Nigeria’s beauty scene is no longer just about imported makeup. From complexion staples to bold pigments, homegrown brands are doing serious work.
Whether you love a soft everyday beat, full glam or experimental colour, there is a Nigerian brand worth discovering.
Aavour
Aavour brings affordable complexion and colour products to makeup lovers, with options suited for everyday Nigerian glam and professional artistry.
Price range: Approximately ₦2,500–₦35,000
Blossom Makeups
Blossom Makeups creates affordable, colourful cosmetics, including foundations, lip products, primers and highly pigmented eyeshadow palettes.
Price range: Approximately ₦1,500–₦25,000
Beauty By AD
Beauty By AD delivers polished, complexion-focused makeup designed around Black women, with foundations, blushes, lips and customisable palettes.
Price range: Approximately ₦4,500–₦120,000
Zaron Cosmetics
Zaron remains one of Nigeria’s most recognisable makeup names, offering everything from foundation and powder to mascara, lipstick and palettes.
Price range: Approximately ₦2,000–₦35,000
Zikel Cosmetics
Zikel has built a loyal following with affordable complexion products, powders, palettes, lip products and makeup essentials for everyday glam.
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Price range: Approximately ₦1,750–₦15,000
Yanga Beauty
Yanga Beauty brings playful colour, complexion products and beauty tools together, with products created specifically for the modern African makeup lover.
Price range: Approximately ₦5,000–₦25,000
Nuban Beauty
Nuban Beauty has become a staple for accessible African makeup, offering complexion products, lip colours, brushes, sponges and professional essentials.
Price range: Approximately ₦3,500–₦35,000
BM|PRO
BM|PRO leans into professional artistry, offering foundations, powders, pigments, brushes and long-wear products for serious makeup enthusiasts.
Price range: Approximately ₦5,000–₦60,000
Flawless Ivy
Flawless Ivy is an affordable Nigerian makeup brand covering complexion, lips, eyes, palettes, primers and setting products for diverse skin tones.
Price range: Approximately ₦1,000–₦25,000
Vee Beauty
Vee Beauty offers an extensive makeup wardrobe spanning foundations, concealers, powders, palettes, primers, setting sprays and colourful eye products.
Price range: Approximately ₦3,000–₦30,000
Hegai & Esther
Hegai & Esther is a longstanding Nigerian makeup name known for foundations, powders, contour products, eye makeup and professional beauty essentials.
Price range: Approximately ₦1,500–₦25,000
Omolewa Cosmetics
Omolewa Cosmetics creates makeup with women of colour in mind, spanning complexion products, primers, lip colours and other beauty essentials.
Price range: Approximately ₦5,000–₦35,000
The Local Beauty Shelf Is Getting Bigger
From House of Tara’s legacy to newer brands experimenting with complexion, colour and formulation, Nigerian makeup has become increasingly diverse.
The next time you restock your makeup bag, look beyond the international names. Your next holy-grail foundation, gloss, blush or setting spray might be made right here at home.