00:00Hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of Shop Essence Live.
00:05I am your host, Stephanie Donovan, and this is a show we do in partnership with the New Voices family
00:09to bring you new Black-owned products to shop every single week.
00:14I am so excited for this next brand.
00:18Like, they have something for everyone.
00:21And when we talk about how we care for our skin and what is on our face
00:26and being intentional with the ingredients we use and how to treat all the things that we deal with as Melanated people,
00:32she has got us all covered.
00:34Everybody, welcome, Patrice Chappelle.
00:38Thank you. Hi, how are you?
00:40I am amazing, and I'm so excited to get into this brand.
00:44Before we get into the products, can you tell everyone how you came up with Melanated Brand Skin?
00:50Yes. So when my son, Bron Eccles, was about seven,
00:53he struggled with extremely dry skin.
00:56And so I could not find any skincare products on the market that address children,
01:01especially Black and brown children.
01:03So I started doing my research, getting the formulas together,
01:06came up with the name, the website, and here we are.
01:10So, so, I mean, she was like,
01:13listen, Black women will get it done, okay?
01:18Yes.
01:18This is so good.
01:19And we were talking before break, and I was just so excited to see a brand that was kid-friendly as well.
01:27Because I have a seven-year-old, she has eczema.
01:29I have two teenage boys.
01:31They have various degrees of acne and dark spots and all kinds of things.
01:35And you see the things that are over the counter, and it's just like, it causes so much flakiness and so much dryness.
01:44And it's just like, is there nothing else?
01:47And here she comes.
01:48Like, yes, there is.
01:50So can you take us through some of the products that you have available and, like, what are the benefits?
01:56Yes.
01:56So this is one of our flagship, I'll show you in just a second.
02:00It's our melon moisture cream.
02:02So this is great for eczema, psoriasis, dermatitis.
02:06And the good thing about this is that it is great for babies and up.
02:10So all ages, I have parents that use this.
02:12It's good for extra dry skin.
02:14So if you do not have a skin condition, you can also use this.
02:17The colloidal oats is in there.
02:19It has sea moss.
02:21So it's organic.
02:22There's no parabens, no toxins, nothing like that.
02:27It's vegan, cruelty-free, and gluten-free.
02:29So if you have any type of gluten allergies, we are the brand for you.
02:34And it smells so light.
02:37It's not, like, very heavily scented.
02:40And also, like, rubs on completely clear.
02:42There's no, like, film or anything after that.
02:45But it's very moisturizing.
02:47And that is the thing.
02:49How do I not have a whole veil on my skin?
02:52But it's effective, which is really, really great.
02:55And you said from babies all the way up.
02:57Yes.
02:58So what you have there is actually our face moisturizer.
03:01And that is great for ages 7 and up.
03:03So we have a complete starter kit that has the cleanser, the toner, and the moisturizer.
03:08And it has our rose water, organic, and then our aloe vera as well.
03:13And it has a nice rose scent.
03:15So very, very subtle, very light.
03:17And a little bit goes a very long way.
03:20See, I'm glad you said that to me.
03:23Because I am definitely a scooper.
03:26So, but just, like, a little dollop.
03:28And you can cover your whole face.
03:31Really good.
03:32And I also really love, like, handcrafted soap.
03:36Can you talk a little bit about this bar and what are the benefits of your soap?
03:40Yes, so this is actually really good for acne, bacne as well.
03:45This is great for the preteen ages as well as teen and up.
03:49So I have adults that use this if they have any type of blemishes or dark spots that they
03:53want to try to, you know, get rid of and things like that.
03:56It smells great.
03:57It's turmeric.
03:58It has coconut oil, sunflower oil.
04:00It's amazing.
04:02And, I mean, just the smell alone will have you wanting to use this pretty much every day.
04:06And you can replace this with your cleanser or you can use it in addition to your cleanser
04:12as well every day.
04:14Also love how simple the ingredients are.
04:17No toxins.
04:19No toxins.
04:21Nothing artificial.
04:22It's just all natural ingredients but effective, y'all.
04:26I cannot not wait to try this.
04:29It's so good.
04:30And then I also have this amazing headband.
04:33You know, we don't always want to wet our hair.
04:37And it's good for makeup too for the parents that want to, for the moms that want to use
04:41it for, you know, makeup application for your children at night when they're washing their
04:46faces in the morning.
04:47It's also good for kids too.
04:49I love it.
04:52Yeah, it looks good.
04:53So you also have a promo code.
04:57You have a promo code for the Essies at home that are watching.
05:00Can you let us know what that is?
05:02Yes.
05:02So it's Essence and it's 15% off until February 28th.
05:07So be sure to use it.
05:09You can use it on pretty much everything on the site.
05:12And yeah, we would love to get your business and for you to try our products.
05:15They're amazing.
