My Black Owned Business Holiday Guide Features Thoughtful Gifts For Everyone On Your List!

Updated Nov. 17 2023

Welcome to this year’s Black Owned Business Holiday Gift Guide! It’s my second year compiling this list of amazing Black owned businesses and I’m so excited for you all to check them out. It’s important to continue to sow back into our community whenever possible, and what better time to do that than the holidays? Ready to make your list and check it twice?

Looking for this year’s gift guide? Check out my 2023 Black Owned Handmade Gift Guide, a carefully curated list of all the best items Black Etsy has to offer!

Ps. Look for the * next to a shop; that means I’ve personally shopped there!

DISCLOSURE: I only recommend products I would use myself and all opinions expressed here are our own. This post contains affiliate links from which I earn a commission, at no extra cost to you, when you make a purchase. Read more about it HERE.

**One last note before we get started: you need something to wrap all your gifts in right? Whether you love beautifully wrapped presents or fun gift bags, Midnight Reflections, LLC has you covered! Shop beautiful wrapping paper, gift bags, and fun Christmas-themed accessories!

Check out my Black-Owned Valentine’s Day Gift Guide with creative, fun gifts for him and her!

Gifts For Mom

• Genuine Leather Bag: Love, Cortnie carries gorgeous clutches, crossbody bags, bucket bags, and even backpacks all in high-quality leather with bright colors and bold patterns. Give Mama the gift of style this year!

• Heavy Duty Planner: Arrivista’s 2022 Create Planner is available in three different color Ankara prints and contains monthly, weekly, and daily views. There are also monthly creativity challenges, goal-setting guides, and reflection sections, as well as weekly quotes for encouragement and inspiration.

• Luxury Face Mask: Beneath Your Mask‘s Clarifying Face Mask removes toxins and revitalizes the face with detoxifying clays and other clean, quality ingredients.

• A Trendy Hat: For the fashionista Mamas(; *House of Charlotte Boutique’s rancher hats are cute, quality pieces for an instant outfit upgrade.
• Artisan Mixing Spoons: *Good & Well Boutique’s fun mixing/ serving spoons are 100% beechwood and treated with food-safe Vegan wood oil.

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Gifts For Dad

• Snazzy Bow Tie: Brothers & Bowties is known for their unique, fun bowties. Shop by fraternity, sports team, or browse through their varied collection of creative pieces like this handcrafted, cognac colored, leather bowtie.

• Custom Chessboard: Chyna Creationz offers several customizable gifts, and this chessboard is my absolute fave. The next time Dad wants to play chess or checkers, he’ll have a thoughtfully designed, personalized board to play on.

• Beautiful Dress Socks: For the dapper dads! Michel Men’s beautifully designed socks come in three different colors. You can also add a snazzy mask or silk bandana to Dad’s gift.

• Quality Activewear: Actively Black was founded by former professional basketball player, Lanny Smith. For Dads who love to work out (and those who practically live in activewear), shop performance hoodies, shorts, tanks, and tops. While you’re at it, grab something for yourself too; they also carry women’s sportswear!
• Burn Yo Face Hot Sauce: Lovejoy’s unique blend of herbs and spices, Thai chilies, jalapeño, habanero, and Carolina Reaper peppers brings both the heat and the flavor to all his favorite dishes. Dad can experiment by adding the hot sauce to marinades, sauces, and whatever else he can think of!

Gifts For Your Sister / Best Friend

• Reed Diffuser: Scent & Fire Candle Company’s beautiful reed diffusers come in six amazing scents. Plus the sexy, amber colored bottles double as home décor!

• Swim Cap For BIG Hair: For Black gals who are avid swimmers, it can be hard to find swim caps to truly contain and protect our locks. Swimma’s swim caps and afro shower caps are made specifically for big, beautiful, natural hair(;

• Luxury Chocolates: Phillip Ashley Chocolates’ yummy, fair trade chocolates are almost too pretty to eat! Expect imaginative flavors like Amaretto Peach and Caribbean Hot Sauce. Cross your fingers in hopes that your bestie loves their gift enough to share!

• Makeup Brush Holder: The Tuff Dreamer Creations’ makeup brush rolls are handcrafted and super cute! Perfect for your bestie who loves makeup.

• Harry Potter Inspired Bath & Body: *Joyful & Company’s Sirius Joy giftset comes with five full-size HP inspired products (like Phoenix Tears body oil and Espresso Patronum body scrub) that smell absolutely magical. The set also includes a personalized Hogwarts welcome letter!

• Double-Duty Makeup: *Lip Love’s glosses and balms are made with clean, non-toxic ingredients and can be worn on the eyes, lips, and cheeks. Busy bees will definitely appreciate products that can help them look amazing in five minutes or less. Use code GIFT10 to save $10 on your order, valid until the end of 2021!

