I used to think I was ugly until this older lady at church came up to me and grabbed my hand and asked if I was my grandmothers grabddaughter. I said yes, and she looked so happy and she said, 'you look just like her when she was younger, she was my next door neighbor when she first moved here after she was married.' After that I thought how dare I think I'm ugly, if I look just like the most gentle, sweet and loving woman I've ever known. Sometimes i really hate my chubby face and thin lips... but when I see pics of her, she looks just the same and I think she was beautiful and always looked joyful. ❤️❤️❤️
This is exactly why I REFUSE to wear foundation and concealer. I love myself. I love my natural skin and it's imperfections and I'm sick of the makeup industry making money off people hiding their imperfections
WaterBaby Kendra , ditto. all the way with that thought and the action. make up is about concealing who we truly are...we are Gods beautiful creatations...through and through!
amen. my skin is finally clearing on its own when i stopped wearing so much crap on my face. It just took a while to get used to leaving my house with nothing on
This was a great illustration. We don't exist for anyone else's consumption, and we don't owe anyone their idea of beauty. May we all love ourselves a little more every day
I went to my Aunt (on my dad's side) house and she said to me "You look just like your mama! Your sister...looks like your dad! She's beautiful" hahahahahahahahahaha I just said "Thank you"! I see both my parents in my face and I'm adorable!
I agree, Whitney! The Bible states it this way, "I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderul, I know that full well." (Psalm 139:14)
I love how you broke it down in terms of our biological backgrounds . That makes a lot of sense. I feel like I've always blocked the features of my dad due to resentment because I never had a relationship with him at all. So I'm glad that you have advice from that point of view. I'm a mother now, so I am happy to see myself and my husband in our kids ! I totally get it and this video is beautifully presented ❤️. Thankyou .
Natively Natural (mcfarlingirl) had the same problem. Every time I looked in the mirror I hated what I saw because I hated my father. I did a lot a things to myself out of self hatred. But no regrets just growth and progress. So glad you overcame your problem☺ You're gorgeous. Blessings to you.
Whitney this is so beautiful- I loved this! I wonder if anyone else experienced this in our generation, but growing up, confidence and being cocky were deemed as the same thing and was frowned upon. I'm 29 and JUST now realizing the difference between the two. Cockiness is walking into a room and saying, "Yeah... everybody will like me... yeah you like me... you know you do". Yet confidence is walking into room and saying, " It's ok if everyone doesn't like me- I like me... and that's all I need" Thank you so much for sharing this Whitney, I know I'm not that only one that is touched by this. Also, Olivia will grow up LOVING herself an her features because she'll grow up with you showing her how to do so! Love your channel and what you bring to the table Whitney, thank you!!!
I wasn't ready to cry listening to you speaking. This is such a beautiful way to look at ourselves and others- walking fingerprints. The part when you said "you are your family's legacy" made me tear up.
So nice to see someone who's aware of that! I know someone with a daughter, and the mother seems to struggle when it comes to self love... The daughter is still in single digits, and one of the times I spoke to her, she was putting herself down and crying about how she felt others saw her! It was sad to see. :/ If her mother doesn't love herself, then how is she going to learn? Her mother is her main influence...
I really appreciate this video. As an adoptee, seeing this point was really hard because the people you live with isn't the face you see in the mirror. I felt it finally when my daughter wrote a project about how much she looked like me (she's my twin) and she loved the way she looked BECAUSE she looked like her mom. I cried so hard when I read it. My baby thinks I'm beautiful and she's proud to look like me! It is humbling and eye-opening and it makes me so much more comfortable in my skin because of her.
What a unique way of looking at things! I love the story of how you found your confidence! Girl you're beautiful, Felipe is beautiful, little Olivia is beautiful! All of ya! Inside and out! -Govna
This is great, Whitney! I, too, found beauty in the features I didn't care for in myself once I had my son. He passed away just two days after he was born, but his features were pretty pronounced for a newborn and they were a reflection of myself. Now every time I look at myself, I think of him and remember that my "imperfections" are not a mistake, they are intentional. (Psalms 139:13-14)
Motherhood is such a gift in the way it gives us a living breathing mirror of ourselves. I have always thought I was "pretty" because I looked like my grandmother and I was her namesake and, honestly, because people have always told me I was. Once I had my daughter and she could articulate the things she thought were beautiful, it framed my idea of beauty differently. It also made me "carry" my beauty in a different way, from a different perspective. I began to be intentional about not only doting on her when she was in a fancy dress with pretty bows and perfectly combed hair...but also, and especially when she first woke up in the morning without any adornments. She's beautiful to us, but I'm pretty sure we have planted the idea in her that even if no one else agrees, she's the most perfect HER that could have been created.
