Beautiful skin secrets are some thing that has been passed down from generation to generation. They are most certainly tried and tested but they also have the benefit of being all natural. Here are some effective beauty tips for 3 different skin types along with some face pack recommendations and regular beauty tips for skin care!
Skin types, 1. Oily Skin, 2. Dry Skin, 3. sensitive Skin and Normal Skin
Oily Skin 1. Cut slices of tomato and rub on to skin, it’s great as a toner and also as an astringent.
2. The same you can do to lessen the oiliness and brighten up sallow complexion created due to oiliness by rubbing slices of cold apple on your cheeks and forehead.
3. Egg beaten up with soaked and ground (or parboiled and ground) oats and use it as a pack on to oily skin to remove excess oiliness.
4. Raw milk can be used directly as a cleanser with cotton balls on to oily skin.
5. You can use a mixture of raw milk with freshly squeezed lemon juice mixed into it and apply with cotton ball to cleanse face , but if you do use this mixture , then keep it for 5-10 minutes at least before rinsing with water again since lemon helps reducing excess oiliness. (eeww I can cut lemon slices better than that LOL )
6. Drink fresh fruit juices , especially citrus fruits and apple juices , or even raw papaya juice like half a cup at an interval of two days are good , plus not to mention 8-10 glasses of water minimum to keep skin hydrated and toxin free.
7.Wash face with a oil removing face wash or a face wash or mild soap with tea tree oil and wash at least 3 times a day like morning, at bathing and before going to bed, or morning, evening and before going to bed.
8. Keep tissues with you and fresh freshener when you go out, do not let dirt and grime accumulates on skin.
Fairness Tips For Dry Skin,Is your dull and dry skin becoming a constraint to a fair and glowing complexion? No, you do not need to burn a hole in your pocket to purchase expensive fairness beauty products for your unattractive skin. All you need to do is to follow a few tips and tricks. Here are the top 10 picks to help you acquire a fairer skin tone.
1. Eat Healthy to Get Healthy Fairness First of all, you have to follow a healthy diet in order to get a fairer complexion. Dry skin often lacks vital nutrients, which makes it dull, flaky and lifeless. Before trying any readymade or homemade fairness remedy, have a closer look at your eating habits. You should consume loads of fresh green fruits, veggies, cereals, grains, etc. to fulfill your need of carbs, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. There must be enough milk, yogurt, honey and other similar items in your regular diet that are capable of protecting your skin. All these foods will nourish your skin cells, leading to healthy and radiant skin.
2. Water, Water and Water – Drink lots of it Keeping yourself hydrated is the second most important task that you need to do for obtaining glowing skin. Without sufficient water, the usual process of body metabolism gets extremely affected, which in turn is reflected by our skin’s appearance. Again, as you possess naturally dry skin, the effect gets even doubled in your case. So, drink lots of water throughout the day. A whopping 5 liters is the best. But if it is hard for you, make sure to consume at least 3 to 4 liters a day. It will flush out the toxins from your body and help you maintain a fair and healthy skin tone.
3. Practice Exercise and Yoga Every Day Surprised? Well, it is true. Both workout and yoga play crucial roles in skin maintenance. It is especially factual in case of dry-skinned beauties. They can improve their inner health with these and get rid of that dull and unattractive skin. So, if you are one among them, start following a robust exercise routine from today. Go for a 30-minute session of brisk walking or strenuous activities followed by a yoga session. It would keep you internally healthy and reduce your stress levels to a great extent. As a result, your skin will glow like never before.
Essential oils are basically highly concentrated oils that are extracted from plants. They have been used by the likes of Cleopatra to obtain and maintain flawless and glowing skin. Due to their high concentrations, it is highly important to know how to use them. Keep reading to know how you can use the best essential oils for skin lightening and brightening. As essential oils are highly concentrated, they can sometimes cause allergic reactions. Hence, before using any essential oil, it is important to do a patch test.
Your skin is a direct reflection of how healthy your diet is,
1. Rose Essential Oil Rose essential oil has a pleasant fragrance and makes your skin supple and soft. Apart from its skin lightening properties, it also reduces acne, scars, and wrinkles .
What You Need
1 cup chilled milk
10 drops rose essential oil
What You Have To Do
1. Add the essential oil to the milk and mix well. 2. Apply this mixture all over your body and keep it on for a few minutes. 3. Wash with water.
How Often You Need To Do This Do this every day for a couple of days. Best Suited For All skin types
A flawless skin remains only a dream, given our hectic lifestyle. To add to that, many other factors like pollution, harmful UV rays from the sun, stress, and improper diet can damage your skin further and give you an imbalanced skin tone. If this wasn’t enough, many of the cosmetic products available in the market these days contain harmful chemicals and additives that cause additional damage to your skin instead of making it healthy and glowing.
The best solution under these circumstances is to use natural ingredients or products that are safe to use. Their benefits are plenty and include skin brightening, balancing your skin tone, reducing blemishes and marks, photo-protection (protection from UV rays), and eliminating harmful bacteria. These remedies will work on your skin naturally and effectively.
Important Points To Consider Before you start using the home remedies, it is important to understand that taking care of your skin and protecting it is essential. The skin becomes dull and pigmented mainly due to the accumulation of dead skin cells and damage from pollutants and harmful UV rays.
Cleansing and exfoliating your skin using masks and scrubs will ensure that all the dirt, grime, and impurities are removed along with the dead skin cells. Once cleansed, moisturize your skin to keep it hydrated and nourished. Before you step out in the sun to soak in some vitamin D, it is extremely important to use a good sunscreen so that the sun’s UV rays do not cause any damage to the skin cells.
The “Colored” Girl Campaign #TCG is highlighting all shades of beauty
Who amongst us wouldn’t like to smell good, feel attractive and have our senses transported to another dimension, all at the same time? A globally renowned fashion and beauty brand, Victoria’s Secret, founded in 1977, sure knows the secret desire of every woman’s heart. Bringing the glamor and high fashion of the VS ‘angels’ to your doorstep, the Victoria’s Secret perfume collection takes its inspiration from all things delectable, from lace and silk to berries and blossoms, to give you the perfect fragrance that speaks to you like no other. Here’s our list of top 15 Victoria’s Secret Perfumes that are most popular all over the world.
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1. Bombshell Eau de Parfum The best seller amongst Victoria’s Secret line of perfumes, Bombshell is a fruity floral scent also known as the ‘LBD of Fragrance’. The perfume contains notes of Purple Passion Fruit, Shangri-La Peony and Vanilla Orchid that combine to give you a fragrance which is the perfect blend of flowers and fruits.
Pros
Not overpowering
Pleasant fruity notes, suitable for people of all ages
Cons
Does not last long
Bombshell Eau de Parfum Review
Kick-starting this list for today is everybody’s eternal favorite from the Victoria’s Secret Collection—the Bombshell Eau de Parfum. With notes of Purple Passion Fruit, Shangri-La Peony and Vanilla Orchid, Bombshell is a subtle pleasure to the senses which very, very few perfumes have come close to in my humble opinion (Ferragamo’s Incanto Shine being one of them). This pleasant fruity floral scent comes with no limits on what ages may or may not use it and is a hit with young girls and women alike for not being too overpowering. Also, thanks to the fact that it isn’t what one would call a ‘statement perfume’, there are no restrictions on what time of the day, or in what sort of crowd one can use this perfume making it a winner all the way. My only complaint with this perfume is that it doesn’t stay on for as long as one would’ve liked, requiring constant reapplication. But if that doesn’t pose a problem to you, Bombshell is one perfume that should definitely make it to your shopping list this season.
2. Heavenly Eau de Parfum A warm and ethereal scent that Victoria’s Secret describes as ‘an angel favorite’, Heavenly Eau de Parfum combines notes of White Musk, Sandalwood, Vanilla and White Peony that make it an award winning favorite.
