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.
6 Ways to Maintain Your Mental Health
Your mental health is so important and maintaining it is should be at the very top of your self-care list. Unfortunately, most times we wait until things start bursting at the seams or begin to fall apart before we address a problem, but what if we got ahead of the...
Know When to Let Go
How many of us have held onto things much longer than we should have? Whether it’s a relationship, friendship, job or our favorite jeans we’re trying to lose five pounds to get back into, we’ve all been guilty. The thing is, when we hold onto things too long we’re...
Like Butter Baby!
Body butter is one of my favorite beauty products. It’s so creamy and nourishing for your skin – what’s not to love? Here are a few more things to love about body butter: The Ingredients For me, this is major. Most of the body butters I source are from small...
Another Way of Being – F*ck the System
One thing that the pandemic did was force me into another way of being. Before the pandemic, I was working 60 hours Monday through Friday, but getting about 20 hours of sleep during the same timeframe. I was mad efficient, but it wasn’t healthy or sustainable. The...
Take Your Ls, Learn the Lessons and Move On
In life, we have to take our Ls, learn the lessons and move on. Recently, I’ve been really focused on my finances. Specifically, investing. I’ve been reading works from the OGs (The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham) and the New Guards (Mud 2 Millions by Ayesha...
It Takes More Than Manifestation to Get What You Want
Maybe I spend too much time on the ‘gram, but the one theme I’ve consistently seen is manifest. For example, “I’m going to manifest everything I want.” Manifest (v) is defined as “to make evident or certain by showing or displaying.” The way I’ve seen it used is...
When You Cheat the Process, You Play Yourself
In a microwave, instant gratification, “I want it now” society, it’s hard not to be impacted by such an environment. If we’re being truthful, none of us like to wait. We want what we want, yesterday and on-time seems late. Since we don’t like to wait, we’re always...
5 Things You Don’t Need to Live Your Best Life
You want to live your best life, right? We all have a different definition of what our best lives looks like. Regardless of how you define your best life, there are some things you just don’t need, in order to do it. Here are five: Other People’s Approval and...
Sis, are You Sabotaging Yourself?
So often, we’re worried about other folks sabotaging us, when quite often our biggest enemy is staring right back at us, in the mirror. Sure, someone else might be trying to sabotage you, but sis, are you sabotaging yourself? Negative Thoughts Studies show...
When Your Plans Don’t Go as Planned
What do you do when your plans don't go as planned? If you’re a control freak, type A personality, like me, you probably came out of your Momma’s womb with a plan. For a while, you worked your plan and it was good, until it wasn’t. So what do you do when your...
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