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Feature: Blazers

Blazer is a type of jacket resembling a suit jacket but cut more casually. It's an item of unisex clothing. It is more formal and tailored from solid colour fabrics.  It is generally distinguished from a sport-coat as a more formal garment. Blazers is an automatic dapper look being with the way you pair with the right accessories, you can never go wrong with it. Blazers are often part of a uniform that denotes, for example, an airline's employees, students of a particular school and to mention but a few. They are seen with trousers or skirts of all colours and fabrics, from the classic white cotton or linen to grey, different colors of jeans and to mention but a few.

5 Makeup Artist Brush Tricks

Just as a painter uses brushes to create on a canvas, makeup brushes are must use tools to utilize when painting your face. So here are five best brush tricks to keep in mind. Wash Your Brushes: Always wash your makeup brushes at least once in a week. Washing them preserves the hair and shape, and also remove excess makeup to keep the bristles hygienic. Use liquid soap or shampoo, massage and rinse until the water runs clear. If your brush feels dry and stiff, rub a small amount of olive oil through the bristles before cleaning. This will soften the hair. Blend: The most important secret to keep in mind when using brushes is always focussing on blending. You can take the darkest shadow and turn it into the seamless smokey eye if you blend well enough. Quality vs Quantity: You don't need a huge assortment of brushes for everyday use. The key brushes to have in your collection are a foundation, blush/powder, bronzer, contour and 3 eyeshadow brushes- one for application, one for

How to Use a Beauty Blender

Never apply foundation with a dry beauty blender and that's because using a damp beauty blender gives a dewy streak-free finish. It also ensures it doesn't soak up too much of your product. The Tip: Ideal for blending small areas like the nose, the lips and hollow of the cheek. The Body: The soft foam material works perfect when wet. The Shape: The corner-less design reduces streaks and lines. The Base: Best for buffing large areas like forehead, cheeks, chin and jawline.

Makeup Tutorial: How to Use Color Correcting Makeup

In the age of contouring, strobing and root-stamping, it seems our standard, pat makeup processes are getting upgrades. Every five minutes, someone is discovering a new way to improve how we dress up our faces. The latest and greatest upgrade comes in the form of a concealer—more specifically, multiple concealers. Instead of using one uniform nude concealer to cover all of our skin concerns, beauty lovers have adopted color-correctors. Formulated in various vibrant shades of purple, green, yellow, orange, etc., each color tackles a specific skin concern and works to neutralize the area using fancy, strategic color theory (think of  those cool color wheels you played with in grade school). Now we can go on all day about the hows and whys of color-correcting, but we’ve already done that here. Instead, today i am just going to show you how and where exactly to apply your fancy multi-colored concealers to ensure you get your money’s worth. Step 1: Apply face primer to you

5 Reasons Never To Share Your Makeup Products

Sharing makeup products is surprisingly common amongst ladies and it's a terrible habit! Ladies when touching up end up passing around tubes of lipsticks, lip gloss and balms, mascaras and so on between each other for quick use and in process transfer bacteria and even more! Makeup products and tools are the perfect breeding places for bacteria. Avoid and never share your makeup products. Risks of eye infections Sharing mascara, eyeliners and eyeshadows can cause bad infections to the eye. This is extremely worse for those who wear contacts as the tear ducts can easily get infected by dirt and grime as well as bacteria transferred from a person to the other. Risk of contaminating an entire makeup product Sharing makeup product like loose powder attracts the risk of contaminating the whole powder- applying it with brush(es) that has been transferred from a person (and 'their bacteria') to the other- a product in a jar for instance get contaminated at just one tou

Summer Trend Alert!

It's all about ideas on some summer trends to watch out for and also spring trend that might make a comeback this season...Stay inspired. Stripes is majorly having a comeback this season. Stripes in neutrals and pastel are the queens now and can be worn for any occasion or with any outfit pairing... Just take a look at your closet and see how many stripped clothes you own and how you can re-vamp them to fit your summer wardrobe. The amazing thing is that this trend is diversified and will also be a thing among men fashion. Stripes paired with monk strap is the dopest. The over-sized shirt is still very much in trend all through spring/summer, we just haven't had enough of it yet...Yes baby! lol The off-shoulder, without a doubt, is one of the hottest spring trends of the year and is making a comeback this season, even in the traditional fashion. It's all about the sneakers baby lol starting from Adidas collaborating with Kanye West or Puma collaborati

