Participants -
@PrissiSippi
@Supervixen
@TracyNicole
@PeaceLover
@Belle Du Jour
@SimplyWhole
@snoop
@Maracujá
@YvetteWithJoy
@LovingLady
@Jade Feria
@Meridian1944
@Sweetg
@Brwnbeauti
@LadyPBC
@intellectualuva
@tmv1
@rafikichick92
@cam2717
Recap
Week 1: Create Femininity Goals. Find an accountability partner
Week 2: Print or Buy a planner. Make sure you write down and plan to do things that encompass your femininity. How many times will you cook for your family so they can practice dinner etiquette? How many minutes will you hold each child a day (10-15 minutes?) How will you polish your femininity EACH day, how will you spend one on one time with your spouse each day? Have you made time to go out with a female this week to talk girl talk? Make a plan, be intentional, and write it down.
Week 3: Be more present- Be aware of your surroundings. Don't be a phone zombie. Practice makes permanent. Constantly work on cultivating your femininity by being very present with DH, SO, your children, and friends. Choose human interactions vs social media interactions this week.
Week 4: Accept him- Accept him for who he is. This includes his strengths, his weaknesses, his goals, or lack of him. He is a person full of triumphs as well as flaws just like you. (This goal is continuous)
February- Inner Self Work
Week 5: Polish Your Poise- No one can take you out of your feminine grace except you. Work on not being reactive to problems and asserting your needs but in a gentle way. Work on your look, attitude, gratitude, gaze, and overall spirit.
Week 6: Self Preservation is Key- Learn to protect your peace. Put YOU first. Have a drama blocking plan to protect yourself.
Week 7: What's in a Voice- Work on your feminine voice. Smile. Have a sing-song sweet voice at all times...especially times of struggle.
Week 8: Rock Your Wardrobe- Aim to look feminine, put together, and GOOD every day.
Week 9: Turn Rituals Into Routine
March- Home Living
Week 10: Beautify Your Enviroment: Buy Fresh Flowers
Week 11: Focus on Your Home Aromas
Week 12: How Clean Is Your Home
Week 13: Set the Tone in Your Home: Make Your House a Haven
April-
Week 14: Clean Up Your Social Media Accounts
Week 15: Be more mysterious: Work on your Feminine Mystique
Week 16: Take the Help/Compliments
Week 17: Got Milk? Milk Baths
Week 17: Milk Baths
Protect the skin you're in. On Week 9, we talked about changing routines into rituals. This week's challenge will go even deeper into this task by changing the ordinary task of bathing into a ritual by incorporating honey and milk, and essentials oils into the mix. Make sure you take the time during this time to just BE. Don't be focused on the end result, the time it takes, or the logistics. Take the time to just BE. Just like the flowers posted all over this thread, there is PLEASURE in just BEING. This is the power of femininity. Use this time to hone in on this and realize that there is so much power in just BEING. You are beautiful, admirable, amazing, and much more just by BEING yourself and pampering yourself. I personally feel we don't get this explained to us much in the black community. We feel we should be admired for the degrees we have, job we worked hard to find, car we drive, friends we associate with, and accomplishments we have done. However there is power in being YOU.
Throughout time, many tribes have bathed in milk. It is common for lavender, honey or essential oils to be added to milk baths. Lactic acid in milk serves as an exfoliant, and its fat content acts as a moisturizer. Those who suffer from allergies to milk or have especially sensitive skin should be cautious before fully immersing themselves in a milk bath. Coconut or Goat milk can also be used.
Rose Petal Powder can also be a great addition to baths .
To use, take the required amount of powder and mix it with water to make a paste. Scoop the mixture and rub it all over the body like soap and wash it off. You will find great difference in your skin texture if you use these milk baths/ bath powder regularly.
Sample Milk Bath Recipes
To make your milk bath, usually combine the milk, baking soda, and cornstarch in a 2:1:1 ratio. So if you used 1 cup of powdered milk you’d use 1/2 cup of baking soda and 1/2 cup of cornstarch.
1 cups whole powdered Milk (could also be coconut milk or goat milk)
1/2 cup Cornstarch (also called corn flour)
1/4 cup Baking Soda
10 drops of Lavender Oil or any other essential oil
½ cup baking soda
½ cup cornstarch
1 cup Dry Milk (I would recommend goat milk)
3 tablespoons Epsom salt
handful dried rose petals powder
10 drops of the essential oil of your choice (I would recommend peppermint or lavender)
Week 17 Challenge
1. Look up a recipe you like for milk baths. A simple Google or Pinterest search will do. Post a milk bath recipe that you would like to try this week in the thread.
2. In your planner, write down something small you will do for yourself every day Ex: Walk, plate food, go experience nature, go to a fitness class, have brunch with the girls, go to a concert. Make sure it benefits you and mostly only you. Be strategically selfish.
. It just feels so weird to use cloth napkins. I don’t even know why!
I’ve dialed it all the way back.
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. My last bunch I see I bought them on the 3rd. They JUST died with the use of tips like make sure the leaves are off the stem, use the tape trick, replace the water everyday, and put a little plant food in the water. 