Gifts For Kids

• Skin Tone Dough & Cutter Bundle: The perfect sensory experience for kiddos of all ages. This adorable kit from Montessori in Color comes with four “Feelin My Hair” dough cutters and soft, non-toxic dough in warm skin tones.

• Adorable Glow-In-The-Dark Teething Toy: This soft, plushie from Darlyng & Co. does double-duty as a lovie and a teething toy for sore gums. Use code ALLDAY to save 10%!

• AirFort Tiki Hut: Now, the kids can stop using your blankets and couch cushions to build their forts! *Happy Mango’s adorable air fort looks like a tiki hut and even has a little tunnel for the kids to climb through. Expect hours of non-screen fun! Use ALLDAY to save 10%!

• Custom Blanket: Pretty Dope Society has soft, warm blankets that you can customize with your baby’s favorite images!

• Smart STEM Building Sticks: The Black Toy Store has these colorful building sticks for your kids to let their imaginations run wild and build to their hearts’ content. Carrying case included!

For more kids’ gift ideas, check out my post on 22 Books on Black History & Culture (for all ages)

Gifts For Your Kids’ Teachers

• Personalized LED Nightlight: This unique novelty piece from Creatively Finesse is a customizable, fun gift guaranteed to make anyone smile.

• A Pen They’ll Treasure: They always grow legs and walk away, right? Replace their basic BIC’s with one of these gorgeous, stand-out pens from Craft And Stone.

• A Yummy Giftset: The Honeydew Drop’s Holiday Cookie Box comes with a bottle of their signature raw honey, a honey stirrer, and yummy cookies.

• Tea Charm Gift Set: If any of your kid’s teachers are tea drinkers, they’ll love this adorable tea charm gift set from Don’t Starve The Artist. Each tea charm is designed by graphic artist, Dionna Gary, and comes with a stainless steel tea steeper ball for loose tea herbs. Relaxation, but make it stylish(;

• Beautiful Puzzle: *Lisa’s Maker Space carries fun puzzles in 120, 252, 300, and 500 pieces with beautiful, vibrant images that look like us! We actually framed ours to display as art after it was completed.

Gifts For Your Partner

• Virtual Candle Making Workshop: What’s more romantic than a candle-making workshop? KSM Candle Co. offers virtual and in-person workshops where you’ll get to create your own signature candle. Add a glass of wine (or two) and it’s the perfect date night.

• New Undies Every Month: Savage X Fenty releases cute, new lingerie, loungewear, and underwear (for men AND women) frequently so a monthly subscription is definitely a good look. Ask me how I know(;

• Wine Club: I mean, if you ask me, wine is always the answer! McBride Sisters Collection, the brand behind your favorite Black Girl Magic wines, offers Wine Club memberships where you can get 6 or 12 handpicked bottles shipped to you seasonally or every six weeks. Basically, your wine cabinet is ALWAYS stocked. Actually, if you know me in real life, do me a favor and forward this post to my husband(;

• Small Batch Jams: These sampler packs from Trade St. Jam Company make cute stocking stuffers if your partner is a foodie. Spread them on biscuits, bake with them, or add to your charcuterie board for your next date night.

• An Insanely Stylish Travel Bag: Available in Green, Black, and Purple, Urbane Sky’s huge faux croc duffle is big enough to fit all the essentials and chic enough that your partner will want to carry it every day. Now, if you throw in a weekend trip to go with their new weekend bag, you’ll definitely win a few brownie points. No pressure though(;

Still stumped? Here’s a great video break down of how to give the perfect, most thoughtful gift Every. Single. Time!

LIGHTNING ROUND: A few more gift ideas to finish out my Black Owned Business Holiday Guide for 2021!

FOR THE KWANZAA LOVER: Dripless Kwanzaa Candles from Heritage Apothecary

FOR THE MAMA TO BE: A stylish and incredibly useful Vegan leather diaper bag from Yuuma Collection

FOR THE ANIMAL LOVER: Small-batch, organic treats (for cats & dogs) from Ava’s Pet Palace

FOR THE CHRISTMAS LOVER: Mr. & Mrs. Clause earrings from Midnight Reflections, LLC

FOR YOURSELF (you deserve it!): Something for New Year’s from *Rehab Couture

Thanks for reading,

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Happy Holidays!

If you’ve made it this far, I know you’re as passionate about supporting Black owned businesses and brands as I am. If you’ve had a good experience with any of the brands featured in this year’s Black Owned Business Holiday Guide (or any Black owned business for that matter), please consider joining my Facebook group and shouting them out!