How Toxic Is Your Oral Care Routine?

  By: Alexis Atkins We all do it. After a restful sleep, we wander to the bathroon and grab our toothbrush. We turn on the faucet and squeeze a pea-sized amount of chemical-infused toothpaste on ...

Feel Good from the Inside Out with These Health Strategies

In today's fast-paced world, it's easy to lose sight of what matters - our health and well-being. With countless distractions and stressors, maintaining a healthy lifestyle might seem like an uphil...

The Black Cosmetics Industry: A Big Market with a Big Problem

The Black community represents about 13 percent of the U.S. population. African American spending contributes 22 percent to the personal care products market, valued at $42 billion annually. Black ...

Protecting Your Melanin-Rich Baby’s Skin

The ultimate goal in the beauty industry is often to have "skin as soft as a baby." Although a newborn's skin is softer to touch, melanin-rich infant's skin tends to be more sensitive and prone to ...

The Dangers of Expecting Black Women to Over Perform at Work

After recently watching Netflix’s Self Made: Inspired by Madame C.J. Walker, I thanked God for how far [Black] women have come. Since the days Sarah Breedlove, a daughter to former slaves, amassed ...

We don't farm because it's trendy; we farm as resistance, for healing and sovereignty

For more than 150 years, from the rural South to northern cities, Black people have used farming to build self-determined communities and resist oppressive structures that tear them down.

13 Lessons from the Self-Care Sisterhood

Sisterhood is not limited to just family. I have amazing sisters in education and sorors who protect and guide me through life with their experiences. These are just a few of the gems they dropped ...

Every Body, Every Day: Golden Turmeric Latte

We get a lot of questions on our favorite ways to use our original blend, and our all-time fave keeps things pretty simple. 

These 5 Ingredients in Your Body Scrub are Actually Harming You

Body scrubs are a great way to rejuvenate your skin. With their refreshing scents, shimmering appearance, and exfoliating properties, body scrubs make for a perfect mini spa treatment (even if it’s...

The Real Cost of a Clean Home

Everyone loves a clean home. When you consider the benefits of having a nice, uncluttered, dirt-free space like keeping germs away and lowering stress, it’s not hard to see why some people genuinel...

“We Should be Able to Have Babies Like White People.”: A Beauty Shop Reflection on Race, Class and Infertility

A recent study suggests that Black women may be twice as likely as White women to have fertility problems but are far less likely to seek or receive infertility treatment. I remember being so arrog...

What Does it Mean to Decolonize Wellness?

When I did that, I figured out that it not that my blog is missing something. It is that almost everything in the wellness space is curate by mostly white women. I, and most other people, am traine...

Are You Getting Enough Sleep?

Did you know World Sleep Day is on March 13th? Have you even heard of World Sleep Day?