So many feels. My mom is my best friend, but I don't have a relationship with my bio father and I look just like him! Lol! Especially when I gain weight. What you said about looking exactly how I'm supposed to, clicked for me. I used to hate that I looked like him and have actually avoided mirrors and spending any length of time looking at my face because it would make me so sad to think of him, but this helped me so much mentally. Im sharing this with a few others who share my same issue. I love who I am on the inside, but have struggled with those features on the outside that look like him. It's really helpful to think of carrying forward those features into my future and making what I want of it, of my life and legacy. I look how I'm supposed to and that feels really good! Bless Whitney, thank you for this!
This video. Everything. This is so important. I don't have kids but once I started seeing my parents, aunts & uncles in my features, who I think are beautiful, I started to realize everything you're stating. This is perfect.
Thank you Whit! This was positive and empowering. I am a unique blend of my parents. African American with a tinge of native american, I always loved my cheekbones, red brown undertones and my smile but other parts of me really challenged my self-confidence. It wasn't into my 30's where I said, I owe it to myself to love myself. I'd be a fool to continue beating myself up or apologizing for how I look. You spoke of a scientific reason to love how we look - we are each a physical representation or walking fingerprint of our ancestors. I love that! I think of it scientifically too. A part of self-preservation is nurturing and caring for one's self. To me it's like sunlight. We see what happens to a flower or plant that doesn't get enough sunlight. It dies. So me loving myself is necessary for my survival. Great perspective!
Growing up in the Caribbean, I was made fun of because of my thick lips. That was a long time ago, Fast forward to today, I have a teenage daughter who has the same lips and she loves them. Finally lips are in and I get compliments. You have to feel comfortable in my own skin. I rarely wear make up. You have to be your authentic self, plastic surgery and make up cannot cover insecurity. We have to get over the notion that to be beautiful, we have to fit into the European ideal. Great topic!!
Whitney, thank you. I have blessedly been confident in my looks because I used to always say, to men especially, this is how I look because of my genes, I can't help how I came out, I have no control of the cooking, I'm a mixture of MY mom and dad. So, if you want a different combination I ain't mad go find that but I will not allow you to try and make me feel any kinda way about how I look. Now, I too have those moments when I wish my lashes were longer or my hair was thicker, etc, but Whit I too have embraced my history and I appreciate you using your platform to pass that on to others! So beautifully expressed, Thank you!!!!!
I almost cried watching this video. I'm sure many women feel there's at least one thing they would like to change about their physical appearance. What I think is so beautiful about YOU is that it also comes from within. Great post!🌷
This is so true!!! I had somebody tell me that I had bags under my eyes in my comments and even know I knew it..I was sort of hurt by her pointing that out to me! And I also never wear make up on my videos nor in real life so I thought man as a RUclipsr do I have to wear make up? and then I realized you know what nope, I don't wear make up so flaws will show! And that's just what it is! Anyways I love this video and your personality you are definitely a fav of mines 💗
wow! I love the point where you said if we call ourselves ugly, we are basically calling our parents ugly. i never really saw it that way. thanks Whitney
loved this. I have my mum's dark eye sockets and always hated it. desperate to cover with concealer etc. however after watching this vlog I am now gonna celebrate. sadly my mum passed away and now when I see my dark eyes I'm gonna thank God that I was hers and will forever have her represented in my looks. sometimes, we just need to reframe how we view things and give the finger to society's judgements. thanks
It irks me to no end when RUclipsrs apologise for not wearing makeup in their videos or apologise for looking 'crusty' when they are without beatface. Like why must you apologise for wearing your own face? I understand the pressure and while makeup can fun and creative it's an add on and we must learn to love that which we live with everyday; OURSELVES. Thanks for making this video Whitney.
I luv this Whitney- we live in the age of Botox, fillers, plastic surgery and photo shopping so I like your-" luv yourself as you are and its okay not to be perfect and taking pride in that" !
Your are Beautiful Whitney. When I look at you I see a ancient Goddess. I'm a young African American woman and I love the features of my ancestors. your family's legacy is living on through you for this world to see Queen. Peace.
I love this video. I go through the same thing. I hate the way I smile. My daughter is 9 month now and she has my smile. And I was just thinking that I hope she doesn't hate her smile because she beautiful. Thank you for talking about this.
I dont like the fact that I look like my dad we don't have a good relationship, but I think about my physical features in terms of my ancestors who survived the middle passage, like my ancestors who survived jim crow and poverty, my Africa features are a reminder that my ancestry comes from the most beautiful continent, Africa.
