Power Skin Solutions Magazine

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“I feel so passionate about solving
the many issues we face living in this
urban world. We are seeing rosacea,
hormonal acne, scaly skin and aging
at a much greater rate than ever before.
As one of the earliest natural skincare
creators I have nearly four decades of
experience and wisdom which I have
built into Power Skin Solutions. My
passion is to combine science and
nature to have powerful extracts and
the magic of New Zealand and the
energy that we use when we create
some of the most active products on the
planet. so you can have your best skin
and face the world in your power.”
CREATING
SKINCARE
THAT BUILDS
COLLAGEN
FAST…
IN THIS ISSUE
What is anti-aging all about? Is it
possible to reverse aging?
Are natural products really effective on modern
skin challenges like rosacea, hormonal acne and the
impact of urban living?
Bees and their amazing gifts to us
Our products and their natural ingredients
- Suzanne Hall, Founder
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Suzanne Hall MNZM is our founder and
creator, from the remote far north of beautiful
New Zealand. It was here where she started
one of the world’s first fully natural skincare.
Suzanne is a pioneer in using the ‘now famous’
manuka honey and manuka essential oil for
skin. She has been profiled in many prominent
magazines like Marie Claire, Wallpaper and
Japanese and German Vogue for her work
building ethical companies and award winning
natural skincare. She has won more than 28
international awards and she was honoured
with the prestigious award by Queen Elizabeth
II with the New Zealand Order of Merit.
Power Skin Solutions is a result of nearly 40
years of experience, creating products that
solves contemporary skin issues. Using the
most potent natural extracts and rigorous
scientific testing and create fast and effective
results. We pride ourselves in sourcing the
highest quality ingredients to produce
premium formulations.
We see great results with ageing, hormonal
acne, rosacea and pigmentation. Suzanne
is working across many projects that build
health, resilience and help solve social issues.
Revenue from her skincare projects also go to
help projects that are working in youth mental
health and suicide prevention.
@powerskinsolutions
@powerskinsolutions
She has formulated brands such as Living
Nature (which she began in 1987), Organic
Riot, Power Skin Solutions and Natural Passion.
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L
ike most
things the
way we look
at skincare
needs to
constantly be
evolving to really understand
the relationship between what
our skin needs to support these
issues while delivering really
positive results.
Since starting in the industry
I have seen many changes in
skincare trends. People want
potent, natural products that
will show effective results
and actually solve skin issues.
It’s not just about what’s in a
product, but making sure there
are effective amounts that can
do the job.
The quest for smooth supple
skin has been going on for
thousands of years. Did you
know one of the earliest
formulations was 2000 years
ago by a Greek named Galen.
He created a moisturiser made
from beeswax, rose water
and olive oil. That recipe is
still used today and is called
a ‘galenic’. This mixture has
stood the test of time but as
the world around us changes,
ARE NATURAL
PRODUCTS
REALLY
EFFECTIVE
For Modern Skin Challenges
Like Rosacea, Hormonal
Acne And The Impact Of
Urban Living?
so does the need for natural ingredients
to work in different ways.
We are seeing the impact of pollution
and more recently EMF’s (Electro
magnetic field) from our phones, TV’s
and computers and our skin is not
coping. Through recent studies we are
seeing a major collagen breakdown
which causes a variety of issues like
early aging, flaky patches, spots, clogged
skin, red veins.
Historically people identify your skin
type as oily, dry or a combination to
find the correct solution suitable for
you. This is now outdated and to help
with these new symptoms, we need to
find a way to manage this all at once.
Hydration and healing are needed more
than ever. Power products do just that. I
pride myself in making sure that next to
your skin is a range of ingredients that
combine together to protect, nourish,
heal and hydrate.
Of course, the quality of ingredients
is so important, and how they have
been extracted and used
in the product. I believe
skincare is like food, it
needs to be carefully grown
and harvested and then
prepared properly for you
to get the best benefit
from it. Along with quality
equally important is the
quantity of ingredients,
especially when some
brands add an ingredient
based on cost rather than
function.
Our Hero Bee venom is a
great example. This costs
$90,000 a kilo, it’s more
expensive than gold. Many
products, especially those
in the tourist market, will
only have 0.001% which
is not going to have any
effect at all. We add 30
times more and that why
we get effective and
instant results.
