How to Extend the Benefits of a Massage After Your Session
Massage therapy can do wonders for your body and mind, but with a few simple steps, you can extend those benefits well beyond the massage table.
The Link Between Massage and Enhanced Creativity
While we often associate massages with relaxation, stress relief, and physical well-being, there’s another lesser-known benefit that can truly transform your life—enhanced creativity.
How Often Should You Get a Massage?
Whether you’re a seasoned massage pro or someone who’s just starting to dip their toes into the world of bodywork, you’ve probably wondered, “How often should I actually be getting a massage?”
How Massages Can Improve Circulation and Overall Health
Massages offer incredible benefits for your entire body, and one of the biggest perks is how they can improve your circulation and overall health.
What is Reiki?
Today, I want to dive deep into something truly special—Reiki
How Often Should You Get A Facial?
Let’s really dig into why getting regular facials is so important for maintaining that healthy, radiant skin we all love.
How to Customize Your Skincare Routine for Different Skin Types Part 2
Learn about the importance of SPF, the role of exfoliation in achieving smooth skin, and the transformative magic of face masks
How to Customize Your Skincare Routine for Different Skin Types Part 1
et’s talk about creating the perfect skincare routine for your unique skin type, because here at Luxurious Wellniss, we believe that self-care should be as personal as it is luxurious.
Now Booking Massages
Hey there, beautiful souls! Welcome to your oasis of calm and relaxation. We’re beyond excited to introduce our newest lineup of spa services, designed to whisk you away to a world of pure serenity. Here at The Luxurious Wellniss Skin Lab, we’re all about creating moments of peace and tranquility to help you unwind from […]
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Founded by Soror Felicia Stokes, Luxurious Wellniss is a mission-driven wellness company that serves women and men of color whose needs have not been prioritized in the wellness sector. They promote and sell beauty and wellness brands primarily created for and by women and people of color. In addition to buying their products online, you […]
Meet Felicia Stokes from Bold Journey Magazine
We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Felicia Stokes. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Felicia below. Felicia, looking forward to learning from your journey. You’ve got an amazing story and before we dive into that, let’s start with an important building block. Where do you get your work ethic […]
Katonya Breaux of Unsun Cosmetics
What motivated you to start Unsun Cosmetics? I needed clean sunscreen that didn’t leave a residue and that was tinted with my skin tone in mind. What would you consider your hero product from your brand? Unsun Mineral Tinted Sunscreen What standards/non-negotiables do you take into consideration when thinking about enhancing or developing new products? […]
Angela Hubbard of Angie Watts
Name: Angela (Angie) Hubbard Brand: Angie Watts Established: November 2015 Company Base: North Carolina What motivated you to start Angie Watts? A layoff from my corporate job encouraged me to go for it. Prior to the layoff, I created a product for my daughter’s eczema that was sold to friends and family, as supplemental income, nothing serious. The […]
Trinity Mouzon Wofford of Golde
Name: Trinity Mouzon Wofford Brand: Golde Established: 2017 Hometown: Saratoga Springs, NY What motivated you to start Golde? Golde was born from my own experience as a consumer in the wellness space. I felt caught between the crunchy/granola stuff I’d grown up with in Upstate New York and the luxury offerings that were becoming more commonplace. I wanted […]
Brittany Maritsa Ruley of Bee’s Moon
Name: Brittany Maritsa Ruley Brand: Bee’s Moon Established: December 2018 Hometown: El Paso + Dallas, Texas What motivated you to start Bee’s Moon? Skincare became one medium for nurturing myself as I was experiencing memory loss from a traumatic brain injury I sustained in a car accident. I was mourning my dreams, teaching my eyes to read again, […]
Kristen Sonntag of Sunday Diamond
Name: Kristen Sonntag Brand: Sunday Diamond Established: 2017 Hometown: NYC What motivated you to start? Prior to starting my own business, I was a television producer, creating arts and culture programming for PBS in New York. After becoming a parent and a Reiki practitioner, I wanted to build a creative livelihood around healing work. What […]
Rachel & Tina of Goldmine
Name: Rachael Gorjestani & Tina Hardison Brand: Goldmine Established: 2018 Hometown: Based in San Francisco, CA What motivated you to start? Goldmine was inspired by our own burnout and adrenal fatigue. Being modern women who run multiple businesses, we’re constantly juggling many work responsibilities, projects, and maxed out calendars and inboxes. Turns out, we weren’t […]
Flora Leung of Selia & Co
Name: Flora Leung Brand: Selia & Co Established: 2017 Hometown: Brooklyn, NY What motivated you to start? I always wanted to start my own skincare line. At the time, I was also looking for some flexibility in my work schedule. What would you consider your hero product from your brand? Our best sellers are the Peppermint […]
Alex + Jen of Jaxon Lane
Name: Alex & Jen Brand: Jaxon Lane Established: 2018 Based in: California What motivated you to start Jaxon Lane? Alex and Jen are a California-based husband and wife team that launched Jaxon Lane in 2018. We created Jaxon Lane because we couldn’t find premium, effective skincare products marketed to men, that aren’t full of “man” […]
Tonya Lewis Lee of Movita Organics
Name: Tonya Lewis Lee Brand: Movita Organics Founded: 2015 Hometown: New York, NY What motivated you to start? Movita was motivated by my women’s health advocacy work and then from my first website, HealthyYouNow.com which was a platform designed to offer information and support to women trying to live their best lives. I founded Movita […]
