In the realm of beauty and wellness, for many consumers it can feel as though bettering your skin has to come at a cost. Be it unsafe ingredients or unpleasant experiences with use, there’s often a sacrifice to be made. However, for content creator, and now founder, Morgan Brown, ‘beauty without compromise’ is the new standard she’s ushering in with the launch of her health-focused skincare brand, June Skin.
A beauty girl since birth, and OG influencer, defining Brown as a mere guru would be a disservice. She’s a true expert, using science-backed research and testing to build her brand, as she has spent the past three years in R&D before releasing her first product. This very commitment to proving what actually works has been integral to her rise and longevity within the industry.
If you were active in the beauty blogging space in the 2010s, you’ll probably recognize her as ItsHeyMorgan from YouTube. There, her personal experiments delivered with her insatiable personality and earnest vulnerability helped her amass a following of over 500,000 subscribers. Whether it was challenging herself to drink a gallon of water a day or comedic skits showcasing the perils of girlhood, connecting with her audience is what ful decoding=”async” src=”https://www.essence.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Product-Image-5.png” alt=”June Skin Is The New Brand Championing “Beauty Without Compromise”” width=”400″ height=”400″ />
It was through her journey both on social media and healing from the unexpected loss of her father in June of 2017, that she learned how health and wellness are essential to living a truly ful>successful business. As an entrepreneur himself, his lessons in love and labour instilled in Brown the commitment to service and community that guided her social media endeavors and now her brand.
The idea of starting her own business is one she’d had for quite some time as she leveraged her first-hand experience in content creation and online community building during her undergraduate degree at the Wharton School of Business. But it wasn’t until her healing journey that she realized what her true passion and purpose would be in starting her own brand and eventually the core ethos of what she’s building with June Skin.
“Beauty is a routine that makes you feel good, it’s not just how you look,” she shares. “Our emotional health and mental health are deeply tied to our physical health,” At every level of her business, she’s focused on more than the aesthetic effects of her products, but the internaldecoding=”async” src=”https://www.essence.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Product-Image-2.png” alt=”June Skin Is The New Brand Championing “Beauty Without Compromise”” width=”400″ height=”500″ />
Her debut product, The Essential Cream, is a twice daily moisturizer designed to protect against exposure-driven stressors and strengthen the skin’s barrier over time. She’s partnered with researchers and scientists for the past three years to develop a formula with skin compatible ingredients that work synergistically both with each other and the body’s internal systems.
The lightweight, deeply hydrating and nourishing cream has antioxidants, squalene, and ceramides. Additionally, it has a unique blend of anti-inflammatory, microbiome-supporting probiotics to restore and fortify the skin. “This barrier repair cream is for my sensitive skin girls who can’t necessarily use all of these high-performing, but often irritating, actives in their routines,” she explains.
My Experience Testing June Skin 
Before
Brown first shared June Skin with me in early 2023 and I have been eagerly anticipating its launch ever since. Having followed her YouTube content in the mid 2010’s and trusted her as a skin and health expert, I knew any product she put out into the world would be created with the utmost intention and highest standards for efficacy.
In preparation for this piece, I tried June Skin first for two weeks and subsequently for an additional six weeks to see firsthand how it would perform. I mean this by no exaggeration–it is one of the mostdecoding=”async” src=”https://www.essence.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/After-.jpg” alt=”June Skin Is The New Brand Championing “Beauty Without Compromise”” width=”400″ height=”500″ />After
Whereas before I was hesitant to try new products, knowing they would likely result in some form of irritation, with The Essential Cream, I had a confidence and assurance in my skin’s health and strength that was so freeing. Since discontinuing use after the trial period and returning to my previous routine, I have been anxious to get my hands on the cream again, though I am still benefiting from its long-term strengthening and repairing effects. If my skin couldrel=”tag”>beauty brands Black content creators skincare
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