Pros
Strikes a good balance between floral and fruity
Lasts long
Light, pleasant fragrance
Cons
Mature fragrance—better suited to grown up women
Vanilla tones might be overpowering for some
Heavenly Eau de Parfum Review
For women who’d like a Victoria’s secret bestseller that has no hint of floral or fruity in it, here’s Heavenly to the rescue. A bestseller since its launch, this particular fragrance has undergone a revamp in recent times to make it more appealing to the new generation, though thankfully it’s intrinsic tones have remained the same. The new Heavenly now comes in a bottle that has angel wings on the cap and is embellished with tiny crystals—an ode to their VS angel fashion show? That’s what I’m assuming too. But a nice touch nonetheless. Coming to the fragrance itself, I find that the notes of White Musk, Sandalwood, Vanilla and White Peony lend it a striking warm essence that to me speak elegance and sensuality. In fact, the sandalwood and musk, in addition to giving Heavenly a distinctly musky flavor, also lend to it a longevity that Bombshell lacks, thus making it perfect for long term wear. As a woman trying to make a subtle yet defining impression, there could hardly be a better scent than this. Keep in mind though, that this fragrance might be better suited to grown-up women than teenagers.
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About Ythera Beauty Ythera Inspired by the African woman: phenomenally resilient, passionate in the pursuit of her dreams and inspirational in her drive to succeed. She is multi-dimensional, moving between the traditional and the modern, the village and the city, the home and the office. She defies definition; she is Limitless.
Ythera Inspired by the beauty of Africa and crafted locally for women by women. Embracing the potential of a woman’s life in all its beautiful complexity – the powerful and the feminine, unique and authentic Limitless.
Founder and CEO of Ythera Beauty Anna Njoroge
Ythera Beauty Products ( Frangipani ,Tuber Rose and Vanilla Orchid )
Frangipani She invites you to experience an exotic paradise reminiscent of sun-drenched beaches, tropical flowers, along with crystal clear waters bottled up in a body mist called Frangipani. Composed of a floral bouquet, citrus notes and gourmand notes, this unique scent will tantalise the senses Frangipani scent is now Available in 250ml and 120ml packaging.
Tuber Rose Indulge in a calming, refreshing, velvety opulence with Ythera’s Tuber Rose body mist. Composed of floral and fruity notes, this scent is sure to rejuvenate the senses Tuber rose is also Available in 250ml and 120ml packaging.
Vanilla Orchid Revel in mysterious, captivating and warm Ythera Vanilla Orchid. This body mist is profoundly feminine, extravagant and mesmerizing. Composed of Vanilla, Almond and Sambac Jasmine. Indulge in pure extravagance Vanilla Orchid Mist now available in 250ml and 120ml packaging.
Where can One find Ythera Beauty Products
Her Beauty products are now available in major store in kenya
Ava Pharmacy – The Hub Karen
Jumia Kenya
Super Duper Cosmetics Ltd, Greenhouse, Ngong Rd
Super Cosmetics, Woodvale Grove, Westlands
Beauty Wholesale, Kimathi Street
Rahma Beauty and Personal Care Mombasa
Fitness Revolution, Karen
Turquoise Signature Scents – Capital Centre, Mombasa Rd.
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A shopping mall is a large enclosed shopping center. The 50s saw the emergence of the enclosed shopping mall, providing an end-to-end shopping and entertainment experience from food courts and theaters to shopping outlets here are the best Shopping Malls In Kenya
Kenya Top Shopping Malls
Garden City Mall
Two Rivers
The Village Market
Westgate Shopping Mall
The Junction Mall
Sarit Centre
Rosslyn Riviera Mall
Galleria Shopping Mall
T-Mall
The Hub Karen
Yaya Centre
Maasai Mall
Cedar Mall
TRM – Thika Road Mall
Buffalo Mall
Nextgen Mall
Juja City Mall
Oasis Mall Malindi
Mega City Mall
City Mall Nyali
1. About Garden City Mall
Garden City is Kenya’s first integrated residential, retail and office (mixed-use) development, offering over 400 apartments, duplexes & family villas, an international shopping mall, 60,000 square meters of office space, a modern business hotel, and a state-of-the-art medical center. And at its heart, a three-acre central park, with a children’s play area and generous lawns and gardens. Garden City Village gives you the best of all worlds: a lush, green escape from the urban hustle and bustle but with an array of entertainment and leisure activities at the mall, only footsteps away.
Two Rivers now the largest mall in sub-Saharan Africa outside of South Africa, has raised the status of Nairobi as the shopping destination in the region. Among its tenants are 18 food and beverage outlets, 10 banks, 38 fashion and apparel stores, and 13 health and beauty stores.
The Two Rivers experience caters to work providing modern spaces that help people save time, work efficiently with easy access to another part of town. These spaces also integrate green technologies and intelligent building management systems for effective, sustainable resource usage.
The Village Market is a large shopping, recreation and entertainment complex in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. It accommodates over 150 stores outlets covering 210,000 square feet (20,000 m2) of retail space, 20,000 square feet (1,900 m2) square feet of office space, in addition to recreation and entertainment facilities.
Westgate Shopping Mall is East Africa’s leading destination for shopping and leisure. Attracting thousands of local and international visitors, Westgate houses over 80 shops and offers the best variety in Fashion, Entertainment, and services.
Shoppers are bound to enjoy various events to enhance their Lifestyle experience
Since opening its doors in November 2004, The Junction Mall has become one of the most popular shopping malls in Nairobi owing to its rich offering and the expansive size that is home to over 115 leading local and international brands.
Outlets at The Junction offer a wide variety of goods and services. A warm and friendly welcome awaits you at The Junction Mall where it’s all about you.
Sarit Centre in Nairobi is the oldest shopping mall in Kenya located in the affluent Westlands suburbs. The Sarit Centre shopping mall in Nairobi was opened in 1983 and operated on a “city within a city” slogan.
This meant that the Sarit Centre mall in Kenya was running on a concept of providing basically everything all, is one of Nairobi’s busiest shopping centers, with a wide range of shops, restaurants, and amenities for all your daily needs.
Rosslyn Riviera Mall is the perfect location for your business. The Mall focuses on offering consumers a variety of retailers, featuring clothing, fashion accessories, shoes & handbags, oriental home decor, high-end jewelry, electronics, wireless accessories, video equipment & games, hair salons, and much more. We also offer food and entertainment opportunities.
We offer both permanent and short-term leasing opportunities.
If you are looking for a shopping experience that will truly surpass your expectations, a dining destination with such rich variety it leaves you totally spoilt for choice or a lifestyle experience that is fully enriching and rewarding, then look no further than Galleria Shopping Mall, the home of the unlimited experience. Picture this; a breathtaking edifice with 3 floors of shopping, dining, and other lifestyle services standing on 12 acres of land, 550 parking bays, 250 capacity Food Zone, and a vibrant children’s play area, these and much more are designed to give you a stress-free, convenient, fun, and entertaining experience.
T-Mall is a world of delight at the heart of Nairobi West of offering residents the very best of fashion, food, and fun. Whether you are looking for sophisticated fashion, a gourmet restaurant offering sizzling meals, or an elegant cafe to hang out with your friend
The Hub Karen is a large shopping, recreation, and entertainment mall in Karen, an affluent suburb of the Kenyan capital Nairobi. The mall was opened on February 4th, 2016. It now receives over 55,000 visitors per week. The mall is situated over 350,000 m2 featuring retail space, offices, medical facilities, and a gym.
Yaya Centre in Kenya is one of the major shopping malls in Nairobi and the most preferred shopping mall for those people residing in the Hurlingham and Kilimani areas of Nairobi. Yaya Centre in Nairobi was put up in the late 1980s, and over the years, it has become one of the leading shopping malls in Nairobi
The Maasai Mall. View our groundbreaking gallery here. Our mission is to Provide affordable modern buildings for both commercial and residential use. We engage professionals in all our endeavors and are proud to have worked with the best Architects, Quantity surveyor firms, Engineers, and contractors from all Required
13. About Cedar Mall
Cedar Mall once completed, will comprise an exciting and modern Two-Phase Shopping Centre consisting of over 18,000 Sqm located on the Rumuruti Road in the heart of Nanyuki. Phase I of the shopping center is under construction and will consist of over 12,000 SqM of the highest quality retail space. Designed by renowned architect Bowman Associates to international standards, Phase I will consist of a major national supermarket, coffee shops, fashionable line shops, restaurants, and a food court, serviced by almost 300 parking spaces.
