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Baltimore-native Ty Alexander is a bestselling author and lifestyle blogger who teaches women how to choose gratitude over grief. Sharing her expertise in beauty, wellness, and spirituality Ty inspires readers to be their most authentic selves.

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What better way to scream #MyBlackIsBeautiful than

What better way to scream #MyBlackIsBeautiful than with edge control! I’m wildly obsessed with @mbib’s golden milk edge slayer. It’s strong enough to hold my baby hairs down all day without that white gook that some products leave behind. ⁣
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Here’s a snippet of how I use my edge slayer.⁣
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#MBIBpartner #MBIBtexturedbeauties

On most days this pandemic has me feeling like we

On most days this pandemic has me feeling like we are all speeding in the dark. But despite Mercury’s ole evil ass, I’ve been able to really cultivate some joyful moments these past few days. Since I’m completely ignoring anxiety and focusing on the present I’m gonna share a few of those things with you. ⁣
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♥️ I started #TyTextGang in May and it has grown to over 300 healers (I send daily nuggets and gems to help you get by). I hope to get that number up to 1000 by the end of the summer. You guys just don’t understand how much I need human connection. So during the quarantine it was really important and fulfilling to find new ways to connect with you. Our text gang is officially my new obsession. If you’re loving it, be sure to screenshot it and share on your stories. If you want to join, the number is in my bio and there’s a button too. Just send any message you want and then follow the directions you receive. ⁣
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♥️ Y’all I can actually cook (ish). In my 20s I was so afraid to cook. It’s the perfectionist in me. You know burn something once and now you are a slave to ordering out. That was me for decades. But during the stay at home orders I ordered a bunch of cookbooks and downloaded a few recipe apps. GIRL! Last week I made banana bread and it was delish. I made toffee chocolate chips cookies this past Friday. I made cilantro lime chicken tonight. I’m a food blogger now. Don’t debate me. ⁣
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♥️ And the last thing that has made me smile so hard is starting new businesses with my husband. If you are following along on IG Stories then you might have seen the sneak peek I gave y’all of our new Staging Studio (read: a place for my fellow creatives to come and creative dope shit). You’re gonna die at our studio name! I’m freaking giddy as hell about this. Even more giddy because of the high ceilings we have so now I can have my huge fiddle leaf plant in there. My husband also started doing archery lessons this Sunday and I had the best time helping him. Creating is a need for me. A must! I will no longer fight it. ⁣
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Leave a comment below sharing something you’ve done (or created) that has brought you some joy in the past few weeks? ⁣

Girl, I did the best I could with these 6th grade

Girl, I did the best I could with these 6th grade brows I have inherited from Corona. I might have to pay a visit to my girl @jamayamoore and get these thangs did. Anywhos... I played in makeup today. 🎤 What are y’all doing? ⁣
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(Also throw some thunder claps 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 in the comments if you remember when my hair was mad short? I think we’ve arrived at a length I like guys 🥰)

Here’s a Monday gem for you: ⁣ ⁣ Confidence

Here’s a Monday gem for you: ⁣
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Confidence is a feeling. Confidence in action is bold. And to be bold in my work with God doesn’t need validation. ⁣
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(Also... As much as I love a good selfie yawl let me miss #NationalSelfieDay yesterday, 6/21. Whatevs! Everybody know I don’t need an excuse to post a selfie. Also also... this pic is like 7 years old 🤷🏾‍♀️)

In my latest podcast episode for @SelfCareIRL I te

In my latest podcast episode for @SelfCareIRL I tell you all a HUGE secret. Have you listened yet (link is in my bio)? ⁣
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This episode highlights one wildly annoying fact… it is a privilege to learn about racism rather than experience it. Even though I am truly excited to watch what all of this educating and reparenting our behaviors will birth, I want to share another story with you.⁣
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I grew up in Chestertown, MD. A small town East of the Bay Bridge and on the way to the part of Maryland that gave life to Harriet Tubman (so use your imagination for how progressive this town is.) The first time I remember being called the N word, which also serves as when I knew I was Black, was in middle school. I had two best friends who were white. They were twins, Jessica and Jennifer. Our grandparents lived near one another so we would walk home from school together. One day as I smiled and waved goodbye their cousins (who were younger) yelled out from their yard, “Get on Ni99er! Get. Get it on.” I remember this like it was yesterday. And this breadcrumb of moment secretly defined me.⁣
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My mom was about 2 whole shakes from being in the Black Panther movement so I had indeed been warned and was expecting this. But my friend’s silence was both humiliating and disheartening. 30 some years later, I’ve never addressed Jennifer or Jessica about this. I never made it a “big deal”. Why I never shared isn’t really important. I just want you to take a few seconds to imagine the number of stories that Black people are holding onto for whatever reason. ⁣
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This breadcrumb moment taught me that my Black was faulty and inferior. So I spent most of my life erasing what I could of my outward Blackness. My name. How I talked. The subtle mannerisms that make your TikTok videos really cool now. ⁣
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I’m thrilled being Black has taken centerstage on the Internet and it’s just the Kardashian thing to be (read: sarcasm). But as we all do the work I want you to remember the Black people who sacrifice their identity daily. Remember the Black people who weren’t given the opportunity to be human while Black. ⁣
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If you are one of those people, take a minute in the comments section to be heard.

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