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101 black-owned natural-hair, beauty, fashion, jewelry, and art businesses to support on Black Friday, Cyber Monday, or really year-round.

I scrolled right through the natural-hair section, of course, but that section might be of use to some of you. And makeup and fashion are not my bags, though I may go back and look at the nail polish. And while lots in the jewelry section is PRETTIES, I think I'd feel awkward wearing any of it, because all the ones I've clicked so far seem like nonblack people aren't in their target market? Like,

RockCandyEarrings has earrings shaped like the African continent, and Rachel Stewart Jewelry has earrings that say "Young Gifted & Black". I don't think I can wear those.

But in the skin care section, there is

AzurSoleilOrganics, which has handmade chamomile-neroli soap. I bet it smells SO GOOD. Also,

BlendedDesignsLLC looks like the place to go for fraternity/sorority keychains and also breast cancer pink ribbon magnets and thank-a-teacher magnets.

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It's really difficult to walk the road of an ally. I'd want to buy from these places to support the young gifted & black, but yeah. On the other hand, staying out of the way of people with less privilege than I have is a thing I try to do too.

Thanks for the link, will signal boost!!

I totally encourage you to get into the skin care, I'm probably going to treat myself to some good stuff this Black Friday. Also, with the hair stuff, a lot of the oils and conditioners work with most types of hair. My roommate is south asian and I know she used to have a Curlbox subscription and she loved all the products.