Most Oil/Buttr lines (Glow Oil, Lumi Oil, Coco Oil, Onyx Light, Onyx Polish) are two to seven plant/mineral ingredients built on shea, coconut and cocoa pod ash. HLR Drops and Hydra Gel are peptide, hyaluronic acid and brightening-acid serums, not raw butters, and Ever Balm contains animal derived lanolin, so the range spans genuinely raw to conventionally active.
| Ingredient transparency | Full ingredient list read and categorised |
| Ownership | Independent, founder-owned. Founded 2016 by Ore Lawani (also known as Ore Runsewe); Lagos, Nigeria-based. |
| Where made | Made in Lagos, Nigeria (opened its first factory-cum-store in the Ilupeju Industrial Estate, Lagos, in 2021). |
| Price | $-$$ (Naira pricing from roughly ₦5,500 for a 60ml Glow Oil up to ₦37,800 for a 1 litre refill pouch; USD/GBP conversion available at checkout) |
| Cruelty free | Brand states cruelty free (no third party Leaping Bunny/PETA certification found) |
| Vegan | Not brand wide. Ever Balm contains Lanolin Cera (animal derived); most oils/butters otherwise appear plant based, honey (Mel) appears in Onyx Light, Onyx Polish and Glow Scrub |
| Organic | Not stated; Hydra Gel lists one 'Organic' prefixed ingredient (Organic Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root) but no whole product organic certification |
| Certifications | No third-party certifications; brand states products are vegan, cruelty-free and reef safe, and 'free from sulfates, parabens, phthalates, silicones and mineral oil' (self-declared). |
| Sold in mainland China | Unknown |
| Packaging | Refillable glass bottles and refill pouches under a 'Reuse & Refill' / 'Recycle & Refill' program, marketed as using less packaging |
Not yet independently verified. The certifications listed for this brand are as the brand states them. They have not yet been checked against the certifiers own registers, so they should be read as a claim rather than a confirmed fact.
We analysed 20 Arami Essentials products, categorising every listed ingredient by function, origin (raw natural, naturally derived or synthetic) and safety concern. This is not the whole catalogue, so it is reported as a partial read. Percentages show the share of each formula that is natural or naturally derived.
Most common flags: Tocopherol (Vitamin E), Parfum (Fragrance), Squalane, Oryza Sativa (Rice), Gluconolactone, Polysorbate, Tocopherol (Vitamin E Oil), Parfum (Fragrance) Refills c, fragrance, Sucrose (Cane Sugar), Niacinamide, Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer
Coverage: Ingredient lists were read for 20 products. The size of the full catalogue could not be established, so no average is shown.
Analyst note: Full-catalogue INCI re-scan from Arami Essentials’s own site: 20 of 55 products publish an ingredient list; the rest are not assessed (no INCI published, never guessed from marketing copy).
| Product | Natural | Ingredients | Flagged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donate to 10MAG (10 Million African Girls) | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| The Glow Oil Edit | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| Lushlands Dream Butter | 100% | 4 | 0 |
| Glow Oil Edit Set | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| Signature Mirror | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| Soft Re-Set | 62% | 8 | 1 |
| Dream Butter Petal Muse | 60% | 5 | 0 |
| Donate to WARIF | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| Donate to Helpmum | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| Onyx Light Petal Muse | 62% | 8 | 1 |
| Donate to Sanitary Aid Initiative | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| Dream Butter (Ore’s Cheesecake) | 100% | 6 | 0 |
| Eden’s Elixir | 100% | 8 | 0 |
| DND Headband | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| Build Your Wander Series | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| Sprayer (Forever Glass Bottles) | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| Oils of Arami Set | 73% | 11 | 1 |
| Glow Oil Refill Forever Set | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| Ore’s Faves | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| Hydration Duo | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| Gift Wrapping | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| Large Silver Box | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| Small Silver Box | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| Dark Charcoal Gift Box | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| Pink Gift Box | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| Wander Filler Box | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| Arami BFFs | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| Dream Butter | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| Hydra Gel Refill Pod | 56% | 9 | 0 |
| Hydra Gel | 56% | 9 | 0 |
| Mindfulness Journal | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| Ever Balm | 17% | 6 | 0 |
| Hydra Flask | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| E-Gift Card | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| Genesis Set | 75% | 12 | 0 |
| Acacia Bowl | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| Wander Tote | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| Wander Pouch | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| Paradise Oil | 71% | 7 | 0 |
| Paradise Scrub | 82% | 11 | 0 |
| HLR Drops | 42% | 19 | 1 |
| Joy Oil | 100% | 7 | 0 |
| Coco Oil | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| Glow Oil | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| Lumi Oil | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| Glow Scrub | 80% | 10 | 0 |
| Onyx Polish | 78% | 9 | 0 |
| Acacia Stick | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| Acacia Spoon | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| Acacia Collection | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| Acacia Set | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| Ivory Butter | 100% | 6 | 0 |
| Lumi Butter | 88% | 8 | 0 |
| Onyx Light | 71% | 7 | 0 |
| Omni Oil | n/a | 0 | 0 |
Full ingredient breakdown
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