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THE
SUPER
SERUM
AAn energised concentrated bee venom
serum to give you smooth and vibrant
skin. This powerful bee venom serum
helps combat the effects of urban
pollution. Bee venom stimulates
repair and radiance, Manuka honey
and the unique Vinanza extract from Kiwi and grapes,
brightens and tightens your skin, boosting hydration,
radiance and rapid repair, bringing out your power and
beauty. This is the basis to giving your skin protection
and constant repair throughout the day, building
radiance and luminosity.
Use every morning on clean skin, under your chosen
day cream. It acts as a toner for your skin, so you don’t
need a tone after cleansing. It is gentle and safe to
use around the eye area, but we always recommend
to always patch test. At night, one of my favourites is
to combine a pump of serum with a few drops of the
night oil and massage onto clean skin. Use before bed
when you’ve had a stressed day and wake to a really
refreshed skin.
It also acts as a toner
for your skin, so you
don’t need a tone after
cleansing. It is gentle and
safe to use around the
eye area, but we always
recommend to always
patch test.
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Ingredient list and main function
for your skin:
Mango Seed Butter
Great source of vitamin A and
C that give a plumper more
tighter look and calms irritation.
Kiwi Extract And Grape Extract
Combined and specially extracted they reduce
dehydration and improve skin luminosity and
reduce redness, for even skin tone and reducing
pigmentation.
Kunzea Essential Oil
Strongly anti-inflammatory, calms
the skin and reduces stress.
Deydroacetic Acid & Benzyl Alcohol
Balances bacteria, yeasts and fungus.
Coconut Extracts
Cetearyl Glucoside & Cetearyl Alcohol
- moisturising and nourishing and
protective.
Chia Seed Oil
Maintains healthy skin cell membranes
and wards off the harmful effects of
free radicals.
Jojoba Seed Oil
Full of nutrients like Vitamin E and B,
as well as antioxidants and minerals
like chromium, copper, and zinc,
which all nourish and protect skin.
Water
Binds with the ingredient
HLA to deeply hydrate and
protect the skin.
Plant Derived Glycerine
Hydrates and protects the skin.
Taumanu Oil
Amazing for reducing
scarring, it’s anti-oxidant,
anti-aging and antiinflammatory.
Avocado Oil
The beta carotene, protein, lecithin, fatty
acids, and vitamins A, D, and E found in
avocado oil help moisturize and protect
your skin from damaging UV rays and
also increase collagen metabolism.
Sodium Hyaluronate
(Hyaluronic acid plant
based) low and high
molecular weight - smooths
wrinkles, boosts elasticity
and deep hydration;
Kawakawa Extract
Anti-inflammatory and
calming.
Yuzu Oil
Brightens and tones the skin
preventing wrinkles.
Dehydroxanthan Gum
Hydrates and protects the moisture
layers of your skin.
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in flowers and often together
holding each other’s feet. The cutest
photo ever! Onto more serious
stuff. As one of the pioneers in
using Manuka Honey we’ve seen
it’s magical effect on healing
wounds, ulcers, eczema, and many
other skin conditions. As well as
being antiseptic, it also creates a
reaction in the skin that brings cell
nutrients to the skin layers which
further aids in the wellbeing of
the cell. Honey includes enzymes,
vitamins, minerals. It’s the only
food that contains “pinocembrin”,
an antioxidant associated with
improved brain functioning. It
also is a humectant which helps the
skin retain moisture and be supple.
Combined with HLA, glycerin and
xanthan gum, it makes for a great
moisture enhancer.
BEAUTIFUL
BEES AND THEIR
AMAZING GIFTS
T
hese amazing tiny, but mighty creatures have to fly
the same distance as three times around the planet
to make 500g of honey. That means that in each of
your Power products there’s a few grams of honey,
so they’ve had to fly a massive distance to make that
for you.
On their travels each day they visit around 50 - 100 flowers on
each trip from the hive. I quite like the idea of my day being spent
visiting flowers and what I love even more is that they communicate
by dancing. What a life! I only recently learnt that the bee’s brain
is oval in shape and about the size of a sesame seed, yet it has a
remarkable capacity to learn and remember things. For example, it is
able to make complex calculations on distance traveled and foraging
efficiency. (Fact from http://www.golden-green.ca).
There’s lots more interesting facts about bees and I love this latest
image you may have already seen on social media. That bees sleep
I love all the products bees create
for us and find the bee venom
really interesting in how rapidly
it promotes collagen production.
Of course, there is NO harm to the
bees in the collection of the venom.
It’s collected by a sticky pad on a
vibrating plate at the entrance of the
hive and the bees drop their stinger
in response to the vibration, the
sticky pad collect a tiny portion of
venom. This is collected over time
and by very patient beekeepers.
