Ariel Laura Metayer

Truth is, the outcome WILL be better than what you imagined!👇🏾 • You’ve put the work in, you’ve immersed yourself in community, you’ve got a positive attitude, and you’ve managed to be flexible amidst changing circumstances! It’s a promise that things are bound to fall into its right place for you . . . Right?! 🤔 • True- but there are factors that contribute to success! Being realistic isn’t inherently bad when you’ve developed a strategy for a successful outcome. In fact, having a plan to follow often breeds a better result than what you initially thought. 🫱🏾‍🫲🏽 • Yes, things may shift unprecedentedly but your choice to 🛎️ Prepare , 🛎️ Execute , & 🛎️ Position yourself will help you make better informed decisions, set achievable goals, and manage your expectations while believing for MORE ! 🤍 • Living abroad allowed me the healthy space to choose to block out the cynical voices and replace the negative thoughts with positive truths. Recognize when it’s time to pivot for your best. And when it gets tough, I say start with Psalms 16:6 - you’ll see why it’s the perfect affirmation amidst uncertainty. 💎 • Be optimistic ! Stay motivated ! Focus on your goals ! 🥂 • #traveltheworld #roamtheplanet #wanderlust #beautifuldestination #traveladdict #instatravel #travellife #travelingram #lovetravel #travelreels #thatgirlaesthetic #blackwomenabroad #livingabroadlife #travelgram #mytravelgram #makepeacewithyourself #makepeacewithyourpast #blackwomentravel #blackwomeninluxury

Y’all are collecting data in the friendship stage or are you letting it be known from the moment the prospect peaks your interest? 🤔 Regardless of our status, I’m collecting data about anyone to everyone who is in my circle because we know that our community contributes to who we are. However, when it comes to dating- how do you data collect ? 🫵🏾 • We actually had a live discussion on this topic last season, and I stuck beside being friends first and allowing interest to be expressed after organic interactions have been made. I’ve just noticed people presenting their potential “mask” then later having their true character be exposed after getting to know each other exclusively- please, save me the theatrics. To each their own, though ! 😅🤷🏾‍♀️ • Plus, for some people, once you’ve been friend-zoned, you’re locked in 😂. Choose your steps wisely, buddy! Take heart though! There’s someone out there designed for you and you for them. 🫱🏾‍🫲🏽

🗣️ The WAIT is OVER & Registration is 🆙 in the Bio ! • After back to back inquiries that went a lot like, “Arie, how’d you land that brand deal?” I knew 2023 would be time for me to start dropping the gems for my tribe. 💎 • 💵Together, we’ll walk through how to catapult yourself to land paid brand deals all year long! Whether you’re a contact creator or entrepreneur, emerging thought-leader or influencer, this educative and interactive workshop is going to be incredibly instrumental to your growth this quarter, especially as you set yourself up to scale your reach, leads, and wealth. 🥂 • We’ll Be Going Through: ✅ How to capture the eyes of your favorite brands & clients with your digital presence ✅ How to confidently negotiate a brand partnership that pays ✅ How to create industry essentials equipped to pitch to brands ✅ How to consistently produce quality content without burning out • 👩🏾‍💻These strategies are ready to use and are recyclable for you beyond 2023- consider it as your “evergreen toolkit”! • 🫱🏾‍🫲🏽It Starts Now ! Plus, for those who register, you’ll be privy to details regarding @theluminouslab ‘s inaugural cohort designed for a long-term investment in yourself and in your brand! • SEE YOU THERE! 🫵🏾🤎

Jehoiada: “Knowledge of the Lord” • She’s often an unsung hero that we tend to look over but truth be told, with her ear to the throne room in moments of uncertainty, she helped to usher in a redemption that was critical to her time and echoes for the times to come. • isn’t it a beautiful truth that God considers us as instrumental players in the rescue plan that He orchestrated since the beginning of time ?! • I just find it lovely that the Lord would would continue this thread of safety and redemption by using His daughter to be part of the script. #KingdomWomen #Jehoiada #WomenofTheBible #BeBraveWithYourLife

