Once upon a time...

in the heart of baltimore a girl with a love for glowing skin started mixing ingredients in her mom’s kitchen.

Back in high school, I was selling Black soap and experimenting with anything that made my skin feel soft, clean, and radiant. I’ve always had a thing for skincare — it had me in a chokehold long before I had a brand.

Our Story

This brand started with frustration, curiosity, and love.

Growing up, I was always mixing things and putting them on my face. I didn’t know the science, but I knew what felt good. In high school, I started selling Black soap to classmates — not as a business, but because I believed in what it did for our skin.

I’ve always loved the ritual of skincare. The glow. The healing. The stillness. But I also know what it’s like to try every product out there and still feel like nothing’s made for you.

That’s why I created NSKosmetics — a brand made for us, by us. I launched in 2020 from my mom’s kitchen. No team. No lab. Just a girl with a dream and a deep belief that our skin deserves better. Better ingredients. Better results. Better energy.

Eventually, I partnered with cosmetic chemists to refine my formulas — but the heart stayed the same:

Intentional products that nurture real skin concerns like breakouts, dark marks, and texture — without stripping you of your glow.

Since then, NSKosmetics has helped thousands of customers experience results that feel like healing. Because this brand isn’t just about skin. It’s about self-trust. Self-care. And showing up for yourself every day — even when it’s hard.

We’re here to create more than just skincare. We’re creating space. For softness. For ritual. For care.

This is skincare with soul. And we’re just getting started.

— Nnenna-Simone Kalu, Founder

the future

What Next?

In the future, we’re building more than skincare — we’re building a legacy.

Our goal is to create products that don’t just sit on your shelf — they change how you feel in your skin. We’ll keep elevating our formulas, expanding our scent library, and creating body and face products that nourish your biggest organ from head to toe.

We see NSKosmetics on vanities, in bathrooms, and in beauty bags across the world — known for results, rooted in soul. We're here to make a name in this industry… and we’re just getting started.