Honoring Juneteenth: Celebrating Black-Owned Sustainable and Ethical Businesses
Juneteenth is in the works to become a national holiday in the USA! And, we at Jejune, couldn’t be more thrilled! Juneteenth is a day dedicated to celebrating the end of slavery in the United States, and we want to celebrate by supporting some amazing socially aware Black-owned businesses! You can impact a community and redistribute economic empowerment in choosing to shop and support Black-owned businesses on Juneteenth and every day. In honor of Juneteenth we have compiled a list of vegan, cruelty-free, ethical, and sustainable brands for you to check out!
Who are they: Naturalicious is an all-natural hair care brand specializing in products for curly hair types designed to save time, frustration, and space in your bathroom.
Price Range: $$
Fun fact: They are huge women advocates as well as believe in taking action against injustices and inequalities.
The Lip Bar
Who are they: The Lip Bar is a vegan and cruelty-free beauty brand that embraces oneself and their natural beauty. Their mission is to ensure products are health-conscious.
Price range: $
Fun fact: The brand values diversity, inclusivity and avoids any excessive amounts of unnecessary chemicals in their products.
Arlokea
Who are they: Arlokea creates ethically made accessories crafted in Vietnam from recycled bullhorn and in Ecuador from Tagua seeds. The brand commits to sustainability, supports fair trade, and is socially responsible.
Price range: $$
Fun fact: The brand focuses on tackling social issues surrounding health, education, and poverty as well as launching give-back initiatives that have an impact on people’s lives and wellbeing.
Grant Blvd
Who are they: Grant Blvd is an ethical stylish fashion brand that uses eco-friendly materials, e.g., organic cotton, TENCEL, and deadstock fabrics. It is created in response to slavery, leased labor, Jim Crow, and persistent economic injustice and marginalization.
Price Range: $$
Fun Fact: They create living-wage employment opportunities for marginalized folks such as Black & Brown people who’ve been incarcerated.
Fyre Vintage
Who are they: Fyre Vintage blends hard/soft and feminine/masculine pieces into their vintage collection. Their aesthetic revolves around STREET + CHIC which encompasses the duality of their customer.
Price range: $$
Fun fact: 10% of the profit from your purchase is donated to various women’s shelters in Detroit, MI.
Proclaim
Who are they: Proclaim is an inclusive nude lingerie line made from earth-conscious fabrics. Not only are they huge environmental supporters, but they also ensure their production process is ethical and meets the strict labor standards of the City of Los Angeles and the State of California.
Price range: $$
Fun fact: Besides incorporating TENCEL for their fabrics, they also use 100% post-consumer recycled plastic water bottles.
Season Three
Who are they: Season Three built their shoes from environmentally-conscious tanneries and use recycled materials for packaging and shipping. They reduce carbon footprint by keeping all of the manufacturing processes for their best-selling shoes, The Ansel, in Northern Italy.
Price range: $$$
Fun fact: The brand values and supports racial and gender equity, LGBTQ+ rights, and fair labor.
Brother Vellies
Who are they: Brother Vellies is luxury shoes and bags brand created from traditional African design practices. Their collection is produced across a vast range of geographic regions from New York City, Morocco to South Africa, and Ethiopia.
Price range: $$$$
Fun fact: Being a huge supporter of the environment and giving back to the community, they use vegetable-tanned leathers, soling from recycled tires, hand-carved wood, floral dyed feathers as well as collect by-products materials sourced from farmers across the globe.
SampleHAUS
Who are they: SampleHAUS create unique innovative art pieces from interior design waste and discontinue marketing samples, e.g., upcycle pots as well as scraps from upholstery and building materials.
Price range: $
Fun fact: Potteries are made in small batches in order to reduce carbon footprint.
Golde
Who are they: Golde celebrates superfoods to effortlessly boost your daily routine, from morning smoothies to skincare. All their formulas are organic, vegan, and cruelty-free.
Price range: $
Fun fact: All of their products have no added sugars or sweeteners
Let’s look amazing together while saving the world! Head over to their website and show your support.
