“Chopping life” as they say is the new mantra when you know
you have the money, especially now that foodies are getting superbly creative
with food and making it hard to resist the temptation of eating it all in the
name of “tasting” that is until you decide to go swimming and find out that the
bikini no longer fit. Chai!🙆🙆🙆
Thankfully with a lifestyle coach like Shapeup with Mrs
Murphy, losing weight is perfectly easy with the icing on the cake, being that:
YOU CAN EAT ALL CLASSES OF FOOD. Trust me, that’s good music to my ears…and no,
I’m not a foodie, I just like to live a good life, lol!😏
KMB had an interesting chat with the beautiful
transformation coach, who happens to be her own very first client and she
touches on all aspect of turning a “fattie” into a “slay queen” Read on below…
Getting a silky smooth skin may seem impossible but Bisi Ogunwale, the CEO of Osedudu Special Skincare is here to help. Her product works for everyone irrespective of whatever skin issues they may have, she's seen it all and proffers readily available solutions with her unique made in Nigeria skincare products.
The award-winning brand has a pretty simple story behind its creation: founder Bisi Ogunwale suffered from acne teenage hood and after failing to find the right skincare to cure it, she decided to take matters into her own hands.
KMB had a quick chat with this beauty entrepreneur about her brand…Read below to know all she shared with us:
YES! YOU CAN BE DIFFERENT! That difference is your selling point!Embrace it! I've always hated walking into made in Nigeria businesses and being handed a list of 101 services they offer. Listen, if your business is offering more than five services and you’re calling yourselves experts on all of them, you’re lying through your teeth. Funmi Coconuts kept her business model simple. She sold coconuts, and that was it. She didn’t try to get into the Food/events business. She didn’t attempt to sell seafood. She sold coconuts because that’s what she does best.
Funmi is more passionate about coconuts than most parents are about their kids. She knows every single fact, statistic and use a coconut could provide. She ate coconuts and studied coconuts. She used them as a conditioner and body lotion, to rehydrate her skin and made several unique by products from them. When KMB interviewed her, I didn’t feel Funmi was selling coconuts to me. I felt as though she was allowing me the privilege to share in her passion.
What are your thoughts about this? I for one personally believe , its relative. While on this salary, I can't do more than two kids, another person doesn't see it that way...What do y'all think? Drop your comments below!
I love cake so much it’s become a running joke between my husband and I. He’ll tease me by offering me cake if I do him a favour, trust me to run around and do it of course! . That’s because Cake is definitely my favourite dessert (with the exception of ice-cream of course) but there’s just something about cake — the rich, dense and intensely frosting-y kind — that other popular desserts just can’t stand up to.
Cake, when done right, has layers and to me More layers = more fun. And then, there’s the experience of eating the cake itself. If ever the sugary frosting is too much (usually never the case for me), you can count on the interior to balance things out. I love this juxtaposition more than anything. Just picture yourself digging your spoon into a slice of that. It’s good, isn’t it? Hehe! My blood sugar is rising just thinking of it.
So coming across the yummy cakes made by Made in Nigeria brand tastycraft is a wonderful reminder of my amazing love for cake and how special they make me feel…..
KMB interviewed the CEO (Tinna Okiy-Idahosa) who decorated her first cake back in secondary school and below are excerpts from the interview….
The second most popular rice dish in Nigeria; A must have at
parties and a major meal in most homes. It’s tagged “Nigerian Fried Rice”
obviously cos there are various recipes out there but the popular African
recipe is the Nigerian Fried Rice. Now, there are several methods of cooking Nigerian Fried Rice. Some recipes
call for parboiling of the rice and then adding stock and veggies, then cooking
till done. Others require cooking the rice, adding cooking oil and stock
and then fried veggies then cook till desired texture is achieved. These methods are
classic and tested, however, I’ve always had my own method which is what I’ll
be using.
I have this great love for flat ballet pumps. I fell in love during my childhood watching kids practicing ballet dance on the TV and I couldn’t wait to travel out and join them. HEHE!
