People of Substance makes clean body-care products for people with tattoos, including natural balm designed to soothe fresh ink and revive the look of healed artwork. The New York brand treats tattoo aftercare as art preservation, pairing responsibly sourced natural and organic ingredients with stories that explore the people and experiences behind body art. Its products are handmade in the United States on a women-operated production line.
Hustle ButterFounded by tattoo devotees Richie Bulldog and Seth Love, Hustle Butter makes tattoo-care products for artists and collectors, led by its original body-butter balm launched in 2012. The New York City-born brand developed its petroleum-free formulas to keep sessions cleaner and skin nourished through healing and long-term tattoo care, using vegan, cruelty-free ingredients without parabens or phthalates.NEW YORK, NY
Soap CherieBrooklyn-based Soap Cherie makes uniquely handmade body-care products from natural and organic ingredients, including soaps, oils, scrubs and bath treatments. Its line is shaped around an all-natural approach to caring for the body and soul, with products designed to preserve essential vitamins and minerals while encouraging a closer connection with nature. Soap Cherie operates from Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn, New York.BROOKLYN, NY
Hamlin ApothecaryHandmade in Harlem, Hamlin Apothecary creates all-natural whipped body butter by infusing moisturizing butters and oils with botanicals. Mommy-owned, made and operated, the brand grew from founder Terri Freeman’s search for cleaner body care during pregnancy and draws inspiration from her great-great-grandfather’s Hamlin Drugs, founded in Raleigh in 1904. Its products are produced in micro-batches, with aromatherapy-based scents and carefully sourced, food-grade-or-better raw ingredients.
Don't B. AshyBorn from a grandmother’s reminder to “Don’t be ashy,” Don’t B. Ashy makes small-batch body care handcrafted in Brooklyn, New York. The Black-owned brand frames moisturizing as inherited resilience and self-tending, with products such as its signature lemongrass-and-rosemary body butter made for skin and spirit. Its “Love, Me” collection extends that idea through a custom scent collaboration with Tiffany D. Cross.NEW YORK, NY