It’s always the perfect time to replenish your essentials and keep your skin glowing, feeling hydrated, and healthy all around. Whether you’re looking to refresh your complexion, tackle dryness or discoloration, elevate your sunscreen game, or just maintain a healthy glow, there are a number of high-quality products being offered by Black-owned brands. Many of these brands were born out of the need for products created by Black people, for Black people - formulations that nourish, protect, and enhance a wide range of rich, beautiful skin types and tones. The Official Black Wall Street is creating a non-exhaustive list of some of these brands that you should shop ASAP!
P.S. Men, we’ve got you covered too!
Kitt’s Kandy Shop
Founded on the belief that investing in your skin is an act of self-love, this brand offers products that are organic and all-natural. From body sprays to luxe body oils and foaming skin polishes, to body sprays just for men, every ingredient used in these products was chosen with purpose.
MelanBrand Skin
MelanBrand offers plant-based, vegan, gluten-free and cruelty-free skincare products specifically for young melanated skin. Designed for kids, teens and young adults, this brand is on a mission to equip parents with natural, safe skincare solutions for their children.
Hyper Skin
Developed for all skin types and tones, Hyper Skin is focused on addressing hyperpigmentation, with gentle formulas that are suitable for deeper and more sensitive skin types. The products are advertised as vegan and cruelty-free, with ingredients that brighten not lighten.
Urban Hydration
This skin and body care line uses only fruit and plant-based, natural hand-picked ingredients to create affordable products that are clean and accessible. This brand offers a range of products, including an aloe vera face and body soap, a castor and shea daily face lotion and a mango and lime body oil.
Bevel
Launched in 2013, Bevel offers grooming products for men, including a full Skin Care regimen. The brand offers a moisturizing face gel that is infused with Tea Tree Oil, Apple Extract and Vitamin C, as well as a gentle exfoliating toner to help avoid ingrown hairs and blemishes and a pre-shave oil that holds moisture and protects against nicks and razor bumps.
Cay Skin
Founded by supermodel Winnie Harlow, Cay Skin offers skin care for everyone under the sun. A well-known advocate for inclusivity and acceptance, Harlow’s experience with Vitiligo has made her passionate about creating better-for-you SPF skin care.
Epara
Epara, which means “to cocoon oneself” in the Nigerian dialect of Ebira, is a brand created by Nigerian entrepreneur Ozohu Adoh. No stranger to dry, uneven skin, Adoh created Epara to cater to all the skin care issues faced by women of color, including dryness and discoloration caused by the sun, free radicals and air pollution.
Buttah Skin
Founded by model, actor and recording artist Dorion Renaud, Buttah Skin offers skin care products for all, with formulas designed specifically to tackle a range of issues in melanin-rich skin, such as dryness, discoloration, oiliness and blemishes.
My Emollient
My Emollient is a vitamin rich, organic and toxic-free skin care line founded by Jamaican-born, NYC-based Keeshagaye Whitter. Unable to find suitable products to ease the irritation of her eczema, she created her own brand, which offers products that are crafted with 7 natural ingredients that soothe eczema, dry and sensitive skin. My Emollient features a number of body butters, as well as a hydration set specifically for men.
JACQ’s
Created to offer clean, safe products to women of color, JACQ’s includes a number of science-backed skin care products that are green and effective. With a range of cleansers, toners, moisturizers and soap bars, this anti-oxidant rich brand was created specifically for women of color, by women of color.
Beauty Stat
Founded by renowned cosmetic chemist Ron Robinson, Beauty Stat is a skin care brand known for its science-driven products. At the heart of the line is Vitamin C in its purest form, celebrated for its ability to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, fade dark spots, and protect the skin from free radical damage, and more.
H.I.M-istry Naturals
Founded by Darnell Henderson, H.I.M-istry Naturals was developed with men’s skin care needs in mind. Recognizing that daily shaving and skin care regimens go hand in hand, the brand offers products designed to combat acne, dryness, premature signs of aging and ingrown hairs. The product line includes hydrating serums, collagen boosting masks, oils and scrubs.
Shea Yaleen
Shea Yaleen’s handcrafted products feature natural, organic shea butter that has been produced in small batches using traditional methods. The brand offers a variety of products, including a Coconut Melon Shea Butter Body Balm and an Oatmeal Spice Shea Butter Soap. Each purchase directly contributes to the financial empowerment of women in Ghana.
KLUR
With a focus on minimalist skin care, Klur’s products are made with natural ingredients that strengthen and rebuild the skin. This botanically-based, gender-neutral brand offers a variety of products, including cleansers, serums, masks, exfoliators and oils that are free from fillers, synthetic fragrances and artificial dyes.