I personally like make up free Whitney better probably because I'm not big on makeup... But yeah accepting oneself is a mental work, I didn't know you were struggling it didn't show on your old videos.... I just try to make the best of my good days and be discreet on the bad ones🙃, glasses helps. I do need them so it's not only 4 fashion 😆
I have always had a problem with this area of life. I am getting better now but it's hard not to constantly compare myself to others. I'm glad you were able to overcome this issue. Love you videos 😊
This is deep Whitney. it made me think I have never liked the way I look in many different ways because I never knew my dad and I look EXCACTLY like him and don't have good feeling towards him so my issue with this runs deep. I'm not sure I will ever accept it. I also look like my mom in ways but not as much as I'd like. No matter what though we should all look at the positives in our appearance and bump anybody that can't accept it because they can't change that.
Lol you almost said Femme la tree 🤗which I love idk why. But yes I love this beautiful epiphany you had. Thank you so much for sharing. This inspires me... damn near tear jerking. I love having epiphanies like this; listening and sharing eye opening lessons of wisdom and love. This perspective of beauty and family did help me! Thank you😊
Awwwww damn! Makin a G tear up! Lol This is so true! I always stare at my son because I love his features but I always critique the same looks on myself. (Including that natural contour line on my cheek). Wow you really opened my eyes with this one. #WalkingFingerprint💖💖💖💖
This makes so much sense. Every time I talk about something that I don't like about myself & my mom hears me, she says "then you're calling me ugly" & when I say something about my hair she says "you're talking about my hair!" This gave me a better understanding of what she means ❤️
Fantastic recognition that we are a reflection of our people, our ancestry - and they went through HELL to get us here in freedom today! Beautiful. Great for sharing!
I never understood why my mom was so beautiful and my dad is strikingly handsome and me being the third child, did not inherit their facial genes. Now I'm grown it doesn't bother me as much and I make the most of what I got.
This made me tear up because it just hit home for me in so many different ways....I'm so grateful for you Whitney for bringing this perspective into my life....Just thank you is all I can say....
This is why I love watching your videos! You inspire young women to love themselves and their hair and to keep loving who they are the way they are! THANK YOU! for being an amazing inspiring spokeswoman and role model to young women who may not have those role models in their life!
I wasn't expecting that when I saw the title of the video about self-confidence. I was expecting the usual, rather boring stuff. Instead I found your perspective fascinating ! I enjoyed watching this video. You gave me food for thought. Thank you !
I love this! In addition, we were divinely made by God. He made each of us different and we all represent a special touch of his hands. It crushes him when we don't appreciate his work. There is beauty in everyone and your inner representation and how you treat others is the only thing that changes this.
*Thank you for using your platform to empower* *Thank you for being so transparent*. I just started a channel, and there is this video I've been procrastinating on posting for these very reasons (knit picking at every detail of my appearance)
I love this video Whitney! I have my mums face, my dad's skin tone and apparently my grandma's exact hair. I pay homage to my ancestors who I traced back to tribes and people, who some of them had locs in their hair which is why I loc'd mine.
Love. This. --Just yesterday while washing my 'wanna always loc up' hair, I started to cry because I missed my M'ma. She had the same hair and each time I work in my hair, I think of her. Not only did she give me my hair, but my sassy, no nonsense, yet ever-ready to giggle personality. She was stately and sophisticated, too. I am proud to have her skin and slightly crooked smile. All of this to say, you are dead. one. We are a walking (visual) legacy. We should own that gift as well as the gift to create new stories. Thanks, Whitney. I hope many folks share this video again and again.
I love this! I believe we all have features that we dislike and critique worse than others. I'm happy you've share this. Lets appreciate the beauty that was passed down from generation to generation. We are all beautiful.
Score - I am soooo early!! Hi Whitney! You look amazing and your hair is gorgeous!! I applaud your epiphany of your walking footprint and the celebration of it. This is a powerful message - thanks for sharing it Whitney!
I loved this video and that made me subscibe to this channel aswell. I have been a subscriber to your other channels. But after watching this video I knew I can still learn a thing of two from you no matter what kind of video you make. You're full of wisdom and knowledge.
Whit... GIRL you betta SPEAK ON IT!!!! LOVED LOVED LOVED THIS VIDEO! You were so transparent. I wish we could be friends in person because we would sooo click!