The second floor of the shopping center will provide a terrace bar and a boutique offering of office suites all with stunning views of Mount Kenya. Cedar Mall, which will be the largest shopping mall in Laikipia upon completion of Phase I, is all about experience, leisure, and lifestyle and is a place where people of all ages can spend the day under one roof. Nanyuki lies along the Equator in the center of Kenya and has the largest urban population in Laikipia County – Cedar Mall has a primary catchment area within 3 km, of over 150,000, and a secondary catchment area of over 300,000. Laikipia region is one of the most visited tourist destinations in Kenya and is full of game and nature reserves with a stunning array of wildlife, scenery, and diversity.
14. About TRM- Thika Road Mall
Thika Road Mall is one of the largest shopping malls in East Africa, with over 100 outlets featuring the best of Kenya’s shopping, eating, banking, and entertainment, along with numerous services and amenities for your everyday needs.
Whether you want to buy your weekly groceries at Nakumatt, do your banking, buy a unique gift for someone special, or give your children an unforgettable day’s entertainment, the Thika Road Mall has it all.
The Mall is easily accessible off the Thika Superhighway and has ample parking facilities and transport links. The mall also houses a state-of-the-art conference facility, ideal for exhibitions, conferences, and social events.
15. About Buffalo Mall
Buffalo Mall is the first modern shopping complex in Naivasha strategically located on the northwest edge of town adjacent to the Trans-African Highway. Buffalo Mall is built on an 18-hectare site and will cover a total of 22,210 square meters (gross built area) upon completion of all its three phases.
The Nextgen Mall is strategically located on the interchange of Mombasa Road and the Eastern bypass, only 5 Km from JKIA. Very accessible from Langata, the City Centre, Industrial Area, and Mombasa Road. Right next to Eka Hotel & Ole Sereni, overlooking the Nairobi National Park.
Juja City Mall provides opportunities for over 140 specialty retail shops (including food courts) anchored by Tuskys, 750 free parking slots, and state-of-the-art security. All in all, Juja City Mall ensures a stress-free shopping experience within a family-friendly environment, hence becoming a one-stop-shop for the community
Oasis Mall, centrally located on Sheikh Zayed Road, offers shoppers an engaging experience in a convenient shopping-friendly environment.
With 98 stores including kiosks, the mall has something for everyone. Spanning a total area of 1.44 million sq. ft. and retail space of about 1 million sq. ft. with shopping spread across
Mega City Mall is one of the modern and largest shopping complexes in Kisumu city. Located along the Kisumu-Busia Road (Nairobi Highway) on Kisumu’s east side, Mega-City Kisumu is a modern shopping mall anchored by the largest outlet of Nairobi-based retail giant Nakumatt.
Mega-City is more than a market for goods, however. It is also an important endpoint for products that often originate well outside Kisumu and often in more distant places such as South Africa. Trade has been an essential activity that has connected different peoples all over the world for centuries, and South Africa and Kenya are no exception.
Countries like South Africa and Kenya produce precious commodities that are beneficial to themselves as well as to different nations in Africa and the world. This essay examines trade between Kisumu in Kenya, and South Africa, and thereby provides a backdrop for understanding how Mega City plays a key role in supplying various goods, commodities, and items from South Africa to Kisumu.
20. About City Mall Nyali
City Mall Nyali is Mombasa’s Premier retail mall. Its dominant presence attracts diverse shoppers from an extensive portion of the region, and further afield, with its comprehensive retail options.
City Mall offers a safe serene environment that feels like a home away from home for you and your loved ones to relax and have a bite from top brands in the country
Ugandan makeup artiste Monalisa Umutoni, professionally known as Mona Faces held her first makeup master class recently at the Golden Tulip Hotel, in Kampala.
The two day long master class experience featured makeup tutorials and trials from the makeup queen, as well as skin care and maintain tips offered by Dr. Malik Sempereza of Unity Skin Clinic, and Business talk from Africa Elevation, Neli Siwematte.
Later, the face beat queen hosted her guests and celebrity friends that included Ciroc Uganda Brand Ambassador Brian Ahumuza, Singer Apass, Bettinah Tianah, Sheila Gashumba and many others to a cocktail party, courtesy of the Ultra-Premium Vodka, Ciroc. The guests who turned up dressed to the nines in different fashionable pieces were treated to exquisite Ciroc Infused cocktails, including the customized “Mona Magic” Cocktail, which was created by the makeup queen.
The makeup master class was proudly sponsored by Ciroc Uganda, Golden Tulip Hotel, Blush Media, and Fenon.
No one know exactly where the word spa comes from, but there are two main theories. The first, and most popular, is that spa is an acronym for the Latin phrase salus per aquae or “health through water.”
Others believe the origin of the word “spa” comes from the Belgian town of Spa, known since Roman times for its baths. They speculate that the town was so prominent that the very word spa became synonymous in the English language with a place to be restored and pampered.Modern spas have their roots in the ancient towns famed for the healing powers of their mineral waters and hot springs.
Hot springs were used by indigenous peoples, and the practice of bathing in hot springs and mineral waters dates at least to Greeks. For the Romans, the baths were a place not just for cleansing, but for socializing, a tradition that spread to the east and transformed to the Middle Eastern hammam.
Here are Some of the best Spa in Kenya
Serenity Spa
Revitalize Wellness Center
Saffron Day Spa & Salon
Aromatics Spa
Mombasa Day Spa & Hair Lounge
Entim Sidai Wellness Sanctuary
Villa Rosa Kempinski Spa Nairobi
Angsana Spa Sankara Nairobi
Tulia Spa Sarova WhiteSands
Devarana Spa Nairobi
About Serenity Spa Gigiri
Serenity Spa mission is to enhance interconnectedness of Body, Mind & Soul by creating a refreshing, rejuvenating and rebalanced atmosphere to all our clients through the use of world class products and provision of top notch services by our highly trained and professional therapists and ensuring high customer service is given to all our clients creating a totally memorable experience.
Founded in 2013, Serenity Spa takes pride in our goal to give our customers a great deal of hair and spa services leaving them refreshed, rejuvenated and rebalanced. Our highly trained and professional staff members are devoted to providing a friendly atmosphere as well as an incomparable genuine service, using the most exquisite products and working extremely hard at being the best by upgrading our skills and learning new techniques to serve you with our finest.
2. About Revitalize Wellness Center
Revitalize wellness centre is a state of art facility offering Fitness, Meditation & Yoga classes, Luxurious Spa treatment, Salon services, and Café. We provide the support and services you need to achieve your health goals. We use products that are clinically proven & scientifically tested, and pure essential
Make a healthy exercise regime for a positive change in your lifestyle, be part of our gym client and fitness classes. Yoga & Meditation. Greater balance, inner calm, and mind-body health. Get daily instruction in our yoga and meditation classes. Spa Experince . Designed to respect the body’s
3. About Saffron Day Spa & Salon
Saffron Day Spa & Salon provides a comforting, yet stimulating environment, where you can relax both your mind & body.
Let’s face it, with the hectic and stressful lives we lead today, it is extremely important that we block some time-off our busy schedules every week to enjoy some ‘me time’ where we can rest, relax and rejuvenate our minds, bodies, and souls. So this season we unveil our newest partners, the amazing Saffron Day Spa and Salon, offering an extensive range of holistic, therapeutic and grooming treatments that will have you glowing in no time, not only making you look good, but most importantly, feeling good too.
Relax, unwind and detox like never before. Bring your skin back to life; choose from either a basic facial or one of the signature facials including Hydrate Marula & Rose, Nourish Jasmine & Baobab, Balancing Rose & Neroli and Pure For Men. Facial scrubs include: Soothing Ethiopian Coffee, Balance & Tone Tea & Rose, Lighten & Tighten Coconut Scrub. If you fancy a body wrap, your options include Detox, Sugarcane & Syrup, and Relax. Enjoy differently timed massage services including Express, Target Area, Frozen Shoulders, Holistic, Hot Stone Massage, Deep Tissue, Aromatherapy and Prenatal
4. About Aromatics Spa
Aromatics Spa is a space where tranquility prevails. A place where therapies from the East and West blend harmoniously and time stands still allowing a sense of deep relaxation to wash over you. Engulfed in a haven of serenity you soon forget the stresses and strains of life. Aromatics Spa’s tranquil, meditative setting allows you to journey towards well-being and relaxation. Gentle music and low lighting and herbal tea infusions allow your mind to float, your body lets go, Peace engulfs your entire being. Allow yourself to restore balance to your body, mind and soul through a variety of services designed to focus on your overall well being.
