We’ve all been there— trying to maintain moisture in our skin as the seasons change. As the days grow longer, so does your skincare routine and product layering in hopes of not only capturing moisture, but the radiance your skin holds throughout the Summer months.
It can be difficult to maintain this, especially when Vitamin D levels are harder to maintain in the colder months. You may not even have the motivation to glow how you once did earlier in the year. Luckily, there’s a wide range of products for your face and body that can help you achieve that outer glow to build the confidence for your inner glow. Products developed by Black-owned brands in particular provide a unique advantage in comparison to other companies by understanding what specific ingredients work well for melanated skin.
In addition to product choices, consistency in skincare practices is crucial. Establishing a routine that includes cleansing, moisturizing, and protecting your skin from environmental stressors can make a significant difference. Ultimately, skincare is a journey, not a destination. It evolves as your skin’s needs change with age, lifestyle, and environment. By being attentive to these changes and adapting accordingly, you can ensure that your skin remains healthy and vibrant. Embrace the process with an open heart and a willingness to learn, and you’ll find that the benefits extend far beyond the surface.
This list provides a wide range of topics for your face and body across lower and higher prices to accommodate what may be best suited for you!
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Urban Hydration Brighten & Glow Peach and Papaya Sugar Scrub
Your glow for the low can be achieved with Urban Hydration’s Brighten & Glow Peach and Papaya Sugar Scrub. The product leverages fruit extracts from peach and papaya to provide the skin with both hydration and exfoliation to remove dead skin cells.
Available at Urban Hydration
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Bolden Brightening Glycolic Acid Toner
Skincare goes beyond just your cleanser or moisturizer, it also calls for products such as a toner. Bolden’s Brightening Glycolic Acid Toner helps to fight against dark spots while tightening and refining the look of pores on the skin. Their skincare collection targets all skin types from dry and sensitive to oily or combination.
Available at Bolden
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Oyin Handmade Honey Water Mist
If you’re looking for a product to up your skincare game, Oyin Handmade’s Honey Water Mist is what you’ve been looking for. This oil-free body mist allows for honey to take over and hydrate the skin in a lightweight way in comparison to heavier lotions and creams.
Available at Oyin Handmade
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TPH by Taraji Watch Me Whip Body Cream
Whip it, smooth it, flaunt it! This vegan ultra-luxe body cream melts into your skin like butter, and provides next-level hydration and a radiant glow that is good for any time of year. With a silky whipped texture, it transforms your skin to be soft, supple, and luminous. Ingredients like shea butter and sunflower seed oil help to enrich this product to combat skin discoloration.
Available at TPH by Taraji
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Black Girl Sunscreen Make it Glow SPF30
Despite contrary belief, you DO still need to use SPF even if the sun doesn’t seem to be physically out. Sun rays like UVA and UVB are still active even on cloudy days. This is what helps Black Girl Sunscreen’s Make it Glow spray come in handy. This fragrance-free continuous mist protects and moisturizes the skin while still providing a dry touch finish with no white cast that other sunscreens are infamous for.
Available at Black Girl Sunscreen
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Beija Flor Naturals Agave Aloe Polisher
Scrubs are an essential part when it comes to healthier and radiant skin. Beija Flor Naturals’ provides a unique approach to the product through their aloe usage in the ingredients. This product can be used on your face and body for an all-around exfoliation experience that will leave you fragrant and supple.
Available at Beija Flor Naturals
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Beyond The Skin Turmeric And Lemon Body Polish
Glowing naturally is simple with Beyond The Skin’s Turmeric and Lemon Body Polish. This rejuvenating body polish blends the elements of brightening turmeric with refreshing lemon to gently buff away old skin cells that produce dullness, and reveal your skin’s smoothest, most radiant self.
Available at Beyond The Skin
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Bodichem Speckle Spot Body Butter
Body butters are the perfect product to layer on top of lighter moisturizing products, and Bodichem, Speckle’s take the cake when it comes to product layering that has moisture longevity. This body butter also delivers a rich hydration while working to combat skin discoloration such as dark spots and unevenness.