I know I’m not the only person who resets their mood by washing their hair. I really do think it’s a system we got going on though- once that hair’s in a bun for a few days?! Yeah, it’s time for a wash day 😂. Stay tuned for the routine ! 🗣️ • • • • • • • #BlackGirlTravelSlay #AfroLatinaBlogger #CurlsAuNaturel #BlackGirlLuxuryLifestyle #HaitianBlogger #CaribbeanGirlsWhoBlog #BlackGirlsWhoBlog #BrownBeauties #BlackGirlsWithStyle #MelaninRichBombshells #BombshellBeauty #GetIntoThisStyle #BlackGirlFashion #AfroLatinas #ExploreMore #NYCFashionBlogger #CurlsOnCurls #GirlsWithCurls #GirlsWithCurlyHair

It’s a new quarter, a new year, a chapter in your book! May your expectations this year be exceeded in ways you couldn’t even imagine. Don’t settle, regardless of where you are in life, keep your expectations high, especially to my believers out there! Sending love to you 🤍🥂

Ahh, there’s plenty to say about my twenty-third year, the beauty and the ashes; the glory and the challenges, but even still, I am alive and WELL! My expectations are high! 1 Samuel 7:12 🙏🏾 • Thank you to the most instrumental people who made this day more than what I even anticipated, especially my Mommy, @nadeenn.s & @ugoan.i - this post isn’t even sufficient to honor y’all in, but I love and value each of you so much. Thank you to everyone who popped out and was spitting bars 😂My family, Fr. 🫱🏾‍🫲🏽 • Now, as for year 24- my year of Settlement- it shall be a GLORY CLOUD! January 3rd, 1999 a Kingdom Daughter Graced the Earth 🤍 • #HappyBirthdayToMe #BlackWomenInLuxury #GloryCloud #ConsiderItDone #BlackGirlsWhoBlog #MelaninRichBombshells #AfroLatinas #NYCFashionBlogger #CaribbeanGirlsWhoBlog #HaitianBlogger #ATLBloggers

Getting “caught in the moment” can cost you more than the moment. Don’t shortchange yourself 🫱🏾‍🫲🏽

Every Smile Has A Story To Tell . . . 🤍 For all the time that you've been convinced to believe was wasted, may God restore you astronomically and swiftly. 🙏🏾 This photo was actually shot back in May of this year, and I was honestly down bad while thought to be living a coveted lifestyle. IYKYK. Not sleeping, barely eating, less chatty and melancholy - the whole nine and then some. Looking like photo 2 rather than all the other. 😮‍💨 On that evening, my sis @simply_wassa had made reservations for us to go out for our favorite Asian cuisine and I'm glad she didn't give up on me or take "no" for an answer. She was right. It was the exact sisterhood moment I needed during a season that seemed unbearable to survive. After all, how many times in my life will I be 23, living in the motherland independently?! 🥂 As I reflect now, seeing the smile on my face from then while knowing the locality of my heart speaks volumes to me at this moment. I knew that I needed healing, and I knew that God would accelerate me, but His route wasn't really what I expected or wanted at all. However, that's a story time for another day. The point here is, I really thought it was more about arriving to my destination, but the journey has been sweeter than what I anticipated. 🤎 It's lovely to experience how God displays His might by making me a subject of His restoration power. & you know what Scripture says, restoration is always coupled by speedy acceleration. 🙌🏾 Steady Your Heart, My Friend. It Gets Better From Here. 🫱🏾‍🫲🏽

Signed With Love, Your Digital Sister 🫱🏾‍🫲🏽 • Your messages to me, sharing personal testimonies, serve as confirmation that there’s a league of us (men & women, alike) who want to elevate our life first, by submitting to God entirely and allowing Him to influence our decision making. However, a common denominator is that we all want to be loved. Well, to know Love fully, one must first come to know the character of God. He’s covenant/promise keeping - to do that, it must be coupled by actions. The ultimate form of Love actively demonstrates its identity to you daily- don’t settle for less in a product of the Creator.🤎