Since it is at such a high price point
to buy, they are pretty careful about
it. For me, anything that encourages
beekeeping and increasing the bee
population is something I want
to support, but how cool that we
get to use such incredible, unique
ingredients like bee venom, honey,
propolis and beeswax, all wonderful
healing elements for us humans.
Next time you see a bee, take a
moment to marvel at the long
journey it’s been on to make honey,
but also that it does get to sleep in
flowers and spend much of its
day dancing.
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WHAT’S
ANTI-AGING
ALL ABOUT? IS IT
REALLY POSSIBLE
TO REVERSE
AGING?
As we’re all on the search for smooth,
healthy, clear, translucent and resilient
skin, what really works?
What inspires me to keep creating and formulating is
learning that as I get closer to 60, what I’m needing in
my skincare is different to when I was 20 years old when
I first started creating natural skincare ranges.
The foundation of younger skin is complex and has two
main components, collagen that gives firmness and
hyaluronic acid that plumps the skin. (Hyaluronic acid
is what ‘fillers’ are made of). As we age the collagen
matrix collapses and we lose hyaluronic acid (HLA). It’s
my job to create products that build these back up. Yes,
it is possible to reverse aging and create smoother skin
we just need to provide ourselves with nutrients in our
skincare that stimulates collagen production, hydration
and rebuilds the hyaluronic acid that gives our skin
suppleness. So why don’t we just smother our skin with
collagen? Firstly we can’t absorb collagen through our
skin, while collagen products can make the skin feel
nice, they don’t impact on the collagen beneath our skin
that gives firmness.
What we need to do is stimulate our bodies to produce
more collagen. Many skincare ingredients sit on the
surface of the skin and provide good nutrients and
protection, but need to be very small molecules to
penetrate the skin and cause biological changes. This
is one of the amazing features about bee
venom, it creates a very strong response in
the skin and promotes collagen production
like nothing else. It literally scares the skin
into building collagen.
As I am passionate about the environment
and supporting local New Zealand industries
using bee venom was to support the bee
industry as it costs $90,000 a kilo as they
work very carefully to ensure that no Bees
are harmed in the process of extracting
the Venom. I had expected that maybe the
effect of bee venom on skin was a bit of
hype, but the difference is really significant,
the skin strengthens and smoothens really
fast, especially helping repair sun damage.
We’ve combined the bee venom with so many
other nutritious ingredients such as low and
high molecular hyaluronic acid that your
skin responds quickly with smoother more
resilient skin, especially around the eye area,
you’ll notice a difference really quickly.
For anti-aging I have designed Power
products to supplement any other natural
range of cleanser and day creams. The Super
Serum, Mask and Reishi & Mushroom night
oil are products which I am so passionate
about and I know that once you try them you
will be too.
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THE
SUPER
MASK
W
ith the highest
concentrations of our
super ingredients, this
powerful bee venom
mask combats the effects
of urban pollution,
stimulating repair and radiance. The ingredients
stimulate collagen production and leave your skin
feeling really soft and supple. This concentrated mask
can be used twice weekly as a mask or for the best
results you can apply a generous layer can be applied
and left on overnight.
This is sure to leave you waking up and feeling
refreshed. The potent manuka honey and concentrated
plant extracts are designed to promote skin
smoothness and beauty.
The Super Mask also acts
as a really effective, but
very gentle exfoliant
which means you but so
you don’t need to
exfoliate separately.
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Water
Binds with the ingredient HLA to
deeply hydrate and protect the skin.
Ingredient list and main function
for your skin:
Kawakawa Extract
Anti-inflammatory and calming.
Mango Seed Butter
Is a great source of vitamin A and C
that give a plumper more tighter look
and calms irritation.
Manuka Honey
Provides amazing nutrition,
hydration and stimulates cell activity.
Coconut Extracts
Cetearyl Glucoside & Cetearyl Alcohol
- moisturising and nourishing and
protective.
Halloysite Clay
The amazing New Zealand Clay is a
molecular sieve removing toxins from
the skin and firming and tightening
the skin.
Sodium Hyaluronate
(Hyaluronic acid plant based) low
and high molecular weight - smooths
wrinkles, boosts elasticity and deep
hydration;
Taumanu Oil
Amazing for reducing scarring, it’s
anti-oxidant, anti-aging and antiinflammatory.
Plant Derived Glycerine
Hydrates and protects the skin.
