FRENCH LOOKBOOK 2: A TRIP TO PARIS

He la! 

  Comment allez vous? ( 😝 😆) My French Lookbook series still continues, you can check previous looks here and here. I'm sure every fashion blogger and fashion enthusiast have dreamt and wished of going to Paris - the global fashion hub and world renowned cuisine (Yes, to the food!!). So have I, hope to one day travel there, till then here's me reminiscing on my dream to Paris.

Outfit details:
 Sweatshirt - Thrifted
 Beret - Mom's. Styled here and here
 Skirt - Gifted. Styled here
 Boot - Jumia.
 Bag - Aliexpress.

 Photography: I.G.- @cyril__dim

                                             Have a lovely week and join me as I take giant strides this week.
What's your favorite look of the French series, do comment below.

EVENT REVIEW: REDEFINITION FASHION WEEK

Hey dear,
   Like I promised in this post, here's a review of the Redefinition Fashion Show. The Redefinition Fashion Week is Covenant University's fashion show organized by the students to showcase and promote the creativity of the students and young designers in the fashion world. This year's theme was "Urban Twist" and it was for three days (16th-18th of February).
  16th - Jamboree/Awareness
  17th - Workshop
  18th - Fashion Show (Main Event).
   #WhatIWore
I continued my french lookbook from here to the last day of the event. Photocredit: I.G.- @the_olayide

 

I only went for the last day of the show, which was the main event and I got backstage pass to the event.

                                                    Peep the polka

                                              Designer- Maj' Motif

                                                Designer - Vourdi by Sonia

 The Judges: L-R: Ejiro Amos Tafiri, Nkem Marchie, Akin Faminu, Jane Michael Ekanem, Damilola Oke
HIGHS OF THE EVENT
- Everyone got to meet the special guests and judges after the event, especially me, as I met my Celebrity Crush (if you know me, you know) Jane Michael Ekanem!!!it was such an amazing moment with her and she remembered me. Other guests, such as Nkem Marchie, Henry Uduku, Lex Ash

                                          Jane Michael Ekanem and I (Her Smile 😍😍)

                                                      Nkem Marchie and I
- The Backsatge was actually fun for me, as I got to experience the behinds of a fashion show, the models, designers, make-up artists and everything in-between.
  Backstage pictures (Photo credit: Stj photography)

My Favorite Looks: My favorite designers were Carl Cobane (the prints and nets!!), 6:15, Vourdi by Sonia, Maj'Motif, Le shoks.

                                                 Designer- Vourdi by Sonia

                                                 Designer - Carl Cobane

                                                 Designer- Vourdi by Sonia

                                                                     The Hosts

                                                    Photocredit - I.G.-@ai_fokus

                                                       Designer - Carl Cobane

        LOWS OF THE EVENT

- Awareness: The awareness and PR for the show was late and low, not much people knew the details of the event and the awareness started late, which I guess should be the reason for the low turn-out.
- Nomination List: We all know that when there's an award show or an event that has awards to be presented, the nomination list comes out a week early or weeks earlier, but with this show, nominations came out at different times, a week before the event, two days before the main day of the event and they were all to end on the same day and also be presented plaques on the same day ???
- VIP and Regular: The regular ticket was for #2,00 and the VIP was #4,000. In my opinion, there was no difference between the VIP and Regular at the event, the cocktail promised for the VIP was not gotten, everyone still had the same view.
- Time: When you want to tak about African time, this was displayed here extremely. The last day of the event was slated for 1:00pm, but the event didn't start till past 4pm, with guest sitted waiting. It took a lot of time before it started, when it started, there was a lot of waiting and there was no cooling system.
- Winners: I would have asked why tell people to vote when you had your winners, but then it was later stated that there was twitter poll and voting, we would like to know in what way the voting was taken the selection of the people who participated in the voting, because it was made to assume that it was only the twitter poll that was to be used.

