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The Black-Owned British Skincare Brands We Love
The skincare market can be very overwhelming these days as it is so saturated. I mean, where do you start if you are just after a cleanser? However, it is important to remember that your skincare needs to work for you. We have listed 10 Black-owned skincare hair brands that have been created to suit your needs.
Okiki Skincare
With an amalgamation of Nigerian origins and British influences in their products, Okiki is a range of luxurious, natural products. They have created natural, organic products with botanical infusions. The Okiki product range is an impressive combination of skincare, body care and home care. Each of the products have the essential ingredients at their core, which makes this a ‘one stop shop’. Their prices are low to mid range, which is impressive.
LIHA Beauty
With a story as beautiful as their products, Liha Beauty was founded by Liha and Abi. Their beauty products are a reflection of them; which is a mixture of natural African roots and a quintessentially British attitude. It is clear from their products and their aesthetics, that this is a fusion of African and British culture. LIHA was born from the desire to create an innovative, luxe natural, organic and vegan skincare brand that blends the rich botanical life of West Africa with traditional English aromatherapy and folk remedies.
EPARA Skincare
Founded by Nigerian/British entrepreneur, Ozohu Adoh, EPARA is a luxury skincare brand made for women with dark skin tones. After being unable to find solutions to her own skincare needs, Ozohu decided to develop her own products. Using organic products from Africa, that were best suited to African skin, she found that her skin issues of irritation and sensitivity were gone and her products had left her skin feeling soft and clear. The EPARA Skincare range tackles problems that are most common in dark skin. This includes pigmentation issues and dry skin. Their products range from body creams, and oils to face serums and cleansing lotions.
Novel Skincare
This quintessential skincare company, founded by Nneka Fleming, is unique in its story. Their award-winning natural and vegan skincare range is made to complement the individual. They believe that just as a good novel absorbs the reader and shows them a new perspective, your skincare should do the same. You select your skincare based on your lifestyle, so therefore it absorbs into your own daily experiences.
79 Luxe
Known as ‘serious skincare for the body’, 79 Lux is a luxurious skincare brand that uses natural ingredients to tackle skin issues. It is the perfect alchemy of potent botanicals, powerful skin healers, anti-inflammatories and anti-oxidants to feed the skin and counterbalance environmental stressors whilst improving its ability to heal and replenish. Founded by health and nutrition coach, Karen Cummings-Palmer, the first product in the range was born from Karen’s own needs to treat her eczema prone skin. The Balm was made to be a rich, but not greasy, anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory balm that can be used daily. This was then followed by the gold-infused Golden Oil.
Skin Alchemists
Founded by St. Lucian born Theresa, the Skin Alchemists is all about sharing the power of plant medicine through the use of skincare. The passion and the journey is clear in the formation of each of these products. From an award winning cleansing oil, to body exfoliators and candles, this is truly a luxurious line of skincare products. With their mid to high price range, it is sure to have a product that is accessible for all.
Wild Seed Botanicals
Wild Seed was founded by Laila Mensah who is known as natural hair blogger, Neffy Frofro. The brand’s roots are firmly planted in the heart of African Holistic Traditions. All of their products are handmade in small batches to ensure that they deliver the most potent, raw and purest potions. They use the finest wildcrafted, organic cold pressed and steam distilled carrier oils, butters, essential oils and botanical herbs. All ingredients are ethically sourced, active and included for their therapeutic effects.
Freya + Bailey
This brand was founded by Abbie Oguntade and the products are natural, 100% vegan and botanical based powered by science. They help combat the impact of stress, micro pollution and other modern day realities on your skin's glow. They also help with things like hyperpigmentation and uneven skin tone and help balance skin's PH ( all great attributes for black skin). More than that though they are formulated with therapeutic aromas to calm minds as well as skin.
Antonia Burrell
Antonia Burrell is an innovative and sumptuous skincare brand with mouthwatering products such as her iconic Cleansing Oil, Mask Supreme and Facial in a Box. With two decades in the beauty industry, Antonia Burrell is also a revered natural beauty pioneer. She is a BABTAC-accredited practitioner, and an Associate Lecturer in the Chemistry of Aromatherapy at the London College of Fashion. Her holistic skincare collection is a 100% natural blend of potent, predominantly organic, pure, bio-active plant extracts.
The Glowcery
The Glowcery is a vegan skincare brand inspired by a plant-based diet which Roshanne, the founder has adopted. The aim is to transform how people feel about their skin by offering a holistic skincare routine with natural ingredients through innovation. For the eco-conscious beauty consumer, The Glowcery offers a welcome escape from the conventional skincare industry's reliance on heavy machine and chemical-laden products.