Posts in No. 05 — Conscious Consumption
Cosmetics for Black Women are Way More Toxic than the Rest

Eco Salon uncovers the dangerous ingredients found in beauty products marketed to black people, as backed by research and offering clean alternatives.

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EWG's Skin Deep Database

is a nonprofit organization working to uncover toxins in cosmetics, providing health ratings for personal products and brands.

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CosDNA

allows consumers to search ingredients and products for potential safety hazards and irritants.

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60+ Sustainable Black Owned Businesses to Shop ASAP

This is a resource compiled by another organization. Connect with a resource that’s been curated, compiled, or created to catapult your journey.

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181 Black-Owned Businesses to Support

This is a resource compiled by another organization. Connect with a resource that’s been curated, compiled, or created to catapult your journey. Thank you for the resource recommendation, Donna!

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Carol’s Daughter

honors black hair and ancestry through natural, homemade hair care products and recipes.

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Pattern Beauty

nourishes and empowers curl patterns of all types with affordable, hydrating products with healthy ingredients.

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Black Owned Everything

serves as a platform, marketplace, and movement to increase the visibility of Black business and community, far outlasting mainstream trends and performative activism.

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Legendary Rootz

reclaims black history with powerful apparel and accessories that celebrate black culture.

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Nappy Head Club

celebrates blackness and the beauty of black hair through expressive apparel, community, and lifestyle tools.

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Garden24

supplies new prints, stickers, sketchbooks, planners, journals, and other stationery needs created by Morgan Harper Nichols.

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The Afrominimalist

Christine is a lifestyle strategist, storyteller, and minimalist focusing on living with intention and authenticity instead of aesthetics and overconsumption.

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CRWNMAG

creates dialogue centered around natural hair, black beauty, and black hair culture to showcase a new standard of beauty that celebrates black women in print.

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Atiya Walcott

Atiya shares her journey as an emerging actress and entrepreneur to motivate others to live the happiness within.

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Kelly Stamps

Kelly creates motivational vlogs, taking viewers along as she diversifies her income and actualizes her manifestations to live a life of fulfillment.

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Amandabb

Amanda provides commentary on media, music, makeup, and everyday life, oftentimes highlighting how sexism and racism play out in social structures.

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Ambrosia Malbrough

Ambrosia shows how busy moms can utilize self-care and minimalism to add value to their lives.

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Tee Noir

Tee talks about how media and society profit off of marginalization and internalized toxic social conditioning, especially as it pertains to feminism, gay rights, and racial trauma.

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Kat Blaque

Kat speaks on trans rights and issues to confront transphobic media and social beliefs in video essays and a call-in podcast show.

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As Told by Kenya

Kenya critiques pop culture topics and social norms that allow white supremacy to reign supreme in media, politics, and everyday facets of life.

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