This series is one of the closest to my heart. You’ll see three of my nieces stepping into different versions of my younger self — asking the questions I once carried but couldn’t articulate.
The first one? “Will I ever feel beautiful?” A question that haunted me for years.
There’s a reason I’ll post people on my stories and get DMs like “yoh, I thought that was you” — it was intentional. My feed is flooded with girls who either look like me or are as loud as me, so that I feel like I’m normal for being me. They thought they were just content creators, but what they don’t know is they were the PROOF that I could grow up to be beautiful.
I don’t work exclusively work with
@niveasouthafrica for skincare just because I’m a picky influencer. I work with them because I owe them my entire career, for the confidence their ads instilled in me as a kid, they were part of my becoming. As a child, they gave me representation, a mirror that said: your skin is beautiful, your presence belongs. That gave me confidence.
My hope is that if my nieces — or any younger version of me — ever find themselves asking the same questions, this series will hand them answers. And not answers wrapped in shame, but answers wrapped in softness, representation, and truth.
This isn’t just content. It’s a love letter to the little girl I was, and the ones coming after me. 💌
Inspired by
@filmwcolleen | I do not own the rights to the images of the women depicted in this video, I am simply inspired by them.
#DearOlderBarbara #Episode1
Outfit:
@thabootys
Hair & Makeup:
@starglamza 
