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Monday, November 28, 2016

PEACHY...



     This Gown is everything! Initially, I was contemplating on getting it but soon as I tired it on..... Mhennn. It was love at first try on lolzz. Most of you would know by now, that I am quite addicted to clothing pieces from Lost Ink which is an online store on Lamoda. This gown can be styled in different ways, from Off- the shoulder look, wearing it sleeveless to even pairing it with a jacket. I paired this lovely gown with a blue jean jacket to give it a casual, yet classy look!

    This Gown is actually peach in color but being that I took these shots late at Night on a cloudy day, The color failed to pop out (challenges of getting good shots). I styled this outfit with a black metallic clutch and a black peach fluffy sandals. I went very minimal with accessories, as I wanted the outfit and shoes to be the prime focus.

Please bear with me about the quality of the photos, I just couldn't go out again in the cold to retake these pictures. I do hope, I was able to inspire you in one way or the other......STAY VIEWING!!


Outfit details

Gown from Lamoda(Lost Ink)
Sandals from Lamoda(Lost Ink)
Jean Jacket from LC Waikiki
Clutch from Kari
Rings from Defacto
Hair made by me
Makeup by me
Photocredit: Phumilayoalade


Wearing the gown as Sleeveless


Wearing the gown Off- Shoulder



Wearing the gown with a jacket




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Saturday, November 26, 2016

OFE AKWU ISN'T DELTA BANGA SOUP!!


    Nigerian Banga soup is a dish, that is mostly eaten by the Niger Delta people and a native food of the Urhobos' and Isoko people. Most people tend to confuse this soup for Ofe akwu, which is a similar version served by the Igbos but in the form of stew. There are slight differences in the preparation of both dishes, as there is the absence of the Native banga soup spice in Ofe akwu and the use of scent leaves instead of beletietie leaves .
    This is one soup that can be made in different ways either with dried fish, meat or shrimps or fresh ones as an alternative. This soup can also be made with different kinds of leaves such as water leaves, bitter leaves e.t.c. Banga soup is also super delicious with okra (BangaOkra). Some may complain about the long duration of extracting the banga juice but this has been made easy, as banga concentrates are now sold in several supermarket in Nigeria and Ghana.
    As a pure Delta breed lolzz......I enjoy eating this soup with starch, I tried to make starch here in Belarus also, using powdered food starch sold in super markets. It wasn't exactly like the home made Nigerian Starch but it wasn't that bad and was glad I tried an alternative. Before I go on and on talking about my love for banga soup and the few challenges, I had preparing this dish here in Belarus!!......May we go to the soup procedures.

Banga soup before it was thickened




Yield: 5 servings

Ingredients

  • 400g palmnut cream concentrate(Bankwus)
  • 1kg cow meat (diced and precooked)
  • 3 medium size fresh croaker fish
  • 900g of fresh shrimps
  • 180g of red slim chilli peppers
  • 2 whole onions (chopped into little sizes)
  • Banga soup spices (IDS Instant)
  • 1 Tbsp of Beletietie leaves
  • 2 Tbsp of grounded crayfish
  • 2 Tbsp of dried grounded hot chilli peppers
  • 1/2 Tbsp of dried grounded ginger
  • 1/2 Tbsp of dried grounded garlic
  • 1/2 Tbsp of salt
  • 3 cubes of maggi

Directions
  1. Firstly, Parboil or should I say, Steam the fresh meat!!.....Season the meat with, two cubes of maggi, add ginger, garlic, chopped whole onions and a pinch of salt, add the quantity of water required to cook the soup (0.75L). Cook till meat softens a bit (10 minutes).
  2. Blend the fresh chilli pepper with the remaining onion and add in the boiling meat stock, let this cook till it boils up (4 minutes).
  3. Add in the Banga concentrate, you may add in more water if it looks too thick (0.25L), add in crayfish, grounded chilli pepper, beletietie leaves,salt to taste, fresh shrimps and the remaining maggi cube. This should cook for about 5 minutes.
  4. Add in the fresh fish last, as you don't want it to get shattered in the soup. Let this cook for 5 minutes, you would notice that the oil floats to the top of the soup and VIOLA.....SOUP IS READY!!
We the people of the Niger Delta, mostly thicken this soup in a native hot plate called ewere but since I am currently in school and couldn't get access to the plate, I thickened my soup in a non-stick pan.

