Juicy Orange!

Are oranges called oranges because they are orange in colour? Or is the colour orange called orange because oranges are orange in colour? Well, whichever is the case, the colour orange was the code for the engagement ceremony between Tejumade and Temitope, on  the 3rd of November. The 'juicy' event took place at the YMCA ground, 24 road, Festac town.                                                                                     Having decided what to make with my aso-ebi, I also chose a hair-style to compliment it- bringing old times back...as usual! Enjoy.....

Love In The Ancient City.

For Taiwo and Dupe, the journey to walking down the aisle started from the city of love, capital of France where Dupe spilled the magic words "will you marry me?" And Taiwo said "yes, yes, yes!" Last saturday, the 20th of october 2012, the deal was sealed in the ancient city of Ibadan where the couple signed the dotted lines.







 

It was a very colourful ceremony with yellow and wine as colours of the day...

 

 

PS. Bridesmaids dresses were made by yours fashionably, Ma'am...



...and from the engagement

 

(IN)DEPENDENCE

 I read somewhere that "sometimes the chains that prevent us from being free are more mental than physical" This takes me back to the recently concluded Olympics/ Paralympics games last August/ September. Having watched both games, I am wondering which had more able or disabled men and women as competitors bearing in mind which group brought home the medals...

So, who really are the (dis)able?

Now, I am wondering even more if the theory applies to their 'mother' who just turned 52 today, how (in)dependent is she really?

However, inspite of all that is happening and isn't happening, there are still things to be thankful for - We don't have it all, but we have some.
Therefore, no need for sermons, leaving it short and simple, I'd just say, "Loose the 'BOLT(s)'so that you can count your 'BLESSING(s)'!

Happy Independence Nigeria!

Loose the bolts, be free!

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'Fringe Benefits'

My favourite hairdo would be anything away from my face- hair packed up in a bond or thrown all to the back (thank God for full hair lines). I do not particularly like a fringe, not necessarily because it doesn't suit me (although I don't have the sort of a forehead that kind of makes it sit properly) but I find it rather uncomfortable. The bangs obstruct free flow of air unto my face.

Talking about the forehead, I remember watching Marian Arthur Anazodo on NTA years back and she always had a fringe on and one of my friends said its because of her 'forehead' (whatever it is about her head I don't know, no be me talk am ). Now this brings out the fact that people actually do the fringe to cover up things. Things like pimples and spots (which are sometimes caused by the heat from the hair). The most popular one would be because of 'chopped' front hair lines otherwise known as the 'iya eko syndrome'. I wonder who came up with this theory but it isn't far-fetched as the fallen front hair is peculiar to real Lagos(eko) women. Unfortunately, young ladies are fast acquiring the syndrome, so they grab a 'fringe benefit'!

"A fringe, also referred to as bangs in American English, is a shaped cutting of the front part of the hair so that it is combed forward and hangs or curls over the forehead. The term bangs originally referred to hair cut straight across at the front, although the term is now applied to diverse forms of fringe. A classic fringe (bang) is cut fairly straight at or above the eyebrows, but they can also be ragged or ruffled, spiked up with hair gel, swept to one side or the other, and sometimes they are cut longer to partially cover the eyes."

Sideswept: Hair is cut longer than a normal fringe and swept across one side of the face

Brow-Skimming: Hair that hits below the brow and can look "heavy" or "light" on the face

Wispy: Hair that "sprinkles" over the forehead lightly.

Short/baby: Hair which is usually cut above the brows, it is normally bluntly cut across the middle of the forehead and can be shorter

 

"Hairstyles that feature fringes or bangs have come and gone out of fashion as frequently as other hairstyles, and they can be worn in any number of styles.

In the 1980s and early 1990s, curly, teased fringes were in fashion. In 2007, the fringe saw another massive revival as a hair trend, this time thick, deep and blunt-cut. In October 2007, style icon and model Kate Moss changed her hairstyle to have a fringe, signalling the continuation of the trend into 2008."

 

*It is quite essential to determine the shape of your face before deciding what you want to 'bang' on your head.

 So it happened that I needed to get my hair done and had gone to buy a weave. From 'testing-testing', I ended up going home with this 'thing'- it looked nice on my head, wearing something different from the norm... Did I say earlier that I didn't really like fringes? Yes! Except I was living in a place like Alaska...ok ok! That's really cold, but that's to tell you how much I can't survive with a fringe on. As I was saying, I decided to play dress-up with my new 'thing' and I took pictures too...

 

Still on the matter, I can assure you that this 'thing' didn't last on my head more than the few minutes it took me to have these pictures taken before I yanked off the WIG! At least, with it, I can always have my sanity back after enjoying my share of the 'fringe benefits'. But hey, wig or not, if u catch me with this hairstyle, then it  must be that everywhere, at every second must be VERY cool! This is the rule to break the rule! Period!