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Candles, beauty products, and badass steel toe boots all sold from incredible women-owned businesses.
Unless otherwise specified, all sizes in this post are listed in women's.
"They make fantastic wood wick candles with great scents. Plus, if you give the containers a scrub after your candle is finished, they work well as highball glasses!" —adorabbey
Coal and Canary is a woman co-owned business based out of Canada. Co-owners (and friends!) Amanda Buhse and Tom Jansen teamed up to nurture Tom's candle-making hobby into what is now their beautiful business.
Get the "Winter Walks and Wooly Socks" candle from Coal and Canary for $23.72.
"PolkaPants — a woman-owned business that makes chef pants. So comfy and beautiful. I wear them all the time!" —emilyz13
PolkaPants is a woman-owned business based in London that creates more fashionable options for women who work in kitchens or cater at private events. The owner, Maxine Thompson is an Australian-born, London-based chef.
Get a pair from PolkaPants for $137.71 (available in sizes 0–22).
My co-worker Ali Faccenda (precious human that she is) knows I have anxious tendencies and sent me one of these rings for Christmas. I actually didn't even realize it had a secret message on it (mine says "breathe") until I checked out the website myself. I've been spinning it absentmindedly during meetings and phone calls — it's quite soothing and comes from a woman-owned small business based in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Get it from CONQUERing for $26 (available as a necklace or a ring and 17 phrases).
"One of my favorite ice cream brands is Coolhaus. They have amazing ice cream flavors, ice cream sandwiches, and an awesome recipe book! You can find their ice cream nationwide at supermarkets like Ralphs and Albertons, and you can find their original location in Culver City, California!"—books_baking_broadway
Coolhaus is an LGBTQ woman-founded and -led business (owned by married couple Natasha Case and Freya Estreller) with brick and mortar shops in Los Angeles and Dallas and a fleet of ice cream trucks to be found in Los Angeles, Dallas, and New York City.
Get a pints from Coolhaus for $12 (available in 14 flavors).
"Xena Workwear steel toe boots! I work in a warehouse and these boots are so cute. People are constantly complimenting me on my shoes while telling me I need to be wearing my steel toes. Everyone is shocked when I tell them they are steel toes. I have a card in my wallet to prove it since I am constantly being told to wear my steel toes. Bonus point for having vegan-friendly shoes and caring about how they are made. They only work with companies that support diversity and pay fair wages." —chowchowlove
Xena Workwear is a woman-owned business based in Milwaukee, WI that specialized in versatile workwear for women. Founder and CEO Ana Kraft was originally working as a project engineer and was frustrated by the lack of PPE for ladies in demanding industries — so she took matters into her own hands. The boots (shown above) are ASTM-certified and OSHA-compliant, have an electrical hazard certification, are impact- and compression-resistant, are oil- and chemical-resistant and are slip-resistant.
Get them from Xena Workwear for $150 (available in regular and wide widths, sizes 5–12, and two colors).
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"I recently started using Bread products and I really love how lightweight and easy they are to use. Since I have mixed textured hair that's been frequently dyed, it tends to get very dry. After using this deep conditioner my hair felt so much better and softer. In addition to that, the smell is A-MA-ZING. Definitely one of my new favorite wash day products."
Bread Beauty Supply is an Australia-based, Black woman-owned business that was founded by Maeva Heim in 2020. This product works best for hair types 3a–4c.
Get it from Bread Beauty Supply or Sephora for $28.
"I’m in love with Holo Taco nail polish. Fantastic colors, long wearing, dries quickly, and some are one-coat-wonders. Color gradients are easy-peasy with her Rainbow Bundle, and she also just released a new collection of Unicorn Skin toppers."—peoplermean
Holo Taco is a woman-owned business based in Canada. It was created by Cristine Rotenberg, who is known mostly for her incredible YouTube channel. All of her polishes are bold, playful, and are vegan-and-cruelty-free.
Get "All Matte Everything" bundle from Holo Taco for $57.
"They’re super body positive, were one of the first brands to do 'nude in every color,' and are committed to sustainability (like virtually printing all their fabrics to save water)."—thatsquidsquad
Naja is co-founded by Gina Rodriguez (yes, from Jane the Virgin) and Catalina Girald. This Latina woman-owned company primarily employs single mothers or female heads of households. The company implements fliexible work polices to ensure every employee is able to balance work and childcare. Each child of a Naja garment worker receives books, school supplies, uniforms, and all school meals courtesy of Naja.
Get it from Naja for $25 (available in sizes XS–XL).
