AUSTRALIAN MADE

DETERMINATION AND PASSION are words we bandy about when we talk about beauty-preneurs but, for many trailblazers, there are two factors that precede an “Aha!” moment: they first stumble on a problem, then persistently seek a creative solution.

So it was for Ella Baché chairman John Hallas, whose surfing mates shared his frustration with sunscreen because it washed off too easily in the sea. That chat snowballed an idea and,