Unfortunately, my dream of becoming a prima ballerina was not achieved, but the love for ballet and ballet shoes remained.
I own several pairs of ballet pumps, and among was one green one I bought on H&M exactly six years ago. It’s now very old and extremely worn out. I love that shoe, but it's obvious that it had definitely seen better days.😣
Even though it no longer looked particularly great and had been worn into submission, but it’s so comfortable that I felt I had to save it and turn it into something gorgeous – probably a shiny silver flats.
Every one of us has a favorite shoe that makes us sad when they no longer look great and wished they could revamp it. Thankfully, all that will be made possible thanks to Made in Nigeria Shoe Revamp brand. Yayyy!!!!!
KMB had an interesting interview with Austin Okpagu, the Creative Director and he shed more light on the brand and the services rendered. Read below:
I got to read Twice a Bride after having a chat with the talented AUTHOR. It was as if Tope knew how much of a Novel nerd I was. I dropped everything and sat down with it and within hours I was done. At the end, I was confused as to why the book had to end so soon, hian! 😒😒😒Bet why are you authors like this now?......
Tope Omamegbe’s Twice a bride was published June 2018 and it is a 5 Star phenomenal book. If you only read one book this year, it should be this one!
The first time I heard about hustler square was four(4) months ago. A friend of mine tagged me on a post called 'Transmission of followers" or 'Follow for follow" where you will follow pages you are interested via the comment section of Jagaban's page and they will also return the favour. It was a way for Nigerian entrepreneurs to boost their followers fast and make sales as well as get a chance to collaborate with interested vendors, all in a bid to be successful business owners and entrepreneurs. It was a welcome change for Instagram business owners who has struggled for years to grow their customer base and for others who haven't made a single sale on Instagram since they opened shop. A lot of entrepreneurs wholeheartedly embraced this change from the norm as all involved recorded sudden increase in their number of followers. Jagaban's sole mission is to help entrepreneurs grow and help them make double/triple income in a short time frame. To this end, she teaches them several do's and don'ts of the business world in relatable ways and show them ways to implement steps that will boost their pages. To show how powerful and relatable she is, I have watched her page grow from 1500 to over 31,000 just in the space of three months. To make it in the business world, I will advice you to get your tent and pitch it in the Hustler Square....Trust me, you will thank me later 😁😁😁. KMB interviewed this phenomenal lady and by the time we were done I was totally bowled over....why don't you read on below?
Mrs Kenny Toyo comes from a stable background. As a child, she
had a strong artistic inclination and an affinity for beauty. “Even as a grown woman
I would say I still have a curious and active imagination. Being a loner has
made me into a bit of a storyteller, which happens to be something that I apply
to my work every day.” Kenny currently resides in Lagos, as she says the beauty
industry there is vibrant, exciting and ever-growing. “I do think that I’m in a
good place and enjoy being part of a market that is opening up to a more beauty
forward direction.😁” She is currently a practicing lawyer but everything comes
down to art, fashion and beauty in the end.
So, Kenny decided to man up and make a career out of it. “[I] became determined to become the best makeup
artist I could possibly be”. I haven’t
looked back ever since and I couldn’t be happier.”
In this interview with KMB, She spoke about her passion, her
work and the various challenges she has encountered along the way……Read below:
Getting Made in Nigeria jollof recipe down can be very tricky, but the great thing is that once you have it down, you are golden.
Those who know me well know that I don’t play with my Jollof. Even though I like to say that no two pots of Jollof are the same, there are some basic principles for the absolute best jollof rice. Here they are:
Adeshola Onadipe, Executive Editor of Ladies
in Business Magazine; a creative Online Business magazine for ladies who
are Entrepreneurs, Business starters, intending business owners, young
entrepreneurs and upcoming ladies in business, not only generates story ideas,
assigns stories to freelancers and regular contributors, writes feature stories
, conducts celebrity interviews, edits all copy, oversees professional photo
shoots, but she still top it up by being a Great Wife and a spectacular Mom(whew!).
