Black-Owned Indie Brands, Black Creators, and BLM Organizations
For the past month, we’ve dedicated our feed to posting Black-owned brands, Black creators, as well as BIPOC + LGBTQ+ brands and creators. As a page dedicated to small business, we felt it was our responsibility to share as much information as possible to support minorities in our community. We at Indie Mood have always done our best to amplify and share Black-owned brands and Black creators, as we believe strongly in the empowerment and redistribution of wealth created by Indie business and entrepreneurship.
We have worked to listen to and uplift the voices of our Black friends, colleagues, and leaders and will continue to do so moving forward. Doing the research that went into this month of posts has been very valuable for us, and we will continue to do what we can to use our platform for the amplification of BIPOC voices. Where you spend your dollar does count in a consumer-driven society. The more we shift our perspective, learn, and make conscious decisions to support minority-owned businesses, the more we continue this massive shift that is long overdue.
Feel free to jump to: Organizations and Charities to Donate To, BIPOC-Owned Brands to Support, BIPOC Creators to Follow, or Other Resources.
Organizations and Charities To Donate To
- Minnesota Freedom Fund
- Reclaim the Block
- Black Visions Collective
- George Floyd Memorial Fund
- The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Legal Defense and Educational Fund)
- Black Youth Project 100
- Stop Hate UK
- Show Racism the Red Card
- The Black Woman’s Health Imperative
- The National Black Women’s Justice Institute
- The Black Alliance for Just Immigration
- The Movement for Black Lives
- Undocublack Network
- The National Bail Out
- Communities United Against Police Brutality
BIPOC-Owned Beauty Brands to Support
- Glam Goth Beauty
- Klarity Kosmetics
- Base Butter
- Jior Couture
- Double Down Cosmetics*
- Glitz Glam Box
- Makeup Addiction Cosmetics
- House of Uni
- The Crayon Case
- The Balm Shop Co.
- Coloured Raine
- Kheimistrii
- Aboni Cosmetics
- B’Ellegant Cosmetics
- JD Glow Cosmetics
- September Rose Co.
- The Lip Bar
- Chentilly Cosmetics
- Danessa Myricks Beauty
- Rosewood Cosmentics
- Royalty by Roots
- People of Color
- Drench Cosmetics
- Bitter Lace Beauty
- Shine by SD Cosmetics*
- Afro Hair and Skin Co.
- DJ’s Unique Boutique
- Yaass Glitters
- Black and Green
- Annoie Cosmetics
- Ace Beaute
- Beauty Vaulte
- Propa Beauty*
Black Creators to Follow
- Blvckvenuse
- Pan_de_replay
- Wapahkesis
- Bofoeandafter
- _fatimamustapha
- infjbeauty
- Wendysworld_xox
- Snitchery
- Medeaij
- Neonmua
- Chipogray
- Shonnettasintuition (spiritual content)
- Legallyblackbeauty
- Jmdelore
- Brandonkgood (not makeup related but an amazing account to follow)
- Theglamgoth
- Naezrahlooks
- Darkskinnedmakeupdaily (has a shop @DSMDSHOP_)
- Yamayamason_
- Cocoaswatches
- pink4passions
- donidarkowitz
Other Resources
First, we want to recognize that this is by no means an exhaustive list of the organizations, Black-owned brands, and Black creators out there that you can support. If there is anything you feel we should add to this list, please contact us here. We will continue to update this post periodically.
Many people have been looking to otherwise educate themselves on the issues of police brutality, discrimination, and racism in the United States. Here is a really great list of books you can read to further educate yourself about the myriad of ways people of color are affected by these issues. Here is another, and here is one more.
Educate yourself on the history of the Black experience in the United States of America and around the world. Recognize that racism was systematically fabricated by white people and that it is deeply embedded into our culture and society. A great book on this topic is The Mismeasure of Man by archeologist Stephen Jay Gould, which covers the contrived pseudoscience of measuring intelligence through the differences in anatomy to justify racism and sexism. Accept that everything we’ve been taught about what is different between races has been invented for the benefit of white people. Liv had the opportunity to take a special studies course in college with Benny Ricardo Brown called The Science and Origin of Race that truly changed her life. You can find a list of his published work here – his life’s work has been unpacking the origin of racism.
Finally, the most important thing that we can do to support Black Lives Matter is to listen to Black voices. Consume and support Black art. Read books by Black authors, watch films made by Black directors, and listen to music by Black artists. Follow and share Black creators. Support Black-owned businesses.
If you are white and consider yourself an ally, you have a responsibility to stand up when you see or hear injustice, especially when there are no Black people around to hear it. Point it out to your friends, family members, and colleagues when they are being racist. It’s time to have the uncomfortable conversations surrounding the way Black people are treated. Don’t let the fear of saying the wrong thing stop you from fighting for Black Lives. It’s better to stumble than to stay silent. Continue this fight, not for performative benefits on social media, but so that society as a whole can benefit and become a place where everyone can thrive.
This post is not in any way sponsored. Some links (marked with a *) are affiliated or tracked.
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