5. About Mombasa Day Spa & Hair Lounge
Mombasa Day Spa and Hair Lounge offers a range of services facilitated by our dedicated team of stylists and spa professionals. Allow them to give you a full service to create a winning hair design and memorable spa experience.
6. About Entim Sidai Wellness Sanctuary
Experience tranquility surrounded by the sounds of joyful chirping birds, the whispers of the wind blowing through the indigenous forest.Entim Sidai (Maasai name for Beautiful Forest) Sanctuary in Karen, sits on 20 acres of indigenous forest land with an iconic view of the Ngong hills. It maintains its Karen pioneer settler farm house built in 1924, park like ambiance with huge mature trees and prolific bird life.
The sanctuary offers unique exclusive wellness spa, featuring hydro therapy and a sui generis nail studio in the forest.The treatments are an eclectic mix of the art from four continents and spiced by a well-trained Kenyan crew of therapists and beauticians.
Entim Sidai Sanctuary and Wellness Spa occupies part of the original Rura Farm that belonged to Dr. Albert Patterson, A Scottish Missionary Doctor who migrated to Kenya in 1916.He built the original home which stands today as part of the sanctuary and wellness spa back in 1924. Rura in Maasai means to sleep. Before being settled on by the Pattersons, this forest served as a sanctuary for the Maasai herdsmen who would come to sleep as their cows grazed in the fields where the Karen Dukas stands today. In homage to the maasai customs and way of life, our therapies and treatments are named after words and phrases in the maasai language.
7. About Villa Rosa Kempinski Spa
The Spa at Villa Rosa Kempinski you can explore a whole world of beauty, health and well-being in one of our nine treatment rooms. Take your time browsing our extensive treatment menu to find your perfect method of relaxation. Our exclusive spa is inspired by the four European seasons, and guests can benefit from the many spa facilities available. Whether you want to begin your treatment with a steam or follow it with time in the jacuzzi, the choice is yours. Along with a great range of treatments and spa facilities, Villa Rosa Kempinski also has a fitness centre, outdoor heated pool and accompanying pool bar.
8. About Agnsana Spa
waken your senses at Sankara Nairobi’s award-winning Angsana Spa, brought to East Africa for the first time by the world-famous Banyan Tree Group. With an emphasis on natural ingredients, this luxurious spa fuses Eastern and Western techniques to offer luxury massage therapies and wellness treatments that will leave you refreshed and reinvigorated.
Angsana Spa’s world-class therapists deliver holistic, aromatic treatments for women, men and mothers-to-be. For a detailed spa menu and information about Angsana Spa signature treatments, please download the treatment menu.
Located on the seventh floor, Angsana Spa features seven treatment rooms, two rain mist rooms, a relaxation lounge and a spa shop with a range of massage and essential oils and scented sticks. Join the Angsana Spa Nairobi membership programme and enjoy a wide range of rewarding benefits and exclusive discounts.
9. About Tulia Spa Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort
Tulia is the Swahili word for relax and the Tulia Spa at Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort is designed to help you relax and rejuvenate. The Spa bandas are set on greens at the beach side at one end of the resort, designed for privacy and relaxation in the quiet zone. Facilities include massage bandas, Ayurvedic massage rooms, outdoor Jacuzzi, reflexology pool, steam and sauna.
The Spa offers Ayurvedic, Western and Oriental treatments. The Ayurvedic treatments are based on an ancient Indian form of holistic healing where health is a result of harmony in body, mind and spirit. These include treatments such as Abhangyam, the full body massage and Shirodhara, the head massage using traditional Ayurvedic oils and ingredients. The Spa menu also includes other treatments such as foot reflexology, body scrubs with Kahawa made from finely ground Kenyan coffee and the signature Tulia Massage.
Tulia Spa promises complete rejuvenation of the body, mind and spirit in beautifully tranquil surroundings overlooking the Indian Ocean. Tulia Spa offers:- Western, Oriental and Ayurvedic therapies, manicures and pedicures, facials and ear candling.
10. About Devarana Spa
Devarana Spa Located at the dusitD2 Nairobi is nestled along Nairobi’s leafy and secure Riverside Drive, just minutes from a heart of Nairobi social’s scene.
Devarana Spa, Nairobi will be a perfect urban retreat where art and science is synchronised to bring your body, mind and spirit into serenity. The whole constructions of hotel and spa have been well created to enhance the ultimate relaxation. The spa reception hall is elegantly presented with the “garden in heaven” theme. Guests can inhale the welcoming fresh air from the scents of refreshing basil, tea tree and orange blossom. The luxurious treatment room is inclusive of private changing area, built-in steam shower, toilet facility and optional bathtub.
Put a dark-skinned woman and the African sun together, throw in some grossly overpriced, often counterfeit make-up brands into the equation and what do you get – a recipe for disaster! Multiply that and you have a population of fashion police’s most wanted, not to mention a host of unsightly skin reactions.
This was the inspiration that led Suzie Wokabi, International Relations degree holder, to pursue her passion and create her authentic, affordable, high-quality African make-up brand. This revolutionary line is Kenya’s first make-up/ beauty brand and a global trailblazer in creating a bespoke product for the African woman, by an African woman. Soon after graduating from University in the U.S, Suzie dove right into the fashion industry.
She was trained by MAC Cosmetics and completed an intensive Media Make-up certificate course at the Award Studio Make-up School in Los Angeles.
She worked in New York within the fashion and beauty industries from 2001 until 2007, when she returned to her hometown of Nairobi, Kenya. Suzie is now one of the top local make-up artists whose extensive industry experience runs the full gamut from Print Media to Television, Film, Video, Commercials, Runway, and Bridal. She began creating her make-up/ beauty brand in early 2009 and officially launched it in December 2011.
The hallmark of SuzieBeauty products is affordable, great quality, tailor-made for the unique needs of women living in the African climate.
To date, Suzie’s work has been featured in the Italian Vogue L’Uomo magazine, as well as countless local glossy magazines. She has graced the covers of Passion for Life, Prestige Magazine, and True Love Magazines. Since 2008 she has worked with Kenyan-fashion veterans such as Ann McCreath of Kiko-Romeo and the illustrious annual FAFA show (Festival of African Fashion and Arts), which draws several international heavyweights in support of its noble cause.
One of her major clients throughout her artistry career has been MNet, through which SuzieBeauty’s work has been seen on various TV Shows like IDOLS, The Patricia Show, Catwalk Africa, Face of Africa, and Coke Studio. She has led SuzieBeauty backstage through 4 seasons of the biggest regional TV Show, Tusker Project Fame. SuzieBeauty sponsors most major fashion events including Fashion & Beauty Expo (FAB), Nairobi Fashion Market, Samantha Bridal Expo, Miss World Kenya, and Kenya Fashion Week.
Suzie has been featured in vibrant design and lifestyle hubs including the blogs Fashionnotebook, Fashionforensic, Dressupnation, and Kenyanstylista. Interviewed by world-renowned journalists like Jeff Koinange and featured in the New York Times, Suzie was named one of the Five Fashion icons of 2012 by Nairobi’s Capital FM radio station. A devoted wife and a mother, her story has been profiled on all the Kenyan TV stations (Citizen, K24, NTV, KTN, KBC, CNBC Africa), Radio stations (BBC World Service, Kiss FM, Capital FM, Easy FM), and National Newspapers (Business Daily, The Nation, The Standard, Financial Post, The Star).
She was featured as one of Kenya’s leading business people in 2013 in Msafiri Magazine (Kenya Airways Inflight) to tie in with Kenya’s Golden Jubilee of Independence and was awarded the Msafiri Business Award for Health & Beauty. A great compliment was paid to the brand by Oscar Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o when she wore SuzieBeauty’s Zamba lipstick to her appearance on the Queen Latifah Show and posted it on her social media.
