Meet Our SMMES

Get2Natural

The Get2Natural, (G2N) company was established by Noshile Dlamini and Phumelele Khumalo in Durban, South Africa in 2017. The main focus of the company is to create quality products that would help improve the appearance and function of problematic hair, skin and nails in an effort to encourage both men and (especially) women to embrace their natural beauty. The G2N products contain special healthy ingredients, such as natural butters and oils, aromatherapy oils, and other health boosting substances for improving the appearance and texture of the hair, skin and nails

Mamoa

The founder of Mamoa, Mmoni had always struggled with sensitive skin, as did her daughter. Despite trying out many expensive products in the market, the struggle with their sensitive skin didn’t lessen any. Then one day, a friend suggested the use of essential oils to enhance the skincare products which was an experiment that worked wonders. It was then that Mmoni attained the passion to help others with sensitive skin and started sourcing for natural ingredients, essential oils, and other useful ingredients like Shea butter and coconut oil to develop skincare products that truly work.

Femade

Femade is a woman–owned SMME

that sells 100% pure Macadamia nut oil for body and hair care. The product is targeted at addressing dry skin conditions. The oil is sourced from a farm in the Limpopo Province

Kukura

This woman owned SMME is run by a qualified somatologist,who having faced a personal problem with thinning hair, used her own knowledge of alternative medicine to create a formulation that worked. Kukura produces a product for hair care. Kukura has developed a small but loyal clientele,having marketed the product by word of mouth and through one salon in Rosebank which carries it.

Cathama Group

Cathama is led by a woman who although a lecturer in languages, has an interest in traditional healing using indigenous plants and aspires to modernize indigenous products by integrating with essential oils. The products currently available are meant for the body but has claims for healing properties. The products include body oils with anti-aging properties, bath salts and scrubs and anti-ageing creams. The target market is both men and women.

Linda Blends

Linda Blends was founded in 2016 by Linda Mbada from her home in Sandton. Linda Blends began when full-time mother of three entered a space of creation and formulation to treat her son’s dry skin, naturally, she wanted only the best for him. From here she started treating changes in her own skin, combating age lines and signs of being a mother. Linda Blends products are rich in active ingredients derived from plant oils, herbal tea infusions, botanical/herbal extracts and essential oils. Ingredients are carefully selected based on their premium benefits to the skin.

After years of perfecting and testing numerous recipes, Linda Blends has grown to offer a signature range of moisturizers, peels, cleansers, soap, scrubs, mists, lotions, balms, massage oils and more.

Marple

The story of Marple is that of passion about skin and deep love for formulating influenced by indigenous wisdom and bio-science. After our son had suffered from eczema since birth, all the ointments given to him were causing multiple issues. We decided to try home remedies and Judith Moralo (co-founder) formulated a natural cream which worked wonderfully on his skin. After using this cream for a couple of months, we (Judith & Martin), decided to package this cream for commercial use. This was the birth of Marple Skincare which started with one cream (classic range), then a vintage range which was followed by our flagship range, équilibre, a natural even skin tone range, which launched in 2016. In addition to these range, Radiant+ was added to the family. Radiant+ is a unique formulation that uses Zinc and Kalahari Melon to treat acne problems. Since we started using our classic and vintage range on our son since 2013, there has never been a need to use any other product. Our équilibre range is dermatologically tested for sensitive skin types and has been proven to reduce the effects of rosacea.

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Tmolyn

Tmolyn is a woman owned enterprise trading in skin care products. The product range includes soap in various fragrances such aslemon/rooibos, coffee, lavender, rose, and in various sizes, a facial mist,hand lotion, body butter, body lotion, and a make-up/facial cleanser. Based on the inspiration for the development of the products being a need to address an eczema problem in a member of the family. Products are currently manufactured manually, using a catering-size double boiler to produce the body butter and the soaps, and buckets with an industrial whisk for all the other products.