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There are so many amazing stores and products to choose from!
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)!
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.
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.
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!
This Oakland-based boutique also offers a monthly subscription box with a full customized outfit complete with accessories and a purse each month.
This hosiery and lingerie brand creates skin tone items for black women of multiple shades. They also carry swimwear!
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.
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.
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.