Shaba Cosmetics

Shaba Cosmetics, hair care and beauty store with Afro and European selections

Shaba Cosmetics is an online store dedicated to selling hair care and beauty products. Its catalogue combines a selection of Afro and European products, and includes wigs, braids, and human hair extensions, as well as skin care items, salon essentials, and vegan beauty options.

Extensions and human hair

The extensions range is organised into several families: professional extensions, clip-in extensions, tape-in and I-tip extensions, micro loops and nano rings, and keratin extensions. Within human hair, they offer unprocessed Brazilian weaves, remy weaves, yaki, straight and kinky, body wave and deep wave, jerry and loose wave, plus a short series. There are also human hair braids in afro bulk, straight bulk, deep wave bulk, and curly hair bulk formats, as well as human hair crochet and human hair blends.

Wigs

The wigs section covers human hair wigs, human hair blend wigs, and synthetic wigs. They are classified by style: straight, natural wavy, curly, long, short, bob, with fringe, lace front, full lace, and afro. Also listed are wigs with baby hair, headband wigs, synthetic wigs that can be straightened, and braided wigs. Wig accessories include lace glue and remover, caps and bands, styling tools, and sprays, such as tinted lace spray and lace melting spray.

Braids, crochet, and locs

The braids and crochet catalogue brings together brands such as Cherish, EZ Braids, Impression, Outre, Ruwa, Spectra, Shake N Go, Freetress, Smart Braid, Soft N Silky, Sensationnel, Vivitress, X-Pression, and Jazzy. They offer pre-stretched braids, itch-free braids, kanekalon and jumbo braid, water-resistant braids, classic braid, smart braid, spectra braid, twist and bulk braid, Janet braid, and kids braids. In crochet, there are feather, pre-stretched, itch-free, curly, locs, twists, box braids, kanekalon, water wave, deep twist, and passion twist options, with brands like BlisSource, Cherish, and Vivitress.

Professional hair care

The professional care range includes shampoos, conditioners, masks, oils and serums, heat protection, and a professional maintenance line with adhesives and removers, lace glue, spare tapes, and nano rings. Shampoos are classified by function: shampoo bars, vegan, keratin, sulphate-free, for damage and repair, for dryness and itching, anti-dandruff, anti-frizz and smoothing, growth and strengthening, with biotin, volume and thickening, for sensitive scalp, clarifying, purifying, moisturising, moisturising and smoothing, conditioners, for fine or normal hair, coloured, blonde, silver or purple, co-wash, pre-shampoo, and kids shampoo. Conditioners follow a similar logic, with vegan, keratin, sulphate-free versions, for damage, dryness, anti-dandruff, curly, anti-frizz, growth, biotin, volume, sensitive scalp, leave-in, deep conditioner, hydration, detangling, coloured, fine or normal, blonde, silver or purple, and kids. Treatments and masks include vegan options, keratin, heat protection, deep treatments, repair, fine and normal hair, curly, anti-dandruff, anti-frizz, hair mask, growth, leave-in, hair mayonnaise, colour care, thinning and hair loss, and hot oil.

Curls, styling, and tools

For curly and wavy hair, they list shampoos, conditioners, masks, treatments, curl creams and lotions, gels, custard, sprays, and mousses. The styling section includes creams and lotions, mousse, spray, gel, wax, pomade, edge styling, wax stick, dry shampoo, and texture powder. Tools cover straighteners, curlers and wavers, heated brushes, and dryers. In serum and hair oils, there are growth complexes, heat protection, hair and body oils, serums, strengthening oils, hair growth oils, rosemary oils, repair and damage, anti-frizz and anti-breakage, hair loss, shine, and essential oils. They also offer mousses and sheen sprays, hold, anti-frizz and smoothing, as well as relaxers and texturisers, relaxer kits, texturiser, perms, and kids and men's kits.

Colour and brands

Colour is divided into permanent, semi-permanent, and demi-permanent, ammonia-free, toners, bleaching, and oxidants. Colour brands include As I Am, Adore, Bigen, Crazy Color, Color Culture, Creme of Nature, Cover Your Gray, Directions, Dark & Natural, Dark & Lovely, DEXE, EBIN New York, Farmavita, High Beams, Kiss Tintation, L'Oréal Paris, L'Oréal Professionnel, Manic Panic, Maxima, Radken, Red by Kiss, Root Perfect, Schwarzkopf Live, Schwarzkopf Oleo Intense, Schwarzkopf Poly Colour, Schwarzkopf Igora, Schwarzkopf Blondme, Sta-Sof-Fro, Vatika, Vital, and Wella. The catalogue also includes shampoos and conditioners for coloured, blonde, silver or purple hair, colour creams and masks, colour removers, powder and fibre shadows, bleaches and peroxides, foil and accessories, and relaxers.

Skin and body care

In skin care, brands such as Palmer's, Fair and White, L'Oréal Paris, Garnier, Dove, Nivea, and Ayumi Natural are listed. Products are grouped into moisturising creams and gels, oils and serums, facial cleansers and scrubs, masks and peel-off masks, toners and cleansers, glycerines, soap bars and exfoliators, and wipes. Body care includes moisturising milks and lotions, creams and gels, butters, oils, bath gels and lotions, body and foot scrubs, soap bars and liquid soaps, and rose water and glycerin. Hair removal and waxing cover warm and creme wax, sugaring and hot stripeless, pallet wax, roll-on, wax heaters, strips, and spatulas.

Shipping and payments

The store indicates free UK delivery on orders over £50 and free UK next day delivery on orders over £100. It also offers payment in 30 days or in three or four instalments through external services.