P.S. This is not to bash anybody or their efforts but to tell them that they could have done better and people had expectations for this event and also things to consider for people wanting to organize events in the future.

If you went for the show, which was your favorite look and your take on the event? Do share below.

FRENCH LOOKBOOK 1: RETRO FRENCH GIRL

               *in Drake's vocie* If you reading this, I would probably be done with my Mini-Defense
 My style can be said to be Retro and all through this month, I've been getting all "Frenchy" (permit me 😆), more looks coming up. So, it was no surprise that I channeled my retro style into being a french girl, wore it to church and I loved it, so did everyone!

 

 During the week, I was nominated for Fashion Stylist of the Year and Fashion Blogger of the Year at the Redefinition Fashion show (Covenant University's fashion show), though I didn't win any but the support I got from people were too much, it was wayy better than that. Thank y'll so much for voting and supporting me, I truly appreciate y'll 😗❤💋, more to come 👊. I also went for the show, so my review will be up soon.

 Outfit Details,
    Shift Dress- Thrifted
    Beret and Bag - Mom's
    Black top - Dad's
    Shoes - Madden girl
  

I've been wanting to migrate to wordpress and also have a domain name (reason for my few posts), but there's been little time, and I've been unable to do transactions with my Naira account (whose else is having such issues?)

What have you been up to? What do you think about the look? Would you try the French look? Do comment below, would love to know your thoughts!

HOW TO: SWITCH FROM WORK TO DINNER + DIY

Hey dear,
   It's a day to Valentine and in this part of the world (and maybe all parts of the world), Valentine is not a public holiday but a day where we show love and still go to work. Changing from work to the dinner planned by your loved one can be stressful because of closing late from work, traffic and thereby making you late or unable to go. So, here's a way to Slay at work and also to your dinner, all you need is a long-sleeved shirt (which basically everyone wears to work!)

Work- wear

Dinner Wear (Quick DIY)
    The same shirt used for work can be converted for dinner, and this was inspired by I.G.- @chicamastyle .
- Button the shirt from the bust to the end
- Wrap the sleeves of the shirt around your arms, to make either an off-shoulder or one-shoulder top
- Tuck the sleeves into the bust of the shrit at the front.
- Depending on what you wearing, tuck the down-prt of the shirt into your skirt or trouser and you're ready to Slay!

Hope you were inspired! What are your plans for tomorrow, I would like to know.

HOW TO: CARE FOR DREADLOCS

Hey dear,
 Happy New Month! May this month bring about blessings, favour and all our heart desires and also a better economy for us all. Due to the responses I got in this post , I decided to share my hair journey and tips to maintaining dreadlocks (a.k.a. dreads).
While I was about to go natural, I didn't want the chop my hair the normal way (go to a barber to cut my hair to a short length), wanted something different, so I decided to stop relaxing my hair for 4 months (August-December), then in December I did Dreadlocks which I took on for 6 months yes people, siixx months! probably the best hair decision I ever made, it was stress free, easy to maintain and style!! Dreads is the best way to transition your hair to natural, as it saves you time, stress and agony of combing your unrelaxed hair and doesn't take much of your time to style especially if you are always in a rush. When I took out the dread, my hair had transitioned properly and the "un-natural" part of my hair came off, so I was good to be called a Naturalista!😆

                                                    #FlashbackFriday

         MAINTAINING DREADS

What I used: Supreme Hair ( Afro kinky Braids) , used 1pack, I wanted it short (shoulder length), so it was divided into two. You can also use Noble Gold Artificial Dreadlocks.

It wasn't crocheted, I can't really remember how she did it, but I know she used thread to make it thick and my hair wasn't out. 

Supreme Afro-Kinky Hair

                                                          Noble Gold Artificial Dreadlocks

Requirements: -  Oil Sheen, 

                         -  Hair Mousse, 

                         -  Hair moisturizer, 

                         -  Tooth-brush hair brush 

                         -  Tail comb.

