Caribbean Women Who Are Beauty Industry Trailblazers

There are hundreds if not thousands of beauty brands on the market catering to black hair care. However when a Caribbean national manages to build a multi-million dollar brand that can be found in major retail stores such as Target, Walmart, and CVS – we must take notice.

We proudly salute poshgirls Nickie Nougaisse (Haiti) Founder of Curls Dynasty, Yve-Car Momperousse (Haiti) Co-Founder of Kryel Essence, Rochelle Alikay Graham-Campbell (Jamaica) Founder of Alikay Naturals, Shelley Davis (St.Vincent) Founder of Kinky Curly, Lois Reid-Hines (Jamaica) Founder of Tropic Isle Living, and Terrinique Pennerman (Bahamas) Founder of Kurlee Belle.

Founded by Haitian-American Nickie Nougaisse, Curls Dynasty is a brand that sets out to provide natural hair care with nourishing ingredients. After Nougaisse was disappointed by the natural hair products she used, experimenting in the kitchen paid off and allowed her to start to develop natural products that did wonders for her hair. Since its origins in 2014, Curls Dynasty proudly states that it is out to change the world “one curl at a time”! Shop their collection of moisturizers, shampoos, stylers, and more.

Haitian founder Yve-Car Momperousse was suffering from damage due to consistent use of chemical products and other styling techniques. However, Yve-Car always looked forward to visiting with her mother after every hair problem to ask for a bottle of Haitian Black Castor Oil. After getting significant heat damage in the city of Philadelphia, Yve-Car could not locate a single bottle of Haitian Black Castor Oil. So emerged the development of Kreyol Essence. The brand makes sure to use indigenous ingredients from Caribbean farms and uses plant-based oils, butters, and herbs to soothe, moisturize, and fortify hair, skin, and scalp.