Jojoba Seed Oil
Full of nutrients like Vitamin E and B, as well
as antioxidants and minerals like chromium,
copper, and zinc, which all nourish and
protect skin.
Deydroacetic Acid & Benzyl Alcohol
Balances bacteria, yeasts and fungus.
Chia Seed Oil
Maintains healthy skin cell
membranes and wards off the
harmful effects of free radicals.
Dehydroxanthan Gum
Hydrates and protects the moisture
layers of your skin.
Kiwi Extract And Grape Extract
Combined and specially extracted they reduce
dehydration and improve skin luminosity and
reduce redness, for even skin tone and reducing
pigmentation.
Potassium Sorbate
Helps balance the skin and manage
bacteria
Kunzea Essential Oil
Yuzu Oil
Brightens and tones the skin
preventing wrinkles.
Bee Venom
One of our heroes, stimulates collagen
and smoothes wrinkles.
Strongly anti-inflammatory, calms
the skin and reduces stress.
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REISHI
AND
MANUKA
NIGHT OIL
T
his concentrated night oil is a beautiful
blend to create smoother, younger looking
even-toned skin, with a lovely luminosity
so you face the day feeling empowered.
Reishi mushrooms are renown for longevity,
combined with so many nutritious oils,
jojoba, chia and rosehip. The licorice extract glabradin
is amazing for creating even skin tone and reducing
pigmentation. The special essential oils rose otto, yuzu and
ylang ylang all help create younger more vital skin.
Add a few drops to a clean face at night for rich nourishment.
I also really enjoy some nights combining a few drops of this
yummy oil with a pump of the Super Serum and massaging
into my skin and leaving on overnight. Have a play, this oil is a
great addition even to a day cream.
Our Reishi & Manuka Night Oil will
refine and brighten your skin. Its
potent ingredients are designed to
increase the firmness of your skin
while you sleep and sometimes.
Using this product each evening
you will really see and feel the
difference in your skin.
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Ingredient list and main function
for your skin:
Lavander
Mandarin Essence Oil
Promotes cellular growth, has a high content
of vitamins, nutrients and antioxidants.
From soothing damaged skin to reviving your
complexion, gives your epidermis a boost.
To help reduce redness, blotchy
patches, and acne scarring.
Lavender oil’s anti-inflammatory
properties make it great for
soothing and healing skin that’s
irritated. Calming for sleep.
Reishi Mushroom Extract
Reishi is a herbal mushroom known to have
miraculous medicinal properties and health
benefits. Legends about this mushroom’s
rejuvenating qualities are widespread. Known
to enhance agility, suppleness, and strength.
Rose Otto
Kawakawa Extract
Native to NZ, antiinflammatory
and
calming.
Ylang Ylang
To balance and regulate
oil production in the
skin, while also soothing
inflammation and
irritation. Calming
for sleep.
Licorice Extract
Soothing and great
for reducing the
appearance postinflammatory
hyperpigmentation.
Coco-caprylate
Natural emollient,
moisturises and
reduces wrinkles.
Is a powerful antioxidant, which helps fight
free radicals and reduce signs of aging such as
fine lines and wrinkles. These antioxidants also
help to protect the skin from UV damage. This
oil also helps to regulate moisture levels in the
skin, which keeps the skin plump, hydrated
and healthy.
Kunzea Essential Oil
Strongly anti-inflammatory, calms the skin
and reduces stress.
Jojoba Seed Oil
Full of nutrients like Vitamin E and B, as well
as antioxidants and minerals like chromium,
copper, and zinc, which all nourish and
protect the skin.
Cedarwood
Rose Oil
Strengthens the cells against
water loss, it is a proven antiager,
a great source of Vitamin
A, which helps in evening out
skin tone and fading dark spots
while reducing the appearance
of wrinkles. It also helps smooth
out a dry, rough complexion.
Chia Seed Oil
Maintains healthy skin cell
membranes and wards off
the harmful effects of free
radicals.
Yuzu Oil
Brightens and tones the
skin preventing wrinkles.
has anti-inflammatory
and antimicrobial
properties and
smells great.
Frankincense
Helps protect skin cells. It can be used to help
reduce acne blemishes, the appearance of large
pores, prevent wrinkles, and it even helps lift and
tighten skin to naturally slow signs of aging.
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WHAT
IS RIGHT
FOR YOU.
