The Ultimate List of Gifts from Black Owned Small Businesses. Perfect for any occasion or if you just want something for yourself!
There are a lot of ways to support the Black Community: through protests, donating money to local grassroots groups, voting, and educating yourself and your children. But one of the best and most direct ways is to shop Black Owned Small Businesses.
Many of these businesses have been directly and disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic . I believe in sharing, showcasing, celebrating and uplifting Black Independent Creatives. And what better way this year than to support Black Owned Small Businesses than with this ultimate curated list!
Hopefully something on this list catches your eye! Now, let’s get started!
Things for Your Home
Wonderful things just for your home.
Harlem Candle Company
From the website: The Harlem Candle Co. is a luxury home fragrance brand specializing in scented candles inspired by the richness of Harlem.
Black Pepper Paperie Co.
Based in Washington DC, Black Pepper Paperie Co offers handcrafted wearable ceramic art, home décor, paper goods, and apparel.
UNLIKELY MARKET
Things to Help You Keep House and Stay fly at the same time.
Bole Road Textiles
Organic Leafy Greens Eco-friendly Seed Starting Container | Etsy
Eco-friendly container gardening kits.
Whitney J Decor
Shop here for funky, cool, eclectic decor for your home.
Beeswax Candles & Honey in New York, NY.
Beautiful hand poured beeswax candles made at a farm right outside of New York City.
Freres Branchiaux
Hand Poured Vegan Scented Candles made by 3 brothers: Collin, Ryan, and Austin Gill
Liberty And Co. | Ethical and Sustainable Goods for Home and Lifestyle
Home and lifestyle products from black and women owned shop.
Natty Garden
This Brooklyn-based nursery is still operating throughout the pandemic. It also has an online shop that sells a selection of plants, pots and planters, soil, fertilizer, gardening tools, and more.
BLK MKT Vintage
Curators of a collection of black curiosities, heirlooms, and collectibles. You can find anything from Vintage posters, books, magazines, photos to .classic ebony and jet magazines. It's visual black history that you can have in your home.
Food and Drink
Good things to eat and drink! Found via Instagram word of mouth, and personal use.
Cocktail Kits to infuse your booze by InBooze
From the website:
Looking for a new kind of cocktail? Each handmade InBooze™ packet contains one pouch filled with dehydrated fruits, veggies, spices and herbs to infuse your alcohol. The kit infuses enough for 8-10 cocktails...there is a flavor for everyone!
Red Bay Coffee
Based out of Oakland, Red Bay Coffee's mission is to bring people sustainably-sourced, high-quality coffee.
La Fete Rose
La Fête is a premium rosé wine label geared towards multicultural consumers and produced on San Tropez
Brooklyn Tea
Brooklyn Tea sells high quality, organic, and fair trade teas whenever available
Capital City mambo sauce
DC is Go Go Music Half Smokes and Mambo Sauce. Head to Capital City Mumbo sauce to get your fix of this iconic local wing sauce.
Sol Cacao: Bronx Craft Chocolate
That good chocolate! Founded by three brothers in Harlem
The Sip Society
The Sip Society is a membership-based Champagne company, Members receive bimonthly boxes of mini-bottles of sparkling wines.
Lillie's of Charleston
Lillie's of Charlson is a sauce and spice company that sells barbecue sauces, hot sauce, and spice rubs
Bookstores
Bookstores
Black-owned Bookstores have always been important in our communities. They serve as meeting and gathering places, places to hold poetry readings, or rally's or small talks. Our bookstores have been hit particularly hard by the pandemic. A lot have moved online or have o fund me's. The best way to support, is to order a book online.
FOR KEEPS BOOKS
Black Rare and Classic Books , Record and T-Shirts Located on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia.
By Appointment Only
Mahogany Books
This bookstore originally started as an online bookstore a decade ago, specializing in books “written for, by, or about people of the African Diaspora.” Storefront located in Washington DC
Fulton Street Books & Coffee
Located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Fulton Street Offers Books subscription boxes including a Children's Lit Box, Black Women's Lit Box and an Ally Box which is a is a "three-month limited book subscription for allies (and those who seek to be allies).”
