Bringing You Some Of FROW’s Favourite Black-Owned Beauty Brands

It’s Black History Month! We’re celebrating creatives from the beauty industry, with some of our favourite Black-owned beauty brands. Together we celebrate the innovative, creative and prosperous future ahead for the beauty industry; acknowledging the importance of showing our support for these brands, not just through Black History Month, but every month.

SwearBy Skin

Changing the game with innovative skincare, SwearBy Skin has crafted the LookLit LED mask – a new purse-friendly, wireless tool created to fit around your busy routine, and your budget. Salon treatments are in the past, as the company bring professional beauty to the comfort of your own home. LED light therapy is a painless treatment, triggering your skin’s natural healing abilities and tackling complexion issues such as fine lines, breakouts and hyperpigmentation. Using advanced technology, the mask has 3 different colour modes to enhance skin luminosity: Red to reduce fine lines, Blue to target breakouts, and Yellow to reduce redness and pigmentation. It’s a yes from us!

Derma Organics 

Watch out, Derma Organics is making moves in the organic beauty sector with its handmade and eco-friendly products. With items packed full of powerful herbs, fruits, plant oils and spices, that each serve an important purpose when caring for the skin. Hero products from the brand include the Organic African Honey and Lemon Facial Scrub, The Hair Growth Duo and Chestnuts & Brown Sugar Body Buttercream.

Emolyne Cosmetics

For those of us who love to delve into our beauty, Emolyne Cosmetics takes pride in its concept of creating lip and nail products that are an exact shade match. Founded by Ugandan-born, Denmark-raised and London-based Emolyne Ramlov, each of the shades from the collection are named after an African country, city or landmark – a homage to Emolyne’s birthplace. Celebrating colour and the excitement of her roots, this inclusively spirited brand introduces an edit of lipsticks, lip liners and nail lacquers coming in 30 matching colours. With 15 shades of nude and 15 shades of red, no skin tone is excluded and every undertone can be celebrated.

Okiki Skincare

FROW Magazine favourites, Okiki Skincare was founded in 2016 by Mother and daughter duo, Ade Ogunsola and Antonia Ogunsola. The word Okiki is derived from the word ‘prestigious’ in Yoruba. From candles and soaps to lotions, the brand handcrafts natural products using African ingredients – paying homage to their rich Nigerian and Ghanaian heritage. Must-have products from the brand include the Gunpowder Soap, Lolu Bath Salts and Nana Yaa Serwah Candle.

The Glowcery

Put your old skincare to the side, The Glowcery is now on the skincare scene! Handmade in Founder Roshanne’s artisan lab, the brand produces nutritious, plant-based skinfold products. All products are crafted with cold-pressed fruit, vegetable and nut oils (not to mention unrefined butters), all of which are rich in nutrients you’d find in fresh produce. Let’s not forget, The Glowcery is vegan, cruelty-free and natural, with 100% recyclable postage and marketing materials – so you can look after your skin and our planet! Best selling products include the Clean Greens Superfood Facial Serum, Blue Dew Oil to Milk Cleanser and Sweet Orange Superfood Lip Balm.

Torera

It’s time to elevate your self-care routine with Torera‘s soy wax candles scented with 100% essential oil blends. The founding sister duo, Mofe and Febimara Sey, stay true to their African heritage with each scent name finding its roots within various African cultures. By using soy wax and essential oils over fragrance oils and paraffin wax, Torera candles are vegan, eco-conscious and even have benefits to our health. If the company couldn’t get any better, each candle is hand-poured in Hertfordshire by the founders in small batches – adding a personal touch to the experience.

The D.O.R Beauty Edit

Hold up! We’re here to introduce you to your new online shopping destination for inclusive, independent, female-led skincare and wellbeing brands – The D.O.R Beauty Edit. Founded by health and beauty expert, Denise Rabor, the shop advocates niche and independent brands within the industry to support. In addition to stocking Denise’s own branded products, the site also stocks brands such as Body Hut, Casa Mencarelli, NAYA and The Afro Skin. Products cover all skincare and wellness needs, including body scrubs, face creams, cleansing oils, sunscreen and candles. What more could you want?

Pamoja Skincare

Say hello to Pamoja Skincare, the high performing natural skincare brand creating vegan, palm oil-free and certified cruelty-free products. Pamoja Skincare founder and certified natural skincare formulator, Sarah Taylor was inspired by her Tanzanian heritage with Pamoja meaning ‘Together’ in Swahili. The capsule collection features key products such as a cleansing balm, beauty oil and face cream, all nourishing your complexion with ethically sourced ingredients, including vitamins and fatty acids, to strengthen your skin barrier. However, it doesn’t stop there, Pamoja Skincare is increasingly aware of its impact on the planet, using sustainable packaging throughout all of its products.

A+ffirmation Culture

What happens when you combine wellness and the power of affirmations? a+ffirmation Culture is born, a wellness brand specialising in natural candles that reinforce the power of affirmations. With an all-natural, vegan-friendly formula crafted from a 100% natural oil blend of coconut wax and soya. Each candle includes an affirmation card helping to strengthen self-belief and a positive mindset. Fragrant highlights from the collection include Morning Gratitude, High Vibes and Soul Mate, all created to have an uplifting impact on the mind and offering a more positive overall outlook.

Ebuni Ajiduah

Introducing Ebuni Ajiduah, a qualified and award-winning Trichologist, whose passion is natural hair. Helping clients by promoting health and solving hair loss issues, Ebuni offers consultations and 1-to-1 hair coaching sessions to help clients understand exactly what they need for their hair. Offering thorough hair and scalp analysis, alongside reviewing a detailed medical history, Ebuni suggests possible causes, treatments and any styling tips to help address the hair issues you face. Determined to educate people about hair loss and scalp concerns, especially reducing the shame and stigma around it, with her wide knowledge (and her infectiously caring personality) – we think Ebuni is the perfect person for this role.