05:17Amazing.
05:18So let us, we're going to bring up the website here.
05:22You guys, this is so, so great.
05:25There are a lot of things on the market.
05:27A lot of things that are not really specially formulated for our skin and what our, how our
05:33skin reacts to things.
05:35So definitely try this product out.
05:38There is something for everyone, which is great.
05:43So you are also a part of the New Voices family.
05:46Patrice, can you talk about what that experience has been like for you?
05:51Yes, it's been incredible.
05:52So I joined last year.
05:54I'm also a part of the Pace Bootcamp and that has been amazing as well.
05:58Just the community, the networking, being able to be amongst other women that look like
06:04myself and they're in different phases of their journey.
06:07So some people are emerging brands like me.
06:09Some are, you know, name brands that are in Target.
06:11So being able to just have that, that, you know, fellowship and, and be able to just have
06:16the resources has been great.
06:22So, so good.
06:24So I cannot wait.
06:25Oh, I'm going to take pictures.
06:27I got to do it before and after and take some pictures using these products.
06:30So good.
06:31I just want to thank you so much because I know that somebody is watching right now.
06:37It's like, that is exactly what I have been looking for.
06:40So you guys, let me put up her website one more time.
06:44Make sure that you check out melaninbrandskin.com.
06:47See everything that she has to offer there.
06:51I'm really, really excited for this, the fresh face.
06:53And then you also have an eczema kit.
06:55So I got some shopping to do too.
06:57I got some shopping to do too.
06:58And make sure that I get the shopping in.
07:00And this would also be such a great, like, I'm sure you have like a package or some kind
07:05of gift bundle.
07:07I'll tell you really quick about that.
07:08So we actually do have our book box.
07:11This book, me and my son actually wrote and we published this last June.
07:16And so it's called wash your tea and close your eyes.
07:18And it teaches children how to take care of their skin, about their T-zone, how to, you
07:24know, pH balance everything.
07:25It's amazing.
07:26And Braun is the main character.
07:27I'm in the book.
07:28And also what is also good about this is the fact that we also talk about Black History
07:33Month in the book.
07:34So it references that.
07:36It's really good.
07:37So be sure to get a copy of this as well.
07:38It's available on our site and Amazon.
07:41You guys cannot sleep.
07:43And I know parents can relate to this.
07:45You think it's second nature to teach kids about hygiene, but it is not second nature.
07:52So that is really great.
07:53That's a great little gift there as well for the little ones that really teach them about
07:58self-care because eventually we ain't going to be there to help them wash it.
08:02So true.
08:02They need to know.
08:03They need to start learning now.
08:05But it's been so great to have you on.
08:08I'm so excited to try out all of your products, all my kids.
08:12I might have to steal some of them, but it's fine.
08:15I'll get my own.
08:16I'll do my own.
08:17But this has been really, really great, Patrice.
08:19Thank you so much for joining us this week.
08:21And thank you, everybody at home for watching.
08:23Tune in next week for more Black-owned products to shop here at Shop Essence Live in partnership
08:29with the New Voices family.
08:31See you guys next week.
08:35That was awesome.
08:37That was so great.
08:38Okay.
08:39So, yeah, I got to get the eczema thing.
08:41Okay.
08:41Because we draw so, and then my son, yeah, with the acne.
08:44I'm so glad you said acne, too.
08:47Yes, definitely.
08:48You like that.
08:49Yeah, I feel like that gets kind of glossed over, but that's great.
08:53And then this one, the face moisturizer.
08:56The amount of times when I drop him off from the school bus and the face is just like.
09:00Oh, I know.
09:01Listen, in the book, we actually, the start of the book, it talks about how I send Braun to school
09:06and his face is, you know, moisturized and then he comes home and it's like looking totally
09:10different, dried out.
09:11And that's what I went through with him.
09:13But then with this, it lasts all day.
09:15Oh, yes.
09:16Just one application in the morning and do the routine at night.
09:19You're good.
09:21I use it every day.
09:23Okay, good.
09:24Okay.
09:24Yeah.
09:25So this is really good.
09:25And this bar you can use every day?
09:27Yes, you can.
09:29It's a lifestyle.
09:31I'm so excited.
09:32All right.
09:33Well, thank you so much, Arianne.
09:36We are done.
09:37So I am going to clip these episodes.
09:40Arianne will send you the full episode when it is uploaded.
09:44Arianne, are you still in there?
09:46I'm here.
09:47Is hers this week or next week?
09:49Next week.
09:50Okay.
09:50Yeah.
09:50So then you'll get a notification next week with the social clips as well as the full episode.
09:55It'll be up on Essence.com's homepage.
09:58And it'll also be on Essence.com's shopping page.
10:00It'll stay up there as a playlist, but for the homepage, it'll be there.
10:04Okay.
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