A natural, plant-based and vegan-friendly skincare range made in Cape Town, South Africa.
“We believe that nature embodies harmony and balance – and so should your skincare.”
Contact us today, or book a visit at our skin care studio in Durbanville 🌿 Hermalene has been in the beauty industry for close to 40 years and is passionate about natural, ethical skincare. Mélan Skincare is free from harm
ful chemicals like gluten, aluminium, parabens, perfumes, alcohol, mineral oils and petrolatum. All our products are meticulously formulated by hand using naturally derived carrier creams, plant-based materials and 100% pure essential oils of the highest quality. Our commitment to you is to give you the best and most natural skincare product to care for your skin, no matter what your skincare needs are. When Hermalene decided to take the leap and start her own natural skincare range, finding the right name for the brand was at the top of her list. Her two sons (and business partners) suggested simply using her name, but she thought it was just a bit too long for a skincare brand. So one night she woke up in the middle of the night and wrote her name down on a piece of paper, spacing out the letters and re-arranging them into new phrases/groupings. That’s when the name Mélan popped out (by swopping out the a and e in the middle of her name). She knew it was the perfect fit as the word melan, as a prefix, is often found in skin-related terms like melanin (meaning the natural pigmentation of the skin) and melanocytes (special skin cells that make melanin). In that way, Hermalene’s name is synonymous with the Mélan Skincare brand and embodies the ethos, quality and integrity contained in each Mélan product a client applies to their skin.
