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In Entertainment February 4, 2020 By Editor

Busola Dakolo Found Her Voice In The Midst Of Adversity

Exquisite Magazine is starting the year by drawing strength from the amazing story of its magazine cover which features the amazing Busola Dakolo, nicknamed “The Voice of Courage“.

In this issue, Busola Dakolo who is a photographer graced the cover of the magazine looking absolutely stunning, as she shared her journey to finding her voice in the midst of adversity.⁣⁣⁣

The cover celebrates the photographer for her strength and courage to speak up after her rape incident, which definitely helped a lot of other women going through similar situations to find the strength to speak up as well.

Photo Credit:⁣⁣
Photographer: @mike_kure⁣⁣
Art Director/Styling: @infoworldcharming ⁣⁣
Assist Stylist: @davidstarr_ ⁣⁣
Makeup: @ceeyonceemua ⁣⁣
Hair Stylist: @highdtosin ⁣⁣
Jewelry: @obidiiya⁣⁣
Outfit: @ladybeellionaire_luxury ⁣⁣⁣⁣
Fascinators: @enemaya_stores

In fashion&style February 4, 2020 By Editor

Lala Anthony on Being Broke is a State of Mind

Television personality, actress, author, businesswoman Lala Anthony shares boss moves.

From her humble roots hosting on MTV segments, the TV personality has transformed into a New York Times bestselling author and entrepreneur.

She recently sat down with InStyle to discuss her business ventures and offering gems of wisdom to young business-minded women looking to follow in her footsteps.

La La, success was not rooted in material possession but a desire to change her circumstances. She explains in the interview that her non-stop grind from the not wanting to be broke. “My mom always made it work with whatever she had to keep our family together, even when she was a single parent,” she tells InStyle. “That’s why my goal in life was always to not be broke. It wasn’t about having a career; I didn’t even know I wanted to do. But I knew what being broke felt like and I never wanted to have that feeling again.”

10 million followers later, La La has become very successful in her own right but that didn’t come easily. It was about timing and not being afraid to burn some bridges along the way.

“It took time to get to a place where outside validation wasn’t important,” she said. “Plus, I’m a people pleaser, and I wanted everyone to like me and be my friend. I used to let people run all over me because I didn’t want to ruffle an feathers, but I learned that in order to do what’s best for yourself, sometime that’s necessary.”

In 2015, La La released her book, “The Power Playbook: Rule of Independence, Money, and Success”, that offers lots of savvy tips for readers looking to transform their business and how to thrive in your career.

At age 38, the accomplished mother of one is more than a basketball wife but being a mother is still one of greatest accomplishments. “Kiyan is the best thing that ever happened to me,” she says. “He’s what I’m most proud of. Having him is the most badass thing I’ve ever done, so I definitely feel most powerful when I’m in mom mode.”

Source: Because Of Them We Can

In fashion&style January 27, 2020 By Editor

This Is How Ami Colé’s Founder Is Building The Next Great Beauty Business

Senegalese born, Harlem-native Diarrha N’Diaye is launching her own line of products . She kind of hinted at this in her 2019 interview with BN Style.

In an interview with Byrdie.com she opens up about why she decided to start and building a beauty business.

On her inspiration for starting Ami Cole

“For a very long time, I didn’t know beauty outside of this bubble,” she says. “The idea of my mother’s shop was to transform someone into their most beautiful self, and that’s what I saw. Girls would travel to our salon with their cut-outs and Hype Hair magazine and that was our pinnacle of beauty. It wasn’t until I hit the ‘real world’ where I realized that wasn’t represented.”

On her industry experience (as a social media strategist at L’Oréal and on the product development team at Glossier)

“We were afterthoughts, even in terms of formulation,” she shares. “Many vendors catered to the same people and brands. So out of habit, distributors are creating products in a certain shade range (catered to light skin), and then throwing in a darker shade to accommodate a ‘woman of color.’” N’Diaye adds, “The formulations didn’t have us in mind from the beginning. I always felt like I was being squeezed into a space. There wasn’t much thought about how we influence culture or how we influence spend.” “Many times, I was the only one on a team of 50, or even 100, having to explain why the brand’s key messaging or particular imagery was not appropriate for us. I am black, yes. But, I don’t represent every single experience. I felt very tokenized in some instances, but also felt the need to also be an advocate for all of us. It was a tough space.”

