Hello hello…
I’m Maya Ashley, the founder of Slick + Petals, an Afro-Caribbean inspired beauty apothecary rooted in ritual, plant wisdom, and intentional generational care.
Slick and Petals is for everyone. It is an open invitation to slow down, breathe deeper, and reconnect with care in a way that feels real. While the inspiration comes from my heritage, the intention is to share it generously with anyone who wants a more thoughtful relationship with beauty and wellness.
I grew up in a Guyanese and Nigerian household where beauty was never just about appearance, it was a simple ritual. My parents used raw butters, oils, herbs, and natural remedies as everyday care. Fresh aloe from a Brooklyn market or hand rolled incense from a woman on the corner were normal parts of life. Those moments shaped how I see wellness today. Not as a routine, but as a ceremony. Holistic care was simply the standard.
Slick + Petals was born from that conviction. It is the marriage of inherited herbal wisdom and modern botanical knowledge — crafted for every person who believes that real glow is an inside job, that ingredients should be honest, and that daily care is worth slowing down for.
Join us on this new journey to simple botanical care.
…a love letter to your roots
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Glow is not a product, it’s a state of being. We formulate for both the skin you see and the body that supports it. Our teas, herbs, and botanicals are chosen as much for what they do inside your body as on it.
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In Caribbean soil. In Nigerian earth. In Guyanese kitchens and Brooklyn doorways. Every formula carries those roots, the cerasee, the soursop, the hibiscus, the love vine. Plants that have been healing long before they were trending. We honor where they come from and the people who taught us to use them.
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We know what’s in every formula and why it’s there. No fillers. No performance ingredients buried beneath a wall of chemicals. We source botanicals with intention and formulate with the knowledge that what you put on your body enters it. Everyone deserves to know exactly what they’re reaching for.
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We believe in the full-body rituaL, drinking your herbs, steaming with them, wearing them. This is wellness that works from the inside out, for every body
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Slow, intentional self-care has no gender, no age, no single story. It belongs to anyone willing to take ten quiet minutes and give them back to themselves. The steam, the oil, the cup of tea, these are not indulgences. They are reclamations. Slick + Petals exists to make those moments accessible, beautiful, and yours.
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Not a velvet rope or a marble counter. Luxury is the smell of a kitchen where something healing is always brewing. It’s skin that feels like it belongs to you. It’s a product made with real care for the real person reaching for it. That’s what we build — every single time.