What’s On Your Block: 10 Black-Owned Businesses You Have to Visit In Dallas!

Calling all Dallas natives and visitors. Dallas is a beautiful city in the south packed with many black-owned businesses. From beauty, food, and shopping here are 10 Black-owned businesses in Dallas you should check out! Pressed Roots Looking to get your natural hair done? Pressed Roots is the place to get your hair laid! Experience…

ByEvaline GachiiJune 1, 20220Comments

Business Lifestyle

Cannabis Careers: 4 Canna-Businesses to Support this 4/20

In the U.S. today, marijuana is medically legalized in 37 states, while available recreationally in 18 states. With 4/20 around the corner, it's important to remember the harsh reality many Black people face every day for marijuana. Cannabis is big business yet even in states that have legalized or decriminalized marijuana possession, Black people are…

ByEvaline GachiiApril 20, 20220Comments

Business Lifestyle

SISTERS IN BUSINESS: THE BLACK HAIR EXPERIENCE POP-UP

We're kicking off Women's History Month with a wonderful idea created by two culture-embracing Black women. We love to see Black sisters getting together to create businesses! Meet Alisha Brooks and Elizabeth Austin-Davis, the founders of the pop-up “The Black Hair Experience”, a culture place for Black women's hair. Alisha is a graphic designer…

ByPrina MinkalaMarch 1, 20210Comments

Beauty Fashion

Ofunne Amaka: The Beauty Boss Behind Cocoa Swatches

In honor of Black History Month, we celebrate beauty brand entrepreneur Ofunne Ameka, founder of Cocoa Swatches. Ofunne Amaka, 31, is an entrepreneur and beauty blogger who has created a true empire for herself. Ofunne started blogging in 2007 and created her Instagram account, "Cocoa Swatches" in 2015. Through it, Ofunne offers a…

ByPrina MinkalaFebruary 19, 20211Comment

Beauty Fashion

5 Small Black Female Owned Businesses that We Need to Support!

In the Instagram age, it seems like we can’t go on social media without running into a new makeup trend or hairstyle. It is easy to shop mainstream brands for those products but let’s face it, some of those brands tend to lack creativity and originality. We are living in an era full of self-starters…

ByNelly GhansahApril 20, 20190Comments

Lifestyle

Brooklyn Residents Protest Local Nail Salon Following Brawl

East Flatbush, NY - Animosity brews in the streets of East Flatbush, Brooklyn after the release of a disturbing brawl between nail salon workers and African-American customers. Residents of the neighborhood have gathered to protest & boycott the nail salon, sparking controversy on all social platforms about capitalism and the treatment of African-American customers. What You…

ByNaosha GreggAugust 19, 20180Comments

Lifestyle

Essence’s Richelieu Dennis & Queen Latifah Announce Collaboration For Black Creatives: What Does This Mean For Black Businesses?

Let's get creative. The Venture CEO of one of the most popular black-owned magazines just announced a collaboration designed to help black creatives. Richelieu Dennis, founder of Shea Moisture, along with iconic rapper Queen Latifa announced the project earlier this month at the Essence Festival. According to Essence, the Liberia native, Dennis, will invest $20 million dollars…

ByNaosha GreggJuly 22, 20180Comments