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This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Olay . The opinions and text are all mine. Look, I LOVE my makeup. When I stand in front of my mirror and fill my brows in, I pat myself on the back (on the days that I get it right). Over the years, my makeup style has changed a lot. For example, I used to love colorful eyeshadows, but now I like a more natural look with a bold lip color. Also, I used to love shiny, sticky lip glosses, but now I'm a lipstick girl. Read More
Why a married person cheats on their partner is one of those things we would probably never find out. The reasons can be as diverse as the people involved. It's like trying to figure out what came first: the chicken or the egg. But the general synopsis in the Nigerian community is that men cheat and women make them do it. According to this article I read on The Washington Post, a person is more likely to cheat if their spouse makes significantly more money. And it affects more men than Read More
It's no secret that I love Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Look at the posts I've written about her. I rarely feel so deeply about a public figure, but Chimamanda is a bold, beautiful, intelligent Igbo girl, so what's not to love? And she's even from Anambra, too. If I reach far and grasp a few straws, I might find that she's my cousin. Anyway, let me tell you about our meeting and subsequent love story. It's juicy! It went down at the Charles E. Miller Branch of Howard County Library. When I Read More
Although Igwe and I are both Nigerians, we come from two different worlds - and I'm not talking just about the fact that we come from two tribes (Yoruba and Igbo respectively). I won't go into the details of our differences because I don't want to put all of our business in the streets. But let's just say that if it was not for America, we probably would have no business meeting. Getting married would be out of the question. All that said, although we have been "together" for seven years Read More
For a blogger - especially a lifestyle one who shares her life online - I have a love-hate relationship with social media. As you know (or maybe you're new and you don't know), when I started blogging, I was semi-anonymous. I blogged with my real name, but I never showed my face. There was no picture of me on the internet either. I know this because I searched very frequently. I used to do posts about what people searched for on Google that made them land on Verastic, and searching for my Read More
