About The Creator

About ChicVerde's Creator

ChicVerde is a natural skincare brand founded on the passion and personal journey of Tendo, a lawyer-turned-cosmetic formulator from Uganda. 

The roots of ChicVerde trace back to the late 1990s when Tendo first crossed paths with her future husband at her graduation party. Little did she know then that this chance encounter would eventually lead to the creation of her beloved skincare line years later.

In the mid-2000s, Tendo's love for creating natural products blossomed as she developed a range of body butters infused with herbs and knowledge from a renowned herbalist. Though her first branding effort didn't take off, the birth of her daughter in 2006 reignited Tendo's desire to craft safe, effective skincare free of harsh ingredients.

Tendo's daughter suffered from eyelid eczema triggered by fragrances, prompting Tendo to dive deep into the European Cosmetics Standard. With meticulous research and formulation, she created gentle, fragrance-free products that soothed her daughter's sensitive skin.

When her son was born in 2011 with extremely dry, itchy calf skin, Tendo realised soap was the root issue. Drawing from her father's soap-making business in 1980s Kenya, she spent a year perfecting her own luxurious, skin-nourishing soap recipe. From there, she went on to develop a proprietary skin cream that finally calmed her son's condition.

As word spread around her children's school community, Tendo started selling her soaps and creams under the brand SkinUganda. Her husband encouraged her entrepreneurial spirit, and soon customers around the world were clamouring for her natural, high-quality formulas.

In 2020, Tendo reconnected with a former colleague who had moved to Switzerland. Inspired by the elegant simplicity of Tendo's products during her time in Uganda, this friend proposed collaborating on an elevated skincare line - the genesis of ChicVerde.

With a "heart of a creative soul," Tendo painstakingly refined a signature trio: a gentle cleanser, soothing serum, and luxuriously nourishing body butter. Every ChicVerde product is formulated in Uganda according to the highest European standards and Tendo's core philosophy - to create truly effective, natural skincare that treats your skin and mind with tender care.

From humble roots making soap at home, to building a globally-loved brand, Tendo's passion for ethical, artisanal beauty shines through in each ChicVerde formula. Cherished by all who discover it, ChicVerde invites you to experience the epitome of skincare chic.