Banga soup is commonly eaten with starch by the Urhobos and Isoko people of the Niger Delta region but could be eaten with garri, yam, plantain and sometimes rice for those that would find it difficult to make starch, as the starch making process isn't an easy one.

Banga soup thickened

Served with starch
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Friday, November 25, 2016

HIJAB MAKEUP!!!

Hi Guys!!!

So I was opportune to play makeup yet again, on a friend and colleague of mine "Syham". I was asked by a friend of ours "Tiana" , who runs a gossip blog and YouTube channel to be a guest on her vlog. It was an interesting experience, I must say😊. I would ensure to leave a link below to the video but before that, let me go on and give a brief description on the makeup look.

BEFORE (without makeup on)
   My model of the day, by name "Syham" is a fulani girl and a muslim, I have shared a pictorial makeup of hers' earlier on the blog,(CLICK HERE ) to take you to that blog post. I went for an Intense but casual smokey eye look, as the eye can either elevated or downgrade a makeup look and in her case her hair would be covered.....The eye look is usually one to take great emphasis on!!
This look is great in the sense that different lip stains could be worn with it. I went for a nude lip and substituted the nude lip stick for a bold burgundy matte liquid lip stick as an alternative. Trust me with this makeup look, you can go from neutral to glam in 30 seconds!!

NUDE LIPS(Neutral look)





BOLD LIPS(Glam look)






You can tell from these pictures that my friend and model Syham loved her look. It was really a pleasure working with her, I must say!! Feel free to watch my conversation/interview with my friend "Taina" and makeup tutorial by clicking on the video above👆☝. A special thanks to my friend Taina for having me on her Vlog.
Have a lovely weekend guys😊, feel free to subscribe to the blog and comment#THANKS

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Wednesday, November 16, 2016

OLD MEN IN POWER!!

Hi guys!!
Some of you would be wondering by now what the title of this post is all about but I ask you not to be as I would get to that in a bit. This has been pondering  my mind for quite some time now, I must say!! Why are old men within the age of 65-79 years of age👴 elected into power as Rulers/Leaders whereas in the Labor force or Health sector are told to retire at the age of sixty because they are termed not physically fit for Job performance😏.....Like for real!! I am confused.

The human body is a complex one and from the age of 40 in both men and women, we are more prone to have developed several chronic diseases. Even from the age of 60 years, the human body(physically) isn't the only thing that undergoes changes, the human mind as well!!. There may be mild disturbance in the level of thinking, behavioral changes and lastly who doesn't know that old people are very stubborn, they like things to be done a certain way as they believe that their way is usually the best (which isn't true in most cases), irrespective of changes in time and environment. Like an African says " What an old man would see sitting, a child won't see standing up"💁

But who has this parable helped in the Game called politics? We see videos and pictures of rulers sleeping every day in the house of assembly and creating nuisance each day either with a prostitute or just oppressing the rights of the poor. Just in case you are wondering, I am referring to my country Nigeria. This is a country whose leader has made a bold statement to the world, at how corrupt the country is. Disregarding the effect of such statement on the lives of several Nigerians (who would want to employ a citizen from a very corrupt country abroad?) Fine!! The present administration was able to recover billions of Dollars and Naira stolen but to whose gain, because as you can see from the news👇, Nigeria is still stated BROKE👀👀!! This leads to the question....Where do recovered money/lofts go to??

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Monday, November 14, 2016

MY SUNDAY JOLLOF RICE!!