Semicolon Bookstore & Gallery Bookshop
Semicolon Bookstore is Chicago's only black woman-owned bookstore and gallery space
The Lit. Bar: Bookstore & Chill Bookshop
Serving 1.5 million residents, The Lit. Bar is currently the only bookstore serving the people of the Boogie Down Bronx.
Things to Wear and Accessories
Most of these were found through Instagram and word of mouth.
Mess in a Bottle
Everything from T Shirts , sweatshirts, mugs, bags and more.
Supermom Culture
From the website:
Created by Trina Small, supermom culture is a place a for moms. A place where mothers can feel seen and understood. Even when things don’t go their way, they have a super power. Motherhood is not about being perfect, it's about being Super even in difficult situations.
Pintsizefaith
faith based apparel + accessories created by husband and wife team based in Chicago
Craving Vintage
Craving Vintage carries an assortment of delicately worn/used vintage items. Items range from accessories and jewelry to clothing and shoes.
TheIconCollection
The Icon Collection’s goal is to make it a normal experience to see beautiful, trendsetting women of color on artwork, t-shirts, and home décor.
RetroRhapsody on Etsy
Suzi Soma Jewelry
SUZI SOMA creates affirmation chokers and chains to remind dreamers to maintain faith while on their journey.
Tree Fairfax
Tree Fairfax offers timeless leather cross-body bags, belts, totes, and waist bags in mahogany, cognac, black, and russet.
Creatives Things for Your Life
This is a section full of art and pottery, and things to make your home and life beautiful.
Original Fine Art — Christa David
Christa David fuses the mediums of painting, collage and assemblage to create and recreate stories about home, belonging, faith, and identity.
Adrienne Brown David
"My work captures black childhood that is pure and uninterrupted. My children and their real life experiences are often the subject. The need to capture the reality of their specific childhood and the freedom that comes with it is one that drives me. It is essential that the work illuminates an often under-recognized narrative: that black childhood is as important and as beautiful as every other child's. "
Pottery by Osa
Based in Baton Rouge Osa Atoe sells earth-tone bowls, mugs, pitchers, and vases via Etsy. Ten percent of her sales are donated to the Baton Rouge Food Bank and the Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights.
Family Movie Night Journal
Perfect way to document your family movie night!
Greentop Gifts
We bring diversity to your celebrations with apparel, home decor and stationery.
beauty and self care
Beauty and Self Care
Beauty and Self Care businesses and websites to help us focus on ourselves
Play Pits
Play Pits started is a Mom Chantel Powell's solution to providing Kid-Friendly all natural hygiene for children with active lifestyles like her son!
Pouring Over Books Box
A Monthly Subscription Box Service for Book Lovers who love Coffee!
Latched and Hooked Beauty
From the website: Non-toxic, ready-to-wear synthetic hair extensions that make you look and feel confident
Bailee's Nail Box
Fun boxes for girls (ages 5- 12) filled with different tools for creative nail designs with an extra girly accessory within each box.
Honey Pot Feminine Care
Bea Dixon started Honey Pot in her kitchen and today, they are sold at large retailers like Target, Urban Outfitters, and Walgreens. All products 100 percent natural but still clinically tested and gynecologist approved
Health and Wellness
Mind body and soul need to work together for us to be fit. These businesses help us get there.
Black Female Therapists
This website was created to promote, inspire, and elevate other black female therapists and create a safe space for black mental health.
Tia V Fitness
Tia V Fitness aims to help women discover ways to reach their goals and live a life that aligns with them. Including individual coaching, classes, recipes and more.
Black Girl In Om
In it's about page, it states: Creating a Space for black women to breath easy. Free meditation for black girls and women everywhere.
The Fit In Shop
The Fit In's mission is "making access to quality health & wellness accessible to underrepresented communities". Everything from food fashion, to fitness on demand.
alethea
Thursday 19th of November 2020
So thoughtful of you to list the owners of businesses, especially during uncertain and tough times for many. I believe people can trust your recommendations. They all seem so interesting it really great content, even if you don't buy for holiday you can alternatively plan for a birthday anniversary etc.