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Surya Brasil

Brazilian natural cosmetics company known for plant-based beauty products, including henna hair color.

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Overview

Surya Brasil is a privately held Brazilian cosmetics company focused on natural beauty products. The company was founded in Brazil in 1995 by Clelia Cecilia Angelon and developed an international presence through offices in São Paulo, New York City, and India. Its portfolio is associated with natural cosmetics and includes hair-care and skin-care products, with Henna Brasil Cream being the best-documented product in available reference material. The brand began distributing products in the United States in 1997, marking an early step beyond its Brazilian home market. Surya Brasil's positioning emphasizes natural ingredients, environmentally conscious beauty, and alternatives to conventional cosmetics. Its products have received recognition in the natural-beauty sector: Henna Brasil Cream won Better Nutrition magazine's Best of Natural Beauty Award in both 2009 and 2010. Publicly available reference material provides limited information about the company's ownership structure, detailed product catalog, financial performance, executive team, manufacturing footprint, and current distribution scale. It is therefore best characterized as an independently held Brazilian natural-cosmetics brand with international distribution and a particular association with henna-based hair coloring.

History

Surya Brasil was established in Brazil in 1995 by Clelia Cecilia Angelon. From its beginning, the company presented itself as a natural-cosmetics business rather than a conventional mass-market beauty manufacturer. Its known product focus includes cosmetics, hair care, and skin care, with henna-based coloring serving as the clearest publicly documented area of specialization. The available reference material does not provide a detailed account of the company's early product development, manufacturing arrangements, or initial retail strategy. The company expanded outside Brazil relatively early in its history. Surya Brasil began distributing products in the United States in 1997, two years after its founding. The company is also described as having offices in São Paulo, New York City, and India, indicating an operating structure that connects its Brazilian base with international commercial activity. These locations should not be interpreted as proof of separate manufacturing facilities or the full extent of the brand's sales markets. Surya Brasil's brand identity is associated with natural and environmentally conscious beauty. Its Henna Brasil Cream became the most visibly recognized product in the available historical record, receiving Better Nutrition's Best of Natural Beauty Award in 2009 and again in 2010. This recognition reinforced the product's position within the natural-beauty category, although the available sources do not provide details about sales, market share, distribution volume, or the criteria used for the awards. Reference material after the 2010 award period is limited. There is insufficient reliable information in the supplied sources to describe later ownership changes, executive appointments, product launches, corporate restructuring, financial performance, or the company's current scale. Surya Brasil is therefore documented here as a privately held Brazilian natural-cosmetics company with international offices and distribution, rather than as a large publicly listed beauty group.

  • 2010

    Henna Brasil Cream received a second award

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    Henna Brasil Cream won the Better Nutrition Best of Natural Beauty Award for a second consecutive year.

  • 2009

    Henna Brasil Cream received natural-beauty recognition

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    Henna Brasil Cream won Better Nutrition's Best of Natural Beauty Award.

  • 1997

    United States distribution began

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    Surya Brasil began distributing its products in the United States, expanding beyond its Brazilian home market.

  • 1995

    Company founded in Brazil

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    Clelia Cecilia Angelon founded Surya Brasil in Brazil as a natural-cosmetics company.

Products and positioning

Natural, environmentally conscious cosmetics with a focus on plant-based beauty and henna-based hair coloring.

  • Henna-based hair color

    Henna Brasil Cream

    Henna Brasil Cream is Surya Brasil's best-documented flagship offering. It is a henna-based hair-color product associated with the company's natural-cosmetics positioning. The product received Better Nutrition's Best of Natural Beauty Award in 2009 and 2010, giving it a notable place in the brand's documented history. The supplied reference material does not specify its complete shade range, formulation, packaging, or current availability.

  • Cosmetics

    Natural cosmetics

    Surya Brasil sells natural cosmetics as its broad business category. Available reference material identifies cosmetics as the company's core field but does not provide a complete catalog or enough product-level information to list individual formulations reliably.

  • Skin care

    Skin-care products

    Skin care is part of the product scope associated with Surya Brasil. The available sources do not identify specific skin-care lines, formulations, launch dates, or current product status, so this entry is limited to the category level.

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