In 2013, Suzie received a finalist award for the Most Influential Women in Business & Government in Africa. Under her able leadership, the company SuzieBeauty won 2nd runner-up in the Trade category of the 2013 Africa SMME (Small, Medium, and Micro Enterprises) Awards in Johannesburg, South Africa. She has now won twice in the 2014 Most Influential Women in Business & Government Awards in the Wholesale & Retail Category for Country and Region and was a finalist in the Transforming Kenya Awards 2014 in the Manufacturing category.
In March 2015, Suzie attended a Gala in Paris to honor African women who are impacting the African Continent one way or another (Gala des femmes Africaine ‘GAFA’). She was nominated in the Entrepreneur category. Suzie traveled to Boston, USA in February 2015 as a Distinguished Panelist at the Harvard Business School – Africa Business Conference with the Panel Title of “Localizing Product and Business Models”. Again in 2015, she is a nominee for the Most Influential Women in Business & Government Awards, as well as a nominee in the Kenya Fashion Awards – Make-up Artist category.
SuzieBeauty has also been nominated for the Jumia Kenya Glamour Awards 2015 in the Brand of the Year category. For the GES Kenya 2015 attended by President Obama, Suzie was selected to speak on a high-level panel taping in the Fashion & Beauty forum. Suzie is invited to be a Speaker at the Retail Congress Africa in Cape Town, November 2015.
SuzieBeauty products are readily accessible online and in retail outlets in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, and even in Kampala, Uganda, Addis Ababa, and Cote D’Ivoire, and soon in Nigeria and South Africa. Additionally, the company plays a key role in the fashion, beauty, media, and bridal industries and has established a seasonal school where aspiring local make-up artists can learn this valuable skill.
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Suzie Wokabi is the Founder and CEO of SuzieBeauty Ltd
Africa has come of age where we appreciate our own beauty products, In the world of beauty and wellness, there is a huge interest right now in products and services that celebrate the essence of Africa’s unique natural resources and ingredients, whilst at the same time harnessing traditional skills and up-to-the-minute knowledge of leading women innovators in the industry. These game-changers are changing the face of the beauty and wellness industry in Africa, and creating fabulous new, proudly African products and brands in the process that the world wants to buy and use. Some of the names and brands are well-known – others are new to the scene – but all of them are capturing the imaginations of consumers across the continent, and indeed the world below are some of 30 Women Entrepreneurs Changing the Face of the Beauty and Wellness Industry in Africa.
Suzie Wokabi – Founder of Suzie Beauty Ltd – Kenya
Charlyn Kentaro – The Good Hair Collective – Uganda
Upendo Shuma – Founder Lavie Makeup Studio – Tanzania
Linda Gieskes Mwamba – Suki Suki Naturals – South Africa
Tara Fela-Durotoye – Founder of House of Tara – Nigeria
Terryanne Chebet – Founder of Keyara Organics – Kenya
Shereen Makhanye – Founder of Nubian Nature (Pty) Ltd – South Africa
Tamarind Nott – Founder of Mbiri Natural Skincare – Namibia
Getty Choenyana – Founder of Oamobu Naturals – South Africa
Korkor Kugblenu – Founder of The Body Butter Company – Ghana
Kerryne Krause Neufeldt – Founder of Eye Slices – South Africa
Leila Janah – Founder and CEO of LXMI –Uganda
Thokozile Mangwiro – Founder of Nyla Naturals – South Africa
Yolanda Methvin – Founder of LithaFlora – South Africa
Christine Buchanan and Louiza Rademan – Founders of Oh Lief – South Africa
Eunice Cofie – Founder of Nuekie – United States
Jesslynn Schlam – Founder of Lulu & Marula – South Africa
Zeze Oriaikhi Sao – Founder of Malee Natural Science – South Africa
Tanya du Bois – Founder of Naturals Beauty – South Africa
Zikhona Tefu – Founder of O’live – South Africa
Sarah Taylor – Bee Balmy – South Africa
Bukky George – HealthPlus Limited and CasaBella International – Nigeria
Florence Adepoju – MDMFlow – Nigeria/Britain
Leslie Okoye – Cookie Skin – Nigeria
Ego Iwegbu-Daley – Miss Salon London – South Africa
Ngozi Opara – Heat Free Hair – Nigeria
Rahama Wright – Shea Yeleen – Ghana/US
Joycee Awojoodu – Oriki Group – Nigeria
Banke Meshida-Lawal – BM Pro – Nigeria
Leonette Galliano – Wema Bodycare – South Africa
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Suzie Wokabi
Kenyan entrepreneur, Suzie Wokabi, launched her trailblazing cosmetics brand, Suzie Beauty Ltd. creating a world-class product range that understands the needs of today’s African women who want bespoke make-up products that work perfectly on African women’s skin-tones and produce a stunningly beautiful look. SuzieBeauty is Kenya’s first make-up brand and creates and sells products, offers make-up artistry services, as well as training for professional make-up artists. The hallmark of SuzieBeauty products is that they are affordable, great quality, and tailor-made for the unique needs of women living in the African climate. Suzie developed this product line with the African woman in mind. It works perfectly on their skin tones, textures and the colours are amazing!
2. Charlyn Kentaro
Founder of The Good Hair Collective, the beauty brand for Afro textured hair producing organic handmade hair & skin care products, Charlyn Kentaro originally started out as a lawyer before going into the world of beauty. She did her Master of Laws, lectured for a bit, then got bitten by the entrepreneurial bug. She was working/studying in Cape Town when she decided to “go natural”, as in she cut her relaxed hair off and embraced her natural curls. When she started to look for products to help manage her hair, she came up short. Everything was packed full of harmful chemicals (liquid paraffin, strong sulphates and the like) and/or imported and really pricey. She mixed her own shea butter with other natural oils on one of her holidays and fell in love! Her family and friends liked what she was making, so she started to do lots of research, trained on it, formed a company and the rest is history!
3. Upendo Shuma
Shuma spent her days off learning how to do make up, while working as cabin crew at Fastjet airline. Once she was confident enough, she would make up her friends and family for a fee. The small business grew through word of mouth. She got more clients and even celebrities advertised her work through Instagram.In 2013, she resigned and founded Lavie Makeup Studio. “I opened a small makeup studio with just one room, employed one person and trained her,” she says.After a year, they moved to a bigger place and she employed three more people. A year and a half later, they moved to an even bigger place and added another three people. Lavie Makeup Studio has 40 to 60 brides per month during peak season and 20 to 30 brides when business is slow. “We also do regular makeovers and fixing lashes. We also do celebrity makeup, we have worked with a lot of celebrities inside and from outside Tanzania.”Shuma has also developed her first line of products. She says they have sold 3,000 pieces since inception in 2015.
4. Linda Gieskes Mwamba
Linda Gieskes Mwamba is the founder of Suki Suki Naturals, an Indie, Natural, and African Hair Care Brand. Linda is passionate about the healing and restorative powers of natural and essential oils, and prides herself on combining thebest ingredients that mother nature has to offer in order to achieve optimum hair growth and health, whilst celebrating Africa’s unique heritage and plant life. All the products are 100% natural and completely free of artificial ingredients such as mineral oil, preservatives, parabens, artificial fragrances, sulphates and animal ingredients. Suki Suki’s philosophy is to teach women how to take better care of their hair and providing them with the right tools and information to do so whilst using natural ingredients to make better and healthier products. Suki Suki Naturals was the first natural African hair care brand to be invited to exhibit at the prestigious Sanlam Contemporary Handmade Fair heldin Johannesburg in 2015.
5. Tara Fela-Durotoye
More than ten years ago, House of Tara founder Tara Fela-Durotoye, sparked a revolution that reverberated across Nigeria, creating a powerful corporate brand, a range of interesting makeup and skincare lines aimed at women of colour, and setting up Nigeria’s first make-up school. Tara Fela-Durotoye is a Nigerian makeup artist and lawyer. A pioneer in the bridal makeup profession in Nigeria, she launched the first bridal directory in 1999, followed by the establishment of an international standard makeup studio, and the launch of the first makeup school in Nigeria. Over the past 16 years, Tara has been dedicated to realising her vision of building a globally respected beauty company of African origin. She is the founder and current CEO of House of Tara International; the creator of the Tara Orekelewa Beauty range, Inspired Perfume and the H.I.P Beauty range; and a highly respected mentor for make-up artists and small business owners. She is a genuine powerhouse and gamechanger in the cosmetics industry in Nigeria and an inspiration for the rest of Africa.
