Anu Essentials - Hair & Body

Quan Yin all cleaned up in BK, NY garden. Goddess East Asia as the "Goddess of Mercy", Kuan Yin translates to "The One Who Hears the Cries of the World". Her five major virtues; mercy, modesty, courage, justice, and wisdom. A reflection of the deity

Alice!!!

2016 seems so long ago, but I enjoy doing a throw back on any dang day of the week I choose, like now!

Harry Belafonte - Elegance and consciousness personified who was a fearless champion of the people. Photo courtesy of

Continue to shine your light Mr. Belafonte!

I am happy to announce a new addition to our incense collection: Anu Essentials Regal Rose Incense, created from the wax produced during the distillation of rose oil. This is not a cloying, synthetic fragrance; instead, it is a light, soft, and lovely scent with a naturally exquisite essence. It’s perfect to burn when relaxing, for a dinner party, a romantic interlude, or a much-needed bath with Anu Essentials rose-scented Sultry Soap. Treat yourself and experience the exquisite fragrance of real rose with Anu Essentials Regal Rose Incense.

from the summer of 2013 when I met the chartreuse clad rechargeable garden tools.

Autumn goal poncho by . I am so happy to have this golden provider of warmth since the temps dropped!

Autumn is the perfect season for the coffee flower infused Mocha Perfume. Other boys include, vanilla, coco, and amber fossil.

I love these nature backdrops! Green on green on green, LOL!

💫EVERY FRIDAY IS BLACK FRIDAY: Introducing Anu Prestonia 💫​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ 1. Who are you? I am Anu Prestonia, a person motivated by love, beauty, culture, nature and natural fragrances.​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ 2. What should the world know about you and your life's work? In the first 40 years of my career, my life's work has had and still has impacted Black women realizing their inherent beauty and the value of their natural hair (). This work and art form reshaped our view and concept of ourselves. In my second career, my life's work involves awakening and reorienting our sense of smell and well-being using products created with herbs and essential oils. ()​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ 3. What does Bright Blackness mean to you? Bright Black Blackness means to me that we continue to acknowledge, respect, and promote Black genius through creativity, connectedness and innovation. ​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ 4. How can folks stay in touch/learn more, and who should we talk to next? How folks can stay in touch/ learn more is to sign up for our weekly newsletter, which is always filled with beauty, art, culture and fragrance-inspired creations. They can sign up by visiting our website AnuEssentials.com and follow us on IG.​​​​​​​​ Who you should speak with next is Cherise Trahan Miller of and Laura Jackson of . ​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ .​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ .​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ .​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Totenberg - One of my favorite journalists, from one of my favorite news sources, on one of my favorite network shows.

There’s no need to tap you head to satisfy an inch; instead, use our Medicinal Hair and Scalp Oil. It’s blended with a melangé of organic essential oils for the healthy and beauty of your hair and the skin beneath your tresses. It addresses an array of scalp issues from dandruff to cradle cap. Healthy hair is beautiful hair.

Budding and blooming!

Don’t allow the summer to pass you by without refreshing yourself with our Green Tea offerings - Luxe Body Oil •Creamy Soap • Nurturing Hair and Scalp Oils. Allow the scent take you away to exotic lands.

Our bespoke Bukhoor is back in stock. This elegant, sophisticated and beautiful incense is an exquisite way to fashion your home.

Know you gifts and share them generously.

It was sister-love all around in the

Smell elegantly beautiful and have summer silkiness and smoothness with our Ylang Ylang Luxe Body Oil.

This sounds obvious, but somehow, it’s got me thinking.

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The beauty of an ornamental grass swaying in the breeze with other botanical fragrances is what you will experience in our Vetiver Perfume. Other notes include cognac, petitgrain, bergamont, bitter orange, prickly ash, juniper berry, cedar wood, linden blossom, baronia, opoponax, calamus, oak moss, hay, and frankincense.

Some of the arrestingly beautiful women I saw today at the National Gallery of Art at the Afro-Atlantic Histories exhibition —- National Gallery of Art Museum

Where the Crawdads Sing, author Deli Owens from CBS Sunday Morning interview.

Be summer-fresh with Sita Yellow! Natural, botanic sweetness and allure.

The basis for true joy is inner independence, a stability created through accepting each new moment without inner resistance. The refers to things that can’t changed like the loss of a loved one, or job or going through a natural disaster. For those things that can be changed, do what is required to get it down, but maintain your peace, your inner-independence no matter the circumstances.