About

WHO WE ARE

Based in Culver City, California, Beyoutifully Black™ is a lifestyle brand consisting of an AWESOME team from various ethnicities and backgrounds. Beyoutifully Black™'s collections feature the artwork of our design team, retail partners and fashion illustrator & Founder, Charissa Snow. The quote below reflects Charissa's passion for design and zest for life that permeate her signature styles and our product collections. 

Beautifully Black™ was inspired by the journey and experiences of our African American Founder but our products aren't just for Black people...our goal is INCLUSIVITY. We want to give ALL people more options when it comes to purchasing products that are deliberately designed for premium quality, style and sustainability while featuring beautiful illustrations and images that reflect our varying skin tones, sizes, features and ethnicities.

Our roots in illustration and design coupled with an intense desire to promote self-love & diversity and to foster connections are the inspirations (and experience) fueling our beloved brand, Beyoutifully Black™. We are also committed to "getting in the arena". As our brand evolves, we look forward to engaging with our communities more, promoting creativity, celebrating each other, and impacting social change particularly in the areas of women empowerment and equity. Stay tuned!

  

"We are all uniquely beautiful with purpose..the goal is to live life by design, not by default." 

 

THE PRODUCTS

In addition to Founder Charissa's original artwork, we offer carefully curated items from like-minded retailers and our talented designers create dozens of unique prints, exclusive patterns, and proprietary color palettes to bring you a fresh selection each season that can only be described as fabulously fashionable & fun. Our product offering includes Apparel, Accessories, Lifestyle Products, Home + Office Items and Gifts.

When it comes to product design and development along with the curation of our collections - diversity, quality and sustainability are top of mind. We want to give all people more options when it comes to purchasing products that are beautifully illustrated without sacrificing quality. We use high-quality, sustainably sourced materials and produce no more than we need. Click here to learn more about sustainability. 

OUR STORY + HOW IT BEGAN 

Although Beyoutifully Black™ was launched in 2020, Founder Charissa and our team are not new to the world of product development, manufacturing + distribution and retail. Years ago when the self-taught artist/mom/volunteer/business woman was planning her son's baby shower and had exhausted every local store without finding any ethnic baby announcements that reflected her style and voice, Charissa designed and created her own which led to designing and creating more things for more people.

After many long days and lots of help from family and friends to fulfill orders and design requests, Charissa turned her side-hustle into the main-hustle in 2011 and she left her corporate gig to launch her design firm shortly thereafter. From there, she quickly became a notable designer and supplier of stationery products through retail, licensing and private label partners such as Papyrus, Fine Stationery and other premium brands which led to an expansion into lifestyle, home decor and apparel design. Charissa's signature-style illustrations and products have received many accolades and have been noted in the press (a few of them are listed below). After a life-changing year in 2020, Charissa took a leap of faith and we stepped out from behind-the-scenes to enter the direct-to-consumer market for the first time, resulting in the launch of our beloved brand, Beyoutifully Black™ and our newest Stationery & Gift brand, Beyoutifully Brown™ in 2022. Thanks for visiting and we hope you enjoy your stay!