REVIEW + VIDEO :AJALI's NATURAL COSMETICS + BENEFITS OF EXFOLIATING!

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ABOUT AJALI!

Hi! Hows everyone doing today? So over a month ago I received two products from the lovely Ifeyinwa, she introduced me to AJALI and just incase you're wondering, AJALI means red earth. Let me tell you about the company: Ajali creates 100% natural handmade cosmetics using ingredients indigenous to West Africa such as unrefined shea and cocoa butter, virgin coconut oil, extra virgin olive oil and aloe vera gel. They are a proudly Nigerian company set up to promote local industry and create awareness for living a healthy life.

You can read the review or choose to watch it! I filmed a video because I love the product so much!

GIVEAWAY! CUSTOM HANDCRAFTED STATEMENT JEWELRY BY SHAR OKE!

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Hey!!! It's another GIVEAWAY! I told you there will be more so hurry to enter this giveaway!

Today's giveaway comes courtesy Shar Oke! Shar Oke is a design company that creates one-of-a-kind handcrafted pieces grounded in the cultural roots of Nigeria and St. Vincent. Looking to the high-end, glamorous attire that women adorn in Africa, these pieces infuse the bold colors, patterns and architecture of the culture with a modern twist.

5 SIMPLE ROMANTIC THINGS TO DO FOR YOUR MAN !

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Osaretin & Osahon

Since we heard that Angelina Jolie bought a heart shaped Island for darling bobo’s Brad Pitt, men no allow us hear word again. I’ve been observing on twitter, any small thing they will remind you say “nor be your mate dey buy Island for her guy?”…well, I can think of a very smart retort but I shall not sweat it.

Nigerian girls are romantic too! Na lie? I have seen examples left, right, center, but today I’m going to focus on the romaticness of my colleagues girlfriend….that babe too much! I tatafo’d to his desk the other day and I saw a box of very yummylicious looking cupcakes, with a note on it: signed, sealed delivered by his babe.

When I mentioned how nice she was he proceeded to tell me some more romantic things she does for him, so if you’re one of those unromantic Naija babes and you want to learn, take notes! How to be a romantic girl friend 101!Tweet

ANNOUNCEMENT: SPA AND SWITCH COSMETICS GIVEAWAY WINNERS! *DRUMROLL!!!

Hi! Thank you all for entering into all these my giveaways, I appreciate every comment, and I wish everyone could win, but there will be more giveaways and more people that haven't won before will get a chance! Today I will be announcing the Bnatural Spa Giveaway and the Switch Cosmetics Giveaway: Thank you to both sponsors SWITCH COSMETICS and BNATURAL MED SPA !

COME WITH ME TO BALOGUN MARKET

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Hi, from my Monday chit chat you would have known that I went shopping on Saturday in Balogun market and I thought, "why not share details of that with you?" My main aim was to buy Ankara cos I am really lacking in that department plus I have only been to that market like twice since I’ve been in Lagos! As a natural shopaholic, I enjoyed my day! I shopped till the market women closed. In my family we have a special talent for shopping, we can help market people open shop and we go still dey till dem close the shop.Tweet

MONDAY CHIT-CHAT + VIDEO :THAI, MARKET RUNZ, REST!!!

Hello guys! How are you? When I ask how are you, it is not meant to be a rhetoric oh, really and truly, how bodi? How was your weekend? Free Airtime could be a nice way to start your week so why don't you hurry up to the comments section and leave your comment + your email address.Tweet

REVIEW: LEKKI CONSERVATIVE CENTER + VIDEO !

WHERE I WENT

I went to Lekki Conservative Center and I must say I was surprised to learn of such a place, I bet some people have lived all their lives in Lekki and still did not know it was there. The  Conservative Center is run by the Nigerian Conservation Foundation, this center has a huge tract of wetlands set aside for wildlife viewing. Raised walkways enable you to see monkeys, crocodiles and various bird. There is a conservation center and a library. If you're thinking of your engagement shoot, you can come here! I even heard Wizkid shot his Jaiye Jaiye video here.Tweet

OMOSEXY! I LOVE OMOTOLA ON THE COVER OF NEW AFRICAN WOMAN MAGAZINE!

I love Omotola and she's one of those women whose beauty I enjoy, I just sip Malta Guinness and enjoy looking at her. Na so. Fell in love with her since Mortal Inheritance.

WHAT I HATE ABOUT MY LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP! AAAARGH!!!