Available at bodichem
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Brown Sugar Babe Sweet Honey Buckin’
Ready to have your scent last all day? Brown Sugar Babe’s collection of body oils takes your favorite perfume scents and transforms them to nourishing skin oils that provide lightweight moisturization that lasts all day. Their newest scent, Sweet Honey Buckin’, is perfect for the Fall season because of its caramel and vanilla base with notes of red apple, cotton candy, and bergamot.
Available at Brown Sugar Babe
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54 Thrones Butter Cream Body Wash
Hydrated skin starts in the shower. The products you use, the order you use them, and how often you use them all makes a difference. 54 Thrones’ Butter Cream Body Wash can help to provide you nourished skin by not stripping your skin of its natural moisture. With rich and warm scent elements, the body wash is infused with African shea butter and botanical oils while still being able to provide a sudsy lather for your cleaning needs.
Available at 54 Thrones
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Skin Buttr GLOW Gloss Body Oil
Ultra-lightweight oil meets radiance with Skin Buttr’s GLOW Gloss Body Oil. Its formula includes a mix of oil types including sunflower, olive, and jojoba to name a few. The product also offers a light shimmer that’s perfect for layering on top of other moisturizing products. It’s even small enough to carry with you on the go!
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Clay & Olive Grape Water Face Mist
Finding the perfect product to help seal in all of the previous steps of your skincare routine can be difficult. Thankfully, Clay & Olive’s Grape Water Face Mist helps to provide an enriching skin care experience. With grape skin extract at its core, this toner promotes healthy skin and a luminous glow to your skincare routine.
Available at Clay & Olive
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Klur Overnight Enrichment Cream
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Eadem Mami Wata Ultra Calming Rescue Mist
As the weather grows cooler, the need to find ways to relax and unwind are more than necessary. Eadem’s Ultra Calming Rescue Mist provides relief for irritated and itchy skin while strengthening the skin’s barrier. Outside of moisturization, the product acts as a recovery serum as its core. It can be used on both your bare skin and over top of your favorite makeup look.
Available at Eadem
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Suki Suki Naturals, Rosehip Brightening Facial Oil
When it’s all said and done, you want to make sure that by the end of the day that your skin still feels moisturized and supple in the midst of rain, dry air or wind that may come your way this Fall. Suki Suki Naturals’ Rosehip Brightening Facial Oil can help you achieve this by providing you non-greasy oil that still provides a dewy finish.
Available at Suki Suki Naturals
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HyperSkin Hyper Even Fade & Glow AHA Mask
If you’re someone that struggles with hyperpigmentation or discoloration on your skin, HyperSkin’s Hyper Even Fade and Glow AHA Mask is what you need to add to your skincare routine. Some of its signature ingredients like turmeric, papaya, and sea buckthorn help to address issues on the face’s epidermis layer to exfoliate, brighten, and strengthen the skin.
Available at Hyper Skin
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Fenty Skin Body Lava Body Luminizer
Fenty Skin’s limited edition Body Lava Body Luminizer is the perfect product to glow no matter your skin tone. The product comes in four universal shades that are gel-based, but doesn’t leave your skin feeling sticky. It was previously part of the brand’s product collection in earlier years, but was brought back by popular demand.
Available at Fenty Beauty
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Oui The People Hydrating Body Gloss
Gloss isn’t just for your lips anymore! Oui The People debunked this with their Hydrating Body Gloss. The product provides deep hydration that is long-lasting while improving the texture of the skin’s layer.
Available at Oui The People
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Bolden Unscented Shea Butter Body Oil
A multipurpose product is always best when it can be used both on the go and at home. Bolden’s Unscented Shea Butter Body Oil helps to keep your skin illuminating for your face and body. It can be used as a makeup remover after a night out or as a cuticle oil to support your nail health.
Available at Bolden
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Koba Skincare Get Whipped Body Balm
The ‘Get Whipped’ Body Balm will leave those around you feeling in a trance by how hypnotizing your skin will feel after use. Koba Skincare’s approach to the product has provided consumers with a hydrating butter that’s the perfect staple for their bodycare routine for the cooler months.
Available at Koba Skincare
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