources and pandemic-driven logistical issues – but the founder of Natural Cover is still optimistic about the sector’s growth potential.
The UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has formed a Personal Care Services team to represent the beauty industry officially at government-level (Getty Images) The British beauty industry has secured formal, sector-specific representation within the UK government’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) – a move industry leaders says finally gives the sector the spotlight it deserves.
The Personal Care Services dedicated team, formed last week within the UK government’s BEIS Department, was created after a lengthy campaign from the British Beauty Council, the UK Spa Association, the British Association of Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology and the National Hair & Beauty Federation. The in-government team was made up of four officials; a director, deputy director and two members who would be industry’s primary contact and voice on any future UK policy matters.
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Industry will continue its fight to be recognised as ‘essential’ to consumer lives in the coming year, as European Green Deal strategies come into force in 2021 – notably the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability which held essentiality as one of its guiding pillars.
Japanese cosmetics giant Shiseido Company aims to tap into opportunities offered by the diversity of the Asia Pacific region, which it believes holds huge potential particularly in South East Asia and India.