Hi Lovelies.
Lately, I've been thinking about my energy. I've grown up amongst boys my whole life (I have 3 brothers and no sisters) and so I feel like I have an imbalance of masculine energy in my being. Also doing a business degree demands traits that are native to masculine energy and in reflection, these are things that constitute to why I approach things so 'aggressively' for lack of a better word. In search of feminine energy, I always look for women with aesthetics and personality traits that I admire and see how I can emulate that into my own personal aesthetic. I did this a lot with the Stylespo Insights on my youtube channel.
Today, I wanted to share lessons I've learnt and loved by women who I look up to. These women are pretty well known to so you can access more of their lessons online, through social media etc.
1. Naomi Cambell.
Now growing up, apart from hearing about her success as a supermodel, I heard a lot of bad things about Naomi. This never made me see her in a bad light, but in a way, it kept me from getting close enough to media about her to understand who she really was. Once I did, I was put in for a major reality check, Naomi will fight you. That was the part I liked. As a person, I've always had pretty high standards for things. I've been called picky, a nuisance etc for it but something about Naomi on The Face demanding quality yet also in a way that is in the best interests of those models, made me feel like I wasn't really a nuisance. It was almost justified for me. Look at how much Naomi nits at and gets absolute quality in her life. It's one of the biggest motivators I've had in terms of achieving my goals. It also helps me rest reassured in the idea that I am capable of all the things I want to achieve.
2. Jackie Aina
She may or may not be one of my favourite YouTubers.
I think the lesson I learnt from Jackie is such an important one. Especially as it will affect me in the industry I want to work in.
Jackie taught me the importance of taking up space and representation. Prior to both Jackie Aina and Patricia Bright, I had never really seen a makeup tutorial for women of my complexion. I'm definitely not a light-skinned girl, but I am not what was referred to as dark-skinned either. When I thought about this further, I realized that Jackie had to break through a predominantly prejudiced social media mindset in order to reach girls who look like her. It made me think a lot more about my goals and the ones that scared me to do because of the colour of my skin. I think it's really important for me to go ahead and do them as well as share it for the girl like me who probably is wondering if it's even possible for her.
3. Patricia Bright.
Patricia Bright was one of the first black women on youtube I ever watched. Literally. The lesson I learned from her kinda slid into my mind while I was watching her via osmosis because she's so engaging! What it is though, is that you can be a girl who is multi-passionate. And I love that so much because that is exactly who I am. I love business, but I love fashion but I also love music and I jump back and forth from all 3 like its Bounce Inc up in here! Launching her The Break Platform made me realize how much I wanted to get my socials back in check and do more for aesthetics. It made me realize that I need to align now with who I want to be in a year professionally and that I want my youtube and Instagram to get back in shape. It kicked me into gear really.
4. Halleta
This woman has inspired the total F out of me with her writing. She has such an eloquent way of describing exactly how she feels about a song when she hears it and translating it, and let me tell you, I completely understand. Now for some of you that may not know Halleta, she's basically a model and music critic. She is also friends with Youtuber Amber Scholl, of whom I also love.
To get into what Halleta has taught me, I think it's her authenticity. She's so unapologetically raw and gifted when she writes that I am actually shaken that someone's mind can come up with such imagery AND have the gift to translate it all to share. I'm always baffled by how cemented she is and how that comes through in her writing and I hope to be like her someday.
5. Aluna Francis
You know her as the face of Alunageorge and I know her as a woman who has repeated my emotions back to me in songs that I can dance to my pain through. see baggage for context
Aluna doesn't necessarily have the same effect that Halleta has even though they affect me in similar ways. Something about the way Aluna sings validates a lot for me, whether I am conscious or not. I love that Aluna focuses on uplifting female producers and I think I learnt from her that there are people that will love your craft just as you love creating. The way I love her music as she creates. It's a complex thing to try and unpack the way someone influential, especially to her degree has impacted me. She manages to share the right amount in order to connect and relate but still little enough to have you minding your own business. I think that I love the way she represents expressive balance in such a way, through all her values and talent.
I hope this serves you
Love
T.
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