Black History Month takes place during the shortest month of the year. Fortunately, there are plenty of BIPOC-owned businesses in Waterloo Region and surrounding areas to explore all year long.
Beauty Club Outlet and Shyne Body Butter are two BIPOC, female-owned companies that are making waves in beauty and their communities.

Lexi Charles holding a jar of her body butter. Photo courtesy of Lexi Charles, captured by Devi Photography. 
The outside of Beauty Club Outlet’s store in Cambridge, Ontario. Photo by Celeste McCarthy.