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It’s no news that Long Distance Relationships are hard!Oh so harrrrd! I am not exaggerating!  Long-term, short-term, local or international LDR's are hard. Bobo was around for a few weeks and now he don go so you see where my inspiration came from? There are some benefits of LDR’s but today I want to rant about the disadvantages and the annoying bits of LDR’s! Allow me and join me if you’re in one… misery loves company. Lol Tweet

ABSENCE  You can’t see them when you want to. I know there’s Skype, I know there are Blackberry phones that can be used for video calls but tell me, honestly, is it the same? NO!  Staying up late talking on the phone for long hours annoy me now sef. It's worse when we are in two different time zones; my morning is his night and my evening is his early in the morning and someone has to sacrifice their sleep sometimes.You have to schedule calls, and then it’s limited and sometimes expensive which is my next point exactly!

DETAILS ABOUT MY FISH BONE BRAIDS aka TREE BRAIDS aka AFRICAN QUEEN!!!

I bless the day Sewa introduced me to Fish bone braids, I have never looked back. This is my favorite braids to do and I'll tell you why:

LOLA OMOTAYO'S STUNNING WEDDING MAKEUP !

Lola Omotayo!

This lady is one fine one, fine girl no pimples, no agaracha! Lola Omotayo got married to Peter Okoye father of her two kids and one of the P in PSquare few days ago and this was her look for the traditional engagement. I looooove it and I enjoy her beauty! Just look at this fine woman! Tweet

MONDAY CHIT-CHAT : CAPTAIN PHILIP, CHILLING AND FOUR POINTS!

Good morning everyone oh! How was your weekend? Mine was alright, I woke up this morning tired!As if I haven't slept in days, and its not that I was busy during the weekend oh! Hmm...we all have those days. I didn't get up to much sha this weekend...Ahem, don't forget that the first to leave a comment wins Airtime Recharge!!! Oya, hurry and leave your comment and email address! Tweet

LEARN HOW TO MAKE HAIR FASCINATORS & CORSAGES IN ONE WEEK!

Enroll for the 1-Week Intensive Hair Fascinator & Corsages training organized by BETYL BAT CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES and OMOGE DESIGNS.

COURSE OUTLINE:

- Different types of Hair Fascinators

- Corsages

- Feather Pieces

- Bridal/Engagement Hand Fans

Date: November 25, 2013- November 29, 2013

Time: 10am - 4pm

Venue: No 39, Bode Thomas, Surulere, Lagos

Course Fee: N10,000

For more enquiries, kindly call: 08066550010 OR 08056219840

BECOME UR OWN BOSS TODAY!!

NIGERIAN BLOG AWARDS: I GOT 4 NOMINATIONS !!!

Thank you all so much for nominating SISIYEMMIE.COM for 4 Categories; Nigerian Blog Of The Year, Best Humour Blog, Best Designed Blog, and Best Personal Blog!!! I really appreciate it! I'm overwhelmed by your show of support! Una do well!

REVIEW～LEKKI LEISURE LAKE !!!

WHERE I WENT

Yes oh! I promised that the review will not "tay" and I am keeping to my word. On my last Monday Chit-Chat post I mentioned going to Lekki Leisure Lake and I got so many questions regarding my visit. I will answer them all today and maybe you might decide to go there too, why not? You can add it to your list of places to visit in Lagos. Read my previous reviews HERE

RECIPE : PEPPERED SNAIL & BOILED PLANTAIN!

I love peppered snails!!! Love, love love! When I told Semilore's mom that I made this on Sunday and did not eat it, instead I carried myself to that once chance buffet in V.I she almost slapped me. LOL. Tweet

I love snails but I don't like eating the ones I did not prepare myself because I feel sometimes they are not cleaned properly. This one I cleaned myself and I chop am lick mouth very well! Let me not bore you with talk, we'll go straight to the recipe! Ps. I even filmed it for you, see how thoughtful I am? Scroll down to watch the video and don't forget to subscribe to my Youtube channel HERE 

HOLLYWOOD HAIR CENTRE REWARDS HER CUSTOMERS!!!

Hollywood Hair Centre the full lace wig specialist is reaching out to all her customers in appreciation for their patronage. They are offering Personalised Privilege Card for thousands of her customers. The card will enable Hollywood Hair centre offer their customers points each time they purchase their service and once accumulated, these points can be used in any of their branches to pay instead of cash. This is a way of saying thank you to all their customers who have been with them since the inception of Hollywood Hair Centre in 2007.

Hollywood Hair Centre value their customers and over the years they have listened and involved  their customers in identifying products that these customers want and they have continued to come back to Hollywood Hair Centre. These innovative ideas helped Hollywood Hair centre to meet customer needs consistently over the past seven years. In appreciation Hollywood Hair Centre wants to recognise each customer each time they visit, so they developed a smartcard that contains unique number and allows each customer to earn points for every purchase they make.  These points will then be used to purchase goods or services in the salon at any time.

