Overview / About us
Since 2012
Beauty made in Lagos, for the skin we actually have
Ivorine started as a kitchen table body butter in Ajah. Today 230 people make 42 shades and twelve products in our own factory a few streets from where it began.
Company details are examples for this demo.
Our story
Fourteen years in Ajah
- 2012
Harmattan Balm, by hand
Our founder whips shea in her kitchen and sells jars at a Lekki market.
- 2016
The first factory
A rented unit in Ajah and the first lipstick moulds.
- 2019
Skin Veil launches
Twelve shades, starting from the deepest and working up.
- 2023
Solar and Line 4
A new line for butters and a solar roof over the whole factory.
- 2026
Private label and the trade portal
38 brands made for others, and a trade desk on the COVORN dashboard.
What we believe
Three things we will not change
Deep shades first
We design for the deepest skin and work upwards, never the other way round.
Made here
Mixing, filling and packing happen in Ajah, with Nigerian chemists and technicians.
Honest claims
We describe how a product feels and looks. We never promise to change your skin.
“I wanted a foundation that looked like my mother’s skin, not a lighter version of it. That is still the brief for every shade we make.”
Founder, Ivorine Beauty Group (example quote)
People
Most of our team live within ten kilometres of the factory. We train school leavers as line technicians and pay for diplomas in cosmetic science.
Community
One percent of sales funds skills training with women’s shea cooperatives in Kwara and Niger states.
Work with us
We hire chemists, technicians, packers and sales reps.