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IDRIS AND SABRINA ELBA PREMIERE "NO LIP SERVICE" -- A GROUNDBREAKING ALBUM FROM S'ABLE LABS EXPLORING BLACK IDENTITY AND CREATIVE WELLNESS.
Available now on Spotify and launched alongside S'ABLE Labs' first-ever lip product, "No Lip Service"marks a groundbreaking crossover between music and beauty—positioning African-founded brands at the forefront of wellness innovation and cultural storytelling. NEW YORK, May 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Idris and Sabrina Elba premiere "No Lip Service" today, a groundbreaking new album created in collaboration with S'ABLE Labs. This bold, first-of-its-kind project merges music and beauty in a dynamic expression of art, identity, and cultural care. Featuring a powerful lineup of Black artists, the record explores themes of wellness, creativity, and connection—positioning African-founded beauty brands at the forefront of innovation in the industry. The release coincides with S'ABLE Labs' first foray into the lip category: the launch of the Moringa Lip Salve. Together, the album and product mark a new kind of brand strategy—resisting, restoring, and repairing through the intersection of sound, storytelling, and self-care. "At S'ABLE Labs, we believe wellness is cultural, emotional, and communal, not just topical," saysSabrina Elba, co-founder and CEO of Sable Labs. "No Lip Service is about honouring that. It's about supporting artists not just as ambassadors, but as co-creators and storytellers. This album is our loveletter to creative care and to the communities that inspire everything we do." "Music has always been a form of therapy for me," says Idris Elba, co-founder of S'ABLE Labs and featured artist on the album. "The track I contributed to No Lip Service speaks to the tension betweenstrength and vulnerability—something we don't talk about enough, especially as men. Wellness isn'tjust physical; it's emotional, spiritual, and creative. This project is about making space for thatconversation." A BEAUTY INDUSTRY FIRST: LEADERS IN CREATIVE WELLNESS, CULTURE AND CARE. In tandem with the release of No Lip Service, S'ABLE Labs unveils its latest skincare innovation: The Moringa Lip Salve. A future-forward lip treatment rooted in centuries old African care traditions. Just like the record, the salve goes deeper than surface—challenging the notion that beauty is only skin-deep and redefining care as something truly intentional. Formulated with a potent blend of African botanicals and S'ABLE's proprietary HyperPrevent™ technology, the vegan formula delivers long-lasting hydration while helping to brighten, smooth, and protect. Lipid-rich Castor and Marula Oils help stimulate collagen and lock in moisture, while Prickly Pear and Moringa soothe and shield against free radical damage. "I needed more than moisture. This salve goes further—with rich nourishment and real care forhyperpigmentation. It's the lip care I always wished existed." – Sabrina Elba, Co-Founder and CEO ofS'ABLE Labs CULTIVATING COMMUNITY: RE-DEFINING WELLNESS AS CULTURAL, EMOTIONAL AND COMMUNAL. Each track on No Lip Service explores a different dimension of Black life and wellness from rest and softness to resistance, joy, and ancestry. The artists involved represent a broad spectrum of Black identity and sound, with songs that feel as intimate as a journal entry and as expansive as a global conversation. No Lip Service features a collection of original songs inspired by S'ABLE Sounds, a curated event held in London, UK, that brought together artists, thinkers, and cultural icons to reflect on what wellness means across the Black diaspora, including conversations of the night. Artists on the album include; Gyakie, Idris Elba, Shae Universe, Muneyi, George The Poet, Sha'Condra 'Icon' Sibley, and Awlyver, featuring voices of GHETTS, Zeze Millz and other global thought leaders. AFRICAN BEAUTY ROOTED IN ORAL TRADITION S'ABLE Labs is rooted in uplifting and amplifying African Beauty rituals and traditions. A brand built to highlight not only African Botanicals, but the sourcing of ingredients, the communities it impacts, and the heritage in which it was foundationally founded. African Beauty is curated through passed down traditions and culture with celebrated wisdom that has spread through its roots to the rest of the world. Further, it stands as the ethos in which S'ABLE Labs was founded. Through this interconnected journey of African roots and the immersion into the African experience, S'ABLE Sounds 'No Lip Service' showcases a connectedness to consciousness and the stories behind identities developed by cultural equity. 'No Lip Service' construct to spoken word stands to celebrate, cherish, inspire, reflect, and replenish. No Lip Service will be available May 30th, 2025 across all major streaming platforms, with limited-edition physical copies and exclusive content available at and on @ platforms. Media Contact: SABLELabs@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE S'ABLE Labs
Forbes
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Sabrina Dhowre Elba On S'ABLE Labs Launching A Trend-Defying Lip Balm