On why she started Ami Cole

“People want their skin, but better.” Her initial collection is set to provide a skin-enhancing tint, an illuminator, and a lip treatment. “I thought it was important to offer these products because there aren’t a lot of options. I loved Laura Mercier’s Tinted Moisturizer, but they didn’t offer my shade until two months ago. Brands weren’t giving me the tint I wanted. Each of the products are going to have a skincare first approach.”

Credit Bellanaija

In Entertainment January 21, 2020 By Editor

BISOLA AIYESOLA KNOWS WHAT A QUEEN SHE IS |SHARES HER BIRTHDAY PHOTOS

Right here at Women of Rubies ‘WOR’ We love it when women own their crown and wear is proudly.

Delectable Bisola has this to say on her birthday:

As i Celebrate my birthday today, I am chanelling the Queen Amina in me. Queen Amina was a warrior, a leader, a defender of her people and one of the most successful traders in history. My fellow queens and princesses, the power in us is undefeatable and the light in us is undimmable, the conquest ahead of us is unstoppable. Happy Birthday Queen Biyesi of the world, your best is ahead of You”

The actress wrote on her Instagram Page this morning.

Bisola Aiyesola is not just an actress, she is a singer, an Mc and was a nominee for ‘Future Award Price for acting’. She starred in blockbuster movie Sugar Rush.

She adorned herself in a northern ensemble portraying Queen Amina.

She turn 34 today Queen! Because you know this just right.

In fashion&style January 21, 2020 By Editor

MERCY JOHNSONS HUSBAND AND CHILDREN ARE HER GREATEST FANS

The Nollywood actress premiered her new movie titled the Legends of Inikpi few days ago.

She had a whole squad with as her husband and three kids came all out to support her at the movie premier. They took out time for a some cute family photo.

Pregnant Mercy looked really glowy and beautiful. She wore a flowing gold dress with her packed in kinky looking multiple bun.

In fashion&style January 18, 2020 By Editor

YEMI ALADE SHARES HER MAKEUP PERFORMANCE ROUTINE WITH VOGUE MAGAZINE

Yemi Alade shares her performance “on stage” makeup look, explaining how she gets performance ready with Maybelline and Vogue Magazine.

Viewers get to see her favorite make up product on the channel which has about 6.94 million subscribers.

Yemi Alade is the latest celebrity to grace Vogue‘s Youtube channel.

“I’m sharing some secrets, guys—get your notepads,” she laughs as she gets into her skin-care and makeup routine.

Acknowledging the fact that she has not always had a go-to beauty regimen, she says, “You should see my makeup from [the early] days. I’m not sure what I was thinking. It was like my own personal hurricane was hitting my face.”

Alade’s starts with cleansing her face with a special made charcoal soap. Then she moisturises with coconut oil before filling her eyebrows with a dark brown Maybelline pencil.

Watch the video below:

In fashion&style January 6, 2019 By Editor

BEAUTY TRICKS FOR A YOUNGER, SHINY LOOK

Apply mosturizer to your face before applying foundation so as to retain moisture to your skin.

Cover problem spots with concealer, not foundation. Using a foundation to conceal spots, acne, etc, will make your face to look lighter and unnatural.

Choose a shadow color that is the opposite of your eye color. Use a shadow color opposite your eye color to bring out the beauty of your eyes.

Heavy makeup makes one look more older, so apply less makeup. Remember, less is more!

Dab a bit of shea butter, vaseline, or lip gloss to your lips, to give your mouth a fuller look.

For rough and dry skin, exfoliate with orange. Just cut an orange into two halves and rub on the affected areas.

Get rid of under eye circles with green teabags. Place cold tea bags under the eyes for ten minutes.

For fuller eyelashes, massage eyelashes with castor oil.

Most importantly, drink a lot of water and live a healthy lifestyle.

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In Career Gems August 1, 2018 By Editor

KYLIE JENNER NOW HAS HER OWN FILTER ON INSTAGRAM

Instagram users who follow Jenner can swipe over to their live camera and see what they look like with a Kylie Cosmetics lipstick.

The filter allows users to virtually wear seven of the most famous Kylie Cosmetics lip colors — Candy K, Dolce, Posie K, Say No More, Shady, Boy Bye and Glitz — which are sold on KylieCosmetics.com, as well as at the brand’s various pop-up shops and mobile truck events.

In addition to testing out the ultra-glam virtual lipstick, the filter will also define and darken lashes, softly blur the face and give users a Jenner-like contour.

Forbes reports that Kylie Cosmetics has sold more than $630 million worth of makeup since its initial launch, which includes an estimated $330 million in 2017 alone.

