Just When You Thought It Couldn’t Get Any Better: Black Owned Skincare Businesses

by Brina Jeffries

July 10, 2020

Whether it’s from Sephora or a boutique shop, skincare products are most likely at the top of your list when browsing your local beauty stores. From butters to balms, the products selections are limitless. But let’s be frank, searching for skincare products can be both chaotic, especially when you don’t know what to look for.

Not only is there a massive array of brands right at your fingertips to shop from, the diversity of selection of products can leave you feeling overwhelmed to say the least. But fear not, the following list of skincare brands covers you from your creams to your toners and every other product in between. And to make it even better, they’re all black owned businesses :).

Brown and Coconut: The Cleanser

Founded by sisters, Letisha and Zeena Brown, skincare brand Brown and Coconut has a large array of skincare products for your entire routine. Being one of their bestsellers, their Balancing Cleanser is a lightly foaming product formulated with purifying botanical extracts for a delicate cleanse. To top it off, all Brown and Coconut products are plant-based and non-GMO with ingredients that are “organically sourced whenever possible”.

Rosen Skincare: The Toner/Rose Water Spray

Rosen Skincare is a very well-known brand, as seen in Urban Outfitters stores, that focuses on all things face. Created by Jamika Martin, Rosen Skincare is “the next generation of acne care”. Their Rose Water Face Dew is a bestseller that allows your skin be hydrated, breath and glow.

Amenda Beauty: The Serum

Connecticut and NYC based, Amenda Beauty is a premium and multicultural skincare brand. Owner, Sandra Morgan Downie is an esthetician whose had her products seen on the Rachel Ray Show and in Essence Magazine. Amenda Beauty’s serums are natural skin brighteners with Kojic Acid that “helps to diminish signs of aging skin pigmentation”.

Base Butter: The Moisturizer

Seen in Vogue Magazine, Elle USA, and Essence Magazine, Base Butter say their vision “is a world in which women accept and love their skin so much they’ll do anything to protect it”. Their #1 selling product, the Radiate Face Jelly is a moisturizer that helps to balance all skin types and textures.

Chey Butter Co. : For The Body

Washington based, Chey Butter Co. is a skincare brand specializing in body butter, creams and soaps. With Rose infused, Lavender Whipped and Unscented Body Butters that have natural cocoa butter, coconut oil, shea butter and sweet almond oil, these creams should be at the top of your next lotion purchase!