Adeshola is a
passionate woman ; one who will definitely change the way women in business are
viewed in Nigeria and beyond, they will be SEEN, they will be HEARD AND they will certainly be
RECOGNISED and Come 7th of July,2018, Adeshola will officially
launch the magazine which is now in its third edition.
If you are out there believing that dreams don’t come true, let the story of the five-year-old boy named Taju inspire you today. Taju became a viral sensation on the internet when an unknown family member of his posted a video of the young boy on Instagram.
Gokada is an on-demand motorbike hailing service, just like an Uber for Bikes.
We all know the struggle that one has to go through using public transportation in Lagos, Gokada is here to make life easier! Move around Lagos smartly by requesting a ride on the Gokada app at an affordable cost without having to alternate at bus stops.
The Federal Government has declared Friday, June 15 and Monday, June 18 as public holidays to celebrate the 2018 Id-el Fitr.
Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government in a statement by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr. M. Umar in Abuja on Monday.
You don’t have to spend hours in front of a mirror to get your makeup perfect. There are all kinds of little tricks you can use that will make applying cosmetics much easier and ensure that you always have the look you are going for. Here are the top 17 makeup hacks that will change your life:
1. Turn a pencil eyeliner into a gel formula with the help of a match or lighter.
Hold your black, green, burgundy, etc., kohl eye pencil (which typically creates a thin, harder-to-apply line), under the flame for one second, let it cool for 15 seconds, and then watch the consistency change right before your eyes. Finally, glide on your newly made gel liner for an instantly smudgier formula.
For those of you that may not know Mimiremi textiles brand based here in Nigeria then here’s introducing to you the Designer/Creative Director behind the self-named brand. Mimiremi is known for the production of Made in Nigeria Afrocentric fabrics and prints for the fashion and interior design industry... Aderonke is committed to preserving the African culture through her vibrant prints and to also revive the textile print industry in Nigeria so as to create employment opportunities especially for women, increase the vibrancy of the fashion industry through her prints.
Aderonke who has a vast experience in the industry is a Mandela Washington Fellow. She is currently setting up a state of the art textile printing and design factory in Lagos with the capacity to print on all fabrics. Aderonke is also passionate about empowering women and girls through teaching them self-sustaining skills by collaborating with schools and organizing free training for unemployed and underemployed women.
KMB brings you textile designer Aderonke, the queen of colour, elegant fabrics and Afrocentric style!
Flats, heels, boots, ballets, sandals, clogs, platforms, wedges, scrappy, buckled, lace-ups, peep-toes, it’s a known fact that I love shoes. Infact, truth be told, if I didn’t have kids, I would have travelled just so I could get me some more amazing pairs of shoes. Hehe!😜
Believe me, when I say I am not alone in this, every woman I know definitely has a shoe fetish. Plain and simple…! A great pair of shoes can make a woman feel like she is on top of the world! Marilyn Monroe quoted “Give a Girl the right pair of shoes and she will conquer the world!” I couldn’t agree more!
This right here is why we have so many amazing brands popping up in the Nigeria Market and I realized that, when it comes to quality, made in Nigeria shoes are among the top of the range ones.
One of such amazing brand is Purple stripes, a footwear/ shoe label. They brand is all about making quality shoes for the Nigerian market. KMB is proud to bring to you, the story of the amazing lady behind the brand….read below:
As you see dis New month, may God release fresh grace that will eliminate shame, disgrace & stagnation in your life. God will grant you a sound revelation of your peculiarities and a uniqueness that will make you outstanding among your peers. AMEN!
Thou shall also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God”. I command change in all unprofitable situation in your life in Jesus name. Heavenly father, will bear you up on eagle’s wings before your enemies, your years shall not be in Struggle but in prosperity in Jesus name. I claim divine favour for you in all areas of your life in Jesus Mighty name. Amen. Happy new month My dear friends!
A crazy busy full time estate facility manager, on-the-side blogger & content writer, wife to a man I think the world of and mom (to two super amazing boys!).
My blog was created to showcase made in Nigeria entrepreneurs and their unique productsthat match their unique personalities through supportive, friendly interviews, feedback and networking.