Jollof Rice is one popular dish among the West African people. This one-pot rice dish is one that has brought about numerous argument among different countries because of it's deliciousness, as a few country claims theirs' taste better than others LOLZ😁. I guess by now, we all know about the famous argument about the Ghanaian and Nigerian Jollof rice. As the name implies this is one dish that puts people in a merry or 'Jolli' mood and is prepared on special occasions such as Marriage ceremonies, Burials(celebration of life), Birthdays, Children dedications and even festivities such as New year, Christmas and Easter celebrations. This is one of my favorite dish as it has a lot of versatility to it, from the cooking methods to the meat types and also servings.

I used the typical boiling method for this particular Jollof rice, as Jollof rice can be fried or baked also (Recipes on those would be coming up soon) and leftovers of several meat types with which I prepared Assorted meat sauce to be eaten with my rice.  This dish can be prepared using different kinds of grains from short grain rice, basmati, jasmine rice to even Buckwheat.....Yes😜!! I think I have done enough talking, May we proceed to the preparation.





Yield: 6 servings


Ingredients for the Jollof Rice

  • 900g of short grains rice
  • 200g of tinned tomatoes
  • 6 seeds of tomatoes blended with peppers and 1 whole onion
  • 2 seeds of tomatoes sliced in circular forms
  • 1 onion chopped up into squares less than an inch in size
  • Meat stock
  • 0.20L of Vegetable oil(6 Tbsps)
  • 3 maggi cubes
  • 1/2 Tbsp of salt
  • 1/2 Tbsp of turmeric
  • 1/2 Tbsp of dried thyme (less than 1/2 was used)
  • 1/2 Tbsp of dried ginger powder
  • 1/4 Tbsp of dried nutmeg powder
  • 3 gloves of garlic
  • 1 Tbsp of grounded dried chilli peppers


Directions

In a pot of boiling water, put in your already cleaned rice (rice is washed over running water). Allow rice to cook for 3 minutes then check it up, the rice should look a bit cooked( just a bit), excess water in drained out and a little turmeric, salt, 1 maggi cube, and pepper is added to the rice. the water left to cook the rice at this stage should be just about 2 cm or 1 and a half away from the rice depending on how hard your rice is but not more.(This is because the sauce which we are about to make would cook the rice further and we don't want the rice too soft😲). Set rice aside and in a sieve, when ready.

In a non-stick pan or same pot(If pot is non-stick or of good quality), put in the estimated amount of vegetable oil, allow oil get hot then add in a pinch of salt, the fresh chopped onions and garlic. Stir onions and when it turns translucent, add in the blended fresh tomatoes and peppers and cover pot lid (this would cook for 6 minutes). Add in your tinned tomatoes, chilli peppers, nutmeg, bay leaves, thyme and the meat stock then cover pot lid and let stew cook for 10 minutes( we want the stew to be dried, you would know that when the oil separates and sits on the paste). when the stew is dried you should dish out half of the stew and set aside, add in the sliced fresh tomatoes in the pot and your half -cooked rice, then with a wooden spatula stir mixture and cover the rice with foil paper or nylon bag (ensure you add enough sauce to the rice mixture but still leave some for the meat😍). The cooker should be reduced to medium heat to allow the rice cook and get dried without getting brunt too soon.

After about 8 minutes open rice and stir from top to bottom with wooden spatula (you may add more of the sauce we just made, if color isn't to your taste). Taste rice if maggi and salt is enough but please be mindful of salt and use as little as possible!! It is normal for jollof rice to burn but ensure that you cooker is on medium to low heat, so the rice cooks at the same time and keep the rice covered with foil or nylon to trap in stream that would cook the rice faster on that low heat. Calculating from the 1st time you stirred the rice after 8 minutes, give the food 5-7 more minutes and VIOLA!! Jollof rice is ready.

This meal is served along side some Vegetables prepared in different forms of salads, fried plantains, beans, spaghetti and different kinds of meats and fish of choice. Since the food is so spicy, it is preferable to serve it with a glass of white wine, or soft drink.....I prefer mine with a glass of orange juice. I hope I was able to give a detail description and direction of how this meal was prepared!!




