When Sonsoles Gonzalez, a 25-year veteran of the beauty industry, noticed her hair greying and thinning in her late-40s, she knew she was experiencing a wider, untapped ‘cosmetic’ issue: the menopause.

“Greying required me to colour every four weeks and my thick black pony tail became thinner,” she tells Future Women. “I started struggling to find products that could work with my changing hair. I noticed how really no-one was talking to me. I wasn’t surprised, having been part of that industry for many years. I can tell you we spent no time on this target.”