I have two necklaces from this mother-and-son-owned company, including this awesome Kamala Harris piece. It's sturdy but somehow still feels delicate. I love the way I can layer it with other necklaces I already own. A portion of all proceeds of this style will go to Emily's List, a community that works to get pro-choice Democratic women elected to office. The jewelry is manufactured in Minneapolis, Miami, New York, and abroad in Italy, Istanbul, and Bangkok.
Get it from Awe Inspired for $140+ (available in nine styles).
"The granola is EXCELLENT and not too sweet with great crunch and cute packaging. Plus, they do free shipping for local deliveries. I had never tried granola but once I tasted Nora’s Kitchen I was hooked." —gillianleslie
Nora's Kitchen Granola is a women-owned and -run business that hand makes small-batch vegan and gluten-free granola in Portland, OR.
Get a 12 oz bag from Nora's Kitchen Granola for $10.
"I love that they use wood wicks and have several different sizes, including wax melts. Currently, I'm burning a Devil's Shoestring candle, which is hellsmoke, spice, and amber. I'm also using my Fraser's Ridge wax melts, which smell like wild woods, red cedar, and forest mist." —shannonm49e341999
Get Fictional is a woman-owned small business that sells an array of spooky candles. They're made with 100% soy wax and contain zero additives.
Get the "Old Cemetery" scent from Get Fictional for $5.50+ (available in wax melts, 4 oz, 9 oz, or 13 oz candles).
"It's a mud mask that is gentle enough to use every day! That is saying a lot considering I have combo skin with atopic dermatitis around my nose, so needless to say I was a hot mess before this product. The main ingredients are rose water and activated charcoal, so when it cures on my skin face it doesn't feel extremely tight or burning like some mud masks, but I can still see every single pore it's pulling gunk from. Afterwards I'm not dry/flaky, my redness is gone, and my pores look CLEANED out. It has made me confident enough to start taking off my makeup when I stay the night with friends, because with swampy my skin looks gorgeous and healthy after I take off my dolled up face."—ashleypbowers
Good Common Sense naturals is a wife-and-husband-owned small business based in California that sells products that are free of mineral oils, pthalate, parabens, synthetic colorants, pertrolatum, silicone, and SLES/SLES.
Get it from Good Common Sense Naturals for $7+ (available in 1.5 oz or 8.5 oz).
"The body butter from Deserve Body Care soothed my eczema so much it damn near doesn't even exist no more. Don't even get me started on their aloe vera soap, heaven sent!" —jordang4d4c18d1a
Deserve Body Care is a Black woman-owned business that sells homemade body care items with hypoallergenic and vegan options designed to nourish your skin and make you feel luxurious while using it!
Get it from Deserve Body Care for $15 (available in 20 scents).
"Cute, hilarious home accents from Buffalovely...love." —staciemariew
Buffalovely is a woman-owned small business based out of Buffalo, New York that sells an array of fun home decor items.
Get it from Buffalovely for $16.
"Hands down the best Chai I’ve ever had. Her Instagram is also wonderful. I love watching her make her morning Chai blends every day. It’s pretty meditative." —brandia4e65fcc94
TheChaiBox is an Indian woman-owned business run by Monica Sunny, a mother of three boys. She was inspired to create a company based around Chai tea after growing up with it as part of her family's routine. I feel soothed just thinking about the smell of a freshly made cup, TBH.
Get the "All Chai'd Up" gift set from TheChaiBox for $25.
"I am a fairly recent but passionate convert to Wander Beauty’s face and brow products — specifically, the Nude Illusion Liquid Foundation, the Micro Brow Pencil, and the Precise Brow Gel. The foundation is super buildable, luminous, stays for hours (especially with a setting spray and/or powder), and has never irritated my SUPER sensitive skin. I have very scarred, textured skin that is always red and it covers all of that to the point that people who haven’t seen me without it on regularly comment on what nice skin I have. The pencil is small enough to look like hairs if you do small strokes, and the gel adds volume and control to your eyebrow hairs. I use their products, especially the foundation, literally every time I do my makeup!"—keltonh
Wander Beauty is is co-owned by two incredible women; Divya Gugnani and Lindsay Ellingson. They strive to make products filled with clean, globally sourced ingredients.
Get the Nude Illusion Liquid Foundation from Wander Beauty or Sephora for $40 (available in 12 shades), the Micro Brow Pencil from Wander Beauty for $21 (available in 3 shades), and the Precise Brow Gel from Wander Beauty for $22 (available in 4 shades).
I have one of these cups (as seen above) and it makes me happy every day. The finished product is super cute and you will love that your name is spelled correctly for once. AND you can carry Disney magic around with you no matter where you go! For The Love of Pixie Dust is a woman-owned small business based in New Jersey.
Get it from For The Love of Pixie Dust for $21.
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