6. Terryanne Chebet
Keyara Organics is a natural skincare company with a soul and a real passion for African ingredients. Founder and serial entrepreneur, Terryanne Chebet, has a vision to grow the company to be among the world’s leading Natural Skincare brands, understanding that everyone needs a natural skincare routine. Keyara Organics is a Natural Skincare line, inspired by Africa and it’s wealth of natural oils and scents of the continent. Terryanne started the company after looking for natural skincare brands for her daughter, which were rare to find and not consistent on the shelves. She then saw a gap for a market that is keen on achieving beautiful skin the natural way and believes that women love the brand because it is passionate about skincare. The Keyara team is the first one to test and critique all the products before they go to market, and only when they know they have it right do they sell. They personally take the time to ensure that all the products are natural and safe. Keyare is a brand that is passionate about Africa, and growing a product that will change how the world looks at Africa, beautifully
7. Shereen Makhanye
Nubian Nature (Pty) Ltd is the entrepreneurial creation of founder Shereen Makhanye, whose journey to find products that are not harmful to use on African hair led her to harness the power of the continent’s natural ingredients to find a solution. Her company and its products harness Africa’s organic and exotic indigenous crops to create an exciting hair-care brand. They provide the showcase for her genuine passion for Africa, science, hair and all things natural and it’s been her life dream to share the experience and richness of Africa with Africans and the rest of world.
8. Tamarind Nott
Tammy Nott is a passionate Namibian entrepreneur who is harnessing the raw natural plant ingredients of her country to create a business and a strong community support system. Mbiri Natural Skincare is a 100% natural skincare brand that focuses on using Namibian plant ingredients including Namibian Myrrh, Marula oil and Kalahari Melon Seed oil. The core of the brand lies with Namibian Myrrh which is endemic to Namibia and is harvested by the Himba people in the northern desert regions of Namibia. The brand is approved by The Vegan Society, is endorsed by Beauty Without Cruelty and is an accredited partner of Phytotrade Africa, which is a fair-trade initiative.
9. Getty Choenyana
Founder of Oamobu Naturals, Getty Choenyana, is a South African mechanical engineer turned skin and haircare entrepreneur. Her company designs, formulates and produces high quality natural skin and hair care products using unrefined shea body and hair butters that are whipped with carrier and essential oils. To supplement the use of shea butter based products, the company also offers African black soap, with all the imported ingredients being sourced from Fairtrade certified producers. Oamobu was born from a collective frustration of not being able to easily find all-natural high quality reputable ingredients and products that are non-chemically enhanced. The company name “Oa mobu”. “Oa mobu” is a Sepedi phrase which translates to “Of the soil”. As a company, “Oamobu” perfectly encapsulates the brand’s identity and inspiration.
10.Korkor Kugblenu
Ghanaian entrepreneur Korkor Kugblenu created her business venture, The Body Butter Company, to produce natural beauty solutions for sub-Saharan African women. Seeing a gap in the market for products that celebrate naturally beautiful African women’s skin and hair, the company manufactures and retails indigenous 100% natural beauty solutions. Korkor came to the realization going back to sporting her natural hair 10 years ago, that African women have a deep-seated dislike for what is uniquely theirs, instead straightening out beautiful kinks and bleaching their luscious dark skin. She wanted to change that, believing that women deserve the right to be proud of their natural features, and recognising that the way to do that is to use age-old beauty secrets from the continent to preserve the beauty of their naturalness. As a brand and company ethos, The Body Butter Company is furthering this cause by going to secondary schools in Ghana to talk about natural beauty, self love and good grooming. Every jar or bottle contains confidence and self-love, the livelihood of local raw materials producers, and unadulterated ingredients that give unadulterated benefits to the skin and hair.
11. Kerryne Krause
Many of us with busy entrepreneurial lives, heavy travel schedules, and lots of late nights will probably have experienced the effects of tired puffy eyes, with increasingly dark circles and redness, exacerbated by staring at computer screens and smartphones all day long. However, one innovative South African entrepreneur, Kerryne Krause Neufeldt, thinks she has found the solution – eyeSlices ! Kerryne is a natural born entrepreneur and marketer, and she saw a gap in the market and believed that she had the ability to fill it. Her company and brand, eyeSlices is a multi-award winning product range and a global first in Cryo-Gel technology. The company’s cooling and soothing eye gels target puffiness, dark circles, tiredness, redness and wrinkles, and are re-usable up to ten times! Made with natural and organic extracts from the Swiss Alps, they are guaranteed to leave you feeling relaxed, restored and revived within minutes! This lifestyle range is ideal for people that travel long distances, party hard, work late nights, experience seasonal allergies, or simply want a quick relief from lifestyle induced eye symptoms. The Company produces 3 ranges of products for distribution through Beauty Salons & Spas; Cosmetic Stores & Pharmacies; and currently exports from South Africa to over 20 countries
12. Leila Janah
Leila Janah, the founder and CEO of LXMI, brought us along to see how the ingredients are harvested—and the amazing things the business is doing for the local Ugandan women. Leila Janah is the Founder and CEO of Samasource and LXMI, two companies that share a common social mission to end global poverty by giving work to people in need. She is also the author of Give Work: Reversing Poverty One Job at a Time and co-author of America’s Moment: Creating Opportunity in the Connected Age, a book by Rework America
13. Thokozile Mangwiro
Thokoizile Mangwiro is the founder of NYLA, a luxury brand that offers 100% natural, deeply moisturizing skin oils and products. Nyla is handcrafted from Johannesburg, South Africa, with a star indigenous ingredient, The Marula oil. Thokozile believes that Marula oil is the secret to timeless Hair & Skin Nourishment. Deemed the miracle oil of Africa, it is obtained from the core of the Marula fruit; and is indigenous to Southern Africa. The Tsonga women of South Africa and Mozambique have used this oil as a moisturizer and a massage oil on babies for years. This oil has protected the African skin and hair against harsh and dry, hot and humid weather conditions for ages. Thokozile’s company, Nyla Naturals, has created the Marula Evolution Collection by showcasing pure Marula oil and fused it with various natural botanical and organic ingredients to create the most luxurious products to nourish your skin and hair. Thokozile has also newly launched an exciting new brand – NILOTIQA is a natural hair care product line that is specially formulated for dry, damaged natural afro hair with a tendency to be brittle and prone to breakage. The product line consists of a deep replenishing co-washing conditioner, deep moisturizing butter, detangling cream and nourishing scalp and hair oil. All the natural products are formulated with high-quality nourishing ingredients such as shea butter, coconut oil, castor oil and avocado oil that leave the hair feeling softer, deeply moisturized and much more manageable. All the products keep away from artificial sourcing of ingredients and do not contain petroleum, lanolin, parabens, phthalates, or artificial colors
14. Yolanda Methvin
Entrepreneur Yolanda Methvin is demonstrating through her LithaFlora African Botanicals company that it is possible to capture the essence of her unique environment in the Cape Floral Kingdom as the source of her environmentally friendly and luxurious wellness products. LithaFlora African Botanicals is a health and wellness, lifestyle brand with a heart, and that heart beats in tune with the indigenous biodiversity of the Cape Floral Kingdom and the Southern Cape. The company creates and produces accessible but luxurious consumable lifestyle products; a “five senses” exploration in indigenous African Botanical health and wellness, which includes Herbal Health Teas, Cold Processed Cleansing bars, and Solar salt pans Bath Salts, derived from the Kalahari Desert, and infused with African essential oils. The products manufactured, marketed and sold are locally sourced, produced, packaged and distributed, winning new fans around the world.
15. Christine Buchanan and Louiza Rademan
Two entrepreneurial sisters from South Africa with a love of all things natural and organic are capturing the imagination of customers looking for an alternative to the mass produced, chemically formulated skin and body care products on the market. The Oh Lief Natural Products company is developing 100% natural and organic products that are truly world class. The ethos behind the product range is to produce organic natural products, not specifically only using South African or African base products and essential oils, etc. The company brings a product to market that is an organic alternative, with every single ingredient used being certified organic or certified natural. In December last year, the company also launched its natural sun screen, which excitingly is the only natural sun screen available in South Africa which is truly organic and endorsed by the Cancer Association of South Africa.
