12 Sustainable Black Owned Business to Support
01. GOLDE
Features: Beauty & Wellness
Price Range: $13 - $150
What’s to Love: Superfoods to nourish you on the inside and out! Golde creates face masks made with natural ingredients like papaya and chlorella. As well as health supplements like pure matcha and cacao turmeric latte blend. Their products make it easy and fun to incorporate healthy habits into your daily routine.
02. BRIOGEO
Features: Hair Care
Price Range: $16 - $115
What’s to Love: Briogeo makes clean shampoos, conditioners, treatments, styling creams and more! All created with their own blend of natural oils, vitamins, and antioxidants and without any sulfates, silicones, parabens, phthalates, DEA, and artificial dyes. They have products to address pretty much every hair type and hair concern - frizz, dry scalp, damage, etc.
03. KLUR
Features: Skincare
Price Range: $22 - $98
What’s to Love: Lesley, the founder of Klur had a decade of experience as an esthetician before founding her brand. Resulting in a well edited line of clean serums and supplements that deliver multiple benefits. We love this minimal approach to a skin care routine and the beautifully understated packaging!
04. ROOTED WOMAN
Features: Nail Polish
Price Range: $10 - $75
What's to Love: Given the name, it’s no surprise that Rooted Woman consists of a small diverse team of women. Their nail polishes are small batch, non-toxic, and cruelty free. We particularly love their beautiful range of nudes and neutral colors that are #mybeigelife worthy.
Shop Rooted Woman here and follow them on Instagram @rootedwoman
05. COME BACK AS A FLOWER
Features: Clothing
Price Range: $90 - $215
What’s to Love: If you are obsessed with tie dye and/or lounge wear, you’re going to be obsessed with Come Back As A Flower! Their oatmeal collection consists of comfy tees and shorts made from recycled cotton, hand dyed in LA.
Shop Come Back As A Flower here and follow them on Instagram @comebackasaflower
06. BROTHER VELLIES
Features: Shoes & Handbags
Price Range: $65 - $1,600
What’s to Love: Brother Vellies is luxury, artisan made shoes and accessories. Their designs are classic yet somehow contemporary, meaning they will have true staying power in your wardrobe! We’re also inspired by the founder Aurora, who created the 15% Pledge. Which calls on major retailers - like Target, Nordstrom, and Sephora - to pledge 15% of their “shelf” space to black owned brands. Sephora has already signed on and we’re so excited to see what other brands will be next!
Shop Brother Vellies here and follow them on Instagram @brothervellies
07. FANM MON
Features: Clothing
Price Range: $169 - $269
What’s to Love: Three words: puff sleeve dresses! We really don’t need to say more, but we will. Each dress is made from organic linen with their signature hand embroidered details. Their collection features vibrant colors like light yellow, mint green, and peach making them perfect summer dresses for picnicking in the sun!
08. ELIA VINTAGE
Features: Clothing
Price Range: $58 - $298
What’s to Love: We can’t get over this perfectly curated vintage site! It is a true 90’s minimalist lovers dream! Items sell out very quickly, so if you see something you’d better get it before someone else does!
Shop Elia Vintage here and follow them on Instagram @eliavintage
09. SOKO
Features: Jewelry
Price Range: $48 - $188
What’s to Love: Soko is a certified B corp that takes great care to balance purpose and profit. All their jewelry is handmade by artisans in Kenya. The brand empowers their artisans by offering support and training for each of them to open their own workshops. Soko also realizes the importance of independence, making sure not to over stress their artisans with too many orders. This ensures that the artisans are free to pursue other brand partners and don’t become solely reliant on Soko.
10. ESTELLE COLORED GLASS
Features: Home Goods
Price Range: $160 - $225
What’s to Love: Luxury hand-blown glasses and cake stands in the dreamiest color pallet. Inspired by the owners grandmother, Estelle, and her infamous Sunday dinners, the brand creates heritage pieces to pass down. Their glasses are sold in sets of 6 and make for beautiful table settings.
Shop Etelle Colored Glass here and follow them on Instagram @estellecoloredglass
11. THE KOOP NYC
Features: Candles
Price Range: $19
What’s To Love: Each candle is hand poured in Brooklyn by 1 of 4 team members. Made from a blend of coconut, soy, and beeswax, Koop candles are toxin free, phthalate free, and dye free. They carry a delicious range of scents from the fresh, floral Garden Party to the deep, musky After Party.
Shop The Koop NYC here and follow them on Instagram @thekoopnyc
12. GOODEE
Features: Home Goods
Price Range: $5 - $6,700
What’s to Love: Where do we even begin? Modern contemporary furniture, unique kitchen ware, stunning vessels, there are so many beautiful things to fill your home with! Our wishlist on this website is a mile long. Goodee was founded by twin brothers (yaay twins!) who wanted to create a marketplace for conscious consumers to find goods made with purpose and intention.
Shop Goodee here and follow them on Instagram @goodeeworld
