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Managing Motherhood and Mental Health: Inc. Press | Nude Barre

Managing Motherhood and Mental Health: Inc. Press | Nude Barre

In this Inc. article, Nude Barre’s founder Erin Carpenter, details her struggles balancing CEO status with family life and mental health. With a successful business incepted from a mere $3,000 in savings, Carpenter details how moving revenue targets and skeptical (mostly white male) investors ma...
Camouflage Veins & Scars with Opaque Tights

Camouflage Veins & Scars with Opaque Tights

Beauty marks come in all shapes and sizes. Our stretch marks, scars, veins, and birthmarks make us unique, which in turn only adds to our beauty. Skin conditions such as varicose veins and stretch marks are unjustly stigmatized through misinformation and unattainable beauty standards. The culmin...
Ingenious Products You Need: Buzzfeed Press | Nude Barre

Ingenious Products You Need: Buzzfeed Press | Nude Barre

Sourced by Buzzfeed’s editors, writer Chelsea Stuart details 38 products that “should have been on Shark Tank,” due to their ingenious problem-solving capabilities. Tucked in between a magnetic necklace layering clasp that eliminates tangling, and knee-high stockings made for plus-size women cal...
Macy's Honors Black Brilliance: Business Wire Press

Macy's Honors Black Brilliance: Business Wire Press

In an effort to facilitate diversity, Macy’s has shone the spotlight on seven exceptional black-owned businesses across all avenues of retail as part of their Black History. Black Brilliance campaign. The brands praised by Macy’s represent entities that are committed to creating a culture of inc...
Celebrate Black History Month: Her Campus Press

Celebrate Black History Month: Her Campus Press

A Her Campus article by Diamond Knight detailed the way she chose to celebrate Black History Month last February. Along with paying homage to the iconic figures of the past, Knight catalogued new ways she intended to celebrate in the present. Some of these new ways included listening to Black ar...