16. Eunice Cofie
In the highly specialist and competitive world of the health and beauty industry, there is one woman who is successfully combining traditional African medicine with modern science to create world-class products for people of colour. Nuekie is an innovative health and beauty company for people of colour, developing products that are scientifically designed to meet the needs of ethnic populations. Its founder, Eunice Cofie, is a woman entrepreneur harnessing her passion for science to make a difference to people’s lives and, at the same, building a new global health and beauty powerhouse. She realized that the health and beauty industry lacked effective treatment products that took into account the unique needs of ethnic people. This was just the impetus she needed to develop her company, Nuekie, Inc., which is on a mission to provide quality dermatological products for ethnic people (i.e. African/African-American, Hispanic, Asian, Middle Eastern, Native American, Pacific Islander)
17. Jesslynn Schlam
Frustrated by not being able to find skincare products that ticked all the boxes in terms of health, wellbeing, sustainability and eco-friendly production with a minimal impact on the environment, South African entrepreneur, Jesslynn Schlamm, was inspired to create her own from her small kitchen. Today, her Lulu & Marula skincare range is testimony to that original passion and dedication. She is aiming her products at all those customers who have a fresh approach to skincare and lifestyle and are looking for something a little different. She finds that a lot of people are attracted to her brand initially though the packaging and the product ethos, and the use of local Marula oil throughout the whole range of skincare products. On a personal level, Jesslynn loves it because it is a very universal oil, it is good for all skin types and it is very high in vitamin E and contains a natural preservative, which ultimately all means that the company’s products are 100% natural.
18. Zeze Oriaikhi Sao
The story of entrepreneur Zeze Oriaikhi Sao, is one woman’s journey to create a unique, luxury, natural beauty and skincare brand that has a uniquely African story and essence. Malee Natural Science was inspired by her relocation back to Africa after having lived in the UK for about twelve years at the time. She had just moved to South Africa at what was the beginning of a recession in 2009, and no-one was really hiring at the time, and sheneeded something to do. She had always had a passion for lotions and potions, combined with a love of fragrances, and felt like there was nothing in the African space that had a soul, that told a story, and that got people connecting with the continent in an interesting way through such products. So she thought there was a good opportunity to put the two things she loved together into a natural, premium skin, bath and bodycare business, and so Malee Natural Science was born.
19.Tanya du Bois
South African entrepreneur, Tanya du Bois’ inspiring story is of a women entrepreneur dedicated to creating natural and organic skincare products for those with highly sensitive skin. Her company Naturals Beauty produces a range of natural skin and body care products for women, teens, babies, kids and men! Her inspiration for the business came from her son’s Autism diagnosis back in 2008 when she became acutely aware of ingredients only after having a child that was so sensitive to toxins. She was alarmed at all the ‘nasties’ that go into commercial body products. Not having a chemistry background, she could only take the range so far, so was delighted in 2009 when she met her wonderful Contract Manufacturer – Louise Botes. Louise came to Naturals Beauty with 12 years’ experience in natural and organic ranges. Her knowledge of botanical extracts and natural preservative systems and organic ingredients has helped to make the company’sproducts highly sophisticated. They work as a team researching, developing and producing new and existing products, with a little lab based in the beautiful Riebeek Valley, and with all the brand labelling and admin done in Cape Town, South Africa.
20. Zikhona Tefu
This Cape Town handmade soap maker harnesses the unique natural qualities of indigenous herbs and plants from the world famous Cape Floral Kingdom to produce world-class skincare products. Talented handmade soap crafter and entrepreneur, Zikhona Tefu, owner of O’live Handmade Soaps, was born into a family of highly creative women in Mdantsane near East London, South Africa, all of whom possessed a unique can-do spirit. Today, this businesswoman, wife and mother of three beautiful children, now lives in Cape Town, and reflects on her upbringing and the creative spirit and natural sense of curiosity which led her to questioning the ingredients in the skincare products she and her family where using. She remembers buying a bar of natural handmade soap at a local health store and reading the ingredients on the back of the packaging. She noticed it was only made with natural oils. When she compared this with the traditional store bought soaps she had been using, she couldn’t believe the difference. The store bought soap was full of added chemicals and fillers. She began to wonder if the handmade, all-natural soaps could be made by herself. Harnessing the power of the plant kingdom, every single bar of O’live handmade soap is today made in small batches, using a secret blend of wild-harvested fynbos herbs, locally grown olive oil, and pure essential oils. This is what makes each individual bar of soap skin-loving, moisturizing and conditioning. Each of the ingredients plays a vital role in ensuring that one of these soap bars not only offers hydration and cell regenerating properties, but also helps with eczema, sensitive skin and other skin conditions
21. Sarah Taylor
A journalist-turned-natural skincare product entrepreneur works with nature to create a range of soothing and healing skin balms, bringing relief for allergy sufferers, under the brand name Bee Balmy. Sarah Taylor lives near the southern tip of Africa in Hermanus and her entrepreneurial journey started as a result of both her own and her husband’s families being prone to allergies. Cortisone and antihistamines were a mainstay of their well-being for decades. About a year ago, Sarah woke up to what the family were using on their skin – mostly mineral oil/petroleum-based, hydrocarbonproducts containing preservatives, such as parabens. While the jury is still out on whether exposure to such synthetic compounds is linked to cancer or endocrine-system disruption, Sarah decided she didn’t want to take the risk and wanted to know what she was putting on her own skin, and that of her children. She started looking into natural, non-toxic alternatives that she could make at home. A friend gave her a basic ‘baby balm’ recipe, which she had made and sold under her Earth Nurse label, and which was based on olive and grape seed oils and beeswax. It was at that point that Sarah’s own personal journey into making natural skincare products began. Since those early days, Sarah has since adapted the balm formula through numerous trials, and now adds sweet almond and jojoba oils to the olive, grape seed and apricot kernel oils, beeswax, and extracted oils of lavender and calendula. The plant- and animal-based ingredients used in her balms,have special properties for the skin and have been used by healers and herbalists for centuries: The cold-pressed olive oil used in Sarah’s wonderful balms is sourced locally from Rio Largo, an award-winning olive farm on the Breede River, Western Cape, owned by another Lioness of Africa, Brenda Wilkinson. The grape seed oil comes from Seed Oils SA in Somerset West. The beeswax used comes from local suppliers in the Overberg, while the lavender and calendula flowers and other oils are bought from certified and reputable South African suppliers. Sarah makes a range of balms and her products have been guided by what she personally likes and needs in a balm, as well as what her customers request
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22. Bukky George
Bukky George has been described as the ‘queen of retail pharmacy’ in Nigeria based on the steady success of her pharmaceutical and cosmetic companies. This leading pharmacist and CEO of HealthPlus Limited and CasaBella International, has created a one-stop store for grooming and beauty solutions for men and women in Nigeria. Her company HealthPlus is also the fastest growing pharmacy chain in West Africa and already has 31 branches across Nigeria with more branches to already in the pipeline. It has become the Pharmacy of Choice through its provision of high quality healthcare products such as medicines, nutritional supplements, natural remedies, home medical equipment, mobility aids and pharmacy services, by certified and well-informed healthcare professionals, in a friendly and hygienic environment. The company’s uniqueness is underscored by offering an integrative approach for total wellness through the use of both medicines and natural remedies. Bukky is also the first recipient of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria Board of Fellows’ Award for Excellence in Community Pharmacy.