I love this video! Self love! I've been makeupless for 33 years now and it's gotten harder not to feel the pressure to look a certain way, but your message helped me remember to appreciate my uniqueness and rock it loud and proud and without make up:)
Loved this Whitney I recently watched your old videos again about overcoming inner self struggle and self esteem in a superficial world, once in a while I go back to those videos, just added this to my watch again playlist
I struggle sometimes and I'm 18. And people look at me like theres nothing wrong with you but we see flaws that others may not see in us.. but anyway thanks for this video💞
Way to go lady!! I love this video. I work with young people 16-24 and I'm always looking for tools to build self esteem and pride. This will help tremendously; especially since young people use social media so much. You were the first that spoke to me in my natural hair journey. You have been with me and my daughters every step if the way. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you once again Whit! You are the best ever!
Thank you Whitney for articulating this for us! Now that my grandmother has passed I appreciate with my whole heart that my mother looks just like her and that I look just like my mother. In this way, grandma is still here! God bless you
Whitney you are so right. My mom died over 20 years ago at the age I will be this year and I look so much like her! I LOVE THAT!!! She was amazing and I'm honored to carry her image! Thanks for pointing that out! Now I have an adult son who is my twin. We always smile when people say we look alike. We love each other and are proud that we look alike! Thanks for the vid!! I love that you pointed this out!
the message behind this video is so beautiful! ❤❤❤ I do wonder, how would you apply this to those who don't know their biological family? They may not have that biological connection you know? I really like how you said "You look this way because that's how you're SUPPOSED to look." I really think that applies to everyone, whether or not they know their biological family.
Xo! Thank you Pinkpoet!! For those who don't know their biological family, they can do DNA tests to see where they came from regionally. A lot of times, people's features are a representation of origin/region/evolution, so that is also a source of pride! If that's not an option, looking forward to your future children is also a good way to look at it. They will look like you and carry on your genetics. So having that tie to your children, that connection, is a powerful incentive. Not to mention, when you're long gone, they can look at themselves to think of you. ❤️❤️❤️
This video is very informative to Think About...understanding the meaning of genetics transferred to generations to generations....God is So Amazing 😉 We are made also in his image No Doubt!!
"A walking fingerprint."
I absolutely love that! Amazing!
We're talking about physical appearance today! I'm giving you SERIOUS reasons why you should love all your features, no matter what!
Whitney, I just want to give you the most huge hug right now. Thank you so much. I so needed this right now. Blessings!
love you whitney xoxo
Whitney White Thats beautiful Whitt. Awesome perspective.
❤️❤️❤️!!
Whitney White thank u! Love u
I used to think I was ugly until this older lady at church came up to me and grabbed my hand and asked if I was my grandmothers grabddaughter. I said yes, and she looked so happy and she said, 'you look just like her when she was younger, she was my next door neighbor when she first moved here after she was married.' After that I thought how dare I think I'm ugly, if I look just like the most gentle, sweet and loving woman I've ever known. Sometimes i really hate my chubby face and thin lips... but when I see pics of her, she looks just the same and I think she was beautiful and always looked joyful. ❤️❤️❤️
Six years later, but this is really beautiful
@@summero-my5inmonths later, she helped another young lady out (me)
"you are supposed to walk down the street and tell a story of where you came from." 😍😍😍😍
This is the most beautiful and profound thing I've heard in a while.
This is exactly why I REFUSE to wear foundation and concealer. I love myself. I love my natural skin and it's imperfections and I'm sick of the makeup industry making money off people hiding their imperfections
I just gave up my foundation a few weeks ago! Everyday gets a little better :D
WaterBaby Kendra , ditto. all the way with that thought and the action. make up is about concealing who we truly are...we are Gods beautiful creatations...through and through!
amen. my skin is finally clearing on its own when i stopped wearing so much crap on my face. It just took a while to get used to leaving my house with nothing on
Motherhood is an amazing gift. It opens your eyes to so many things! #motherhoodrocks
This was a great illustration. We don't exist for anyone else's consumption, and we don't owe anyone their idea of beauty. May we all love ourselves a little more every day
"I don't need to be in your standard of beauty. I'm good." YAAAAAASSSSS
I went to my Aunt (on my dad's side) house and she said to me "You look just like your mama! Your sister...looks like your dad! She's beautiful" hahahahahahahahahaha I just said "Thank you"! I see both my parents in my face and I'm adorable!
This is so profound. My
Mom has been deceased for 13 years and when I look in the mirror I see her. It warms my heart. Thanks for sharing.
I agree, Whitney! The Bible states it this way, "I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderul, I know that full well." (Psalm 139:14)
Those people who thumbs down this vid need to seriously start liking yourselves
YES FILIPE IS LUCKY !! So are we to have you !!
