12/29/2024
According to urbaninsider.net, there are only a few (truly) Black-owned haircare products on the market. Please see the image for their list. Feel free to let me know if any others you are aware of.
Also, this is a list of companies that WERE Black-owned, but we're bought out:
Brand Name - Manufacturer/Owner
African Pride - Colomer USA (Revlon)
African Best - African Best, Inc.
African Gold - J. Strickland
Affirm - Avalon Industries
Always Natural - Colomer USA
Afro Sheen - Alberto Culver
Ampro - Ampro Industries
AtOne - Biocide Labs
ApHogee - Alberto Culver
Bantu Hair Color - Nishmoto Trading
Beautiful Beginnings - L’Oréal (SoftSheen-Carson)
Better Braids - Keystone Lab
Bone Strait - Alberto Culver
Botanicals - Alberto Culver
Black Sassy - Spartan Brands Inc.
Black and White Ointment - J. Strickland
Blue Magic - J. Strickland
Cantu Shea Butter - Advanced Beauty Systems (P&G)
Care Free Curl - L’Oréal
Classy Curl - L’Oréal
Crème of Nature - Colomer Revlon Professional
Dark & Lovely - L’Oréal (SoftSheen-Carson)
Dax Imperial - DAX
Doo Gro - Diane Products
Duke - Alberto Culver
Dr. Miracle’s - Dr. Miracle’s LLC
Dr. Fred Palmer - Summit Labs
Eco Style Super Protein - Fantasia Industries
Elasta QP - L’Oréal
Excelle - JF Labs
European Silky Wrap - Revlon
Fabulaxer - Alberto Culver
Folicure - Johnson Products
Gentle Treatment - J. Strickland
Glover’s - American International
GiGi - Hollywood Beauty Imports
Hawaiian Silky - Fantasia Industries
IC Products - Clairol Incorporated
Infusium 23 - Johnson Products
Johnson Products (Verification in progress)
KeraCare - Avlon
Leisure Curl - JF Labs
LeKair - Scientific Research Company
Let’s Jam - L’Oréal
Long Aid - Keystone Lab
Lustrsilk - Alleghany Pharmacal
Mane ‘n Tail Straight - Arrow Products
Mizani -L’Oréal
Motions - Revlon
Murray’s Hair Pomade - Murray’s Worldwide
Nadinola - J. Strickland
Source: https://www.urbaninsider.net/news/worlds-largest-list-of-non-black-owned-beauty-brands-you-still-think-are-black-owned/