23. Florence Adepoju
Frustration at the lack of lipsticks for darker skin tones, is what led Florence Adepoju, a 24 year old British born Nigerian, to begin production of her own line of lipsticks from her parents’ garden shed in Rainham, Essex, London. She spent four years earning an applied chemistry degree in cosmetics and then set out to make lipsticks in colours she’d always dreamt of for skin tones similar to her own. After being disappointed in shade after shade that could not work well with her skin tone without some sort of mixing or blending, Ms Adepoju launched MDMFlow, handmade, rose-scented lipsticks in shades like juicy orange, emerald green and brilliant blue, all sold in gold-colored aluminum bullet casings.Today, with Lena Dunham and other celebrities as fans, her hip-hop lipstick brand, MDMFlow, boasts a variety of colours, and is stocked at Topshop and the French beauty brand, Colette. Florence says that MDMflow is an accumulation of all her obsessions – the colours black and gold, hip hop, beauty, fashion and science. As a self diagnosed beauty junkie she couldn’t find a beauty brand out there that represented her lifestyle and ideals. MDMflow is a post 90s brand influenced by the glamour associated with mid 90s–00s hip hop culture. All MDMflow lipsticks are handmade using the latest colour technology. Now a Scientist with a BSc (Hons) in Cosmetic Science from the London College of Fashion, shedecided upon graduating July 2013 to live out all her dreams and create the cosmetics brand she has always wanted.
24. Leslie Okoye
When it comes to skin care, Leslie Okoye knows best. She is the founder of a leading skin care company, Cookie Skin, which specializes in helping women of different skin colors get flawless skin. Leslie is on a mission to redefine the meaning of good skin among African women with her skin care brand. She believes that no matter your origin or complexion you can and should have CookieSkin. To make this possible her company has introduced a more holistic method of skincare for women of color to age gracefully. CookieSkin® has created the Dermal Repair line to address the many skin care issues the individual Asian, Bi-Racial, African, African-American, Latina and multi-cultural woman faces in today’s ever stressful and busy world. Its aim is to bring highly active skin care formulations to women of color in need of visible results that reveal irresistible flawless skin; always fresh, radiant and youthful – CookieSkin!
25. Ego Iwegbu-Daley
Ego Iwegbu-Daley is the founder of Miss Salon London (South Africa). A serial entrepreneur, Ego is taking the established concept of the nail and beauty experience to a whole new level in the country. Her Miss Salon London concept has created a unique environment (more of a girls club) where music, movies, friends, conversation, a glass of wine, and of course incredibly beautiful nails and essential grooming, all combine in the ultimate pampering experience. Ego is a real mover and shaker in the world of nails and beauty, and her brand is one to watch in Africa.
26. Ngozi Opara
Ngozi Opara is the owner of NZO Hair Studio in Washington D.C and the Founder of Heat Free Hair 100% virgin hair extensions designed to perfectly blend with a woman’s natural hair texture or curl pattern. She is revolutionizing the beauty industry with her products. Financial analyst Ngozi Opara ventured into the hair business in 2012 to cater to this “growing market”. Her company manufactures high-quality wefted hair extensions, closures, wigs, and clip-in extensions. These hair extensions are created to blend effortlessly with the different curl patterns and textures of a woman’s natural hair. A decade ago straight hair was a hit and most women of African descent would buy Brazilian weaves. But today there is a movement for natural hair. Although it is still a small market, demand is growing for the natural look. Heat Free Hair was the first company to specialise in creating kinky, curly and coiled textured hair for the different types of natural hair. All manufacturing takes place at the company’s factory in Qingdao, China, then ships to the US for packaging, after which products are shipped to customers across the globe. Leading markets in Africa are South Africa and Nigeria, where customers are career women who can afford to spend $300 on their hair and have a local stylist to help them fit the hair. Ngozi also runs the Heat Free Hair Movement, which expands beyond the company’s product range and focuses on the education of the natural hair community through seminars, instructional videos and events for women who wear natural hair.
27. Rahama Wright
Many people don’t think about where shea butter comes from when they glide their favorite shea product onto their skin or hair, but Rahama Wright thinks about it every day. As founder of Shea Yeleen International, the socially conscious leader has made a business out of her passion for helping female shea butter producers. Growing up in upstate New York, Wright’s Ghanaian heritage influenced her interest in African-related issues. After working and volunteering in West Africa and drawing on her mother’s stories as an immigrant in the United States, Wright committed herself to making the invisible women behind shea butter production visible to the world. With patience and relentless diligence, she has grown her company—which initially started as a non-profit—with Shea Yeleen soaps, lip balms, and body butters now available in over 40 Whole Food stores in the United States
28. Joycee Awojoodu
Joycee Awojoodu is the founder of a luxury botanically based product line and spa in Lagos, Oriki Group. Oriki is a luxury skincare brand that fuses natural ingredients & scientific research to create extraordinary personal care products. The company creates effective and luxurious beauty and grooming products utilizing raw materials and all natural resources discovered around the world. Botanically based, Oriki use potent plants, organic ingredients and 100% natural essential oils. Oriki is for the sophisticated, health-conscious woman and man who want to look effortlessly sharp with intent and purpose. Oriki is a lifestyle, an attitude, and a way of life. The Oriki philosophy is borne from the notion that natural skin, hair & body products work better simply because they are made with superior ingredients; nature knows best. As a beauty & grooming designer, Oriki’s carefully deliberated array of products, meticulous attention to the scientifically-proven power of nature and the right mix of botanical extracts, vitamins, minerals, peptides and proteins embodies a new form of sophisticated expression in beauty, grooming and lifestyle. Joycee is passionate about creating an African indigenous luxury brand that touches the lives of the women and men who gather the nuts, plants and herbs to produce the raw materials. Her commitment to sourcing the best quality and finest selection of products complements the elegant stance, powerful femininity and bold allure of the Oriki woman and man.
29. Banke Meshida-Lawal
BM Pro – a great makeup brand in Nigeria, was founded by a highly recognized makeup artist in Nigeria, Banke Meshida-Lawal. Having been an avid lover of fine art, she took Art lessons as a child. This love had her painting her own face and experimenting with makeup as a freshman in college. Back then at the University of Lagos, she remembers accosting total strangers to ask if she could trim their eyebrows or try out eyeshadow colours on them. They always obliged and some of them became fast friends!. She became known as the go-to-person for makeovers whenever there were sorority parties or rave nights back then. As the bookings continued to increase and as she left college it was only the next step to take – her company BM Pro was born. Her first studio opened and in 2005, she decided to create her own line of cosmetics because she wasn’t quite satisfied with the international brands’ finish. BM Pro Makeup launched with 14 items. It sold out within weeks and expansion soon followed. Today, BM Pro Makeup has 65 products in the Nigerian market as well as distributors all over Nigeria, the UK, USA, Ghana and Canada. The BM Pro team comprises of passionate, driven Makeup Artists, Gele Artists, Hairstylists, Nail Technicians, SkinCare and Waxing experts, and Beauty School Tutors. The company continues to create amazing looks for The Runway (mbgn, miss nigeria, tiffany amber, house of marie, odio mimonet) Bridal (over 10,000 brides and counting) Editorial cover pages and fashion magazines (this day, WOW, genevieve, the sun, city people, vanguard, punch, MANIA ) and especially the regular woman who wants to look extremely beautiful. BM Pro has won many accolades based on Banke’s work as a makeup artist. BM Pro has recently relocated to its new ultra-modern flagship store in dolphin estate ikoyi, which houses a spa, nail room, hair salon, photography studio as well as the makeup studio.
30. Leonette Galliano
Leonette Galliano left a successful corporate career to launch her business, making luxurious handcrafted, small batch body butters, cold processed soaps, body oils and candles under the brand Wema Bodycare in South Africa. Wema Cosmetics uses only natural ingredients that provide life and something positive to the skin. The company avoids the inactive ingredients (mineral oils, silicones) and those whose toxicity is not well known in the short or long term (parabens, ethoxylates). Wema Cosmetics does not create new requirements for the skin and limits the number of products to use to keep skin beautiful and healthy. Wema Cosmetics products are formulated without ingredients derived from synthetic chemistry or petro chemistry and use active ingredients that have undergone the least possible transformations. Wema Cosmetics reminds us of the authenticity of plants and minerals that are beneficial to our skin and our mindset. The products are made using carefully selected, high quality vegetable oils and butters sourced all over Africa including indigenous ones from Baobab, Mafura, Marula or Mongogo, all known for their fantastic moisturising and anti-oxidant qualities. Whenever possible the raw ingredients are procured from organic and/or responsibly produced crops directly from producers selected for their involvement in their community that are sourced in Southern Africa and in neighbouring countries.
Content Courtesy Of Lionesses Of Africa & Nairobi Fashion Hub
