We are in the last week of Hispanic Heritage Month, but the support for our compatriots (Nuestros paisanos!) will continue today and always. Beauty lovers can indulge in fab products while supporting Latin-own brands and founders of color. As an exercise, we can also make a habbit the celebration of our heritage while uplifting and supporting businesses, creators, and founders from our beloved community.
For starters, you can join thirteen lune’s mission of helping in the discovery of beauty brands created by Black and Brown founders that resonate with people of all colors. This e-commerce website was designed to provide each brand with a platform to educate and engage a wider audience.
Commenting on the Latin-owned brands on the site, Co-Founder Nyakio Grieco said, “thirteen lune provides a joyful discovery of BIPOC-founded brands in one streamlined shopping experience. Our Latinx community of brands and founders has brought significant innovation and authentic heritage to our thirteen lune family. Through digital and live programming throughout the year, we’re proud to showcase their enormous talent and dynamic products.”
Below we introduce you to 12 Latinos that founded successful beauty brands available on thirteen lune. Scroll down to learn about their companies and best-selling and luxurious skin, hair and body products.
Bomba: Lulu Cordero
About the Brand: Created with coffee, rosemary, and castor oil to boost growth and maintain volume in curls, Bomba Curls taps rich generational beauty secrets from founder Lulu Cordero’s Afro-Dominican heritage.
Best Selling Product: Forbidden Hair Oil
Nopalera: Sandra Velasquez
Lunar Beauty: Manny MUA
About the Brand: Lunar Beauty was founded by beauty veteran Manny Mua and features custom, cruelty-free cosmetic formulas, and products that serve everyone.
Best Selling Product: Outer Dimension
Joanna Vargas
About the Brand: Clean skincare that breathes life and vitality into aging or imbalanced skin. Created by celebrity esthetician, Joanna Vargas.
Best Selling Product: Daily Serum
Gloryscent: Rafaela Gonzalez
About the Brand: A pro-melanin skincare brand founded by Rafaela Gonzalez, created to facilitate the journey to healthy radiant skin by protecting the skin from environmental aggressors.
Best Selling Product: Total Body Serum
Madame Gabriela: Gabriela Navejas
About the Brand: Founder Gabriela Navejas creates simple essential colors made from well-considered ingredients that hydrate, nourish, and plump the lips.
Best Selling Product: Lipstick
República: Julissa Bermudez
About the Brand: Born and inspired by the Dominican Republic - república skin shares the rich heritage of sensually radiant skin with clean body care, inspired by nature. Indulge in skin sweet as sugar.
Best Selling Product: Sugar Body Polish
Leland Francis: Dillon Peña
Joaquina Botánica: Giovanna Campagna
Vamigas: Christina Kelmon
About the Brand: VAMIGAS is clean skin care, hair care, and beauty brand created by Latinas using botanicals from Latin America. Christina Kelman, one of the few Latina investors in Silicon Valley and CEO of the makeup brand Belle en Argent, has created a skincare brand, Vamigas, that aims to reclaim the clean beauty ingredients of her ancestors.
Best Selling Product: Olinda Cleanser