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First Nations-Owned Beauty Brands to Shop For All Your Beauty Essentials
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When it comes to Indigenous-owned and founded beauty brands in Australia, we are truly spoilt for choice. With many brands using traditional practices as well as native ingredients to create products, we have the ability to purchase beauty essentials that have centuries of knowledge and tradition within them.
Supporting First Nations’ businesses is incredibly important as it helps to close the racial wealth gap, while also strengthening local economies where these products are made. And, it allows you to celebrate and appreciate Indigenous culture, which is something all Australians should be doing on a daily basis. The next time you need to update your skincare routine, or if you’re in the market to try a new beauty product, consider shopping from one of these First Nations businesses.
Bush Medijina
Translating traditional Indigenous native botanical knowledge into modern skincare, Bush Medijina is “governed by the strong Indigenous women on our board,” reads the website. Situated in Angurugu, a remote island in the Northern Territory, Bush Medijina creates a number of beauty products including body butter, shower gels, body scrubs and hair oils — all made with native botanicals.
Juddarnje
Founded by an Indigenous family a part of the Bundjalung tribe of Northern New South Wales, Juddarnje uses some of nature’s best ingredients including botanicals, essential oils and clays to create natural and safe skincare products. With an extensive line of products, you can shop creams, cleansing milks, soaps and body lotions.
Indigiearth
Based in Mudgee in New South Wales, Indigiearth is a 100 percent Aboriginal owned and established business that sells “premium bush foods made from authentic Australian native products that are ethically sourced and sustainably harvested”. Skincare products created from native ingredients are also a large focus of Indigiearth with clay face masks, body custards and serums containing traditional ingredients like Davidson plum and finger lime.
Dilkara
Dilkara, which means ‘rainbow’, is the brainchild of Julie Okely — a proud Kamilaroi woman and successful hairdresser. With ingredients sourced from local Indigenous communities, Dilkara sells hair, skin and hygiene products that are vegan, cruelty-free and made without synthetics. Shop for everything from cleansers, mist sprays and haircare products via the Dilkara website.
Lowanna Natural Skin Care
Founded by Sinead Vandenbroek, a proud descendant of the Narungga people of the Yorke Peninsula region, Vandenbroek’s connection to her Indigenous heritage led to the creation of Lowanna Natural Skin Care. Using natural, plant-based, native ingredients that have been used by Indigenous people for centuries, Lowanna’s products are formulated to be kind to your skin. Update your beauty routine with Lowanna’s range of clay masks, moisturisers and cleansers.