I love how you broke it down in terms of our biological backgrounds . That makes a lot of sense. I feel like I've always blocked the features of my dad due to resentment because I never had a relationship with him at all. So I'm glad that you have advice from that point of view. I'm a mother now, so I am happy to see myself and my husband in our kids ! I totally get it and this video is beautifully presented ❤️. Thankyou .
Natively Natural (mcfarlingirl) had the same problem. Every time I looked in the mirror I hated what I saw because I hated my father. I did a lot a things to myself out of self hatred. But no regrets just growth and progress. So glad you overcame your problem☺ You're gorgeous. Blessings to you.
I needed this video. Thanks Whitney!
"You are your family's legacy." Physically, emotionally, spirituality. Thank you Whitney! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Whitney this is so beautiful- I loved this! I wonder if anyone else experienced this in our generation, but growing up, confidence and being cocky were deemed as the same thing and was frowned upon. I'm 29 and JUST now realizing the difference between the two. Cockiness is walking into a room and saying, "Yeah... everybody will like me... yeah you like me... you know you do". Yet confidence is walking into room and saying, " It's ok if everyone doesn't like me- I like me... and that's all I need" Thank you so much for sharing this Whitney, I know I'm not that only one that is touched by this. Also, Olivia will grow up LOVING herself an her features because she'll grow up with you showing her how to do so! Love your channel and what you bring to the table Whitney, thank you!!!
GEM Naturals this is so beautiful ❤
One of the cutest statements I've ever read :)
Whitney. WHITNEY. GIRL. This video hit me right in the feels!
SkinnyGirlFatHair I just saw you over on Toni Daley's channel
angelfaye101 LOL! Toni and Whitney are two of my longtime faves. I'm always lurking on their videos. 😅😅
SkinnyGirlFatHair I hear you! I love them both
Me too girl. I cried.
This made me cry :')
Such a beautiful way to look at the world.
I wasn't ready to cry listening to you speaking. This is such a beautiful way to look at ourselves and others- walking fingerprints. The part when you said "you are your family's legacy" made me tear up.
I have a daughter now, really working on being confident and happy with my appearance because they pick up on everything!
So nice to see someone who's aware of that! I know someone with a daughter, and the mother seems to struggle when it comes to self love... The daughter is still in single digits, and one of the times I spoke to her, she was putting herself down and crying about how she felt others saw her! It was sad to see. :/ If her mother doesn't love herself, then how is she going to learn? Her mother is her main influence...
Hey Kiala!! They really do! Even Olivia, at age 2 was watching how I spoke about myself and copying it! They are such little sponges!! ❤️❤️❤️
💯💯!
I loved the way you approached this topic!
I really appreciate this video. As an adoptee, seeing this point was really hard because the people you live with isn't the face you see in the mirror. I felt it finally when my daughter wrote a project about how much she looked like me (she's my twin) and she loved the way she looked BECAUSE she looked like her mom. I cried so hard when I read it. My baby thinks I'm beautiful and she's proud to look like me! It is humbling and eye-opening and it makes me so much more comfortable in my skin because of her.
my daughter pinches my cheeks and say soo cute. so if she thinks im cute nothing else matters 😊
What a unique way of looking at things! I love the story of how you found your confidence! Girl you're beautiful, Felipe is beautiful, little Olivia is beautiful! All of ya! Inside and out! -Govna
This is great, Whitney! I, too, found beauty in the features I didn't care for in myself once I had my son. He passed away just two days after he was born, but his features were pretty pronounced for a newborn and they were a reflection of myself. Now every time I look at myself, I think of him and remember that my "imperfections" are not a mistake, they are intentional. (Psalms 139:13-14)
Motherhood is such a gift in the way it gives us a living breathing mirror of ourselves. I have always thought I was "pretty" because I looked like my grandmother and I was her namesake and, honestly, because people have always told me I was. Once I had my daughter and she could articulate the things she thought were beautiful, it framed my idea of beauty differently. It also made me "carry" my beauty in a different way, from a different perspective. I began to be intentional about not only doting on her when she was in a fancy dress with pretty bows and perfectly combed hair...but also, and especially when she first woke up in the morning without any adornments. She's beautiful to us, but I'm pretty sure we have planted the idea in her that even if no one else agrees, she's the most perfect HER that could have been created.
