Adorn By L

04/25/2023

The Makeover Experience April 2023! A powerful retreat weekend. A divinely connected group of women transformed from the inside out to walk into their purpose and calling. 💛🖤

*Thank you eleven_twelve_customs for the shirts!

12/25/2022

Merry Christmas! ❤️

11/26/2022

Imagine my surprise watching Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and I see the necklace I styled my client, author Monaye Etana in last year, beautifully adorning Shuri’s neck! 😲😱😆

I love accessories and this Hammered Brass Tribal Necklace does not disappoint! It seems the costume design team, led by the incomparable Ruth E. Carter felt the same.

Such a feel good moment! 💗🙌🏽

11/23/2022

My late grandmother used to always wake me in the morning by saying “RISE and SHINE”! I am grateful for the words she spoke into me. As a young girl, I believed them to just be a simple phrase to start my day. Life has taught me however that these words have life! Everyday, I get to choose...choose how I navigate the ups and downs inevitably experienced in life. Rising in the face of obstacles or rising to new challenges can be daunting, yet necessary for a thriving life. I have learned the power of persistence and the brilliance of resilience. Maya Angelou’s poem “Still I Rise”, echoes this beautifully. Today I say 🗣️ “Rise And Shine” to you too. Rise up and Shine in the full potential that you were created for. And when you do, you inspire others to do the same. ✨💎✨💎✨

You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still, I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops,
Weakened by my soulful cries?

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
’Cause I laugh like I've got
gold mines
Diggin’ in my own backyard.

You may shoot me with
your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with
your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've
got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history’s
shame,
I rise
Up from a past that’s rooted
in pain,
I rise
I'm a black ocean,
leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling
I bear in the tide.

Leaving behind nights
of terror and fear,
I rise
Into a daybreak that’s
wondrously clear,
I rise
Bringing the gifts that
my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope
of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.

Maya Angelou
Still I Rise

11/21/2022

Be you! ❤️

11/19/2022

How you see yourself is everything. It impacts your decisions, relationships, and the degree to which you pursue your purpose (avoid grasshopper mentality!). Take the time to know who you are and whose you are. It will shift your mindset, self-image and standards. As for me, I am fearfully and wonderfully made in pursuit of God’s best, accepting nothing less!
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09/07/2022

Yes to this! Knowing ourselves is essential to self-love. ❤️

08/03/2022

Decluttering isn’t just for your closet. It’s also important to declutter your mind. A cluttered mind is a time waster and energy zapper. Your mindset shapes how you see yourself and the degree to which you reach your full potential. Take some time to identify your thought patterns and replace self-limiting beliefs and negative self-talk with truth and positivity. Throw out what no longer serves you so that you can thrive!

08/01/2022

Adorn by L hosted The Makeover Experience - Manifest Retreat 2022 this weekend. A group of women committed to vulnerable, transparent and courageous conversation in support of transforming their lives from the inside out gathered in The City Beautiful, Orlando, FL. The group coaching experience focused on empowering each woman’s God-given potential by gaining clarity on their calling, aligning actions towards them and making space for much needed self-care. Powerful, engaging and transformational!

06/17/2022

Do you know this? Do you believe it?