Skincare · United States (Dominican founder)
República Skin
Founded by Julissa Bermudez
República Skin is a clean body-care brand created by Dominican-American TV host and actress Julissa Bermudez, inspired specifically by her native Dominican Republic. Raised in Queens, Bermudez noticed her skin felt hydrated and glowing in the Caribbean but turned dry, flaky and ashy in harsher climates like New York, and couldn't find products to recreate that island-nourished feel. The result is a line built around Caribbean botanicals, with the Sugar Body Polish (sugarcane-based, a natural resource of the island) as its hero, promising "skin sweet as sugar." Bermudez frames the brand around Afro-Latina identity while emphasizing that as a founder of color she made products "enjoyed by all ethnicities," filling a gap where the industry historically ignored broad consumers. The discovery angle is its Caribbean-roots body-care niche and founder story tied to Latinidad. It's stocked through inclusive retailer Thirteen Lune. Caveats: it's body skincare rather than complexion makeup, and exact founding year and current catalogue should be confirmed.
Who it matches
- Depth range
- Medium, Deep, Deepest
- Undertone
- Any undertone
- Skin type
- Dry
- Price
- Mid-range
Hero products
- Sugar Body Polish
- body care infused with sugarcane
What it targets
- sugarcane
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