Even beyond the actual products they sell, women are creatives when it comes to business. A recent study from Intuit QuickBooks revealed that women outpace men in creating and purchasing new technologies for their businesses almost across the board—particularly in new environmental innovations and management processes.
These women-owned shops are solving problems in new, imaginative ways with focuses on community, sustainability, and wellness.
Adwoa Beauty is a modern, non-toxic, gender-neutral beauty brand catering to multicultural hair textures. They’ve created a highly effective collection of products with ingredients that are concentrated, working with nature and science to bring you immediate results for beautiful and healthy coils and curls.
Cup of Té offers the very best organic teas and teaware. Based in Ontario, Canada, they’re dedicated to enriching lives through the experience of premium teas, specially made from hand-selected, organic, and ethically sourced ingredients. Cup of Té is your one-stop destination for extraordinary teas, crafted to stimulate all of your senses while promoting health and wellness.
Grounded was created to help you disconnect and decompress through their collection of plants, specifically curated to elicit a sense of tranquility and mindfulness. With a quiz designed to find you the perfect plant based on your experience and availability of sunshine in your home, there’s a plant for everyone.
Indiecords offers slow-made, hand-crafted accessories and jewelry made of polymer clay, acrylic, brass, resin, and other recycled materials.
Kanda Chocolates are produced from 100% Ghana cocoa beans and infused with simple, non-genetically modified ingredients. The result is a unique bean-to-bar experience with a sustainable, measurable impact on the world through their commitments to social and environmental justice.
As a vegan with a sweet tooth, Maya Madsen set out to create a perfectly delicious, soft-baked gourmet vegan cookie. She spent years crafting her award-winning and crowd-pleasing recipes offering both classic and unique, forward-thinking flavors. Every flavor has a story grounded in Maya’s travels, memories, or experiences and is available to ship nationwide.
mini mioche, founded by Alyssa Kerbel, is a lifestyle brand focused on super-soft, timeless, ethically-made organic cotton fashion basics for infants and kids, newborn to 12 years. All mini mioche clothing is designed and made ethically from start-to-finish in Canada, including their custom organic fabrics, which are knit and dyed in Toronto.
Inspired by her grandma’s skincare routine and self care ritual, Stephanie founded Mount Lai to share the wisdom and practices used in traditional Chinese medicine. Mount Lai’s skincare products use herbs intentionally selected for their healing and beneficial properties that will make your skin glow.
MUMGRY is a line of gourmet nut butters- each beautifully designed with sustainability in mind while also being low in sugar but high in protein, iron and calcium. Good for everyone, especially Mums, these nut butters prioritize the dietary needs of Mums throughout every stage of motherhood: pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, postpartum and beyond.
With coffees ranging from crowd-pleasing blends to the highest-rated single origins in the world, Nostalgia Coffee is confident that their award-winning line-up will deliver exactly what you want. Named to honor the memories that surround coffee, they also work to create a better future by upholding sustainable business practices, ethical sourcing of goods, and supplying eco-friendly brew bags.
Natalia and Jess grew up in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico eating delicious meals made by their mother, Gabriela. After moving to the US, the family started selling Gabriela’s delicious and saucy creations at local farmers’ markets. Their goal? To share Gabriela’s authentic Mexican creations and bring families back to the table with good food.
Siempre Soups, founded by Alison Velazquez, is vegan and gluten-free, made with simple all-natural ingredients thoughtfully combined to provide maximum nutrition. All of the flavors were created to be delicious, served hot or cold. They package the soups in modern BPA-free jars which allows for easy consumption on the go.
The Villij is a wellness club empowering women of color to nurture their physical, mental, and emotional health. The Villij builds relatable wellness tools and experiences that affirm women of color. Kim Knight (left) and Shanelle McKenzie (right) strive to eliminate the stressors and adversity they face in cultivating well-being.
Connie Lo and Laura Burget founded Three Ships Beauty to solve the problems that they faced as consumers. Three Ships Beauty is a natural skin care company featuring vegan and cruelty-free skincare products.
Viva La Bonita is a women’s lifestyle and apparel brand inspired by women who are fearless. Rachel Gomez founded the brand in 2012 while working her full-time retail job. The brand organically grew an online community for Latinas who truly believe in the magic of self-empowerment.
Inspired by the healing ingredients of her heritage, Rosa Li created a new kind of drink that marries modern taste with ancient nutrition. Wildwonder is a delightful, bubbly, and gut-healing drink made with whimsical flavors and real ingredients.