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The Creation of Gypsy Rose Australia

Karen Ellis Gypsy Rose Australia The brainchild of one of the first salons to import ammonia-free perms & hair colours was environmentally-conscious Australian Hairdresser, Karen Ellis.

Initially, she developed and produced the “Gypsy Rose Australia” range of un-tainted hair and body products in the pristine mountain ranges north of Brisbane.

Karen personally experienced a bout of serious illnesses as a young adult, unable to conceive a child her business became her baby. She also, as an apprentice hairdresser had bouts of painful skin conditions caused by over exposure to nasty chemicals in hair dyes/bleaches, perming solutions, and synthetic shampoos/ conditioners.

As a result, she developed the Gypsy Rose range for her salon’s 400-plus clients & her own personal use. She soon realised that her reaction to the harsh hairdressing chemicals was also not uncommon in the general public.

Hence it becane a large and growing market that was crying out for pure hair care products that were effective, did what they said, yet were gentle on the skin, hair, and scalp.

And so, finally, Gypsy Rose was born.

Gypsy Rose Timeline

1980’s

The creator has a wealth of Hairdressing credits that attribute to the Gypsy Rose formulations. As an apprentice in the ACT she won Multi IHS and MHA hairdresser awards for styling and cutting in the early 1980’s. This includes 1982 Australian Junior Hair Stylist of the year in Tasmania.

In QLD she became a Hair Colour Specialist and Hair Cutting technician. She also managed QLD salon chains, trained the stores staff across SEQ and Brisbane and managed the prestigious Sloane’s Hair Salon on the Brisbane Mall.

A passionate supporter of the saving our old-growth forests, Karen is always driving herself and her company to aim to be a key advocate for the preservation of these key environmental areas. What comes around goes around is her key motto.

1990’s

1993 – A Mobile Hairdressing business is started by Karen across 2 QLD shires (Caboolture & Caloundra). Also specialising in natural hair services and supplying pure un-tainted products on a small scale, with paper labels and 100% recyclable bottles.
1993- 1996 Demand for the Gypsy Rose range grows as the mobile hairdressing business takes off. Consequently, over 200 clients start telling their friends about the unique product range. A pioneer of their times.
1996 – The Scissormagik Salon in Wamuran was opened and was soon booked out 4 months in advance, therefore training apprentices begins in her salon. While the word spread, she was approached to take Gypsy Rose’s first orders from the well-known Bullivant chain ‘Natural Alternative Health’ stores in QLD.
1997- 2000 – As the sole distributor nationwide, Scissorcraft has grown the Gypsy Rose distribution to over 60 outlets purely by word of mouth.
2002- 2003 – The Queensland Supermarket of the Year Awards recognises the Gypsy Rose 2-in-1 Shampoo as a finalist in the non-food category. Also winning a special one-off encouragement award and a supermarket opportunity.
2004 – Finally the “Isle of Eire Pty Ltd” Australian organization (‘Eire’ is Gaelic for Ireland) was conceived fusing “Scissorcraft” (manufactures) and ‘Scissormagik’ (new salon name).
2006 – Sole director Karen sold the salon ‘Scissormagik” to a former staff member and Karen keeps running “Scissorcraft” the formulator of the Gypsy Rose range.
2007 – Professionally Karen’s time is now solely devoted to product development and promotion. Stay tuned for future product releases of new multi-purpose Un-Tainted Gypsy Rose Hair products
2009 – Gypsy Rose goes international with export agreements to New Zealand, also recurrent postal orders all over the globe and we acquire our NZ Gypsy Rose trade mark
2010 – Work gets underway to convert the already WPHS and council-approved factory to fully solar-powered off the grid, keeping the ingredients energised naturally!
2015 – Especially relevant Gypsy Rose cracks the Chinese market with Australian business Ganbei Global distributing orders online in Chinese and throughout the Chinese region. We acquire our registered Chinese Gypsy Rose trademark
2016 – 2019 Ganbei Global also takes Gypsy Rose products to India for a trial, as a result now becoming an option to distribute there
2019 – NEW! Fight the War on Waste 2 in 1 shampoo in Litre bottles, Kombucha Shampoo Bar for Body & Pet Range! Further utilising our Vegan Certified logo
2019 – Verified by Palm Oil Store Certifier that we are a Palm Oil Free Hair and Body range. We do have retail 3 Facial Soap mixtures that contain RSPO palm oil (IP Certification from 1 disclosed farm address), not segregated RSPO SEG Certification (sourced from numerous farms with undisclosed addresses)
2020 – USA distributors for American outlets large and small including Walmart, health stores chains, produce stores purchased hundreds of samples for trial alas covid hit us and changed the world
2021 – After 10 yrs of research, we released 5 Gypsy Rose pure vegan henna hair colours that we transform to a finer powder with professional instructions and grey hair colour chart to give you the ability to do your own consultation with ease.
2021 – Finally got around to creating our Australian owned logo
2021 – New Zealand website was born with distribution direct from within Nz for our NZ fans to save on Australian postage Click here Gypsy Rose New Zealand
2022 – 2026 Gypsy Rose continues to enjoy busy growth of her exclusive outlets including larger health food chains Kunara Organic Marketplace, Flannery’s Organic and Market Organics of Queensland creating the opportunity to automatically spread into new stores in New South Wales

Karen tours in-store for new and current outlets during promotional days. Furthermore, details can be seen in show times tab.

Gypsy Rose Australia: A Social & Environmentally Conscious Company

Taking a holistic and low-waste approach to business is an important part of the culture of Gypsy Rose Australia. Especially relevant, the solar-powered factory is healthy for the environment.

Reduce – Concentrated long lasting Reuse – Buy bulk, decant into re-usable 200ml Recycle – 100% Australian recyclable bottles/packaging. Free of all synthetic chemical emulsifiers, preservatives, all parabens including all propyls, methyls, butyls, sulfates and coco betaine.

The Fine Print

Gypsy Rose Australia Products are:

100% proven bio-degradable (A/S4351.5)– the products break down into the earth, leaving NO residue.
Handcrafted from 100% cold-pressed oils and essential oils, fruits, vinegar, teas, kombucha and filtered rainwater– we focus on putting the value inside the bottle, not in flash packaging.
100% Australian solar powered factory using predominately Australian ingredients and when no choice imported ingredients
Australian 100% recyclable bottles lids are always our first choice
Multi-Use products with naturally derived ingredients tried and tested since 1993. For well over 3 decades still showing up as a clean ingredient list.
Not 1 Gypsy Rose product is tested on animals. Visit Rabbit Recommends for more information
Gypsy Rose products are GMO-free.
Gypsy Rose are Gluten-Free products except Leave in Conditioners.
Gypsy Rose Palm Oil Free Hair and Body range, along with 3 Facial Soap mixtures having RSPO IP Certification (from 1 disclosed farm address),
Gypsy Rose are Vegan certified products except our Almond, Honey & Cinnamon Facial soap mixture & Gypsy Rose Hairspray
The products have a very long shelf life using naturally derived preservatives, providing lids are kept tight on the product
In addition, are super concentrated with registered trademarks and detailed product instructions.
Product leaflet must be read containing detailed instructions, as our naturally-derived products need to be used correctly to achieve the best results.
NOTE: If you experience any discomfort, please discontinue use and contact us immediately. Our product range is not to be taken by mouth.