
Five Black-Owned Lip Balms Made Just For Black Lips
Business — December 22, 2022 · Updated December 22, 2022 — By Darralynn Hutson
Detroit’s cold weather along with central heating will play havoc on your lips. So in order to keep them looking juicy you need to invest in a good lip balm or two. We feature the best lip balms created by Black-ow

December 22, 2022 · Updated December 22, 2022
Detroit’s cold weather along with central heating will play havoc on your lips. So in order to keep them looking juicy you need to invest in a good lip balm or two. We feature the best lip balms created by Black-owned brands.
The Glowcery
The Glowcery was founded in 2019 by Roshanne Dorsett, a beauty blogger, trained natural skincare formulator and skincare enthusiast. She creates the most scrumptious lip products such as Sweet Orange – Superfood Natural Lip Balm, which is made with cold-pressed carrot, orange oils and ultra-nourishing mango butter. Then there is Coconut Crumble – Superfood Natural Lip Scrub which exfoliates dry, chapped and flakey lips. Two essential products to pick up for the new season.
Shimirose
Shimirose is the baby of Akua Asiedua Asare who creates product that are handmade from natural ingredients. They have four lip balms in their arsenal such as Rose Almond Shea Butter, Lavender Shea Butter, Peppermint Shea Butter and Pure Natural Shea Butter.
Fenty Skin
Level up your lip game with #PLUSHPUDDIN, our clean, cruelty-free intensive recovery lip mask. Take a dip into a cushiony pudding-like texture with lip-loving ingredients that increase elasticity + firmness, hydrates, and reduces the look of fine lines + wrinkles on the pout.
Keys Soulcare Lip Balm
Their award-winning Comforting Tinted Lip Balm with Avocado Oil is a Comforting Tinted Lip Balm that’s nourishes with avocado and camellia seed oils (and can double as blush if you’re in a pinch).” most recently won Allure‘s Best of Beauty Awards 2022, Best Lip Balm Tinted category.
Ami Cole Lip Oil
Holy grail. This vegan, lip oil-to-gloss is infused with baobab seed oil, camellia seed oil and passion fruit seed oil to protect, sooth and deliver long-lasting hydration. But, it doesn’t stop there. It also adds a beautiful shine and leaves a natural tint that looks great on everyone.
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