About Us

We're based in Alberta!

 

MEET OUR FOUNDER

Yvette Nkwenti-Dingha founded Kwengha Botanicals during her pursuit for solutions to her own skin and health problems. Yvette is a Registered Nurse, a Preacher, and an Organic Skin Care Formulator.

For several years, Yvette suffered from constant breakouts that left her skin covered in dark acne spots and uneven skin tone caused by her excessively oily skin and the dry Canadian winter seasons. She spent so much money on synthetic skin care products hoping to find the magical product. She also spent a lot of money on hydroquinone based products in efforts to get ride of her hyper pigmented skin while putting her own health at risk; but still could not achieve the results she wanted as hydroquinone made her hyper pigmentation look even worse with "bleached" skin patches (Please note that hydroquinone is a high alert  cancer causing agent and has been banned for use in cosmetics in most of the EU but allowed at 2% usage rate in Canada and the United States).

She hated the way her skin looked and that affected her self esteem and self confidence. She constantly wore make-up foundation every time she left her house as a temporal outward confidence booster. Her biggest beauty dream was to one day be able to go out of her house without wearing make-up foundation.

After several failed attempts to find the magical product that would get ride of her skin care problems, she turned to mother nature for solutions. She started researching natural skin care active ingredients. She was fascinated with the results of her research and started doing DIY skin care products. After several attempts and trials, she started noticing that not only did her skin started looking better, her body started feeling better too. That is when she realized that what a person puts on his/her skin also affects his/her over all health. So she also got rid of her harmful chemical household products and started doing DIY household products for her family.

She did not want to stop at being a skin care DIYer. So she invested in education to become an organic skin care formulator. She completed her Diploma in organic skin care formulation and is currently working on her Advanced Diploma in Cosmetic Science. She is also enrolled in other skin and hair care formulation courses.

Yvette has since experienced a significant improvement in her health and skin since she started formulating and using natural skin care products. She has regained confidence in her natural beauty and has been able to achieve her dream of going out without wearing make-up foundation. She has also received very positive feedbacks from friends and family members who have used her products. Before she launched Kwengha Botanicals, she was already receiving requests from people who have tried her products to make her products available for them to purchase.

Yvette is very passionate about formulating skin care products that would solve our customer's unique skin care problems and she wants all our customers to achieve the same results she did without the use of synthetic harmful chemicals.

Yvette is open to one on one consultation with customers who have unique skin care needs. If you have a specific skin care need and want a personalized skin care advise and products formulated for your specific need, please do not hesitate to contact Yvette. Send your request to contact@kwenghabotanicals.ca or kwenghabotanicals@gmail.com and we will make sure she receives your request in a timely manner.

OUR MISSION

Our mission is to provide and promote accessibility to high quality, effective and sustainable natural/organic skin/hair care products. All our products are formulated using ONLY natural/organic ingredients that are safe for your skin and also effective. 

OUR VISION

Our vision is to meet the skin/hair care needs of our customers and improve their quality of life through education and the use of natural/organic skin/hair care products.

OUR CORE VALUES

QUALITY

We believe that high quality/high performance skin/hair care can be achieved using botanical ingredients. That is why we only source high quality botanical ingredients which are as close to their original state as possible. We thoroughly research our ingredients, develop and experiment with multiple formulations until we find the formulation that meets and delivers the desired outcome for the specific product. We also complete multiple trials of the final formulation, as well as microbial testing in a cosmetic testing certified laboratory for all our products that contain water to ensure that they are safe before we sell them to our customers.

Quality to us also means that our products are delivering the results that our customers expect.

INTERGRITY

We are completely transparent with what is in our products and what they can do for your skin. The only surprises that we want our customers to experience is that our products performed beyond their expectations.

We do not make any medical claims on our products. However, we do our best to provide a summary of the skin benefits of the key ingredients in our products. We also provide the complete ingredient list of all our products so that our customers can do their own research before making the decision to purchase our products.

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION

Our customers are the core of our brand. As much as we enjoy researching and creating high quality natural/organic skin/hair care products, it is impossible for our brand to last if we don't have customers who love and use our products. That is why customer satisfaction is extremely important to us and we try our very best to listen to our customers and provide high quality service to them.

We formulate our product with you, our costumer in mind and we hope that it meets your skin care needs. We are committed to providing you with the best effective natural/organic, safe and high performance skin care products. If for any reason you are unsatisfied with any of our products, please reach out to us via email. You are the reason why we are in business. So your satisfaction is our priority.

SUSTAINABILITY

We use only ingredients that have sustainable sources because we care about our environment, our ecosystem, and the generation after us. 

 OUR PRODUCTS

All our products are professionally hand crafted using organic/natural and naturally derived ingredients ranging from bar soaps, body lotions, face cream, face serums, toners, face mask, body wash, shampoos and conditioners, and more. 

Our products are cruelty free. That means we test our products on our own skin. Most of our products are vegan friendly except for our balms which may contain beeswax.

We also use natural preservatives in all our products that contain water to ensure that our products don't grow bacteria and cause infection on our customers. All our face masks that contain clay are packaged and sold in powder form with instructions for our customers to activate in smaller amounts before use. This is because it is absolutely impossible to effectively and naturally preserve clay once it comes into contact with water. There is no natural preservative on the market at this time that has the ability to prevent bacteria and fungi growth in a clay containing products once activated with water. We care about the health and safety of our customers. That is why we provide you only with the best solutions for your skin/hair care.

All our products are made using plant based natural/naturally derived ingredients such as oils, butters, waxes and other plant derivatives. We strife to use certified organic ingredients as much as possible in order to provide our customers with the best, safe and effective skin/hair care products. Our goal is to provide our customers with natural, sustainable and high performance skin and hair care products.

 

We ship all over Canada and the United States.

Thank you for supporting an Alberta small business. We greatly appreciate you!

Kwengha Botanicals Team