The Star: June 22, 2017

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Walk to prevent suicide
• By Bridget Rutherford
MORE THAN 500 people
are expected to gather in
Hagley Park this weekend
to raise awareness for
suicide prevention.
HopeWalk Christchurch
will take place from 8-9am
on Saturday, starting at the
Botanic Gardens Visitor
Centre.
HopeWalk Suicide
Prevention Trust founder
Joseph Fa’afiu said the
walk would bring people
together to show people
are not alone. They would
be wearing yellow – the
colour of hope.
The trust aims to break
the stigma, shame and
silence around suicide. A
coroner’s report said Canterbury
had the highest
number of suicides in the
country from July 2015 to
July 2016, with 78. In the
last decade, there were 599
suicides in Canterbury.
Mr Fa’afiu said trauma
and anxiety, which could
lead to depression, was
a high contributor to
the high suicide rate in
Christchurch.
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Top brands in makeup, skin care and
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lower prices than normal retail at The
Makeup Sale in the Bush Inn Centre,
Christchurch and George Street,
Dunedin.
“Our mission is that we want our
customers to save money – that’s what
the business is designed for,” says owner
Palak Harry.
Palak and husband Alex arrived in
Christchurch from India in 2012 with
just $700, wanting to settle here and start
a business. Palak had previous business
experience, and decided that for their
New Zealand business venture she
would import cosmetics and sell them
here. Reaching their goal hasn’t been an
easy road, however.
“We had a very rough start,” she says.
“After working and saving the money to
start the business we ordered our first
stock, but it didn’t arrive. So, we saved up
again and ordered stock from the United
States. It arrived, but it was all expired so
we had to get rid of it all.”
Store based in Bush Inn Centre
Despite these setbacks, Palak was
determined to carry on with her plans.
“In my heart, I believed there would be a
good supplier, and eventually, after a few
more attempts I found one.”
The couple bought a small quantity from
the US supplier and sold the products
from their home. When this proved
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Sunday market, with Alex still working
full-time and all their extra money going
back into the business.
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These proved a great financial success
and continued to grow, but with Palak
now pregnant with their first child, they
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January 2016 they opened
their first store, The
Makeup Sale, in the Bush
Inn Centre, with a second
store opening in Dunedin
in September 2016. Palak
now employs nine staff
over the two stores.
“We will still have
the pop-up stores in
Northlands Mall starting
in August/September,”
Palak says, “and we
are looking at opening
another permanent store
in Rangiora.”
The Makeup Sale stocks a wide selection
of top brands including Revlon, Almay,
L’Oreal, Maybelline, Rimmel of London,
New York Colors and Cover Girl. They
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“An example of the savings for customers
is more than 50 per cent on foundations
– they are never more than $20,” Palak
says. “We also have a huge range of
fragrances. We buy products at lower
prices and pass these low prices on to
our customers.”
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