So many feels. My mom is my best friend, but I don't have a relationship with my bio father and I look just like him! Lol! Especially when I gain weight. What you said about looking exactly how I'm supposed to, clicked for me. I used to hate that I looked like him and have actually avoided mirrors and spending any length of time looking at my face because it would make me so sad to think of him, but this helped me so much mentally. Im sharing this with a few others who share my same issue. I love who I am on the inside, but have struggled with those features on the outside that look like him. It's really helpful to think of carrying forward those features into my future and making what I want of it, of my life and legacy. I look how I'm supposed to and that feels really good! Bless Whitney, thank you for this!
Where is the love button instead of the like button when you need it?! Great video Whit! I LOVED it!
This video. Everything. This is so important. I don't have kids but once I started seeing my parents, aunts & uncles in my features, who I think are beautiful, I started to realize everything you're stating. This is perfect.
Thank you Whit! This was positive and empowering. I am a unique blend of my parents. African American with a tinge of native american, I always loved my cheekbones, red brown undertones and my smile but other parts of me really challenged my self-confidence. It wasn't into my 30's where I said, I owe it to myself to love myself. I'd be a fool to continue beating myself up or apologizing for how I look. You spoke of a scientific reason to love how we look - we are each a physical representation or walking fingerprint of our ancestors. I love that! I think of it scientifically too. A part of self-preservation is nurturing and caring for one's self. To me it's like sunlight. We see what happens to a flower or plant that doesn't get enough sunlight. It dies. So me loving myself is necessary for my survival. Great perspective!
Growing up in the Caribbean, I was made fun of because of my thick lips. That was a long time ago, Fast forward to today, I have a teenage daughter who has the same lips and she loves them. Finally lips are in and I get compliments. You have to feel comfortable in my own skin. I rarely wear make up. You have to be your authentic self, plastic surgery and make up cannot cover insecurity. We have to get over the notion that to be beautiful, we have to fit into the European ideal. Great topic!!
Whitney, thank you. I have blessedly been confident in my looks because I used to always say, to men especially, this is how I look because of my genes, I can't help how I came out, I have no control of the cooking, I'm a mixture of MY mom and dad. So, if you want a different combination I ain't mad go find that but I will not allow you to try and make me feel any kinda way about how I look. Now, I too have those moments when I wish my lashes were longer or my hair was thicker, etc, but Whit I too have embraced my history and I appreciate you using your platform to pass that on to others! So beautifully expressed, Thank you!!!!!
Wow this honestly have me a new outlook on life and my physical appearance and beauty ! Thank you for sharing with us. 💞
im glad you talked about this because so many you tubers say that you should wear make up on camera, but i feel better without it.
I almost cried watching this video. I'm sure many women feel there's at least one thing they would like to change about their physical appearance. What I think is so beautiful about YOU is that it also comes from within. Great post!🌷
This is so true!!! I had somebody tell me that I had bags under my eyes in my comments and even know I knew it..I was sort of hurt by her pointing that out to me! And I also never wear make up on my videos nor in real life so I thought man as a RUclipsr do I have to wear make up? and then I realized you know what nope, I don't wear make up so flaws will show! And that's just what it is! Anyways I love this video and your personality you are definitely a fav of mines 💗
wow! I love the point where you said if we call ourselves ugly, we are basically calling our parents ugly. i never really saw it that way. thanks Whitney
I promise I heard everything you said but omigosh #hairgoals! Gorgeous!!!
loved this. I have my mum's dark eye sockets and always hated it. desperate to cover with concealer etc. however after watching this vlog I am now gonna celebrate. sadly my mum passed away and now when I see my dark eyes I'm gonna thank God that I was hers and will forever have her represented in my looks. sometimes, we just need to reframe how we view things and give the finger to society's judgements. thanks
girl you're forever changing my life in better ways 🌹
It irks me to no end when RUclipsrs apologise for not wearing makeup in their videos or apologise for looking 'crusty' when they are without beatface. Like why must you apologise for wearing your own face? I understand the pressure and while makeup can fun and creative it's an add on and we must learn to love that which we live with everyday; OURSELVES. Thanks for making this video Whitney.
I luv this Whitney- we live in the age of Botox, fillers, plastic surgery and photo shopping so I like your-" luv yourself as you are and its okay not to be perfect and taking pride in that" !
Beautiful. Love ourselves period. Each of us is an original! 💛
Your are Beautiful Whitney. When I look at you I see a ancient Goddess. I'm a young African American woman and I love the features of my ancestors. your family's legacy is living on through you for this world to see Queen. Peace.
I love this video. I go through the same thing. I hate the way I smile. My daughter is 9 month now and she has my smile. And I was just thinking that I hope she doesn't hate her smile because she beautiful. Thank you for talking about this.
