Sunday Riley

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Sunday Riley is a skincare brand with founder with the same name launched in 2009. It is a popular around the world for its range of high-end products, which retail for between $22 and $158 per item and are sold at retailers including Sephora, Nordstrom, Bloomingdale's, and Amazon. The brand calls itself a "pioneer in the field of green technology," which Riley described in an interview with The Cut as "balancing science-based active ingredients with botanicals."[1]

Support to Black Lives Matter

Skincare brand Sunday Riley announced a donation of $50,000 to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund whilst also promising to work more locally in the brand's hometown of Houston.

The brand announced it donated $50,000 to the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund on Sunday "in recognition that this level of discrimination, hatred, and brutality is rampant across the entire United States”.[2]

Founder, Sunday Riley herself, posted a heartfelt statement alongside the donation:

'George Floyd and I are both from Houston. We actually both went to Lamar High School, though he graduated from Yates. We were separated by time. We weren’t the same age, we weren’t in the same year. But we walked the same hallways, maybe sat in the same classrooms, albeit at different moments in time. We had entirely different lives, different opportunities, and faced different challenges. Had we both been in the exact same situation, at the exact same moment, I think it would have ended differently for me. Actually, I know it would have. That reality pierces me to my core. Being from Houston, as a team, we want to support the black community locally and are looking for meaningful ways that we can support. Hopefully we’ll have something firmed up in the next day or so. But in recognition that this level of discrimination, hatred, and brutality is rampant across the entire United States, yesterday we made a $50,000 donation commitment to the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. We are limited in our resources, but not in our voice.⠀ Wishing everyone a peaceful Sunday, but not a forgetful one. 🤎⠀ - Sunday'[3]

Sunday Edit

Launched in November 2018, the Sunday Edit is a beauty and lifestyle digital magazine and also brainchild of Sunday Riley Modern Skincare. With an unbiased source, they cover the hottest trends on the market. The Sunday Edit considers itself an outlier in the digital world and committed to bringing the reader content backed by science and research. The Sunday Edit covered issues regarding beauty, wellness and lifestyle.

On their articles, The Sunday Edit covered important issues regarding racism and black culture such as Critical Questions to Ask Yourself to Address Racism Blindspots, 5 Powerful Books to Read and Support Black Women, and many more.

References

  1. Krause, Amanda. Luxury skin-care brand founder Sunday Riley doesn't appear to have the credentials customers may think she has. Insider, November 12, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  2. Blackout Tuesday: How the beauty industry is supporting the Black Lives Matter cause. Cosmetics Business, June 2, 2020. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  3. Driver, George. 14 Beauty Brands Showing Up To Support The Black Lives Matter Movement. ELLE, June 2, 2020. Retrieved January 20, 2021.