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The Afro Hair & Skin Co

About

The Afro Hair & Skin Co. is an award winning beauty and wellness business located along the beautiful English coast. Discover our handmade Pure Plant Magic.

Our Beauty Philosophy

Real beauty is an energy that you put out into the world, the way that you treat yourself can have a directly positive or negative impact on how you view and interact with the world. This is why it's important to treat yourself with kindness and repeat and affirm messages of love to yourself. When we take time for ourselves, we are feeding positivity into our consciousness that tells us we are worth effort, energy and love. We are taking time to replenish reserves that can easily be depleted through everyday challenges. Simple realisations like this can be profoundly energising bringing about a sense of wellness, uplift and balance. It's ok to take down time, be creative and indulge ourselves in the things that we love. You are your most beautiful self when you are happy and comfortable with who you are.

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Our Ingredients

As lovers of all things natural and organic. We like our beauty to be clean and green. So we make the extra effort to ensure that the ingredients we use are the purest and most natural we can find. We source the finest quality sustainable ingredients that are grown, harvested and cold-pressed right here in the UK, as well as certified organic and Fairtrade natural ingredients from a little further afield. We are always looking at ways to become more sustainable, this plays a big factor in why we choose British, however at this stage the UK cannot provide every ingredient we need. So we make sure that we source our non UK ingredients responsibly and as geographically close to home as possible. We avoid synthetic ingredients in favor of honest and healthy ingredients that won't negatively impact our health or our environment.

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Who's it for?

We specialise in providing high quality green beauty options to meet the unique needs of afro textured hair in all its forms as well as skincare that addresses some of the concerns that come with having melanin rich skin. This way we are able to offer a more tailored beauty experience, working to create highly effective products that deal more directly with common issues that are often unique to our skin and hair. That being said, our products are all natural and full of wonderful healthy ingredients that everyone can benefit from.

Founder Ibi sitting at her work desk in front of product shelves
A small jar of rebirth flat mask with a ceramic bowl and wooden spoon
Ibi mixing oils at her desk

We are an award winning independent beauty brand.

Winner Southern Enterprise Awards 2022 - Best Plant Based Hair & Skin Company-East Sussex

Winner Best Natural Afro Brand Luxlife Beauty Awards 2022

Winner Essence 2022 Hair and Beauty Awards - Curl Conqueror

Winner of 2020 Women's Health Magazine Beauty Award For our Body Oil 'Awaken'

Winner of 2018 Precious Lifestyle Awards - Category 'Ravishing Skincare'. For our Facial Oil 'Flow'

Finalist in The Black British Business Awards 2018 - (Consumer Luxury)

Runner up Marie Claire Beauty Awards 2021 (Best Shampoo for Afro Hair)

As seen in: Vogue, ESSENCE, Marie-Claire, NYLON, The Guardian, HuffPost, Forbes, Sunday Times and more...

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