About Us

Vance Cosmetics LLC is a black woman owned skin and self care company. Founded in 2021 by our Pharmacist CEO Dr. Dana Vance (@dr_dnv), all of our products are made from organic natural materials and crafted by hand. Every product has an original plant based and/or plant inspired formula created by our pharmacist founder. We use a combination of whole plant matter and extracts to provide natural yet effective and safe skincare.

Conscious Skincare

  • Ingredients

    We vow to prioritize ingredients either whole from nature or found in nature(ex. Hyaluronic acid and ceramides found naturally in skin and sourced from plants).
    We opt for plant extracts such as comfrey root extract vs synthetically sourced ingredients like pure allantoin(comfrey root’s active compound) whenever possible. All of our fragrances & preservatives are paraben free. Our use of eco-cert, non-hormone disrupting, paraben-free preservatives leads to shorter shelf life stability (of 3-4months) in our water based products (serums, creams, lotions). Our oil based products are preservative free and shelf stable for at least 12 months. 

  • Vision

    We believe in the harmonic elevation of beauty and health through the reverence of nature. The creation, maintenance, and appreciation of beauty requires discipline and attentiveness to self that naturally creates an overall elevation in your
    personhood and health.
    Appreciation of the beauty in the world and in yourself as a consistent reminder of the beauty of God’s creation and His grace for us shows that beauty can be a tool that nears and keeps us close to God. Beauty should be celebrated and held in high regard as its maintenance is respect to God’s creation, and it’s appreciation inspires gratitude and thanks to God.

  • Mission

    Our mission is to elevate the collective with the promotion of deeper self care. We encourage the simple act of sticking to an organic skincare routine  to not only increase the beauty and health of your body’s largest organ, but to:

    • Increase self respect by providing your body the care it deserves
    • Increase self esteem by proving to yourself you are worthy of care and consistency
    • Increase self control by holding yourself to a high standard
    • Partaking in self
      soothing for the promotion of kindness to yourself

    Mastery of these skills within will lead you to recognition of Love and its calling to spread goodwill without(outside of yourself).

    As a member of the world elevating yourself is elevating the world. Please take care of yourself and let us help you.

Our Pledge

To You

We will never offer a solution that causes more problems.
Every product we create keeps your whole body in mind and we will not sacrifice your health and safety by using toxins or hormone disrupters for the
sake of beauty.

To Nature

We consciously source our ingredients and do our best to not waste plants or resources. We opt for glass over plastic as much as possible. We encourage reusing empty bottles at home creatively and are working toward a recycling or refill system in the future.

To Our World

1% of profits will be donated to rotating
charities/causes. Including but not limited to community garden programs, and women of color entrepreneurs

About Our Founder

Hello and thank you for visiting our website. I am a practicing pharmacist with a passion for beauty and nature. My background in sterile pharmaceutical compounding and infatuation with herbalism and natural healing led me to create this brand and these products. More specifically, this brand began as part of a solution to problems that arose for me during the COVID-19 pandemic. I paid more attention to what I put on my body(skincare and makeup), in my body (food), in my environment(my home life), and in my mind(media etc.). Read more about the origin story of Vance Cosmetics in the self discovery blog post here. In addition, subscribe to our YouTube channel (@vancecosmetics) where I will be posting about food as medicine and mindfulness, as well as skincare tips and in depth discussion of Vance cosmetics products.