23 Gift Ideas From Black-Owned Businesses

Gift your hard-working BFF this stress-relieving candle with scents of lemongrass and jasmine. Hand-poured into reusable glass vessels with a gold lid, these soy candles from Natural Annie Essentials are paired with ECO wicks and scented with oil blends that are 100-percent phthalate-free, vegan and eco-friendly. They’re good for the planet and cute!

This Mini Facial Mask Trio is the perfect addition to any gift box or bag. Each of the three different clays is hand-blended with rare essential oils and clays of the earth. Each offers its own skin-loving benefits as well as an aromatherapy effect during use.

Add a little sparkle to their everyday life with this dainty gemstone chain bracelet from Aquarian Thoughts. The handcrafted bracelet features a thin chain adorned with reflective gold disks and petite faceted gemstone beads. Make the bracelet personal with your giftee’s birthstone, or use their style as your guide for selecting the perfect design.

Help them create a spa experience at home with this collection of all-natural, vegan bath salts. All three blends are made with detoxifying Dead Sea salt, which is enhanced with carefully chosen essential oils and botanicals to relieve tension, lower stress and replenish the body.

Blue, white and beautiful — this handmade bandana from All Very Goods, a woman-owned shop, is a budget-friendly gift that keeps on giving. The versatile scarf works overtime as a hair accessory, breezy neckwear, a chic belt and a frame-worthy piece of art. The Washington-based shop also offers 21 bandana designs to choose from, as well as a series of vibrant art prints, on-the-go tote bags and graphic art greeting cards.

Gift the world traveler in your life a brand-new, personalized luggage tag by Little Dot Studio. These acrylic tags are sleek, chic and built to last. Choose between 10 strap options (or no strap) and eight acrylic hues, from clear to matte black. These make great gifts for new parents, too; they're a perfect nametag option for daycare diaper bags.

If you watch Shark Tank, then you know luxe beauty brand 54 Thrones. (They even made it onto Oprah’s Favorite Things in 2020!) This gift set features five uniquely scented hand-and-body butters specifically created for dry skin with two types of shea butter. Inspired by ancestral African shea butter traditions, these butters will leave their skin soft, smooth and hydrated. Plus, the unique scents will transport them straight to Africa.

Personalized stationery sets make great gifts for the teacher, work wife or Type-A neighbor in your life. We’re obsessed with this rainbow foil notecard set from woman-owned shop Patrina’s Paperie. Each card set comes with your choice of primary colors and six envelope hues. The Denver-based shop also offers an extensive collection of personalized paper goods to add to your card order or to treat yourself for the new year.

Introduce your little one to the cultural staple of barbershops while building their memory skills at the same time. Kemi Tignor's game features 24 illustrated scenes, creating 48 super-thick cards that are perfect for little hands to get in some screen-free playtime.

The Double-Up Coin Necklace from Omi Woods will earn you double brownie points this holiday season. The dreamy necklace features two coins coated in 18-karat gold vermeil and a pair of stacked, whisper-thin chains. Each necklace is handcrafted with conflict-free metal and African gold by artisans in Toronto.

This one-of-a-kind clay jewelry dish crafted by The Pink Locket will give them a little pep talk before heading out the door. They can beautifully store rings, necklaces and other small trinkets on their dresser, bedside table or bathroom vanity. Inspired by confident women, you can choose from three mood-boosting phrases: Today I Will Slay, Effortless Beauty and Boss Lady.

Give your loved ones a gift that keeps giving with this uplifting affirmation card set. The budget-friendly buy encourages giftees to form positive, empowering thoughts daily. Shop a set for your special peeps and pick up one for yourself, too.

Pop! Fizz! Clean! The handmade bath bombs from Charmed Bath & Body make a perfect personal spa day treat. Each bath bomb is handmade with recognizable vegan ingredients like baking soda, Epsom salt, citric acid, kaolin clay, grapeseed oil, witch hazel, cornstarch and essential oils. The bath-time treats come in six intoxicating fragrances: coffee, eucalyptus and spearmint, grapefruit, lavender, rose and oat milk, and honey.

Made from bamboo, this gorgeous salt cellar is hand-decorated with a resin technique to make the one-of-a-kind shoreline design.

Looking to spoil the new parents in your life? Give them the invaluable gift of a good night’s sleep with these luxurious linen sheets. The artisanal linen sheets are made in the U.S. using high-quality linen sourced from the top mills in Belgium and Italy. The dreamy sets are available in 10 (!) unique sizes and 29 hues to suit all bed sizes and styles.

Elevate your homebody’s movie marathons with this ultra-cozy and très chic modern floor pillow. Each overstuffed pillow is created with comfort in mind and comes in a round or square silhouette. The crisp, black-and-white striped pillow cover is designed by artist Alyissa Letters. Check out more of Alyissa’s incredible designs, and pick up a matching striped throw blanket or wall clock on her Society6 shop page.

The amateur chef in your life kneads this sourdough cookbook created by Bryan Ford. In New World Sourdough, Bryan walks readers through classical artisan techniques for achieving the perfect bake every single time. The book includes recipes for everyday staples like bagels and brioche, along with recipes for drool-worthy plantain sourdough, beignets and choco pan de coco.

Help them attract wild birds to their beloved garden with this whimsical outdoor birdhouse. It features a shingle roof and a miniature birdhouse of its own, making it a cozy habitat for cardinals, sparrows, wrens and more.

Perfect for the budding home chef, this sea salt sampler includes seven of the best-tasting and hard-to-find salts, like Cyprus Lemon and Port Wine, that are housed in Pyrex test tubes with all-natural cork stoppers.

The I Know Collection habit tracker is designed to assist them in their journey by helping them to build healthy habits, track their progress and learn from experience in order to become a better version of themselves. This notebook has a unique design with grids that allow them to write down the habits they want to create and the goals they want to achieve over a period of 17 weeks.

These luxe, faux-fur slippers are perfect for the homebody who wants to stay cozy and chic at home.

This favorite travel version of the beloved game of backgammon features a stylish leatherette case, zipper closure and a removable wrist strap. The playing field is made of velvety soft felt and the points are leatherette and stitched into the playing surface. The surface and pieces are magnetic, making it the perfect travel companion for the backgammon player.

For the avid journaler and writer, nothing beats a brand-new notebook. This soft-cover notebook features a dotted paper format with 5mm spacing that's perfect for bullet journaling.