Here’s how to best use
your Power products. The
products are formulated
differently to most as they
address specific things
happening on the skin and
focus on deep hydration and
repair, promoting oil balance
and regulation, which means
if you’re not producing
enough that will improve or
if you’re producing too much
that will balance
out. Using Flow
Cytometry we have a
deep understanding
of the action of each
ingredient on the cell
membrane, DNA and
the mitochondria,
which helps us
understand actions
on the skin.
How my skin is feeling
Morning - This routine is for
all skin types
Evening
Apply 2-3 Times a Week
My skin often feels dry and I
see signs of aging
Gently massage your face for a
few moments and then splash
with water. You don’t need to
use cleanser in the morning, you
want to keep the natural oils on
the skin that your night treatment
promoted.
Apply your Super Serum onto
your water cleansed skin.
Cleanse your face with your
favourite cleanser
Use a few drops of the Reishi &
Manuka Night oil and gently
massage into your face.
Alternate nights mix one pump
of the Super Serum with a few
drops of the night oil and apply
to face.
The Super Mask is firming and
deeply detoxing.
Combining the molecular sieve
of Halloysite Clay that draws
impurities.
All the other ingredients have
specific repair and restoring
attributes to strengthen and
support healthy skin.
My skin is prone to hormonal
acne or urban pollution.
Note these often get mixed up as
we are seeing dry skin with acne
and it’s getting diagnosed as hormonal
acne, but often it’s urban
pollution or too much screen
time and mobile phone use
damaging the skin with EMF’s.
You do not need to use a toner as
the Serum is toning.
Apply your favourite Day Cream
and the rest of your care regime.
ONE + TWO
= FREE
Alternate nights do the
following:
Apply the Super Mask thinly to
the whole face. Allow to dry for
15 mins and then sleep overnight
in it.
Every second night use the Super
Serum mixed with 2 drops of the
Reishi & Manuka Night Oil.
My skin changes a lot depending
on weather, air conditioning,
sometimes it’s dry and sometimes
it has oily patches.
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When your skin is feeling tighter,
use the Reishi & Manuka Night
oil and massage gently into the
skin and leave overnight.
Every second or third night use
the Super Serum mixed with a
few drops of the Reishi & Manuka
Night Oil. Massage lightly onto
the skin and wear overnight.
Use the Super Mask twice a week.
It will balance and smooth the
skin.
I have oily and troubled
skin with a tendency to
pimples.
Apply the Super Mask thinly to
the whole face. Allow to dry for
15 mins and then sleep overnight
in it.
If you skin has any times if feels a
bit drier, add 1 drop of the Super
Mask to the Night oil before
applying.
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USING THE POWER
PRODUCTS
IS EASY.
Super Serum
The Super Serum is a versatile serum that deeply nourishes the
skin, plumping it with Honey and HLA, while the Bee Venom
activating your collagen layer. You only need a thin layer and
if you’re feeling extra dry you can add a few drops of the Reishi
and Manuka Night oil. We have many people who are allergic
to bee stings use the product. It’s always important with any
product to patch test.
Reishi & Manuka Night Oil
The Reishi & Manuka Night Oil is really versatile.
1. Use as a night treatment on cleansed skin, take a moment to
massage it into your skin paying attention to areas prone to signs
of aging.
2. Add a few drops to The Super Serum to give extra nourishment
in times when the weather makes skin drier.
“Excellent products with natural ingredients and great packaging” JOHN COOMBS
1. Use the Super Serum on a cleansed face in the morning, then
apply your day cream, sunscreen, makeup.
2. It’s also great to mix with the Reishi & Manuka night oil as a
hydrating night treatment. Check in with your skin and get a
feeling for what it needs.
Super Mask
The Super Mask promotes collagen production in your skin,
and also acts as a gentle and thorough exfoliant.
1. You can use it as a traditional mask, apply generously over
the face avoiding the eye area, though it’s fine underneath the
eye and on the lips. Leave for 20 - 30 mins and then rinse with
warm water. I often put it on and listen to a meditation.
2. Twice a week I apply a thinner layer and allow it to dry and
keep it on all night and rinse off in the morning. Here’s where I
find it leaves my skin really soft and also exfoliated.
“I love how my skin feels after using these
beautiful products .. both the mask and
serum. Using all the natural ingredients
you know your skin will love you for it, as
it firms and smooths out the lines
and wrinkles”
Bright Skin Mask
(available from mid-August)
DIANNE CHARNLEY
This is a mask created for darker skins who are looking for more
even pigmentation and stimulate collagen. It is based on an old
Arabic recipe and is part of what we are creating with one of our
Empowered women Fatuma.