Idris Elba and Sabrina Dhowre Elba with the S'ABLE Labs Moringa Lip Salve S'ABLE Labs There's no doubt that moringa is having a moment in the skincare world right now. It just so happens to be the star of S'ABLE Labs' latest launch, The Moringa Lip Salve. But Sabrina Dhowre Elba, co-founder of S'ABLE Labs along with her husband, actor Idris Elba, doesn't want you to think of moringa as a flash in the pan. 'Superfoods and powerful antioxidants go in and out of trend,' Dhowre Elba says. 'When I started this brand, a lot of these ingredients I recognized from my childhood and hearing about growing up as an African woman, these are staples passed down through A-Beauty [African Beauty]; they've been used by generations. So, we very much try not to call them trends at S'ABLE. We don't think they should be trends. They've stood the test of time and we want people to start recognizing them for their efficacy, so we champion ingredients that we know are efficacious, powerful antioxidants from the continent, so that we can keep them mainstay, rather than going in and out. But it's so great that people are finally starting to see the benefits of moringa again, and talking about it, especially as a superfood and something you eat—it's highly nourishing, it's packed with antioxidants. It's an exciting time for moringa, which leans well into what we're doing.' The S'ABLE Labs Moringa Lip Salve Ideal for lip care, moringa is loaded with vitamins, antioxidants and essential fatty acids. Its high concentration of oleic acid keeps moisture in, plus vitamins A, C and E protect lips from sun exposure and oxidative stress. Known as the 'miracle tree,' moringa has been used in skincare and medicine for centuries due to its protective, healing and hydrating powers. The drought-resistant tree can grow 10 to 12 meters high in dehydrated environments, which explains why it's so potent. 'It's taken us almost three years now to get this product to launch, but [while] we were formulating, I didn't feel there was anything out there that was satisfactory enough,' Dhowre Elba says. 'And I still don't feel that today. A product like this is so overdue. Lip has always been one of my favorite categories, so I'm excited to put this out.' The S'ABLE Labs Moringa Lip Salve is all about nourishment. 'What's so great about moringa is it's very healing,' Dhowre Elba says. 'Our clinical studies came back showing that you get an increase of moisture by 127% in just four hours. You'll feel it on your lips that it does linger. It's like a nice velvet seal and lasts up to eight hours. For people who suffer from dry or cracked lips, this is definitely the lip balm for you.' The S'ABLE Labs Collection S'ABLE Labs In addition to moringa oil, the S'ABLE Labs Moringa Lip Salve spotlights prickly pear. The dream team works to protect lips from external aggressors. The deeply nourishing and restorative vegan formula works to help lips achieve a more even and brighter lip tone. There's also castor oil and peptides to spark collagen production and prevent trans-epidermal water loss, as well as licorice root and marshmallow root to prevent and treat hyperpigmentation. Their proprietary Ultra Filling Spheres trigger collagen and elastin while repairing and strengthening the barrier. 'Prickly pear acts like an enzyme, so one of the ways that we're addressing hyperpigmentation is to exfoliate dead skin off of the lips,' Dhowre Elba says. 'If you have an enzyme in there, that helps with the exfoliation process and the cellular turnover and cellular renewal.' True to the S'ABLE Labs ethos, all of the ingredients in The Moringa Lip Salve are ethically sourced. In addition to being a model and entrepreneur, Dhowre Elba is a UN Goodwill Ambassador for the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and also works with civil society organizations like Farm Africa, Conservation International and the European board for Global Citizen. Her background has given her the knowledge and perspective to champion ethical sourcing, as well as using 100% PCR packaging and sustainable materials. The S'ABLE Labs Moringa Lip Salve S'ABLE Labs 'We make it a sticking point to source all of our raw materials that are African from the African continent, responsibly and traceably,' Dhowre Elba says. 'That's something that we've become increasingly passionate about upholding, and it's a core pillar of our brand. We know the communities who supply our raw materials. We are making sure they're supported, that they're paid fair wages, that there isn't any mistreatment or child labor, for instance, in our supply chain. That's something we do with the brand and outside the brand in our philanthropic work. The moringa comes from Kenya, the marula comes from Namibia and the prickly pear comes from Madagascar. Those are three great responsibly sourced ingredients in our lip balm that we're excited about.' Another cornerstone of S'ABLE Labs is their exclusive Hyperprevent technology, which breaks down and prevents melanin growth and overproduction by blending powerful African botanicals with cutting edge science. It's a potent tool in treating hyperpigmentation, making the formulas ideal for melanated skin—and for everyone. 'One of the reasons we started the brand in the first place was to address the needs of melanin rich skin and I haven't seen that in this category,' Dhowre Elba says. 'One of the best things about this lip balm is that it incorporates our Hyperprevent technology, which addresses dark spots and hyperpigmentation on the lips. That's not something you hear often, right? Smokers' lips or sunspots or any kind of discoloring that might come from inflammation or other causes can be addressed with this lip product. I'm super picky with lip products. It's my desert island product because my lips are always dry. For me, this was also a way to satisfy a need that I wanted and fill a space with something unique.' The S'ABLE Labs Moringa Lip Salve Many S'ABLE Labs products were launched to fill a white space. 