As of next year, Ward 7 will be home to a brand-new makerspace for founders in the beauty industry.
The Yeleen Beauty Makerspace, currently under construction at 3443 Benning Road NE, is designed to provide manufacturing and business assistance to local beauty entrepreneurs — especially those of color. The approximately 3,000 square-foot space will offer a teaching lab featuring in-house chemists to learn about mixing products; a manufacturing facility with the capacity to do 250-to-500-kilo batches of products; a small retail space to sell products on-site; and a media room where founders can take videos and photos of their products.
Rahama Wright, the force behind the space and founder of Shea Yeleen, said the makerspace is intended to uplift small beauty founders looking for assistance.
“Most manufacturing facilities are making 1000 pounds higher in terms of their…
