Black Owned Beauty Brands – Curly Hair, Skincare & Makeup
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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 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 haircare, skincare, and makeup brands I recommend.
There are some brands I checked that do not list their ingredients lists or follow ethical standards so I chose not to include those brands in this list.
Black Owned Curly Hair Brands
- 2 Girls With Curls
- Adwoa Beauty
- Alaffia – they also have skincare products
- Alikay Naturals – not super clean as they use fragrance and color additives
- As I Am
- Bomba Curls
- Bread Beauty Supply
- Briogeo – I love their Curl Charisma and Scalp Revival lines
- Boucleme – UK brand
- Camille Rose
- Curlmix
- Curls
- Curls Poppin
- Ecoslay
- Hairbrella
- Inahsi Naturals
- Kinky Curly
- Mielle Organics – another not super clean option but still worthy of a mention
- Mohagany Naturals – UK brand
- Oyin Handmade
- Obia Naturals
- Organic Grow Hair Co
- Pattern
- Righteous Roots
- The Doux
- TreLuxe – check out my brand review here
- Trepadora Curl Therapy – UK brand
- Uncle Funky’s Daughter
Black Owned Skincare brands
- Alaffia
- Beneath Your Mask
- Camille Rose
- Ellie Bianca – Canadian shop
- Free + True
- Girl B Natural – feminine care
- Hanahana Beauty
- The Honey Pot – feminine care
- IYOBA
- Jacq’s
- The London Grant Co
- Mary Louise Cosmetics
- Matrescence
- Nolaskinsentials
- Okoko Cosmetiques
- Organic Bath Co
- OUI THE PEOPLE
- PiperWai
- Redoux
- Rosen Skincare
- Skin Buttr
- Terra Tory
- True Moringa
Black Owned Makeup Brands
- Ami Colĕ
- Blk/Opl
- Danessa Myricks Beauty
- Fashion Fair
- Fenty Beauty
- Habit Cosmetics nail polish
- Josephine Cosmetics
- Juvia’s Place
- Laws of Nature Cosmetics
- LYS Beauty
- Mented
- Pat McGrath Labs
- Plain Jane Beauty
- The Lip Bar
- Wyn Beauty
This is so great, thanks for compiling this! Because nothing can ever just be simple, in the wake of support for Black owned businesses, there’s been media coverage about some brands that WERE Black-owned but then were bought out by conglomerates that are not Black owned. Shea Moisture appears to fall into this bucket — the original founders were indeed Black, but they were bought out by an arm of Unilever. Here’s an example article https://www.newsweek.com/list-non-black-hair-brands-shea-moisture-carols-daughter-1509677
Thanks! I’ll update my list
Curls Poppin is owned by a black man. He was a hair model and became a scientist and formulated his hair care products.
Thanks for this list! I’m sick of supporting billionaires who don’t care about anything but dollar signs. I’m with you, I am more intentional with my spending; supporting minority, woman-owned, and local businesses as much as possible. This is more important than ever.
I agree!
Hairbrella – love their sleep cap, bandana, and rain bonnet
Thanks for sharing!