We are an experimental beauty supply, creating spaces for Black & Asian solidarity while servicing your beauty needs.
THE SCHOLARSHIP
Dana's Beauty Supply Scholarship seeks to support the future of beauty while ensuring that Black folks are a part of that future. The opportunity is open to Black students that are currently enrolled in a cosmetology program in the US. $3,000 is awarded to the winner. Our 2022 application is closed.
Check out our 2022 awardee.
Photography by Mary Kang
Photography by Tiph Browne
Photography by Tiph Browne
Photography by Mary Kang
ABOUT US
Dana's Beauty Supply was launched in 2021 by Korean and Black American interdisciplinary artist, Dana Davenport, as an experimental pop-up beauty supply store in Brooklyn, NY. Having grown up in Seoul, South Korea, Davenport is interested in Black and Korean relationships specifically within the beauty sphere, as more than 70% of beauty supply stores in the US are Korean-owned. In exploring the relationship between Black and Korean communities, the store provided free Korean-language classes taught by Eve Talley and was stocked with inventory curated by Paris Beauty Supplyz. We offered blowout sale prices, with proceeds being reinvested to support the Black community. Dana's Beauty Supply reimagines the beauty supply as a space for critical dialogue, solidarity, creativity, and community while servicing the beauty needs of the community.
MEET THE TEAM
Dana Davenport
Founder & Artist
Alexa Smithwrick
Communications Director
Ariel Weaver
Art Director
ADVISORY BOARD
Brooklyn White, Editor at ESSENCE
Oshane Nelson, Manager of Paris Beauty Supplyz
Carolyn "CC" Concepcion, Co-founder of ARTNOIR
Paris McKenzie, CEO of Paris Beauty Supplyz & La Eiffel
Shandaza Paige, Cosmetologist & Empire Beauty School Alumni
OUR PARTNERS
PRESS
"This Exhibition In Brooklyn Wants To Drive Progressive Conversations Around The Black Beauty Industry"
"Davenport’s Recess Session project explored the Black joy associated with the beauty supply while highlighting the agitation between merchandisers and consumers."
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