How To Avoid Makeup Mistakes

Applying makeup is an art and most women make big mistakes when they apply makeup on their faces. They want to look beautiful and in doing so they do unusual things. Here are some of the most common makeup mistakes women make while applying makeup and how to avoid them. The most common mistake women make is to use too much foundation or BB cream. When you put an excessive amount of foundation when making grimaces like laughing, talking or frowning cracks appear and this looks ugly. In this way, women look unattractive and they must keep in mind that hiding the little deformities or pimples with too much foundation never makes them beautiful. Most of the time girls who know little about makeup use eye shadows in bright, funky colours and they apply them from the start of their eyelids all the way to the eyebrows. Eye shadows put without highlighter and contour line look tasteless. Such eye makeup is not attractive at all. It is much better to use two or three shades,

Feature: Ankara Friday

Ankara is a wonderful fabric that can be used in different styles like jumpsuit, skirt and blouse, dress and to mention but a few. You can't go wrong with ankara when using the right accessory on it and it been sewed by a good tailor. It can be in the form of a top paired with high waist trouser, be it plain or jean. The top can be off-shoulder, peplum, jacket any style you want. Long sleeve, short sleeve, sleeveless, depends on you. It also is in the form of a high waist maxi skirt which is really modest and decent. The skirt could have a slit at the front or at the side be it the way you want it. You can have it short or long. Both will come out splendid and mix baby. It's all about mixing baby! You don't wanna look boring. Mix the fabric baby! Try new things. Be different and don't be scared to take risks. Make sure you mix it carefully you don't wanna be a laughing stock.

Style Tips For Different Body Types

Sorry for being MIA fam, need to work on that lol. Giving you essential and super effective styling tips for different body types. so if you want to possess a look that's effortless every single time, then make sure to follow these rules...stay inspired! Petite: if you're on the short side of things, you need not fret. you can look taller simply by following these styling tips for different body types: Work with vertical lines. these lines direct the eye line from top to bottom, thereby making you look longer and leaner. Choose clothes with slim-fitting bodice for a slimmer and chic look. Go for nude-colored clothes, as they can make your legs look longer and make you appear taller. Tall: While most people crave for this body type, the wrong styling tricks can destroy your lean look. if you have a towering height, then make sure to follow these styling tips for different body types: Don't be afraid to wear heels as they can further elongate your l

5 Best Primers

Primers do for your skin what lingerie does for your figure - they smooth, flatter, conceal and hold things in place, so that everything you put on top of them looks immediately better. Whether you want to blur wrinkles, mattify, minimise the appearance of pores or even out skin tone, primers do this whilst creating a velvety base for make-up and helping it to stay put for longer. Heere are the 10 best primers. MAC This beauty classic promotes even skin tone and creates the ideal base for make-up, plus it noticeably reduces oiliness. Choose the base colour to suit your skin type - Radiant Pink is perfect for fairer tones. Laura Mercier   The clue is in the name - this primer is all about luminous, youthful skin. Use all over the skin for a dewy glow, or apply to cheekbones, the bridge of the nose and the forehead for a subtle but noticeable radiance. Chanel     Chanel's Le Blanc De Chanel Multi-Use Illuminating Base manages to mattify skin whilst also

Traditional Outfit Ideas

Traditional wears include ankara, lace and to mention but a few. It's all about balancing cultural and new-age fashion. Bringing in different styles to compete with casual outfits. Traditional outfits are mostly worn for special events like weddings, burial and to mention but a few. It can also be in different forms like skirt and blouse, iro and buba, jumpsuit, gown depending on the individual's taste. Some also are being sown as dinner gown especially with the use of lace. You can totally rock this look as a wedding guest or even a bridesmaid for traditional wedding which is commonly done in Nigeria. You might want to pair your outfit with a matching color for your gele and pair it with a silver clutch to tone the matching spree lol. To make your fabric look nice and fitted on you, make sure you get the right fashion designer or tailor to get your measurement correctly and give you a wonderful style. Like i said ea

Weekend Outfit Ideas

 It's weekend fellas. You don't wanna look boring the way you normally do during weekdays. Weekends is for relaxation like having time for yourself and all. Here are outfit ideas for the weekend. More pictures... Wear that bandage or bodycon gown you have got in your closet and pair it with sneakers. You just wanna look cool and simple, that's all. You can definitely rock this to a party like a birthday party or get together, looking all chic and comfy. You wanna rock this look to the movies, trust me this is perfect for the movies or wanna hang out with your friends, this is the go to look anytime anyday! You can rock these looks weekdays and also weekends. The first look definitely for party or an event same with the others. This is a casual look for the movies too. Just pair this awesome and simple outfit with the perfect sneakers! Yaaasss baby! make those ladies drool over you. lol