Black Owned Clean Beauty Brands

While I understand that most people really love the convenience of shopping from places like Target, Walmart, and Amazon, I have always thought it is very important to vote with your dollars.

Think about where your money goes when you shop at certain places. What demand is this creating? Who is getting this money and who is it helping? What causes are these stores supporting and donating to?

I try to consider these things when I can. Sometimes budget means I don’t really have a choice. But if I can afford to shop better, I do.

The more money certain brands and stores get, the more demand there is. So we need to create a demand for more minority representation in the clean beauty industry.

I am so glad that right now more people are choosing to be conscious of this and want to support more minorities in our country.

Because of that, I rounded up all the Black-owned clean haircare, skincare, and makeup brands I could find. Remember that I focus on clean, nontoxic brands so this list isn’t a roundup of all Black-owned beauty brands.

I referenced a variety of posts going around with lists of Black-owned businesses to compile this clean beauty list. If you know of any others please leave a comment and I can add them to the list.

There are some brands I checked that do not list their ingredients lists online so I could not determine if there were clean or not.

Hair

*Note: Some of these brands sell products that are NOT CG approved. Check ingredients to be sure.

1. 2 Girls With Curls
2. Adwoa Beauty
3. Alaffia – they also have skincare products
4. Alikay Naturals – not super clean as they use fragrance and color additives
5. As I Am
6. Bekura Beauty
7. Bomba Curls
8. Briogeo – I love their Curl Charisma and Scalp Revival lines
9. Boucleme – UK brand
10. Camille Rose
11. Curls
12. Ecoslay
13. Honey’s Handmade
14. Inahsi Naturals
15. Kinky Curly
16. Mielle Organics – another not super clean option but still worthy of a mention
17. Mohagany Naturals – UK brand
18. Oyin Handmade
19. Rawkyn
20. Obia Naturals
21. Organic Grow Hair Co
22. Righteous Roots
23. TreLuxe – check out my brand review here
24. Trepadora Curl Therapy – UK brand
25. Uncle Funky’s Daughter

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Skincare

1. Alaffia
2. Aseede 
3. Bri Braggs 
4. Beneath Your Mask 
5. Camille Rose
6. Ellie Bianca 
7. Folie Apothecary 
8. Free + True 
9. Girl B Natural – feminine care
10. Hanahana Beauty
11. Harvest Natural Beauty – feminine care
12. The Honey Pot
13. IWI Fresh 
14. IYOBA 
15. Jacq’s 
16. LBB 
17. The London Grant Co 
18. Mary Louise Cosmetics
19. Matrescence
20. Nolaskinsentials 
21. Obia Naturals – body care
22. Okoko Cosmetiques
23. Organic Bath Co
24. OUI THE PEOPLE
25. PiperWai 
26. Redoux 
27. Rosen Skincare 
28. Shea Moisture
29. Skin Buttr
30. Son Shine Bath 
31. Temple Zen Skincare
32. Terra Tory 
33. True Moringa
34. Unplugged Essentials 
35. Zandra

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Makeup

1. Habit Cosmetics nail polish
2. Josephine Cosmetics
3. Laws of Nature Cosmetics
4. Pear Nova 5 free nail polish
5. Plain Jane Beauty

See any brands missing? Let me know in the comments!