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Borrowed from the Island

Borrowed from the Island

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We use the most Nutritiously- Dense hair food ingredients on the planet!! Maintain, Grow, & heal

05/16/2026

Customers love our cleansing shampoo. All natural ingredients featuring Apple cider, hibiscus, and African black soap straight from ghana..

Visit our website and pre order today so you don’t miss the next restock!

✨ MEET THE CEO: MRS. ERICA AKUETTEH ✨ We are excited to spotlight Mrs. Erica Akuetteh, the visionary founder behind Borrowed From The Island — a clean beauty and natural haircare brand inspired by island roots, wellness, and intentional self-care. Built on the belief that healthy hair starts with healthy ingredients, Borrowed From The Island creates natural, toxin-free products designed to protect, repair, nourish, and grow healthy hair from the inside out. Her brand reflects the simplicity and richness of island traditions while embracing eco-conscious beauty and holistic hair wellness. ✨ Mission / Slogan: “From Island Roots to Your Roots.” 🌴 “Haircare is simple on the island — natural and toxin-free haircare.” As a Black and Caribbean-owned brand, Borrowed From The Island is rooted in culture, authenticity, and the power of clean ingredients. Erica’s passion for self-care and healthy hair has allowed her to create products that encourage people to embrace natural beauty while being mindful of what they put on their hair and skin. Her brand focuses on: • Natural Haircare • Clean Ingredients • Handmade Self-Care Products • Eco-Conscious Beauty • Healthy Hair Growth & Restoration What makes Erica’s journey inspiring is her dedication to creating products that are both effective and intentional. She understands that haircare is more than appearance — it is confidence, culture, wellness, and self-love. Through Borrowed From The Island, Erica continues to empower individuals to return to the basics of healthy haircare while celebrating natural beauty through simple, island-inspired solutions. ✨ Business: Borrowed From The Island @borrowedfromtheisland #MeetTheCEO #WomenInBusiness #CleanBeauty #NaturalHairCare #BlackOwnedBusiness CaribbeanOwned HealthyHairJourney EcoConsciousBeauty NaturalBeauty HairWellness WomenWhoLead CEOHighlight SheCanHaveItAll ToxinFreeBeauty IslandRoots 05/08/2026

Thanks for the feature and for highlighting black woman owned businesses 💚🌴

✨ MEET THE CEO: MRS. ERICA AKUETTEH ✨ We are excited to spotlight Mrs. Erica Akuetteh, the visionary founder behind Borrowed From The Island — a clean beauty and natural haircare brand inspired by island roots, wellness, and intentional self-care. Built on the belief that healthy hair starts with healthy ingredients, Borrowed From The Island creates natural, toxin-free products designed to protect, repair, nourish, and grow healthy hair from the inside out. Her brand reflects the simplicity and richness of island traditions while embracing eco-conscious beauty and holistic hair wellness. ✨ Mission / Slogan: “From Island Roots to Your Roots.” 🌴 “Haircare is simple on the island — natural and toxin-free haircare.” As a Black and Caribbean-owned brand, Borrowed From The Island is rooted in culture, authenticity, and the power of clean ingredients. Erica’s passion for self-care and healthy hair has allowed her to create products that encourage people to embrace natural beauty while being mindful of what they put on their hair and skin. Her brand focuses on: • Natural Haircare • Clean Ingredients • Handmade Self-Care Products • Eco-Conscious Beauty • Healthy Hair Growth & Restoration What makes Erica’s journey inspiring is her dedication to creating products that are both effective and intentional. She understands that haircare is more than appearance — it is confidence, culture, wellness, and self-love. Through Borrowed From The Island, Erica continues to empower individuals to return to the basics of healthy haircare while celebrating natural beauty through simple, island-inspired solutions. ✨ Business: Borrowed From The Island @borrowedfromtheisland #MeetTheCEO #WomenInBusiness #CleanBeauty #NaturalHairCare #BlackOwnedBusiness CaribbeanOwned HealthyHairJourney EcoConsciousBeauty NaturalBeauty HairWellness WomenWhoLead CEOHighlight SheCanHaveItAll ToxinFreeBeauty IslandRoots

04/28/2026

🥑Our oil and herb based hair masks are going to do the inner work for your hair strands that unfortunately these products on the shelf that contain mostly water will not do..

The benefit of using our hair masks is that they’re able to pe*****te deep into ur hair strands, strengthen, reduce breakage.. This is the perfect set up to retain length and elasticity.

The Mask in this video is our “ Cheers to Life” Mask treatment. Very popular for low, medium and high porosity hair or if you can’t decide on a mask right now and want a little bit of everything.

✨Bonus: all 3 of our hair masks are safe for locs because they don’t contain any waxes. They’re just going to give you raw benefits that you can rinse out.

if you want to learn more about natural ingredients for your hair, be sure to follow
and head over to our website, www.BorrowedfromtheIsland.com the island family mailing list

04/27/2026

It’s easy to take care of type 4 hair if you use the right products 🌴Using our “Ready to Go” Hair Mask Treatment + Deep Treatment

04/25/2026

Wake up the dry hair strands with our “Ready to go” Hair Mask

Full video tutorial linked here
https://youtu.be/G0K5FU8FeEI?si=92SHZ4Pq33b8-f5x

Borrowed From the Island 04/25/2026

Highly Requested New YouTube Upload using our “Ready for Go” Hair Mask Treatment

https://youtu.be/G0K5FU8FeEI?si=sR9J9TSfmsiNg4aj

Borrowed From the Island 1 like. "Hair Mask Treatment: Grow, Hydrate, & Detangle your hair all in one!! Tutorial for you "

04/24/2026

Using our cheers to life hair mask treatment on these Beautiful micro locs 😍💚🌴 all our masks are wax free so it’s safe for the locs

Head over to the shop today https://borrowedfromtheisland.com

07/12/2025

See you soon DMV area!!
We will be at vendor at PIWC’s annual Bless the Block Picnic… pull up and bring the kids for the back to school giveaway, free food, activities and more

06/19/2025

Flash Juneteenth Sale!!! On all of your favorite hair care products Today thru June 22nd

Photos from Borrowed from the Island's post 04/13/2025

3 Reasons you should never skip your hair mask treatment days!

Our Hair Masks are Anhydrous (0% water) offering deeper pe*******on and moisture retention. Deliver moisture and nutrients directly to the hair’s core. Clean and intentional ingredients

🪴Do you use a hair mask at least once or twice a month?

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