🗣️ Repeat after @she.shamaaa , “I don’t need your little faith to speak against my big faith!” • 🔴 Relationships of ANY capacity are meant to edify you. The people you choose to have in your life should play an active role in standing in agreement with what you’re believing for, by faith ! Nothing kills the seed of a desire quicker than people who persuade you to believe that it’s too impossible to happen for you. If you have HIGH expectancy for God to perform a sure thing in your life- make SURE that the people you share that desire with are BIG BELIEVERS! • Be careful with who you lend your ear to and share your dreams with ! My Good Sis is truly as REAL as it gets & trust that there’s PLENTY more where that gem came from ! 🥂🤍 • 🚨Stay tuned for the SUNDAY DROP ! 🫱🏾‍🫲🏽See You There! • #LabChats #LuxuriousWomen #HighValueWomen #ModernElegance #HighValueMan #GodlyRelationship #LevelUpJourney #BigFaith #SelfLoveTips #FemininityCoach #BossBabeSociete #LevelUpLifestyle #SelfDiscoveryJourney #DatingAdviceForWomen #LevelUpYourLife #RelationshipSolutions #RelationshipRules #HighStandards #GirlGangGoals #GodCentered #ChristCenteredLife

There were moments that I use to ask God why certain things were happening. At the time, it seemed so terrible, as if there was almost little to no recovery. Today, the amount of people I’m able to offer a helping and hopeful hand to has been immense, as a result of the pain I once endured. When God restores, He does it completely, and when He heals, that power is there with you to extend healing grace to others. 🤍

Bring the fans out, baby- the heat is back 😮‍💨🫱🏾‍🫲🏽 • Happy Eat Swell With Family & Friends Day 🥂 • • • • #ThankfulThursday #AfroLatinaBlogger #CurlsAuNaturel #BlackGirlLuxuryLifestyle #HaitianBlogger #CaribbeanGirlsWhoBlog #BlackGirlsWhoBlog #BrownBeauties #BlackGirlsWithStyle #MelaninRichBombshells #BombshellBeauty #PrettyLittleThing #GetIntoThisStyle #BlackGirlFashion #AfroLatinas #MelaninMakeUpDaily #ExploreMore #NYCFashionBlogger #EverydayFashionista #CurlsOnCurls #ATLBloggers

In light of this season of harvest, I feel the urgent need to share insight on how my prayer life has enhanced these past few months. Shoutout to Prophetess & Pastor @lesley.osei for reminding me that I stand in the office of a daughter when it comes to Kingdom authority. 🙏🏾 • Therefore, it’s with utmost importance that we come boldly before the Father’s throne when we pray as children of the Most High- heir to the throne. • Commit to withdrawing yourself, as Jesus did, to commune with God. Memorize, live out, and share the active & living Word. Be persistent. He’ll empower you! 🫱🏾‍🫲🏽

I Love Me A Whole Lotta You, From Me To Me 🤍 • True & Funny Story! 😅 It had to be an afternoon, during high school, that I was web browsing with my sis when we came across an article mentioning that the 2% of people who have a perfectly symmetrical face are considered the most attractive- IN THE WORLD! 2%‼️🤯🌎 • Now, for a highly confident teenage girl like me, I remember gazing at myself through my phone’s front camera and realizing that my face didn’t meet the projected beauty standard. What a BUMMER!🥲 At that moment, I convincingly shouted that perhaps I was meant to be a twin, but I took one side of her face (assuming she’d be a girl🥹) and kept the other half of mine 🌚. I can’t make this up ! 😂 • Little did I know, I allowed another seed of self-sabotage to be planted and grow within me throughout the years. 🌱 From only facing one side to take pictures to using my hair as a cover up for an obstinate insecurity, I was buying into the idea that only one part of me was worthy of public recognition. 🙈It wasn’t until I went through baby pictures, displaying me in every facet, was I reminded of how carefree I felt to be captured in the riveting moments of enjoying life. 🫶🏾 Even as I taught my beautiful, youthful girls in 🇨🇮, their own excitement to take selfies, be silly, and simply exist as themselves, helped me to unravel the deception that led me to heal the thoughts which believed the disinformation from this world. • May this serve as a gentle reminder that healing those parts of you is constructive in your journey of self-confidence, awareness, and appreciation. I Love Me, A Whole Lotta Me ❤️‍🩹