november 16 - 22 | This week with Buy From A Black Woman...
The whole month of November we are celebrating Black Women Business Owners everyday!
We do that already but this month we are going over & beyond. Each day you can enter for your chance to win a product or service from a Black Woman Business Owner via our Instagram & Facebook Page or catch a live podcast on our YouTube Channel.
On our blog we're also highlighting the business owners that are part of the Black Woman Directory. Check back here daily to learn more about the Black Woman Business Owners featured throughout the week of November 16 - 22nd.
Monday, November 16
Accented Glory
Accented Glory is a handcrafted women’s fashion accessory brand with a specialty in natural hair accessories and Afrocentric jewelry designs.
Meet Tonya
Tonya is the visionary and accessory designer at Accented Glory. She launched the business in 2013 with the help of her three daughters Deseré, Cierra, and Gabrielle. Having noticed that hair accessories in stores were mostly marketed to younger girls and not natural hair-friendly, Tonya was inspired to create a brand that minimizes damage to textured hair, is comfortable to wear, and can endure the natural hair care regime.
Shop Directly: www.accentedglory.com
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A Beautiful U Beauty Supply
At A Beautiful U Beauty Supply, they believe in supplying tools for enhancing the beauty of already beautiful people. Offering hair extensions, wigs, and accessory products at competitive prices to consumers, they strive to set an example of a business that serves their customers as well as the community at large.
Meet Stacia
Stacia's inspiration for starting her business began when she was still in elementary school as she would style her sister's hair, braid the hair of girls at church, and was often sought out by girls in the neighborhood for help with their hairstyles.
Years of learning increasingly advanced styling techniques and reading up on the ins and outs of running a business paid off in May 2019, when she was able to start A Beautiful U Beauty Supply. With plans of opening a storefront delayed because of COVID-19, Stacia has found success in pivoting to online retail and the beauty supply sector.
Shop Directly: www.abeautifulubeautysupply.com
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Tuesday, November 17
Naturally Made With Love
Naturally Made with Love is currently an e-commerce business based in Atlanta, GA that provides customers with natural, handmade products to help to heal their skin.
Meet Jennifer
Jennifer started Naturally Made With Love as an eager attempt to find a natural solution to her son's eczema. After researching natural, skin healing products and reading many blogs, she began whipping up her own healing recipes. The positive feedback from her son, family, and friends gave her the drive to launch her own business.
A native New Yorker and Hampton University Alumnae, Jennifer has a degree in Computer Information Systems and works full time as a Payroll Administrator for a local law firm.
Shop Directly: www.naturallymadewithlove.org
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Tarot Life Coach / Brown Girls Who Coach
Tarot Life Coach offers spiritual counseling and tarot readings. Brown Girls Who Coach empowers to pivot from employee to entrepreneur while being wildly successful and happy doing it!
Meet Tonya
Tonya left her job as a Librarian in 2003 to share healing as a Kripalu certified Yoga Instructor. Since becoming a licensed Spiritual Counselor in 2007, she’s turned her love of Tarot cards and feminine spirituality into an International spiritual entrepreneurship. From her humble beginnings, reading Tarot cards in a suburban Chicago cafe to international fame as she was voted #3 Psychic in the World.
Tonya continues to serve as an Author, Healer, Speaker, Teacher and Spiritual Entrepreneur from her home in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico where she continues to share her intuitive gifts and spiritual insights.
Shop Directly: www.tarotlifecoach.com
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Wednesday, November 18
Call Number
Call Number is the library-inspired quarterly book subscription box that celebrates contemporary Black literature and authors of the African Diaspora. The meshing of two great loves, Black literature and libraries, Call Number began out of a desire to spotlight great books while recognizing the difficulties of finding literature by Black authors in an industry that often neglects writers of color.
Meet Jamillah
Jamillah is a fourth-year PhD student in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign where she researches issues that lie at the intersection of information and race. Her professional experience includes 17 years in public and academic libraries as a librarian and library paraprofessional, most recently as Black Cultural Center Librarian and Metadata Specialist at Purdue University. Jamillah is also a co-host of LibVoices, a podcast that interviews BIPOC librarians and information professionals.
Shop Directly: www.callnumberbox.com
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Laila's Luggage
Laila's Luggage is a mommy and me travel duo set on making travel easier for kids (and their adult companions) by creating easy to carry travel activities for families on the go.
Meet Vanessa
Vanessa is a travel enthusiast and mom to 6 year old Laila (travel enthusiast in the making). Vanessa started traveling with Laila when she was just 2 months old. Together they've been to over 20 countries so far.
At one point, Vanessa worked on a project for a company that required her and Laila to travel weekly by plane for 1.5 years and then every other weekend for another 6 months. All the tips learned along the way made Vanessa want to create products that would make travel easier for parents. What started as a blog eventually grew into the product launch of Laila's Luggage, a collection of travel activities for kids.
Shop Directly: www.lailasluggage.com
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Thursday, November 19
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Friday, November 20
My Beautiful Fluff
My Beautiful Fluff was created to encourage women to love themselves as they are, and accomodate curves and fluff with custom-cuts and size charts with sizes up to 5XL.
Meet Brittany
The idea for her business came to Brittany as a part of her natural hair journey. Mid-transition, she was looking for a way to embrace and show love for her natural hair through her clothing. In the search of a t-shirt with colorful afros, she found nothing cute went beyond 3X and figured if it didn't already exist, she'd just have to make it.
Since then, My Beautiful Fluff has pivoted to becoming a full line of fun clothing designed with curves in mind, with styles comfy enough to wear to the gym and nice enough to wear out for a night with the girls.