Whitney this is why we love you; your raw authenticity is uniquely beautiful. Awesome video. Thank you for a new prospective .
I dont like the fact that I look like my dad we don't have a good relationship, but I think about my physical features in terms of my ancestors who survived the middle passage, like my ancestors who survived jim crow and poverty, my Africa features are a reminder that my ancestry comes from the most beautiful continent, Africa.
I personally like make up free Whitney better probably because I'm not big on makeup... But yeah accepting oneself is a mental work, I didn't know you were struggling it didn't show on your old videos....
I just try to make the best of my good days and be discreet on the bad ones🙃, glasses helps. I do need them so it's not only 4 fashion 😆
Ossouko 3 that's what I was thinking
I almost cried. This is so beautiful and eye opening. And you and your family are so beautiful.
Best PSA ever!
Love this video! Beautiful message that needs to keep being said. Especially, in the black community.
I have always had a problem with this area of life. I am getting better now but it's hard not to constantly compare myself to others. I'm glad you were able to overcome this issue. Love you videos 😊
Empowerment is a beautiful thing! Thanks for sharing.
You are a beautiful woman.... inside and out! I love you and your family.
Xo! Thank you so much Von Von!! ❤️❤️❤️
This is deep Whitney. it made me think I have never liked the way I look in many different ways because I never knew my dad and I look EXCACTLY like him and don't have good feeling towards him so my issue with this runs deep. I'm not sure I will ever accept it. I also look like my mom in ways but not as much as I'd like. No matter what though we should all look at the positives in our appearance and bump anybody that can't accept it because they can't change that.
Lol you almost said Femme la tree 🤗which I love idk why. But yes I love this beautiful epiphany you had. Thank you so much for sharing. This inspires me... damn near tear jerking. I love having epiphanies like this; listening and sharing eye opening lessons of wisdom and love. This perspective of beauty and family did help me! Thank you😊
Why isn't there a "love" button for this? I can definitely relate. Such a beautiful message, Whitney!
Awwwww damn! Makin a G tear up! Lol This is so true! I always stare at my son because I love his features but I always critique the same looks on myself. (Including that natural contour line on my cheek). Wow you really opened my eyes with this one. #WalkingFingerprint💖💖💖💖
This makes so much sense. Every time I talk about something that I don't like about myself & my mom hears me, she says "then you're calling me ugly" & when I say something about my hair she says "you're talking about my hair!" This gave me a better understanding of what she means ❤️
Fantastic recognition that we are a reflection of our people, our ancestry - and they went through HELL to get us here in freedom today! Beautiful. Great for sharing!
Beautifully expressed. God's creation is perfect in each way, we are perfectly ourselves. God bless ❤
I don't know why but I was fighting back tears on this video! Great video, this was a great topic
I never understood why my mom was so beautiful and my dad is strikingly handsome and me being the third child, did not inherit their facial genes. Now I'm grown it doesn't bother me as much and I make the most of what I got.
I almost started bawling when I watched this. I never thought about it like that. 😭😭😭 this is so beautiful!
This made me tear up because it just hit home for me in so many different ways....I'm so grateful for you Whitney for bringing this perspective into my life....Just thank you is all I can say....
♥♥♥ Oh Whitney, your going to make me cry ♥♥♥ Your so beauitful, like a walking poem ♥
Whitney, you don't know how important this message is to me right now!
This is why I love watching your videos! You inspire young women to love themselves and their hair and to keep loving who they are the way they are! THANK YOU! for being an amazing inspiring spokeswoman and role model to young women who may not have those role models in their life!
I wasn't expecting that when I saw the title of the video about self-confidence. I was expecting the usual, rather boring stuff. Instead I found your perspective fascinating ! I enjoyed watching this video. You gave me food for thought. Thank you !
Whitney your So Beautiful!! God created you and placed every part of you right where he wanted it. Your So Stunning with a bare face. Love You Girly
I love this! In addition, we were divinely made by God. He made each of us different and we all represent a special touch of his hands. It crushes him when we don't appreciate his work. There is beauty in everyone and your inner representation and how you treat others is the only thing that changes this.
We are all "fearfully and wonderfully made"! Thanks for this much needed reminder!
I loved every bit of this..especially since I lost my dad three years ago..Thank you so much for this Whit :)
I can't love this one enough. Thank you for sending these healing thoughts into the Universe.
I've felt that way about my height, body type, and my nose. I now look at things completely differently because of you Whitney!!!!
Loved everything about this video.
We need more messages like this
This really made me cry. This is a beautiful way to see myself. I hope others understand that and can learn to appreciate their own unique beauty.