Naa-Sakle Akuete of Eu’Genia Shea
Name: Naa-Sakle Akuete Brand: Eu’Genia Shea Established: 2015 Hometown: Brooklyn What motivated you to start? My grandmother used shea butter all the time on pregnant moms for stretch marks and babies for diaper rash in her midwifery practice. Given this, mom was around shea butter all the time growing up in Ghana; in fact, shea […]
Dr. Shari Auth of WTHN
Name: Dr. Shari Auth Brand: WTHN Established: 2018 Hometown: Seattle What motivated you to start WTHN? I’ve been a holistic healing practitioner for over 20 years and started WTHN to bring the power of Traditional Chinese Medicine to a wider audience. WTHN makes Traditional Chinese Medicine (acupuncture + Chinese herbs) easier than ever to integrate […]
Monica Ruffo of Well Told Health
What motivated you to start Well Told Health? When I was diagnosed with very aggressive breast cancer a few years ago, I started questioning everything I was putting on and in my body. Incredibly, I discovered that the supplements I was taking were full of synthetics and fillers and that the word “natural” wasn’t even a […]
Dr. Rosetta Garries, M.D. of Very Pretty Skin
Dr. Rosetta Garries, M.D. is an aesthetic surgeon, specializing in non-invasive facial and body rejuvenation. Her primary expertise is in skin tightening, skin resurfacing, dermal filler injections, and fat removal. To complement the anti-aging procedures she performs, Garries developed a skincare line, Very Pretty Skin®. Dr. Garries completed her general surgery residency at Brookdale Hospital […]
Eden Gilliam of Eve Milan NYC
Name: Eden Gilliam Brand: Eve Milan NYC Established: December, 2009 Hometown: White Plains, New York What motivated you to start Eve Milan NYC? The motivation behind the brand was definitely me trying to find a way to create generational wealth. I started the company at 19 years old as a teen mom and as a way […]
Niambi Cacchioli of Pholk
What motivated you to start Pholk? I once read a statistic that as much as 75% of skincare marketed to WOC contain known toxins. As someone who struggles with balancing my combination skin, many mainstream natural skincare products are too heavy and lead to breakouts. So, I decided that I would combine my expertise in […]
Tina Hedges of LOLI Beauty
Name: Tina Hedges Brand: LOLI Beauty Established: Launched March 2018 Hometown: New York City What motivated you to start LOLI Beauty? At heart, I’m a beauty shaman – think of me as a combination of a magical herbalist meets former beauty industry executive inspired by pure, superfood ingredients and their potent effects for skin, hair […]
Rachel Lambo & Sade Baron of Sade Baron
Name: Rachel Lambo Brand: Sade Baron Established: 2016 Hometown: Toronto What motivated you to start Sade Baron? My mother and my passion in being an entrepreneur. What would you consider your hero product from your brand? [There are] so many to pick from. For myself, the LaRose Bar cleanser and for Sade, the Tai Body […]
Vivian Wong of Butter & Me
Name: Vivian Wong Brand: Butter & Me Established: 2018 Hometown: Longmont,CO What motivated you to start Butter & Me? I started by wanting to help my husband who has super sensitive and bad eczema skin. We have tried all over the counter personal care products that claim will help in relieving eczema, but none of […]
Chelsi Oestreich of Kinko
Name: Chelsi Oestreich Brand: Kinko Established: July 2019 Hometown: Houston, TX What motivated you to start Kinko? After working for other founders my entire career, I wanted to do something on my own. When Fanny and I started talking about doing natural deodorants better, I had 3 friends diagnosed with breast cancer – all in their early to […]
Maddie Fantle of Maes Face
Name: Maddie Fantle Brand: Maes Face Established: January 2021 Hometown: New York (for the business) – but I’m from Milwaukee, WI What motivated you to start Maes Face? I’ve worked for a few founders in my professional career and was so motivated by what they built. I wanted to create something of my own that I was interested […]
Patricia Reinders of Sula NYC
Name: Patricia Reinders Brand: SULA NYC Established: 2009 Hometown: Forest Hills, New York What motivated you to start SULA NYC? In 2009, the hospital system I worked for was forced to close its doors, and it was at that point, that my entrepreneurial spirit kicked in. Inspired by the healing powers of nature found in […]
Denice S. Pigott of Standrd Uniform
Name: Denice S. Pigott Brand: Standrd Uniform Established: 2018 Hometown: Houston, TX What motivated you to start Standrd Uniform? A sincere love for fragrance for the body and home. I wanted to introduce my audience to scent combinations they’d never experienced before. What would you consider your hero product from your brand? My reed diffusers […]
Loran Wilson of Address Oasis
Name: Loran Wilson Brand: Address Oasis Established: 2022 Hometown: Inglewood, CA What motivated you to start? I’ve worked with women for the past 5 years to help them create processes & systems in their small businesses. Through working with them, I realized none of them had rituals in their lives and they didn’t feel inspired […]
Javaz Huntington of Chloe Alchemy
Name: Javaz Huntington Brand: Chloe Alchemy Established: 2023 Hometown: Laurel, MD What motivated you to start Chloe Alchemy? Well, it’s a story of passion and encouragement. I’ve always held a deep love for various healing practices and creative pursuits. Over the years, I’ve honed my skills and dabbled in different healing modalities. Then, one day, with the loving push […]
Luxurious Wellniss Celebrates 4 Years: A Journey of Growth, Dedication, and Thriving Community 🎉✨
Hey, hey, hey! We’re sliding into the New Year fashionably late, ‘cause we’ve been swamped! ✨ But hole up – January’s not over yet, and we’ve got some freshly brewed piping hot tea for you! Guess what? Luxurious Wellniss just turned 4! Can you believe it’s been 1461 days of pure vibes since we kicked […]
