First Blog Giftie For One Lucky Winner! Yay!!!

Woohoooo!!! I just won this cute pink (aww, you know how much I love pink) Trizzy Signature fascinator today! I'm frigging excited because I never win anything, so this is like a really big deal for me. However, because I'm unable to pick it up for myself *sad face*, I have decided to generously give it out to one lucky blog reader in Lagos...

Just before we get to the giftie, let's talk a bit about our giftie benefactor - Trizzy Signature.

We all know how accessories can add the perfect finish to any outfit. Very well then... If you're looking for classy and unique hats, fascinators, bridal hair pieces, turban head gears etc for personal use, bridal trains and other occasions or for retail/wholesale, Trizzy Signature is the best place to get a bang for your buck. You'll have a bouquet of several different ready-made styles to pick from as well as the option of custom designs and special orders of other brands at affordable prices.

Trizzy signature is based in Lagos but can deliver to any part of Nigeria (delivery fees apply).

You can contact and place your orders via any of these mediums.

Instagram: Trizzy_signature

BBM channel: C004D0C2B

Whatsapp: 08127750317

Call: 08127132185

Email: trizzysignature@gmail.com

...and the best part - there's a monthly giveaway of a fascinator on the Trizzy signature BBM channel to anyone who gets their brain teasers right. 

Check out more styles and designs from Trizzy Signature below.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Cute eh? Well, whatchu waiting for? Start placing orders!


For the giftie...  all you have to do to win that pink fascinator that I won, is to do the exact same thing I did to win it - get the correct answer to the brain teaser below - the first person to post the right answer in the comment section of this blog post wins. Legoooo!!!

Post your answer in the comment box now!!!

Don't forget to drink lots of water!

xoxo...
Girlfriends.

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T.L.O.B - The Love Of Beauty

Kanye West has announced plans for a kids' clothing line and renamed his soon-to-be-released album again to T.L.O.P (asking his fans to guess what it stands for and win a prize), probably because of the feud with Wiz Khalifa {and Amber Rose} on wanting to use "Waves". At first he named the album Swish, then he changed it to Waves, and now it's T.L.O.P. It's no surprise then that the Internet is going crazy with people trying to guess what T.L.O.P means although they seem not to be taking him too seriously. Click here for all kinds of meanings people came up with. I think it means "The Love Of Peace" though. You know, changing his album's name for the sake of peace.  After the feud he did say - I love the world bottom line and all I want is peace and positive energy. What do you think T.L.O.P means?

Now, let's get to T.L.O.B which means the love of beauty. (Does it seem familiar? That's probably because you are a student or an alumni of the Federal Government Girls' College, Onitsha. A line from the third verse of the School's anthem goes thus - feminine grace and love of beauty, all that is good is nurtured here...). So, for the love of beauty - because, who doesn't want to look young and beautiful, especially this Valentine season? - I visited the MAC studio at The Palms shopping mall in Lekki, Lagos a few days ago to get some makeup. As is customary with them (and most makeup studios), they gave me a facial makeover including contouring and highlighting and encouraged me to get the products so I can do all of that on my own. Hmmm.

That's how I came home and started binging on youtube contouring and highlighting videos. Do you know that you can practically contour and highlight several parts of your body? Including your lips, your decolletage (yes, your cleavage) to make your boobies look bigger, fuller and and and... I don't even know the word I'm looking for. Don't believe me? Click here. You can also contour and highlight your neck and collar bone area as well as your underarms, abs, butt and even your legs to make them appear toned. Wow! Who knew? I'm still on face and people are moving south. Please what stage are you on? 

Anyhoo, if you want to learn how to do a basic and non-overwhelming contouring and highlighting of the face, (remember I told you before that there's such a thing as over-contouring) I recommend you see this video.

Cosmo also has a guide on their website - cosmopolitan.com - on how to figure out the shape of your face, and the areas to contour/highlight to match your face shape. Click here to see it.

Just before I go, I'll just give you one piece of advice - BLEND! Blending is key, if you don't blend properly, you'll end up looking like a clown and of-course, I'm going to point and laugh! :) Oh, there's a contouring and highlighting video for clowns too. See it below, just so... you stay away from it! Well, except if you're attending a scary-ass clown party for the who-is-who of clowns. Two thumbs up to the quirky chic who did the video though. I had a really good laugh... and you know laughing helps tone your abs. So, I'm grateful for that.

Don't forget to drink lots of water!

xoxo...

Girlfriends

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Hey Kiki, What's In The Bag?

Written by Kiki Efebo.

Whatever the size of a handbag/purse you see with a Girl, more intriguing than the bag itself will be its contents. What you'll see in there is what happens when Girls date Boy Scouts and learn, you know, to be prepared! 

Don't believe me?

Well then, watch this short clip -

Told ya! That's how three weeks ago, I got a last minute invite for yet another bridal shower (Dear future hubby, please show up already. It needs to be my own bridal shower soon). This time, it was a simple set up. The only rules were "come dressed in black" and "7pm European time" - the organizers' way of ensuring we didn't assume African time. They wished! - I got there on time though (because I'm a good Girl and very compliant) looking all glam and ready to partyyyyy! Right after the bride-to-be arrived and we yelled "SURPRISE!!!" as is customary with surprise parties, my friend Ireti decided we should play the "What's in the bag?" game.

Just in case you are as clueless as I was about the game, it's basically everyone spilling the contents of their purses and each item scored, with the most predictable item given the lowest mark and vice versa. The chic with the highest mark gets a prize.

Feeling all fly with myself, I opted to go first and promptly emptied the contents of my purse on the table - ID, phone, some cash, dental floss, compact mirror, mints and lipstick. I ended up with a grand 17points. Fair enough, right?

WRONG!!! The winning chic scored a whooping 64points! We were all shocked, Ireti especially because the chic's bag was small, compared to the rest of us but somehow she had managed to fit in a mini hair-dryer(wow!), a curling iron and a pepper spray in the bag, among several other regular and not-so-regular items.

I was so pissed at myself. First for not winning the Spa treatment prize and second for having the least points. I mean, see me forever trying to be a chic and always feeling like I've got all essentials on me when I'm stepping out. The entire game was such an eye opener. Girls sha! Even guys too! I remember during my NYSC camp days, there was this guy who always took an extra white t-shirt with him everywhere for whatever reason. Now that I think about it, maybe he's gay ...and I was kinda crushing on him. Oops! 

Jokes apart Girls, I don't think a lady should go out with her entire house in the name of "anything can happen". As long as she has her phone, a form of ID and some vex-money, she's good to go. Right? What do you think should be termed "definitely" in the ideal lady's purse? What do you carry in yours? Please share in the comments.

Also, where can I get Pepper spray in Nigeria?

xoxo...
Girlfriends

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