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5 South African skincare brands owned by black South African women

South African skincare brands

By 27 PinkxPublished 4 years ago 3 min read

Suppose you are unaware of the famous South African skincare brands founded by the black women of South Africa. So, here we will give a glimpse of all such brands to you in detail.

Internationally, black-owned businesses make up only nine point five percent of all enterprises. Brands that cater to women of colour are owned by individuals outside of the demographic when it comes to beauty.

Despite being the biggest contributors to the beauty industry, women are rarely behind the scenes, particularly black women. With these statistics, the cosmetic industry is still predominantly white.

It causes the beauty industry to conserve Eurocentric standards of beauty, which then triggers colourism and hair policing. However, there are entrepreneurs in South Africa who have acknowledged the gap in the market.

As a result, they have built brands that can cater to women of colour. So here are various South African beauty brands owned by black South African women you should try.

South African Skincare Brands Owned By Black South African Women

Yllume

Yllume is a South African skincare brand founded by Hossay Momand. Yllume products help support optimal skin recovery and decrease downtime for compromised skin.

It provides the clinically proven formula to brighten, plump, and even out skin tone and reduce hyper-pigmentation. All the ingredients help support a protective barrier and make your skin feel calm, refreshed, and protected.

It is because it recovers your skin from aesthetic procedures. By regularly using skincare products from this brand, your skin will get a radiant, luminous, and youthful glow.

Also, a wide range of skincare products will lighten and brighten both the internal and external skin.

27Pinkx

27Pinkx is a South African skincare brand owned by sisters Anjum and Khatija Ahmed. It is one of the most popular skincare brands in South Africa. Over the years, the brand has been applauded for its constant innovation and consistent service delivery.

It provides a wide variety of skincare products like cleansers, exfoliants, sunscreen, toner, moisturisers, masks, skincare serums, oils, eye-care cream, make-up remover, and more.

All the products are made from a combination of natural and organic ingredients. In addition, the brand provides products based on skin types like dry skin, dark circles, dark spots, congestion, scars, sensitive skin, ageing skin, acne, oil control, and more.

Switch Beauty

Switch Beauty is a beauty brand of South Africa created by South African woman Rabia Ghoor. In addition, it is a brand that could cater to the average South African woman. In the wake of the social movement, the company has pledged more amounts in cash grants to black-owned businesses.

Also, they have invested some amounts of funds in the products to the make-up artists. The skin spray of the Switch Beauty brand is a skin mist that will give your skin a much-needed boost.

However, this skincare product includes repairing the barrier of your skin and protecting against sun damage.

Suki Suki Naturals

Suki Suki Naturals is one of the well-known South African beauty brands launched by Linda Gieskes and Mwamba. The brand has specially developed products for those living under the harmful African sun.

The best part is that these products are free from toxic beauty ingredients. Indeed, the ingredients list includes preservatives, mineral oil, parabens, phthalates, sulfates, petroleum, paraffin, and formaldehyde.

The rejuvenating facial oil would be a great addition to your beauty regimen. However, it is rich in both vitamins E and K. Instead, vitamin E helps to stimulate collagen production, which helps alleviate the appearance of wrinkles.

In contrast, vitamin K helps to reduce the appearance of discoloration and scars.

Chick Cosmetics

Chick Cosmetics is a cosmetics brand created by black South African woman, Nomfundo. It is a brand that prides itself on its vegan-friendly range of beauty products. In addition, it makes sure to adopt ethical marketing and sustainable practices.

It is widely known for its glow boost skin serum which contains vitamin C. The serum helps address signs of ageing, pigmentation, and uneven skin tone with this ingredient. In addition, the serum contains ingredients like hyaluronic acid and vitamin B5.

They help keep your skin healthy and supple by absorbing moisture from the air to keep the skin hydrated.

Conclusion

We have listed the five South African skincare brands owned by black South African women. However, you can get to know the wide range of beauty products by every brand. Instead, you see the rate of the brand success owned by the female candidates.

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About the Creator

27 Pinkx

Established in 2012 27Pinkx was originally launched as a makeup accessory online store by makeup veterans and sisters Anjum and Khatija Ahmed.

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