Last year, Lisa Walsh, founder of Newfoundland’s Indigena Skincare, was selling her products to top establishments and planning a rebrand, a product expansion and a spa. This year’s pandemic and terrible snowstorm slowed her plans and necessitated a pivot to online retailing. Now, Walsh finds herself having to be as resilient as the wild botanicals used in her skincare.
Walsh founded Indigena in 2009 to create natural, safe, affordable skincare from botanical ingredients native to Newfoundland and Labrador. She has a production facility, a lab and an educational showroom based in Conception