Juneteenth: Shop Black-American Businesses
In honor of Juneteenth, I’ve shared ways to celebrate with Fox’s Good Day by pointing your buying power towards supporting Black-American owned businesses: from beauty to accessories to food--crafted all across the USA of products that you will want to purchase throughout the year!
SHEA YELEEN INTERNATIONAL
Shea Yeleen
Featuring body butters, body creams and shea butter soaps, Shea Yeleen International, Inc. is a social enterprise dedicated to empowering women in West Africa and the US through their shea butter products. I love these organic, fair trade skin care products with intoxicating scents and rich formulations that deeply nourish skin, and is founded by DC’s own Rahama Wright and additionally supports the education of 268 children!
Use code “Shea19” for 19% off through Sunday, June 20th!
Fair-trade shea butter products, from $8, beautyologie.com
UNSUN
Unsun
Looking for reef-safe mineral sunscreen for people of ALL shades? Unsun’s best-selling Mineral Tinted Face Sunscreen provides clean, no-residue sunscreens for a range of skin tones from light with freckles to dark chocolate that effectively blocks both UVA and UVB rays. Available on their website and at Nordstrom, Dermstore, Target and more.
Mineral-Tinted Sunscreens for people of all shades, from $15.99, unsuncosmetics.com
YOU GO NATURAL HEADWRAPS
You Go Natural Headwraps
You Go Natural Headwraps, founded by Monique Little and made in the USA, are satin-lined headwraps, turbans and headbands that keep natural hair protected and help to avoid drying, breakage and frizzing. The satin serves to protect natural hair and pre-tied knots make styling that much easier on challenging hair days or if you want to get in on the popular trend of headwraps this season! Cheers to looking effortlessly stylish on the go! Available in a variety of styles, colors, prints and seasonal patterns.
Natural Headwraps, from $35, yougonatural.com
VICKY CAKES
Vicky Cakes
Light and fluffy, dairy-free and vegan, Vicky Cakes is the first black-owned pancake mix in retail. The company was born on the popularity of a family recipe, and they sell 5 varieties of mouthwatering mix flavors including Original and Pecan Pancake and Waffle Mixes, and tasty syrups: try a little Peach Pancake Syrup why don’t you? Dallas Texan owners Christian and Cortney Sargent are on a mission to bring, “a million families back to the table for good meals and good memories.”
Get 20% off your first online order!
Pancake Mix and Syrups, from $4.99 vickycakesonline.com
LA RUE 1680 TEAS
La Rue 1680
Stephanie Synclair founded LaRue 1680 as a luxury tea brand that includes world-inspired loose leaf teas and stunning curated tea accessories. Organically and sustainably harvested, her unique, blends—like Spring Berry Punch or Pomegranate Hibiscus to name but a few—are delicious when slow-brewed in a rose-gold tea press! A 3-ounce bag will serve approximately 40-50 cups.
Tea & Tea Accessories, from $10, larue1680.com
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