005. Forever Obsessed | SPRING 2025

springing forward...let's catch up

Welcome to my monthly magazine-esque entry of Forever Obsessed. A collection of thoughts, reviews, trends, and obsessions that took over my month.

Hey! How yall doing?!

I know it’s been a minute since I’ve been super active with writing and sharing. Life just started to get away from me, I got busy, I was uninspired, and a plethora of other things. First and foremost, I have been missing writing. It’s literally the one creative outlet above everything else, even though I probably create more video content more than anything. Writing requires a certain type of vulnerability that is a constant battle for me. I’m always wondering how much should I give the internet, and making sure I’m not overstepping my own boundaries of what should stay in the journal for only my own consumption.

Let’s get into these updates. The spring has actually been a decent season for me. I went through a lot of changes, mentally and physically. I actually decided to have a breast reduction surgery—something that I had been pondering on for a long minute. It was a journey for sure…a very vulnerable one with many ups and downs. The girl also went on a 7 day cruise with my family and had much needed time to detach from the world with no wifi. Definitely need to do that more often. More than anything, the spring was literally about blooming into a new version of myself.

These recent months have been all about rediscovering self, and figuring out what I want in this era. The people are saying it’s going to give 2016. Unfortunately I am one of those millennials who believe summer 2016 was the best thing on this earth, so cheers to it being a great summer of living and getting my shit together at the same time.

1. On Screen…

   Lately my brain has been fried— the only thing I can watch is music videos, YouTube commentary, and TikTok videos. But Forever on Netflix literally still has me in a chokehold. When it comes to shows, movies, and any type of media that involves black people on the screen, I’m here for. It did take me a while to watch it because I’m usually not a person who watches romance. I’m more of a drive by shooter, crime, thriller type of gal. But that show kept me up at night on a week day. It had me so locked in that I stayed up until 2am on a Tuesday and woke up earlier the next day to finish the last episode before going into the office. The thing that I loved more than anything was the soundtrack. I keep saying that 2019 was the last year of really good music that actually had some type of substance, and being in love during that time did just hit different. So seeing Justin and Keisha’s young love was very nostalgic to me. Also seeing their two different perspectives and how social media plays apart into our daily lives made me realize yet again, sometimes it’s that damn phone.

   Another arching theme is that Wood Harris is that nigga forreal, forreal. The way he fathered on screen reminded me of my own daddy. He was such a natural and I think it’s rare that we see positive black men and fathers without trauma and that deserves praise. Wood Harris seems like such a stand up guy and in every role he plays, I love.

   Sinners was another obsession and it really brought the community together. Not only was it a different story, it was so damn good, I could not stop talking about it. Ryan Coogler really did it for me in his press run. He’s such so authentic that it really inspired me. With every film he does, he continuously elevates his craft and reminds black people of their power and I really mess with that.

2. New Products…

   So since I went on vacation and the seasons were changing, I was able to try a bunch of new products. I am a product junkie, but I’m trying to do better about using all of the products I have versus over consuming. One thing I don’t play about is my skin and I had to go to the dermatologist. I switched to La Roche Posay face wash and CeraVae face lotion. I don’t know what it is about summer, but my face does not like the summer heat. I always get these dry spots and finding the right products has been my number 1 priority.

   While I was on the cruise I was able to use my sister’s products (evil laugh), and she had some good shit. One thing I loved was Dermasil lotion! Literally the old people lotion from Dollar Tree. It was surprisingly very moisturizing and they have a night face cream that I loved too. She also had this body oil from High On Love, which is a brand I never heard of, but what I liked was that it made your skin very glowy without the greasy feeling. And you already know I’m obsessed with Ouai and Melrose Place is my scent, but my sister made me into a believer with St. Barts hair and body spray…now I’m not saying it replaced it but I did like it.

You can always find my favorites linked in my Amazon shop and my new Shop My.

3. Summer Goals…

   My summer is all about body goals, wellness, content, and living like it’s the weekend forever duh. Lately I’ve been upping the workouts and trying to get my eating together. I finally had to book a braid appointment because the way I’ve been going to so many heated classes, and doubling out on the workouts, my leave out is definitely losing the battle in this Texas heat. One thing that keeps me on track is ClassPass. (there’s some free credits if you sign up with my link!) I’ve also partnered with my close friends to be consistent on my content. I feel like I’m starting to see more motion, but having girls that have similar goals to push you forward is always inspiring. It also helps you not crash out when you feel like you’re not pushing toward your dream.

june mood

Be Obsessed.

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Here’s what you can catch up on from me this spring…

Now that I look back on it, I did write a little bit! I could’ve done more but we’re getting back into our creative bag.

I actually have a ton of new YouTube videos, here a couple. You can always subscribe for more. Follow my journey of doing life as a girl in her 30s.

Journaling is my love language, and I plan on talking about it more, so from now on, I'm incorporating prompts for you! Answer it in the comments, and let’s chat, or let me know if you will journal about it privately. :)

Journal Prompts:

• With 6 months left in the year, how do you want to turn it around?

• How do you recharge when you’re in a creative funk?

Leave a comment if you liked something in this monthly post!

mwah 💋,

— India Monee’