Non-Toxic Skincare Brands
Beneath Your Mask
After battling lupus and coming close to losing her life, Dana Jackson decided to turn the ordeal into something positive. She founded Beneath Your Mask, a luxury brand that focuses on small-batch products made from non-toxic ingredients that do not put any strain on the immune system.
Golde
Trinity Mouzon grew up with a mother who had an autoimmune disease and couldn’t afford regular visits to her holistic doctor. The experience motivated Trinity to create accessible wellness options not just for her mother, but for all people of color. Together with her partner, Issey Kobori, she co-founded Golde, a vegan and cruelty-free wellness company. They specialize in making supplements, gummies, and face masks using all-natural superfoods. One of their star ingredients is turmeric, known for its beauty-enhancing, healing, and mood-boosting properties.
KAIKE
Founded in 2015 by Keli Smith, KAIKE is an all-natural, plant-based skincare brand specializing in melanin-rich skincare. Each item is handcrafted in small amounts in the northern suburbs of Chicago, to ensure you receive the highest quality products.
Mary Louise Cosmetics
Akilah Releford, a former pre-med student, started Mary Louise Cosmetics, a skincare company that uses organic products that help with acne scars, hyperpigmentation and razor bumps. The brand’s name honors Releford’s grandmothers, Mary and Louise, who taught her homemade beauty remedies that had been handed down through the family for generations.
Best Life Organics
Founded by Shadora Martin, Best Life Organics creates skincare products that use raw shea butter and plant-based ingredients made with ethically sourced, non-toxic ingredients.
Clean Bath and Body Brands
Eu’genia
Founded by a mother-daughter duo, Eu’genia makes all-natural premium, sustainably sourced shea butter moisturizers. Their social enterprise is dedicated to upholding fair wages and opportunities for its female workers in Ghana.
Butter By Keba
Butter By Keba is a luxury body care brand committed to producing products only formulated with plant-based ingredients, natural essential oils and fragrances free from any phthalate-filled substances.
IYOBA
IYOBA is an Oakland-based brand that offers eco-friendly, vegan hair and body care products that are totally free from any harmful chemicals. Plus, their packaging is made from recycled or recyclable materials.
Safe Sustainable Makeup Brands
Range Beauty
Alicia Scott started Range Beauty because she saw a lack of diverse makeup shades and too many damaging ingredients in the cosmetics industry. Her brand offers clean and affordable products that use simple, high-quality ingredients like water and French clay. They are suitable for all skin types, whether you have sensitive, oily, acne-prone or combination skin.
Marie Hunter Beauty
Licensed cosmetologist, KéNisha Ruff, is the brains behind Marie Hunter Beauty a high-end cosmetics, skincare and home fragrances brand which sources all of their ingredients globally and ethically. Every single lipstick, candle, cream and scent they make is certified cruelty-free and vegan.
Lamik
Located in Texas, Lamik Beauty is a vegan makeup brand crafted with natural and organic ingredients, without any parabens or other toxic substances. They also maintain a commitment to sustainability by using reusable and recyclable packaging.
Non-Toxic, Black-Owned Nail Polish
Mischo Beauty
Founder Kitiya Mischo was inspired to create Mischo Beauty after searching for a quality, toxin-free nail polish while pregnant. The brand offers rich nail shades devoid of all ingredients that have been known to contribute to the risk of cancer, reproductive issues, nausea and more.
People of Color
Designed to create hues that compliment darker skin tones, People of Color nail polish is free from harmful ingredients like formaldehyde, toluene and artificial fragrances.
Habit
A natural strengthening nail polish made with Myrrh Extract, Habit is PETA-certified as a vegan, cruelty-free, gluten-free company. Their products are free from formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin, camphor, TPP, xylene, phthalates, parabens and fragrances.