Apply a generous layer, avoiding the eye area. Leave for 20 - 30
minutes and rinse thoroughly with a lot of warm water.
Your skin will feel refreshed and energised and over time you’ll see
brighter even-toned skin.
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EMPOWERED WOMEN
Part of our vision with Power Skin Solutions is for women to feel empowered by having great skin, but also
on a much deeper level feature and support women who are living an empowered life. We all need inspiration
when managing life’s challenges, big and small. In this issue, we are featuring two very special women.
WOMAN OF
PEACE
Jelena Petkovic is a single mother of three beautiful
children who is on a mission to help us all connect
with the infinite source of peace, beauty, and love
within, and then use it to create the health, life, and
world our hearts yearn for. Through her own life
journey to find her own health and power, she has a
vision to share the path to vitality with us all.
She is a modern-day medicine woman and your go-to
expert on healing that is rooted from the heart, that
honours the soul, and that expands into all life.
“Best skincare line I have
encountered in a long time.
Clean ingredients and
transformational for skin. I am
just loving these products and
would recommend to anyone
who wants glowing, healthy
and clear skin”
JELENA
jelenapetkovic.com
Jelena is a deep empathy that over the last 14 years
is a licensed medical provider, best-selling author,
thought leader, visionary, voice of love, humanitarian,
and transformation facilitator. Jelena’s gifts to the
world include integrating the best techniques from
the east and west to provide us with the most loving,
nourishing, and rejuvenating practices to restore our
vibrancy and help us move towards a life of more ease
and bliss.
Her book Return to Beautiful is a guide for finding
your most vibrant way of living, A JOURNEY INTO
HEALING, FLOURISHING HEALTH AND BLISS.
Available from www.returntobeautiful.com
Jelena brings joy where ever she is and her latest
mission is the Women of Peace movement
www.thewomenofpeace.com providing mediums for
peace empowerment, leadership development and
inspiration to the world.
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EMPOWERED WOMEN
FROM REFUGEE TO
BUILDING A BUSINESS
TO SUPPORT HER
FAMILY.
My name is Fatuma Maradom. I’m 40 years
old and I’m a Refugee living in Australia for
14 years and counting.
I’m the mother of 6 children and a
grandmother. I am currently running a
hairdressing salon from home and am a taxi
driver. I worked as an aged care worker for 4
years, as a childcare worker for 5 years. I am
so lucky and grateful to be in an opportunistic
country. I can build the future that I want, I’m
not forced to live a life that I despise.
I was also the chairwoman of the Somali
community in the first few years I was in
Australia. I am now working on being part
of this international skincare business with
Suzanne Hall and Power Skin Solutions
and creating ways for refugees and our
community to create more income for their
families. I hope to become an inspiration to
many women, in particular, the women from
the Muslim and African communities.
I wish to leave a legacy.
To find out more contact us on
potentnature@powerskinsolutions.com
I grew up in Somalia, the most dangerous country in east Africa,
a state governed only by anarchy. Famine was normal for me
as a child. My family and I were forced to watch my stepfather
get decapitated and tortured by Alshabab the military militia.
I have family members that have been kidnapped and are still
missing till this day. My mother is a paraplegic and my father
was completely blind, he recently passed away from lung cancer.
I was forced to drop out of school and cook, clean and care for
my younger siblings full time since I was 7 years old.
20 years ago, my mother told me to leave and find a way to get
overseas so I could help my family. I escaped Somalia and fled to
Kenya. I stayed as a refugee in Kenya for 8 years. I never looked
back since that day. What killed me was leaving my 6 younger
sisters and epileptic brother in Somalia with my disabled
mother. I was on a mission to provide for my family. I endured
domestic violence for so many years. My entire life was full
of abuse and pain. Not only physical abuse but psychological,
emotional and sexual abuse as well.
One day while I was at the refugee camp, one of my cousins
asked me if I saw my name on the board for people whose
visa was granted. I ran to the board and saw my name there. I
broke into tears and jumped up and down. This was one of the
happiest days of my life.
I arrived in Australia in 2005, at the age of 26 with three
beautiful children. My oldest child was 6 years old and the
youngest was 9 months old. I couldn’t read, write or speak
English. I didn’t know the Australian culture. I was scared,
excited, nervous, sad and happy. A million emotions were
rushing through me the day I landed in Australia. I realised
how strong I am as a woman that day. I finally managed to
make it out alive and that my children are now safe and sound.
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