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By Phoebe Parke, for CNN

Updated 1443 GMT (2243 HKT) June 9, 2016

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Liha co-founders Liha Okunniwa and Abi Oyepitan met at university and started exchanging natural haircare tips. Sixteen years later they decided to take their homemade recipes and sell them online.
Photos: All-natural products by Liha
Liha co-founders Liha Okunniwa and Abi Oyepitan met at university and started exchanging natural haircare tips. Sixteen years later they decided to take their homemade recipes and sell them online.
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"People needed to get used to the idea of it being 100% natural and organic and learn how to use it from scratch," explains Okunniwa (right). "It's a great skill to be confident using essential oils, experimenting and having fun in your kitchen."
Photos: All-natural products by Liha
"People needed to get used to the idea of it being 100% natural and organic and learn how to use it from scratch," explains Okunniwa (right). "It's a great skill to be confident using essential oils, experimenting and having fun in your kitchen."
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"Making soap was quite a new thing for us as we had only done oils and butters before, but it turned out amazing," says Okunniwa. <br /><br />"It's 100% organic and natural and we have tweaked the classic recipe but kept amazing ingredients like plantain ash, and the base of shea and coconut oils."
Photos: All-natural products by Liha
"Making soap was quite a new thing for us as we had only done oils and butters before, but it turned out amazing," says Okunniwa.

"It's 100% organic and natural and we have tweaked the classic recipe but kept amazing ingredients like plantain ash, and the base of shea and coconut oils."
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The pair hand make <a href="http://www.lihabeauty.co.uk/#!product/c18h7" target="_blank">all of their products</a> in their workshop in Cheltenham, United Kingdom.
Photos: All-natural products by Liha
The pair hand make all of their products in their workshop in Cheltenham, United Kingdom.
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Liha's Idan oil is made with natural cold pressed coconut oil and infused with a Tuberose flower, and is used to moisturize the skin.
Photos: All-natural products by Liha
Liha's Idan oil is made with natural cold pressed coconut oil and infused with a Tuberose flower, and is used to moisturize the skin.
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Story highlights

  • Liha Okunniwa and Abi Oyepitan met at university and started sharing haircare tips.
  • 16 years later, they decided to sell the African-inspired products they had developed.
  • They use plantain and cocoa pods, as well as Shea, to make organic hair treatments.

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