The low down on afro hair subscription boxes
Many agree that this is the best time to be a black woman. The best time to be a natural haired black woman at that. Ten years ago, afro hair subscription boxes were unheard of. We struggled to find hair care products made with natural and organic products for our curly locks in the usual black hair shops. Let alone to walk into a mainstream supermarket or pharmacy to find ‘our’ products. Subscription boxes are indeed a Godsend. They allow the subscriber to get a variety of afro hair samples delivered straight to their door. These Afro Hair Subscription Boxes are at a reasonable price with different products being sent on usually a quarterly or monthly basis.
Here are the best UK black owned afro hair subscription boxes on the market.
Bourn Beautiful Naturals Wash Day Essentials Kit
This brand was born in 2016. Finding no products on the market to properly care for her dry, sensitive skin and coily hair, the founder, Kadian Pow created Bourn Beautiful Naturals. Exclusive to Hair Popp, providing 4 items in their hair care line, the Bourn Beautiful Hair Kit includes 250ml full sizes:
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If you want to add styling products to your new wash day kit. Try these two items which are new to the marketplace:
- Bourn Beautiful Naturals Curling Custard (250ml)
- Bourn Beautiful Naturals Curl Crush Flaxseed & Marshmallow Gel (250ml)
You can purchase your curated hair box by shopping here.
Curlee Box
Are you looking for a unique gift idea or simply want a treat for yourself. Look no further than Curlee Box. Curlee Box allows you to sample new afro hair products every month for £20 a month. No contract too. Previous boxes have offered the following brands:
- As I Am
- Jane Carter Solution
- Hair Rx
- Lotta Body
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A subscriber can expect 4-6 products every month. Customers can order anytime within the month for dispatch on the 15th day of the very next month. The Curlee Box prides itself on providing prime products at an affordable price.
Hair Farmacy Favourites Box
The Hair Farmacy Favourites Box is brought to you by black UK brand Natural Curlies. This box is chock full of natural, tried and tested hair care products with delicate afro coily hair types in mind. This box promises:
- Full/trial sized products
- Natural and organic ingredients
- Cruelty-free products
- A range of independent brands
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This brand celebrates naturally curly hair. The favourites box is non-subscription and retails for £25. Natural Curlies promises that ‘your hair will thank you’. Their online reviews positively reflect this also.
Nylah Naturals UK Box
Most popular is the Nylah Naturals Wash Set. This hair kit contains the award-winning creamy-textured Nylah Strength and Shine Shampoo Cream, Nylah Super Botanicals Conditioner to restore and protect your hair’s natural moisture with a rich and creamy double-strength conditioner, and Nylah Super Seeds Hair Oil to help nourish your hair and scalp with Nylah’s super lightweight multipurpose hair oil. However, we’ve also created additional kits depending on your hair needs.
You can get your Nylah Naturals UK hair box here: Nylah Naturals Wash Set
TreasureTress Box
An obvious play on words of the term ‘treasure chest’ and it is indeed just that. 3 box types are on offer. A mini-me box, a tween box and a qween box. Each afro hair subscription box caters for different ages for ‘natural hair care made simple’. Subscription boxes cost £20 and comprise of the following brands to name a few:
- Mane Divas
- Just For Me
- Tgin
- Afrocenchix
- Hair Chemist Limited
- Mielle Organics
- SheaMoisture
- TGIN
- Curls
- Revlon Realistics
- Twisted Sista
As a treat to our community, TreasureTress are offering a discount using the code “HAIRPOPP10”
Goodies galore
Treasure tress is an auto-renewing afro hair subscription box, perfect for the start of your natural hair journey. Every month, a different range of styling tools and hair care products will be sent out. The subscription can also be cancelled at any time.
ODYSSEY BOX UK
Founded by natural hair blogger CurlyGalChlo. Natural hair care doesn’t have to be Saturdays in the hair shop trying to find something to beat the dryness, or something that will bring your edges back. Natural hair care doesn’t have to be oil number three that will hopefully soothe that irritated scalp and mend those split ends this time (because it won’t).
Natural hair care can be luxurious. It can be a pamper session at the weekend and healthy hair growth. And that’s where ODYSSEY BOX comes in.
Chloé Elliott, the founder is passionate about natural hair. She says, “it is my identity, my personality, my power and now more than ever, it is my business. It is my business to save you the search and minimise the trials and errors by bringing you high quality, luxury experiences wherever you call home or wherever you do your hair. Your hair is my driver and my mission too because natural hair is a personal journey and we’re on the same one. Let’s make this journey an adventure“.
Each ODYSSEY BOX is made available every other month. Subscribe to receive 4-5 products every other month from black-owned hair brands.
Over to you
Have any of these Afro Hair Subscription Boxes caught your interest? Please check out the links above and treat your afro hair to the products it deserves, and share with others.
You can shop our marketplace here: www.hairpopp.com/shop
Also, our blog sister Saabirah Lawrence has put together a list of UK BLACK OWNED SUBSCRIPTION BOXES for hair, beauty and wellness. Be sure to check it out.
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Post updated May 2020.