'I had suffered from teenage acne, and then it came back again in my adult years, as it does, which no one warns you about,' Dhowre Elba says. 'I remember thinking back at that frustrated point in my life as a teenager, and feeling like there was nothing out there that was holistically addressing my needs, but also on top of that, especially in my older years, realizing that as a Black woman, I didn't feel that there were enough products on the market that spoke to me and the issues that I was facing, like post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, weren't being addressed the way that I thought they should be. When we put the brand out, we called it a melanin inclusive brand because we discovered that melanin-rich skin is a more sensitive subgroup, which is why I wasn't feeling my needs were wholly addressed. If you create products for us first, they're better for everyone. Our skin's a little bougie. It's a little drier, a little bit more prone to inflammation. So, work with the most sensitive subgroup, and everyone can benefit from the extra benefits.' Dhowre Elba also believes that everyone can benefit from A-Beauty. 'I grew up hearing my family talk about how powerful these ingredients are, and it really does show in our formulations with the clinical studies that we get back,' she says. 'We always tell people, 'wow, look at how much the antioxidants have boosted the efficacy of these formulations.' But also, as an African woman, seeing ingredients that I recognized at home as being African out in the market without any stories behind them, they felt a little bit appropriated. I wanted to explain those stories and also show people that there are faces behind those ingredients, and African women behind those ingredients. It was a little bit of a reclaiming, but also a championing of something that's wholly effective. It has been the cornerstone of our formulations because Africa has the harshest climate, so the antioxidants are super resilient and they're very powerful in that regard. I can't wait to see where the A-Beauty space goes.'
Yahoo
15-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Climate Change Is Putting Everyone's Livelihood at Stake, Says Sabrina Elba
Sabrina Elba, CEO and Founder of S'ABLE Labs and chair of Global Citizen Europe Board speaks during the Climate Solidarity in the Commonwealth panel at Global Citizen NOW on September 25, 2024 in New York City. Credit - Rob Kim—Getty Images For Sabrina Elba, the fight against climate change must begin in the Global South. The actress, model, and co-founder of the beauty brand S'ABLE Labs has seen first-hand how climate change is impacting smallholder farmers in Africa—and just how ignorant most of the Western world is to it. In the Global North, she says, the discussion is so often about 'climate change happening like 10, 50, or 100 years from now. No, it's not. It's happening now.' Elba is a Goodwill ambassador for the U.N. International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialized agency of the United Nations that addresses poverty and hunger in rural areas of developing countries. In 2020 she, along with her husband Idris Elba, launched a $40 million fund with IFAD to prevent the economic shocks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic from triggering a global hunger and food crisis. She spoke with Time about the importance of prioritizing farmers in the Global South, why more people should know where their products come from, and the need for urgency in the climate fight. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. TIME: What inspired you to get involved in the climate movement? Elba: Growing up, in Vancouver, Canada, being the only Somali family, being the only Black girl in my high school, I didn't really have that connection to identity. My mom at home would always be like, 'We're strong Africans' and I was just like, 'Okay, I believe you,' but then the trauma porn I was seeing on TV, the name teasing that came with being a minority, made me feel like people didn't understand what it meant to be African. What didn't help was, at the time, there were a lot of droughts throughout Africa, and there were a lot of ads talking about food insecurity and hunger and portraying Africans in the light that made it look to some people that they were waiting for a handout. And actually what was happening was that people were in a circumstance where their carbon footprint had very little to do with what was causing this impact on them. It wasn't being framed as a climate conversation, but it was the start of us seeing that, actually, [climate] impacts ... were happening in Africa very early on. I remember becoming very passionate about [how] Africans are hard working, people in the Global South are hard working. But if you don't invest in people, or if you don't consider people in the narratives around climate change, then of course, they're going to be in a situation like the one that they were in. … So I got involved in the agencies that I am involved in, particularly IFAD, because I saw what IFAD was doing and how they were framing the conversation. I was like, bingo, this is the type of climate work that I want to do. A lot of your activism has focused on rural communities in the Global South. Why was it important for you to focus on the struggles of these communities? My mom is a product of these pastoral communities. So I was flooded in my youth with stories about how farming is so important, and agricultural communities are the backbone of Africa. … The farmers of our world are the custodians of this planet. They're