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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:13:44 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Naturals Beauty marks 18 years with 2 new skincare products</title>
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	<description>Local skincare brand Naturals Beauty is marking its 18th anniversary with two new locally made products, expanding its offering with a peptide-focused facial serum and a botanical body oil ahead of the summer season.</description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:55:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Why hair-loss clinicians need to be clued up on chemically relaxed hair</title>
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	<description>While the natural hair movement is gaining traction in South Africa, many South African women with afro-textured hair still opt for chemical relaxers. A UCT Division of Dermatology study found that 78% of schoolgirls and 49.2% of adult women had relaxed hair.</description>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>#WomensMonth: WM&amp;R Naturals’ Thato Bosealetse is boosting SA’s beauty economy</title>
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	<description>Thato Bosealetse is using her natural haircare brand, WM&amp;R Naturals, to give women their crowning glory in more ways than one. Harnessing the power of local botanical ingredients and natural oils, she’s giving nearly 60% of South African women with naturally coily or kinky hair products suited to their textures without all the nasty synthetic chemical processing, while simultaneously building a business to empower other women.</description>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 09:02:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Meet the women behind SA skincare brand Skin Functional</title>
	<link>https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/meet-the-women-behind-sa-skincare-brand-skin-functional-742062a</link>
	<description>The women behind the South African skincare brand Skin Functional have way more in common with their consumers than they think: skin troubles. Founder Shannon Dougall, warehouse manager Caitlin Piper, and brand manager Natasha Davel have each shaped personal skincare journeys into a local skincare brand.</description>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:32:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>#WomensMonth | Who runs the beauty world? Girls | Q&amp;A with Skin Functional’s Shannon Dougall</title>
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	<description>The skincare and beauty industry is one of the sectors where women, both as entrepreneurs and consumers, dominate. With a “by us, for us” approach, South African skincare and beauty business founders such as Lelive’s Amand du Pont, swiitchbeauty’s Rabia Ghoor, and Skin Functional’s Shannon Dougall are competing with well-established brands and outperforming them.</description>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 11:52:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Beauty ethics isn’t just about ingredients; it’s about consumer trust</title>
	<link>https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/beauty-ethics-isnt-just-about-ingredients-its-about-consumer-trust-078755a</link>
	<description>For years, the beauty industry has marketed itself around ethics: cruelty-free products, sustainably sourced ingredients, vegan formulations, clean beauty and fair trade.</description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:05:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>New global campaign wants to dispel allure of skin bleaching</title>
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	<description>Through a new campaign, the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s (UKZN) Head of Dermatology, Professor Ncoza Dlova, and her working group aim to dispel the allure of skin-bleaching practices worldwide — practices that the controversial South African pop culture figure Khanyi Mbau often advocates.</description>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 11:57:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Beauty business nails move from franchisee to founder-led brand</title>
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	<description>After building a foundation in the professional beauty business as a nail salon franchisee, Letlotlo Mohlaping made the move to founder-led brand and is now setting sights on more for De Ntha Beauty Studio.</description>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:29:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Men’s wellness spending reshapes grooming into a high-growth market</title>
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	<description>Men’s grooming is no longer just a superficiality of everyday life. The market has shifted tremendously, driven by a cultural shift towards longevity and preventive health, transforming it into a pillar of daily holistic wellness.</description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:22:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>#WoolworthsYouthMakers2026: First Woolies, next the world as Nonhle Matsebula gets ready to take A-Beauty global</title>
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	<description>Having conquered Woolworths Youth Makers 2026 and the South African retail space, Nonhle Matsebula is ready to take A-Beauty (African Beauty) global with her haircare brand, Girl Boss Africa.</description>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 11:16:00 +0200</pubDate>
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