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Black-Owned Enamel Pins at Etsy
Updated 27 June 2020. Etsy is having its first-ever Labor Day sale, and there are so many great items on sale. There’s even a healthy selection of black-owned enamel pins available to buy! One of the common complaints some people have about supporting black-owned businesses is that sometimes it’s too expensive. Other times, people are hesitant to support because they don’t really feel a connection to the products for sale. Well, with enamel pins, many of them are super affordable. The majority of black-owned enamel pins retail for less than $10. Additionally, black pin makers are creating enamel pins that span various interests and categories. You have designs honoring historical…
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Black-Owned Highlighters For Total Glow-balization
This compilation of black-owned highlighters for deeper skin tones has been in draft for a bit. At first, I wanted to showcase great highlighters that looked beyond on richer skin tones. If you follow any makeup Instagram accounts, then you know highlighters are, well, lit (pun intended). Inspired, I created this quick list identifying highlighters from black-owned businesses. Every entry featured is on my shopping list. My roundup is quite small, but our fellow entrepreneurs are launching new beauty businesses daily. It’s only a matter of time before I can provide a more impressive list of glow-getters. Staying faithful to my focus on black celebrity beauty, I have tracked down several black…
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Win $5,000 From The RealReal: My Top 5 Obsessions
Have you received a text message from The RealReal lately announcing their latest contest? It’s been years since I’ve bought anything from the authenticated luxury e-tailer so this contest is right up my alley and hopefully yours too. Everyone that enters by loving five items have the opportunity to win a $5,000 store credit. I thought I would write a quick write-up (ha!) about the five items I loved on the site – and hope to buy if I win and they’re still available. Since May is Small Business Month, I’m definitely highlighting black-owned businesses like Telfar (The RealReal carries their collaborations with UGG, Eastpak & Moose Knuckles too) and…
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Disclothesure, a Black Woman-Owned Business, Sells Your Fashion Faves for Less
Blaq Vixen Beauty has spotted five fashion finds, originally sold by Topshop, Asos, Nasty Gal, etc., sold cheaper at black woman-owned business Disclothesure.
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There are hundreds of celebrity beauty breakdowns featuring white actresses and other media personalities of the fairer persuasion. But, as a black woman and beauty researcher, I ask: Where’s the melanin? And that’s where Blaq Vixen Beauty comes in! I spend countless hours searching for black celebrity beauty breakdowns for your favorite actresses. Alternatively, sometimes it is not possible to find complete makeup details, but I try to incorporate what I do find in my posts/articles with affiliate links (which helps support the site). I understand how time-consuming it is to comb through the internet to locate the information that matters to you most (based on Blaq Vixen Beauty’s site search…