   

STEPS

- Moisturize your scalp and inner parts of your hair every 2-3 days. I used Organics hair Mayonnaise and Morgan Pomade.

- Use the tooth-brush hair brush to brush your edges.

- Spray the hair mousse to rub the dreads by palm rolling, the spray the oil sheen to make dreads look nice and shiny every 2-3 days.

- Wash your hair every 2 weeks or once a week, depending on the amount of dirt you allow. You wash it like you are washing your hair (its water-resistant) and drys very fast.

               And you good to go!

   Tip: it gets finer and more realistic as the day goes by.

            It's the Weekend, don't forget to Live, Laugh and Love!

If you have any questions concerning dreads, you can ask below 👇👇 . Would you try dreadlocs? How did you transition your hair, if you natural? I would love to know in the comment section

KNOWING YOUR SELF-WORTH

  Hey dear,
Like I promised in my last post here, this is a post about self-worth, knowing your self-worth goes a long way in discovering yourself, tackling depression(like I discussed here ) and so much more.

Self Worth, Self Esteem, Self Love all mean the same thing and that's what we all have been trying to do and constantly remind ourselves, but do we really know how to Love ourselves in Christ?. That's what God wants, not looking for love in worldly things. Most people remember to love themselves and their worth when things go bad and start looking for it in other things and ways apart from Christ, which is though good but non-lasting. We love ourselves Physically but forget to love ourselves in Christ.
        Self Worth has to do with a whole lot of things, which includes:
- Right Attitude/Mentality: Believe in yourself, have the right mentality. Jesus didn't die for you to be a mediocre or think bad of yourself. HE saw something valuable in you to die for, always try to remember that things may not look /feel right, but that doesn't mean you should sell yourself short. You don't need to think much of what people say or think about you.

- Recognize the Battle to Fight: Most people always feel the need to prove themselves and worth to  people and that's wrong, not all the time prove that you are right, sometimes let them think what they want, not you fighting a battle with them that might cause you something more precious. Sometimes let sleeping dogs lie.
     Proverbs 20:3 says it all: It is an honor for a man to keep from fighting, but the foolish are ever at  war.

               It's hard sometimes, but you just gotta do it.
- Self Comparison: This is something we are all guilty of, either consciously or unconsciously. Comparing ourselves to others, wanting so bad to be them.etc. Some use it as a way of building-up themselves but that's doing it in a wrong way. 
  The grass may look greener on the other Side but that doesn't mean it doesn't have to be Mowed.
     

- Playing Up to People: There is a statistic that says that out of the 100% of people you meet in life:
        25% - will never like you, no matter how you persuade them to.
        25%- can be persuaded to like you.
        25%-  will like you and can be persuaded not to.
        25%- will stand by you no matter what.
    Playing up to people is seeking and looking for people's approval, sacrificing your identity to people that may not care about you or your feelings.

- Being Content: You've to be content with what you have in terms of material, spiritual gifts, talents, skills. Don't be jealous, instead Appreciate what the person has and God can give you yours if need be. Never think what you've is useless or not good enough, it might not make any meaning now, but trust me God didn't put something less in you.
    1 Corinthians 12:6-7 : And there are different operations, but the same God, who is working all things in all. But to every man some form of the Spirit's working is given for the common good.

      Self Worth is a journey to Self Discovery because sometimes we forget who we are and our worth and do certain things.
    Never get into the petty habit of measuring your Self Worth with other people's Net Worth. - Robin.S. Sharma.
   
      NOTE TO SELF:
- Let your Life answer your critics.
- Learn not to make a big deal out of things you shouldn't.
- Know the battles to fight.
- Not Everyone will like you.
- Not everyone's Opinion counts, God's Only.

                          Hope you have a lovely day and weekend Ahead! Don't forget to Comment and Share. What's your take on self-worth? I will like to know what you think
        Remember  SHARING IS KINGING!