Celebrating the Winners of the BGF x Glossier Beauty Grants

The Black Girl Fest Black Beauty Grant Programme, powered by Glossier, is pleased to announce their five 2023 UK grantees

Glossier’s vision is to change the way the world sees beauty — and they can’t do that without working to change the beauty industry itself. Glossier created their inaugural Grant Program for Black-Owned Beauty Businesses in 2020, and since then they have partnered with 30+ founders leading 26 innovative beauty brands in the US, providing them with funding and curated curriculums of business programming.

In April 2023, as part of Glossier’s continued investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion in beauty (and beyond!), they announced the launch of their first ever Grant Programme in the UK, in partnership with Black Girl Fest. 

Black Girl Fest was founded by Nicole Crentsil in 2017 and was the UK’s first arts and culture festival dedicated to Black women, girls, and non-binary people. They are a global creative studio that builds projects with purpose to help create a better future for their community. 

Nicole had seen the work that Glossier had done with emerging brands in the States and began a conversation with Glossier. ‘At BGF we’re committed to the economic empowerment of Black women and knowing that Black Brits have a spending power od £00 billion, it only made sense to design an opportunity for Black women-owned beauty businesses in the UK,’ says Nicole.

Photography by Hannah Faith

At a gorgeous breakfast at Studio Arva (another Black owned business) in Islington Square, Black Girl Fest and Glossier (whose US team were also in attendance) shared the news in front of journalists and influencers of the five grantees who will take part in the 12-week learning programme that will support these UK-based Black women founders to take their business to the next level, gain expert advice from industry professionals, and connect with experienced founders, as well as receiving a £10k equity-free cash grant.

Black Beauty & Hair were pleased to note that three of the grantees The Glowcery, Ashe London and Airfro have appeared on our online digital platforms and in print. So a huge congratulations to them and to their fellow grantees.

The five grantees

Skincare

KOBA skincare

The Glowcery

Nail

Ashe London

Hair

Airfro

Makeup

TRU SKN

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