What Will I Tell My Daughter Who Is Black?

When I conceive, grow,
and love a black baby into this earth
and she is born 60 years old
and the doctor asks why her spine
is already growing into submission.
When the nurse asks,
why at her 3 month check up
her eyes are already bleeding the color of sorrow.
When she is sucking supple nipples,
and takes just enough to almost nourish her.
Being sure to swallow in consideration
of her great, great grandmother,
who never tasted the breasts of her own mother
because they were too busy being shoved into the mouths
of white babies,
and white men.
When she is never her age.
Always 10 going on 15,
15 going on 30,
30 going on "too old to still be mad at the things that happened"
but too black and woman to forget.
When her eyes and fists anger at the blow
and she comes home
tornado of mad woman whisking down Hambrick Lane.
When she burst through the door
with 400 years of confusion on her back,
and she is heavy and angry, and broken, and thin,
and angry, and almost not here before my eyes,
ripping through the rooms
and falling onto her knees and asking me,
"How mamma? How did I learn this type of pain?"
What will I tell her?

Full Body Skin Care Routine

Hi loves! I'm back with a new blog post. Today's post is all about SELF-CARE. With the chaos of finals finally coming to an end, I decided ya girl deserves a bit of self-care. I want to share my full body skin routine with you all. Remember, always take a breath or a moment. Step back. Step aside. Show yourself some grace, whether it is in a chapter in your favorite book, a trip to the mall with great friends, or a night of self-care in your bathroom. You deserve it, love!

FACE-TIME:

1. African Black Soap: 
Twice a day, I cleanse my face with African Black Soap. I got mine from a local African shop in Atlanta, but different brands are sold all over the city!

2. Moisture, Moisture:
In the mornings, I moisturize with Nuetrogena Naturals Multi-vitamin Nourishing Moisturizer. I apply a tiny bit and follow up with a dab of Shea Butter on top
*dabs*
Shea Butter doesn't work for everyone's skin so be careful and try a little bit at a time.
At night, I apply the Nuetrogena Naturals Night Creme

3. Scrub a Dub Dub:
Once a week, I do a facial scrub to get rid of all the dead skin and stress that college brings! My favorite, because of its price, is St. Ives Blemish Control. You can find this at ANY drug store for the low.

4. Detox Day:
On Sundays, I like to do a facial mask to detox and deep clean my pores. I have been using Queen Helen's Mint Julep Masque for about 5 years. Although the packaging says leave on for about 10 minutes, I usually get carried away and keep it on for a strong 30 minutes. Hey, I deserve it!

GLISTEN ALL OVER:

1. Cleanse:
My favorite hair and body products are Shea Moisture. I usually wash with whichever soap of theirs I can get my hands on. I'm currently using the Olive and Green Tea Shea Butter Soap.
(I've researched and found out they are no longer a black owned brand. If you guys know any similar brands with all natural products that are Black owned, please let me know!)

2. For Sistah Girl:
Dove Sensitive Skin Soap

3. Exfoliate:
Once a week, I like to do a body scrub. I usually find whichever cheap, all natural alternative that is readily available. I'm using Alba Botanical's Hawaiian Body Scrub and it is MAGICAL!

4. Skin Like Silk:
I like to moisturize my skin while it is still damp from the shower. In the winter, because you know...we get a little crusty, I mix a bit of Shea Butter and Coconut Oil in my hands and massage into my skin.

I hope you all enjoyed these tips. Comment below, how you take a moment to self-care.
I love you guys so much + I truly appreciate each and everyone of you for reading my blog. We're coming up on our one year anniversary. I'll be doing a Holiday/I'm a year old blogger giveaway towards the end of the month so stay tuned on how to win!

Stay Happy, Stay Healthy.
~Naturallykbiggie

If You Could See The Light That Shines

  

If you could see the light that shines

The one that glows from fingertips

Seeps into shea buttered skin

And lives even in the cascading of tears

You would know of God’s magic

Of how careful he is with the crafting of miracles

Of how miracle and your name must be the same thing

Must breathe the same air

Must wish upon the same stars night after night

If you could see the stars

The galaxies

The universe in your smile

You would know not much of darkness

You would acknowledge the dim at times

But be assured of the sun's rise in the morning

In the morning

You would kiss your own skin “good day”

Lips would separate the ocean of your magic

If you could smell the magic

The kind that leaks beyond your footsteps

Lingering in all the hearts of all you’ve touched

You would touch like poets upon pens

Upon pads

Upon epiphanies

You would love like the Nile, herself

Move like the bends of her river bank stretched upon your back

You would gift yourself

To yourself

For yourself

You would love

You would love

My God, you would love

If you could see the light that shines