Marini Naturals: Niyati Patel

MEJ: My Entrepreneurship Journey

Marini Naturals is Africa's first quality haircare range for all natural hair. It is a Kenyan-owned haircare line founded by two friends; Michelle Ntalami and Niyati Patel. The idea came to Michelle in 2013 when she made the decision to live a healthier lifestyle, and hence cut her hair to grow it afresh naturally. However, at the time there were very few good quality and affordable products that catered to the African woman with natural hair.
Because of this, she was determined to create a quality haircare line that is fully suited to the natural-haired African, men, women and children alike. She shared the idea with her family and her best friend Niyati, and the beautiful journey began!
Niyati, being from Indian heritage, brought in a wealth of expertise on how to maintain long, strong, healthy hair using herbs and remedies, as has been the secret of the Indian community for years. Together, they therefore sought to make moisture the main differentiator for all Marini Naturals products.
And so, in 2013, with the help of top laboratories, formulators, cosmetic experts, hairdressers and designers, they came together, researched, formulated, tested and created a product of their own.
They called it Marini Naturals.

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