About Nzuri Noire
Nzuri means beautiful, in Swahili. Noire means black. Nzuri Noire is a media platform created to serve, inspire, affirm and delight Black women through thoughtfully curated content. Launched in 2021 by founder Jessica R. Simmons, Nzuri Noire was intended to be a safe haven for Black women. Nzuri Noire was also intended to be a space that focuses on and caters to Black women’s needs. “Our issues and needs are so unique they can”t be addressed from a one size fits all approach,” says Simmons. “I didn’t see enough platforms that were seriously addressing our needs so I created one. We’re so much more than just hair and celebrity news.
Making the Most of Your Time
We all have 24 hours in a day, but how we spend those hours is the difference between getting things done and feeling like we don’t have enough time to do it all. In order to make the most of your time, you have to be very deliberate in how you spend it. Here are a...
Investment You: Investing in Yourself
We as women tend to invest in everyone and everything before our most important investment - ourselves. Investing in yourself is the best investment you’ll ever make. No, I’m not talking about consuming/material things – bags, shoes, clothes, weekly brunches or the...
Fix Your Focus
They say that what you focus on, you get. So what are you focused on? If you find you’re getting more negative than positive, you might need to fix your focus. Focus on Positive vs. Negative Ask any woman what type of life she wants and I guarantee you she...
Failure – It’s Part of the Process
This is officially the first post on Nzuri Noire. Yay! So what is Nzuri Noire? It’s a media platform designed to serve, inform, inspire and delight Black women, through thoughtfully curated content. One of the reasons I created Nzuri Noire is because I was exhausted...
7 Things a Single Woman Doesn’t Want to Hear
When you’re single, for some reason, people feel empowered to give you relationship advice, whether you’ve asked for it (which you usually haven’t) or not. If you’re one of these well-meaning folks who have intentionally or unintentionally provided single women with...
3 Ways to Protect Your Peace
I don’t know about you, but the older I get, the more focused I’ve become on prioritizing my peace. One thing the pandemic has done was allow me to reevaluate the way I’ve been navigating life and things I’ve been doing that weren’t contributing to my own peace....
5 Small Ways to Stay Healthy
Health is wealth. While it might not always be the easiest, taking care of your health not only benefits you now, but it pays off in the long run. Although maintaining your health is a noble goal, making time to do it isn’t always easy. We all lead busy lives so here...
Yes You Need a Toner Sis
Yes, you need a toner Sis. Confession time – My skin routine hasn’t always been top tier. I use to be one of those folks who thought toners were nothing but a expensive scam and an unnecessary product that skincare companies were trying to push to make extra cash....
Everything You’ve Learned About Natural Hair is Probably a Lie
Everything you've learned about natural hair is probably a lie. It sure was for me. Let me explain. Ok, so boom, there I was on the ‘gram one Sunday night and @earnestlynatural, a natural hair care stylist, specializing in natural curls, was on IG Live, giving away...
5 Ways to Self-Care for Free
In an increasingly stressful world, it’s more important than ever to take care of ourselves. Now, when most of us think of self-care, we probably envision massages, facials, manicures and pedicures. While those are all forms of self-care, the dollar signs attached to...
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