Ingredients for the assorted meat sauce


  • Shaki....Cooked (rectum of a cow)
  • Gizzard(cooked with salt and pepper)
  • Smoked chicken
  • Smoked beef
  • Stew sauce (a little of the sauce made for the jollof rice) 
Directions
All pieces of meat were shredded up, in small bits placed in a non-stick pan, the stew sauce was added on it and stirred for several minutes. Taste for pepper and salt and add extra if need be and that was all.Thanks for visiting the blog once again, comments are welcome below. XOXO😚.

Recipe:Uzzy_rac

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Wednesday, November 9, 2016

ROSE GOLD...

Hi guys...
I was feeling all kinds of way on this gown, this is one outfit that managed to be sexy and classy at the same time. This outfit brought out the sexy side of me (winks) and I am glad it did because I never knew that side of me existed ( laughs). I choose to pair this gown with a rose gold clutch and shoe, to give it a subtle but yet catchy look. Rose gold with can be mistaken with copper and has been trending in various industry from interior designs, gadgets to fashion since last year.

The weather has been acting up of late, so I threw a fake fur coat on. Not that it did anything to protect me from the cold but it added it's touch and made my outfit appear more expensive than it actually is.

Outfit details

Gown from Lamoda(Lost Ink)
Shoes from Lamoda(Lost Ink)
Clutch from Kari
Fur coat(fake) was a gift
Hair made by me
Makeup by me













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Saturday, November 5, 2016

LITTLE BLACK DRESS...

Hi lovelies...
Every girl needs a little black dress in her wardrobe, one that isn't too complex and long but just the right length to be tucked into a pair of jeans. Are you surprised? that I am suggesting tucking in a gown into a pair of pants....Please don't be!! This has been useful to me on several occasions such as packing up in order for me to travel light. It gives me room to style my pants and skirt with just one outfit but there are several things to keep in mind when buying that "little black dress".

  • Some may ask why 'Black'...Black because it is so easy to style with other colors and it won't easily be noticed that you are actually repeating outfits LOLZ.
  • The little black dress mustn't have prints or designs on it.
  • The little black dress must be of comfortable material
  • The little black dress mustn't be a MAXI.....that's why, its themed 'little' black dress.
  • The little black dress shouldn't be super expensive.

I was drawn to this dress on Lamoda by Lost ink, I guess you guys know by now how much I love shopping on Lamoda. Being that Belarus isn't quite open to some foreign designers and top known shops worldwide. Lamoda makes it easy for me to reach out to foreign brands and do some quality shopping on my bed(winks). I styled this simple but lovely gown in four ways.

  1. Just as it is....This can be worn out for dinner ,club, a blazer on it to church,girls night out and other events.
  2. Daytime outings...I wore the dress with a shirt thrown over. The shirt can be left unbuttoned, buttoned, or even tied up as shown. This makes the dress look super comfortable and suitable for daytime outings such as shopping, cinema and many more.
  3. A classy look....I went for a classy look by pairing the dress up with a super stretchy but long shirt which automatically changed the look.
  4. A casual look...This can be worn out for classes as a student, you can even go an extra mile by throwing on a flannel shirt on this look. I paired it with a bomber jacket and a pair of ballerina shoes, This outfit style is super comfortable.
LOOK 1 
LOOK 2A

LOOK 2B

LOOK 3

LOOK 4


Outfit details


Gown from Lamoda(Lost Ink)
Heels from Megatop
Clutch from Kari
Bag from Kari
Shirt from Defacto
Skirt from Lamoda(Lost Ink)
Trousers from Defacto
Ballerina Shoes from Lamoda(Girlhood)
Bomber Jacket from Defacto
Makeup by me
Hair by Ronke
Photocredit: Phumilayo Alade.

Which outfit look was your favorite? feel free to share post and leave a comment in the comment section below.XOXO

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