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Introducing the "Breathe" Edit

  Hello AKA Beauties! It’s that time again! Really excited to bring you the “Breathe” Edit for our second quarter of 2021. Whew it’s been a long year and a bit, and it’s only now beginning to feel like we can pop our head above the water and BREATHE. And that was exactly our inspiration for this quarter’s edit. Everything in the box is bringing you REST and RELAXATION. There’s also something else that’s SUPER amazing about this box. This box is worth not 1, not 2, not 3 but over 4 times the cost of the box! That’s right, this box is worth a whopping £116 but we are keeping the price point the same at £25. It does...

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The importance of hydrating the skin

  Hi Beauties, We are back again with a topic we were inspired to speak on this week! Skin Hydration! Now we don’t know about you but when we used to hear this, we weren’t sure  exactly what that looked like. Is it just making sure you cleanse/wash your face daily? Seemed easy enough! How wrong we were! There’s so much more to this and so many advantages of prioritising skin hydration in your skin care regimen. But don’t worry – we share all our secrets here! So why is skin hydration so important? Skin hydration is all about water! If your skin is not hydrated enough, it will become dry and tight. Dry skin is less resilient and is...

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US! ABOUT OUR 'BIRTHDAY' EDIT

  Hello Beauties! We meet again! Only it’s a new year, new quarter and AKA Beauty are determined to match that energy too. That is why this quarter we are bringing you something new as well that is unlike anything we have ever done before! To celebrate our very 1st Birthday, we are bringing back ALL your favourite brands from last year and this time YOU get to choose exactly which products will be making up your box -right down to the nitty gritty! We wanted to keep a good thing going but we also want to push AKA Beauty further than we’ve ever gone! Unlike our past boxes, this quarter will only feature the “one-off purchase” edition but don’t...

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ABOUT OUR FESTIVE BEAUTY BOX FOR Q4.

Hello AKA Beauties! Wow what a year it has been! We know 2020 isn’t quite done with us yet (even though WE are done with it KMT!) but it was never going to stop our plans to get you the best goodies as we enter the season of celebration and gifting!! This quarters edit is called the “Festive” box and once again, it does what it says on the box! Tis’ the season of gifting and celebration, so we wanted to make sure that all the products in the box had that variety for those who like to try a bit of everything. We also wanted products that had that wow factor and would engage that festive spirit (even if...

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GLOW UP SIS– About our Q3 box!

  Hello AKA Beauties! It’s that time of the year again! We are back with more amazing products curated for darker skin tones to share with you on our 3rd quarter! If you haven’t already guessed the theme of this edit’s box is “Glow Up!”. Luckily for all of us, summer is not fully cancelled. With places opening up again and motives being planned, we wanted to make sure you had all you needed to get your ‘summer glow’ on.   So what can you expect to see in this box? Once again, we are super happy to say that all brands featured in this box are black owned! Now more than ever it is so important for us to...

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