Credit: People Magazine

In Career Gems July 28, 2018 By Editor

TOYIN ABRAHAM SETS TO LAUNCH HER OWN MAKEUP LINE

Nollywood actress and producer Toyin Abraham has ventured into makeup business, as she sets to launch her own makeup line named ‘Body Talk By Toyin’.

The new brand includes Powder, Eye Shadow and lipsticks.

She also revealed the name of her 6 lipstick brand; Abigael, Ara Ibadan, Arewa, Lagos Red, Toyintitans and Fatimah.

More details coming soon.

In fashion&style May 14, 2018 By Editor

DR EZINNE MERIBE: CAN WE ALL BE A SIZE 6?

The first season of Beyond A Dress Size podcast explores the most important component of life beyond a dress size which is . . . .our bodies. Too often, we tend to treat our bodies as if it were something that needed fixing so we can finally live our lives freely *no thanks to the messages we receive from society and the media*. What we fail to realize is that we are our bodies and whatever messages we send to our bodies permeates every other aspect of our lives especially our self-esteem as women.

We also dig deep into body diversity – the concept that different bodies of this world come in different shapes and size, the appreciation of our bodies and that of others and how we can approach our bodies and that of others with kindness and compassion.

Hosted by Dr. Ezinne Meribe of Zinnyslifestyle, Beyond a Dress Size podcast creates stimulating conversations with the sole purpose of empowering women to OWN and LOVE their bodies and LIVE in it fabulously.

In this episode, our guest is Dr. Nneka Chima who is also a physician and Public Health expert. The conversation sheds more light on why it is more important that people of all sizes pursue health and not weight loss or fad diets. Most importantly, “people in bigger bodies are not unhealthy, lazy, unworthy of love and belonging or less smart. Let’s pursue and promote health for people of all sizes. We can’t all be a size 6 but we can all be healthy”.

The goal is to throw more light on what other health indicators we should all pursue and realize that health is not defined by the number on the scale.

Listen below.
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Special thanks to Dr. Nneka Chima for joining me this week. Can’t wait to share my next guest with you.

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Dr. Ezinne Meribe is the host of Beyond A Dress Size podcast; a podcast series that creates stimulating conversations to pull down misconceptions on nutrition, weight loss, health and body diversity while empowering women to live life beyond the numbers on the dress label, scale or tape.
She is the Lead Wellness Coach/Founder at Zinnyslifestyle, where she leverages her professional qualifications and personal experience to teach women how to OWN & LOVE their bodies and LIVE in it fabulously; having successfully won the struggle with being overweight and loving her body. A UK certified Wellness Professional with a Bachelors in Medicine and Surgery (MBBS), she completed her postgraduate training in Public Health at Kumamoto University, Japan. As a Medical Doctor and Public Health Specialist, she continues to promote preventive medicine as the number one way to combat the severe health system constraints in developing countries.

She runs a refreshing Facebook community of over 14,000 women – Healthy Yummy Mummies; where mums can lean on each other while exploring through what a healthy lifestyle means for them and their families. She understands the influence mums have on the community because when you positively influence one woman’s lifestyle, you influence her children, her husband, her siblings and of course her parents.

You can connect with her on
Instagram @zinnyslifestyle
Facebook @zinnyslifestyle
Read more on Medium @ezinnemeribe
Or send an email to info@zinnyslifestyle.com

About Mo’ Sibyl
Mo! hails from Lagos (yes, we still exist) and has come to fall in love with the Korean culture – politics, drama, language, food, economic development (pre and post the Korean war). Mo! also loves to writ(h)e and have meaningful conversations with people with diverse opinions.

She speaks 4.25 languages (Yorùbá, English, Korean, Pig Latin, and 0.25 French), has visited a few countries, and is excited to explore more. She’s also a cultural nomad who resides in Oklahoma City where she works, does Toastmasters (an organization dedicated to communication and leadership development), raises her imaginary quokka, and volunteers with Korean international students.

Mo! is extremely curious, needs to learn something new every day, and hopes to infuse that insatiable thirst for diverse knowledge into BN readers. Mo! hosts the weekly podcast – The More Sibyl Podcast (www.mosibyl.com) – a podcast on culture and cultural nomads.

Mo! holds a B.Pharm (Hons.) from the University of Lagos and a Ph.D. in Health Economics and Outcomes Research from the University of Texas at Austin. She currently works as an Assistant Professor at the University of Oklahoma.

Mo! also writ(h)es here: https://medium.com/@Mosibyl

Follow Mo! on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook as @Mosibyl. Email Mo! on talktomo@mosibyl.com