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One of the many ways to support the black community is to make sure you are supporting black-owned businesses.
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This is especially difficult during the current pandemic, which has kept most brick and mortar stores closed. However, you can still support these businesses by shopping online! Here are just some of the amazing black-owned businesses you can buy from online.
These pastry-inspired makeup products come in the cutest packaging and are vegan and cruelty-free. Creator and CEO Cashmere Nicole also created the charity Sugar Homes, which donates money, clothes, toys, and other essentials to orphanages worldwide.
Get the palette here and the blending sponges here.
Black Girl Sunscreen was created as a non-white residue sunscreen in sunny Miami in 2016. The sunscreen comes without parabens or other harmful chemicals, and is cruelty-free, vegan, and reef safe (which means it won't damage a coral reef if you go snorkeling)!
Get the adult version here and the kids version here.
Looking for a black-owned alternative to Kylie Cosmetics or ColourPop? This Detroit-based beauty brand is a perfect affordable option that offers a bunch of shades of matte lip colors as well as "Fast Face Kits" that have everything you need to do a full face of makeup in seven minutes.
Get the lip color here and the Fast Face Kit here.
Mented Cosmetics was created by two friends who were frustrated by the lack of nude lipstick options for black women. Starting with lipsticks, their brand eventually grew into all other types of makeup products, with shades for everyone, no matter your skin tone.
Get the nude lipstick here and the liquid lipstick collection here.
This specialty coffee and tea brand donates 5% of its profits to aid at-risk youths. They sell a vast array of different coffees and flavor profiles, and you can also subscribe to get recurring orders.
Get the Ethiopian light roast coffee here and the chai green tea here.
These gorgeous affordable prints are created by Delaware-based artist Kara Hinson, who features black women in her works with themes of nature, astrology, and nostalgia. Her website also features free coloring pages for all of us currently stuck at home!
Get the digital print here and the watercolor print here.
Dorcas is a largely self-taught artist and entrepreneur focused on uplifting black people, particularly women. You can also find her work on Society 6!
Curlbox is a subscription haircare box specifically designed for women with natural curly hair. It allows you to sample multiple hair products each month so you can find one that works best for you. You can sign up for the waitlist for the monthly box here.
Get the baby hair box here and the May 2020 speciality box here.
Nroda makes luxury eyewear that is handcrafted in New York City and inspired by founder Samantha Smikle's Jamaican heritage and her childhood in the Bronx.
This store carries a "collection comprised of black collectibles, cast-offs and curiosities, representing the richness of black history and lived experience." Some of their items are stocked at places like the Brooklyn Museum and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture!
Get a vintage hardcover The Color Purple here and the vintage raglan sweatshirt here.
This holistic skincare and lifestyle brand makes products with essential oils to aid with stress and health issues. They are dedicated to quality and make items in small batches!
Mayvenn sells 100% human hair available in clip-in extensions, tape-in extensions, wefts, and wigs. The company was created to make sure black-owned salons were able to buy hair from a black-owned company, but also to provide individual extensions and wigs for interested customers.
Get the tape-in extensions here and the curly wefts here.
This woven handbag brand was recently featured in Nylon Magazine. They also sponsor a program called Weaving for Change that creates work for refugees in Burkina Faso. Worldwide shipping is currently free!
This lingerie brand is size-inclusive and "celebrates black women, black entrepreneurship, and black cultural influence." They're committed to hiring black talent to create more diversity in the fashion industry.
This company sells herbal tea and herb-infused sweeteners inspired by hip-hop. Owner Shenae aims to make the holistic health industry more inclusive and to introduce more African remedies to it.
Get the Energyyy tea here and the Blood Orange Tea here.
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