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16 | Buying Black and Living Green with Dr. Kristian Henderson of BLK+GRN

She's So Lucky

She's So Lucky

Balancedblackgirl, Self-improvement, #Shessolucky, Balancedles, Business, Entrepreneurship, Lesalfred, Education

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2019

⏱️ 48 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Today, we’re talking to Dr. Kristian Henderson, professor of public health, a natural lifestyle enthusiast, and the founder of BLK+GRN, an all-natural marketplace by all Black artisans. BLK+GRN curates products that are sold in categories like skincare, home, bath and body to meet the needs of wellness seekers who want to buy Black and live green.

In the U.S. black woman buy nearly twice as many body care and beauty products, with nearly 75% of the products marketing to black women containing toxic ingredients that can have a negative impact on our health. Through the creation of BLK+GRN, Dr. Kristian is tackling this issue head-on. She is an unshakeable optimist who is passionate about helping women cultivate a lifestyle that’s free of artificial ingredients, toxins, and harmful chemicals. She believes that doing so is the only way to foster true happiness.

In this episode, we dive into the importance of understanding what ingredients are in our body care products, and how doing so can have a profound impact on our health.

She and her team are leading their community into a Toxic-Free 2019 when it comes to products, mindset, and lifestyle. We had an inspiring, insightful conversation that will have a positive takeaway for everyone. We’re so grateful for the opportunity to share her story and mission.

 

In this episode, we talk about…

  • How to make the switch to non-toxic products.
  • Toxic ingredients we should avoid.
  • The importance of supporting black-owned businesses.
  • What inspired her to start BLK+GRN.
  • Self-care tips for black girls.

 

RESOURCES:

SPECIAL OFFERS:

  • Use the code BBG20 for 20% off your BLK+GRN order!
  • Head to our Instagram @balancedblackgirlpodcast to enter to win a BLK+GRN gift card.

 

If you like this episode, please leave a rating and review on iTunes. Keep in touch with Les on Instagram @balancedles, follow the show @balancedblackgirlpodcast, and join the Balanced Black Girl Podcast Community on Facebook.


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0:00.0

Welcome to the Balance Black Girl Podcast. We're putting Black Girl Magic in motion.

0:07.0

This show is dedicated to reinventing wellness for women of color.

0:11.0

I'm your host Lestrandra Alfred. Welcome back to the show. I am so

0:16.6

happy to be coming at you for yet another week with another episode of the

0:21.1

balanced Black Girl podcast. Just the other day I was speaking

0:25.8

with another woman who more recently started podcasting and we were just talking

0:31.2

about how much we loved it as a medium, how fun it is to create the

0:36.7

content, to have the conversations with incredible guests, and I've also had quite a few people since I started the show

0:46.0

reach out to me and ask for advice on starting their own podcast which I think is pretty funny, one, because I am definitely not

0:56.1

an expert at this podcasting thing yet. I am very DIY, very scrappy. I am very much figuring it out as I go. So, you know, I take that as a huge

1:08.4

compliment that people ask me for advice for how to get started and that it is just such a popular kind of engaging medium

1:19.6

for people to connect around.

1:23.2

And I don't know, I just wanted to share that with you

1:25.2

because I just really, really love this space

1:29.0

that we have created, but it really wouldn't

1:31.4

be what it is without the listener.

1:34.0

You know, these conversations wouldn't be as exciting if it was just me talking

1:38.0

and not having anyone listening to not have anyone provide feedback

1:41.0

and I'm just so grateful to really have the best have

1:45.0

the best listeners, the best audience because you're really what make this show possible.

1:50.0

So I really really appreciate that. So just a couple of

1:57.8

announcements or things I wanted to share with you before we jump into today's show

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