protecting the biodiversity of the land. We owe them so much. You have worked as a Goodwill Ambassador for the U.N. International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). Can you speak about that work and why it's an important part of the climate fight? They're a little known secret in the U.N. I had just been so impressed by the fact that, unlike the other food agencies, they weren't focused on the aid cycle. Aid is obviously important, particularly when it comes to climate disasters—people need food in emergency situations. But when you're trying to think long-term and future-proof these things, aid can feel like a short-term solution. So rather than giving farmers what they need in that moment, why not equip them so they have the tools to take care of themselves going forward? … It took me five minutes to hear that and go, 'Oh my God. I didn't even know something like this existed.' Why give a fish when you can give a fishing rod? It just makes sense. Agriculture and climate change are so interlinked. Climate change is directly impacting farmers across the Global South today. So if they're not set up to adapt to these changes then they're in a pickle. It's mostly the women [who are farming]. That means agriculture is a gender issue. … We are all connected through food and agriculture—it is a great way to actually humanize the climate conversation, because people forget there's a face to climate change, and most times it's an African woman. You recently visited shea cooperatives in Ghana. What did you learn on that trip? I came across the beauty report that World Vision had written. And this ties right into one of [S'ABLE Lab's] ethos as a brand: We source all of our raw materials that come from Africa in a responsible and traceable way. We make sure we connect with the communities, business person to business person, help them set up the infrastructure they need to ship us the raw materials overseas, make sure that they're getting paid the right wages, and that we can also guarantee that there are no harmful situations for those farmers when we source those materials. The supply chain in beauty is broken. An ingredient like shea is so overly abused because it's in such demand. But people have totally forgotten again that there is a face and a name behind these ingredients, that things don't just appear out of thin air. Shea has a long, rich history across West Africa, passed down from mother to daughter. These ingredients were sacred at one point. They were used for childbirth. And now it's just everywhere, and keeping up with the demand for that, especially when it's such a manually intensive ingredient to farm, is really hard for a lot of these communities. Speaking to the farmers directly is the best way to find out about any issue, because you're hearing firsthand their struggles or what they think needs fixing in this supply chain process. … I don't think [consumers] even realize, when you're buying a beauty product off a counter, that you might be harming someone, that you might be supporting a product with child labor, because we talk about it in fashion, but we don't talk about it in beauty. So we were like, if we can amplify this message with World Vision and Fairtrade … let's do it. You often speak of the importance of uplifting small scale farmers. What can the climate movement learn from their practices? So much. We hear again and again Indigenous people's knowledge is overwhelmingly stronger than some of the data and information that we've accumulated. People who understand directly how to protect the biodiversity of these areas, what's needed to maintain some of these forests. Those are the people we should be listening to and valuing and learning from; their voices just mean so much in this conversation. But often Indigenous people aren't given the platform. They are stakeholders in this and they're stakeholders on this planet, and they should be given a seat at the table—more than just one. What are some of the most pressing issues you're noticing in the climate space right now? What can be done to address these issues? The lack of urgency. … We've gone backwards on some of the Paris Climate Agreement milestones, and it's a very scary time to be talking about climate. We've seen some countries turn their backs completely to the climate conversation when it's a time where we all need to be focusing and giving attention. I do think that people should find out how they can pressure their [elected] leaders and people running for office and ask themselves, 'Who do we need elected at this time?' because everyone's livelihood is at stake. Everyone's future is at stake at this point. … The effects are impacting people today, you know, around the world, and it's heartbreaking when someone has the luxury in the Global North of worrying about it in some distant future, but in the Global South, someone's like, 'Well, I've just lost my livelihood and my capital because of climate change.' What gives you hope? There's a seriousness there and an urgency there that does need to be considered, but because I've been able to work with agencies like IFAD, I've seen that the solutions do work. The solutions are there. It's just about political will at this point. That's why it's so important to share these stories with people, because our leaders are failing us, and if everyone else is working really hard, they need to work as hard as we do. So there is hope out there. And also we don't have the luxury of saying there isn't [hope] for the people who are feeling the effects today. Write to Simmone Shah at