The way you gather your thoughts and see things in a different perspective is amazing.
Thank you Whitney 💜
*Thank you for using your platform to empower* *Thank you for being so transparent*. I just started a channel, and there is this video I've been procrastinating on posting for these very reasons (knit picking at every detail of my appearance)
I love this video Whitney! I have my mums face, my dad's skin tone and apparently my grandma's exact hair. I pay homage to my ancestors who I traced back to tribes and people, who some of them had locs in their hair which is why I loc'd mine.
I've never thought of it that way Whit. Wow! Thanks for sharing that perspective & btw you're gorgeous.
Love. This. --Just yesterday while washing my 'wanna always loc up' hair, I started to cry because I missed my M'ma. She had the same hair and each time I work in my hair, I think of her. Not only did she give me my hair, but my sassy, no nonsense, yet ever-ready to giggle personality. She was stately and sophisticated, too. I am proud to have her skin and slightly crooked smile. All of this to say, you are dead. one. We are a walking (visual) legacy. We should own that gift as well as the gift to create new stories. Thanks, Whitney. I hope many folks share this video again and again.
What a beautiful way to think of ourselves. Well said. Hopefully this helps those dealing with self esteem issues.
I love this! I believe we all have features that we dislike and critique worse than others. I'm happy you've share this. Lets appreciate the beauty that was passed down from generation to generation. We are all beautiful.
Score - I am soooo early!! Hi Whitney! You look amazing and your hair is gorgeous!! I applaud your epiphany of your walking footprint and the celebration of it. This is a powerful message - thanks for sharing it Whitney!
XoXo!! Thank you ymb6987!! ❤️❤️
I loved this video and that made me subscibe to this channel aswell. I have been a subscriber to your other channels. But after watching this video I knew I can still learn a thing of two from you no matter what kind of video you make. You're full of wisdom and knowledge.
Whit... GIRL you betta SPEAK ON IT!!!! LOVED LOVED LOVED THIS VIDEO! You were so transparent. I wish we could be friends in person because we would sooo click!
I love this video! Self love! I've been makeupless for 33 years now and it's gotten harder not to feel the pressure to look a certain way, but your message helped me remember to appreciate my uniqueness and rock it loud and proud and without make up:)
Loved this Whitney I recently watched your old videos again about overcoming inner self struggle and self esteem in a superficial world, once in a while I go back to those videos, just added this to my watch again playlist
I struggle sometimes and I'm 18. And people look at me like theres nothing wrong with you but we see flaws that others may not see in us.. but anyway thanks for this video💞
Way to go lady!! I love this video. I work with young people 16-24 and I'm always looking for tools to build self esteem and pride. This will help tremendously; especially since young people use social media so much. You were the first that spoke to me in my natural hair journey. You have been with me and my daughters every step if the way. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you once again Whit! You are the best ever!
Thank you Whitney for articulating this for us! Now that my grandmother has passed I appreciate with my whole heart that my mother looks just like her and that I look just like my mother. In this way, grandma is still here! God bless you
thank you for always being authentic!
Whitney you are so right. My mom died over 20 years ago at the age I will be this year and I look so much like her! I LOVE THAT!!! She was amazing and I'm honored to carry her image! Thanks for pointing that out! Now I have an adult son who is my twin. We always smile when people say we look alike. We love each other and are proud that we look alike! Thanks for the vid!! I love that you pointed this out!
Wise woman Whitney. Aha! Moment for me. Can you put this down in a children's book please?
That's deep Whitney! Definitely presented a perspective I'd never thought of...beautiful!
Can we say...REVELATION!!!! So insightful and so important.
the message behind this video is so beautiful! ❤❤❤ I do wonder, how would you apply this to those who don't know their biological family? They may not have that biological connection you know? I really like how you said "You look this way because that's how you're SUPPOSED to look." I really think that applies to everyone, whether or not they know their biological family.
Xo! Thank you Pinkpoet!! For those who don't know their biological family, they can do DNA tests to see where they came from regionally. A lot of times, people's features are a representation of origin/region/evolution, so that is also a source of pride! If that's not an option, looking forward to your future children is also a good way to look at it. They will look like you and carry on your genetics. So having that tie to your children, that connection, is a powerful incentive. Not to mention, when you're long gone, they can look at themselves to think of you. ❤️❤️❤️
Whitney White That's so true! Thanks for replying. I love your vids! ❤❤
This video is very informative to Think About...understanding the meaning of genetics transferred to generations to generations....God is So Amazing 😉 We are made also in his image No Doubt!!