The winter season can be rough for our skin. The colder months often leave our skin dry, flaky and longing for moisture. For those with melanated skin, the drop in temperature can be particularly challenging. The cold air robs the skin’s natural moisture, making it essential to switch up our skincare routine. Now, investing in rich moisturizers, like body butters, is essential to ensure your skin remains supple throughout the frosty months.
What Is Luxury Body Butter?
Hydrating your melanated skin during winter is crucial. Melanated skin has a unique texture and composition, which can appear ashy or dull when dry. The last thing you want is your skin to look ashy or “crunchy” because your current moisturizer didn’t understand the assignment this winter. Proper hydration keeps it looking radiant and healthy, maintains its elasticity and reduces the appearance of fine lines.
With dry, cracked skin being an issue for people with melanin during the winter, luxury body butters serve as the perfect solution. A luxury body butter is a rich, thick and creamy moisturizer that is often made with natural ingredients, vitamins and essential oils. They offer deep hydration and moisture, lasting all day and night.
Give your skin the “TLC” it deserves this winter with these six Black-owned body butter brands.
Elle Jae Essentials
Elle Jae Essentials crafts premium body butters that emphasize natural ingredients. After being diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease, founder Ella Jae said she suffered from several infections and skin conditions and couldn’t find a product that worked well with her skin. Ella Jae Essentials is her direct response to that problem. Their Mango Shea Body Butter, with its luxurious blend of essential oils and butters, delivers a deep moisturizing experience while leaving a lingering, pleasant scent.
Beneath Your Mask
For founder Dana Jackson, Beneath Your Mask was an answer to her prayers. When a doctor diagnosed her with an aggressive form of Lupus, she began a physical and spiritual journey that changed her forever. She launched the brand’s first product, Heal: Whipped Skin Soufflé, in 2012 as an expression of self-acceptance. She wanted a product that would repair the damage done to her skin.
Made with a blend of shea butter, avocado oil and grapeseed oil, this luxury body butter ensures deep hydration without making the skin feel greasy. The velvety texture and therapeutic aroma make it a winter must-have.
BLK+GRN
Known for its commitment to clean and toxin-free products, BLK+GRN offers an all-natural body butter packed with nutrient-rich ingredients. The company’s mission is to challenge the marketplace to normalize access to non-toxic products targeted to Black women and fund Black women entrepreneurs’ who create non-toxic personal care products. Their Lavender & Mint Butter soothes and moisturizes the skin while the calming scent of lavender and invigorating mint rejuvenates the senses.
Nola Skinsentials
Jordyn Rector founded Nola Skinsentials with a commitment to vegan and holistic skincare. Their Whipped Shea Butter is a crowd favorite, crafted with 100 percent pure shea butter. This product guarantees an intense hydration boost, making it perfect for those dry winter days.
KAIKE
KAIKE’s Frosting is a multipurpose, decadent body butter that’s great for the skin, hair, and nails. With a delicious scent reminiscent of vanilla frosting, this product is a treat for all the senses. Packed with vitamins and antioxidants, it ensures your skin gets all the nourishment it needs during the winter.
BGLH Marketplace
Starting out as a blog, the BGLH Marketplace founder Leila Noelliste couldn’t have imagined that her company would service over 53,000 people. The marketplace started with Noelliste’s own interest in shea, mango and cocoa butter. When she noticed some of the readers of her blog complained about a lack of access, she decided to launch the marketplace as a companion to her blog.
“I got really into it, studying pastry techniques and learning how to use commercial grade mixers to whip the butters to a soft and fluffy consistency,” she wrote. “BGLH Marketplace took off and within 4 years of its launch, I shuttered the blog to focus all my attention on whipping butter for an ever-increasing base of customers. Today, BGLH Marketplace has served more than 53,000 people in 6 different countries.”