Black Ballad

60+ black women (and a couple of men!) leaders 🎤 30 inspiring interviews, panels & workshops 📆 2 days of surrounded by 1,500 black women 💜 1 Lifestyle Festival for black women who dare to dream Which session are you looking forward to the most? 🎟️ https://blkbld.uk/4lkqmKJ

🚨 Introducing The Black Ballad Beauty Council! 🚨 We’re building a group of black women in Britain across all ages, skin tones & hair types to give them exclusive opportunities to: 🧴 Review products 🤳🏿 Take part in content collabs 🎟️ Get invites to exclusive events And more, so the brands & stores can better understand what we need from beauty. The BB Beauty Council already has over 150 sign ups in its first 24 hrs, but we'll need all of them and more for the three campaigns we have in July, starting later this week. So head to the link in the comments to sign up! Want to help give this the visibility it needs? Tag someone in insights, research, marketing and beauty as a whole who wants to do a better job with beauty’s most valuable customer Lets build a better beauty experience for every black woman, together 💜

🚨 The Black Ballad Weekender is back 🚨 For Black Women Who Dare To Dream 👸🏿 🗓️ 1st & 2nd August Who's coming to the #BBWeekender?

Creating safe spaces for black women to talk about money 💷🤎 90 black women of all ages joined the ‘Make the Most of Your Money’ webinar hosted by Medina from Belvedere Wealth Management to get financial information ranging from building wealth, to pensions and financial protection. After presenting, Medina carefully answered questions based on our individual circumstances. It was incredible to share and be transparent so that we can make the most of our money! At Black Ballad, we prioritise helping every black woman to be able to live her best life. And to do this, we know financial education is a priority! Huge thanks to Medina for making this happen, and for even offering a 30-minute consultation for everyone who attended 👏🏾 Keep an eye out for more events tailored to black women! 💁🏾♀️💜 #BlackBalladCommunity #financialwellbeing #financialplanning

✨ 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁, 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱. ✨ Last weekend, we brought the 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗵𝗮𝗺 in partnership with 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗿 —and what a success it was! 🎉 🖤 Black women came together to: ✨ Learn and practise how to cornrow in a supportive, hands-on environment. ✨ Discover how Garnier products work for our hair, with expert guidance. ✨ Be in community—because beauty is more than just products; it’s about knowledge, confidence, and connection. This event wasn’t just about hair—it was about long-term impact. At Black Ballad, we know that London isn’t the only place where black women deserve access to premium experiences. Our strategy is about building deeper relationships with black women across the UK, creating real-life spaces where we can learn, grow, and celebrate ourselves. 💡 This is just the beginning. More events. More access. More spaces that reflect the beauty and brilliance of black women—no matter where we live. 📍 Which UK city should we visit next? Drop your suggestions in the comments! ⬇️ #BlackBallad #CornrowClass #BlackHair #Birmingham #BlackWomenUK #Community #HairCare 📽️ by Josh Bliss

When black women talk, we listen 👂🏿👂🏾👂🏽 Helping black women improve their finances is one of our most requested BB Members perks. So we partnered with black owned Financial Advisory firm, Belvedere Wealth Management & Medina McKenzie (IFA 💎) - one of the handful of black women in Britain who are qualified financial advisors - to create a virtual masterclass to help us grow into their financial aspirations. Anyone can attend, but this one is free for all BB members 💃🏿💃🏾💃🏽 And the best part? Everyone that attends can book a complementary 30 min private consultation after the masterclass. So if one of your goals was to improve your money management, join the 130+ black women who already have their tickets and take the next step towards the financial future you want 💜 🗓️ Wednesday 26th February 🕑 7pm - 8:30pm 📍 ZOOM

Our annual list of most popular stories on Black Ballad is now live! In 2024, we: ✍🏾 Commissioned 95 black women 📝 To create, edit & publish 205 articles & videos 💷 Paying black women over £100,000 Nothing beats celebrating black women writers. But what makes it even better is seeing how empowering it is for black women to share their stories. From giving writers their first bylines, to publishing stories that help writers grow their businesses. Black Ballad will always be a home for black women to tell their stories on their own terms. We’re extremely proud to give these stories and writers the platform they deserve & look forward to continue publishing stories that help black women live their best lives. Congrats to all the writers who made the list!