SWITCH COSMETICS MAKE UP TUTORIAL AND GIVEAWAY !!!

Few weeks ago I received some products from Switch Cosmetics (Thank you Oby!) and they were so kind as to offer a giveaway to my readers too! YAY!!! Ile ise yin ko ni jo no oh! *your company will not catch fire! Say Amen! 

I've been using the eyeshadow pallette for the past weeks and I love the colour! I also love their blush! Very pigmented and very pretty colour on my cheeks. You've seen recent pictures of me abi? I have their products on. I filmed this make-up tutorial showing how I apply my eye make up so you can replicate it , remix if you wish, but you will find that there are a variety of colours! Check out their Online Store! Tweet

NITRAM-FROST LIMITED : SPECIALIST IN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY !

Nitram-Frost Limited is an ultra-modern, dynamic engineering firm with a specialty in alternative energy sources and design of special machines. We provide a wide range of products and services that aim at solving the power problems in Nigeria. Nitram- Frost aims at providing its customers with affordable and durable products.

Our wide range of products and services include:

• Installation of extra quiet and wholly efficient inverter systems from as small as 1KVA to well over 500KVA.
• Installation of solar panel systems of various capacities (automated boreholes inclusive)
• Automatic Voltage Regulators and durable stabilizers.
• Supply of deep cycle batteries (lead, gel and AGM) batteries for existing alternative energy systems.
• Production of special chargers and charge controllers.
• Installation of windmill systems able to perform a wide range of functions.
• General electrical installations and supplies.
• Design and implementation of smart circuits, such as security and monitoring systems, automated sensors, alarms e.t.c.Site analysis/Repair of existing inverter systems.

ESE WALTER vs FOLUKE DARAMOLA: DO WOMEN REALLY SET THE MORAL STANDARDS IN OUR SOCIETY ?

Yesterday Ese Walter took to twitter again to lambast another man, Emeka Obasi of Hallmark Newspaper who was allegedly trying to use his position to intimidate her for sex, he apparently hasn't really heard of Ese, if he had, he for nor even try to talk sweet stinking nonsense to her. Dear Ese, go on! Expose them! LOL.

You remember Ese Walter now? She is the young lady that allegedly exposed COZA Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo few months ago. She said they had an affair. Pastor Biodun has not denied it, since that time he has been preparing for his "ROBUST REPLY" which we are all waiting for bikonu.  Ah mean! It is not that hard to deny an allegation, just say "I didn't do it", shikena! Tweet

THE FIRST ANNUAL CHRISTMAS BEAUTY A'FAIR !!!

Christmas comes early as Pops Concepts the organisers of Nigeria's Premium MakeUp Fair Series presents“The first Annual Christmas Beauty A’Fair” scheduled to hold Sunday 8^th December, 2013 in Lagos. The Christmas Beauty A’Fair is the perfect beauty shopping event for the gift- giving season. It is designed to get attendees /visitors/shoppers in the festive spirit and provide a platform to:   

§  Stock up on all their  favourites and get their holiday shopping done

§  Find that perfect Christmas beauty gift for themselves  and loved ones

§  The ideal event to shop from all their favourite brands and Vendors at great sales price

MOVIE REVIEW: BAGGAGE CLAIM ... FEAT PAULA PATTON, TAYE DIGGS, JILLSCOTT, TREY SONGZ, DJIMON HONSOU, DEREK LUKE

I saw Baggage Claim a few days ago and since people kept asking about my opinion, I decided, why not?

So I'll give you the basics: Story story, once upon a time... LOL. This story is about Montana ( Paula Patton), an air hostess who is pushing 30, single, and her younger sister is about to get married before her, cliche right? There's more.

So she has the handsome, dark skinned neighbor William Wright, played by Derek Luke, who has always been her good buddy since high school, yet they never really had a relationship, he has a girlfriend though, played by Christina Milan who Montana catches cheating on him. Cliche? Hold on. Did you notice the emphasis on Wright?Tweet

THE GOLDEN AGE OF TECHNOLOGY GIANTS - CWG LISTS HER SHARES ON NSE!!!

On November 15, 2013, Computer Warehouse Group (CWG), shall be the first company to be listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange following the launch of the new trading engine, X-Gen, which incidentally is the same engine that is used on the NASDAQ. The listing of the shares is expected to boost the market capitalisation of the NSE with about N14 billion, while CWG would be the highest capitalised security in the ICT sector of the exchange...

The NASDAQ and the NYSE have also recently witnessed a boom in Technology listings with Facebook, Google and LinkedIn. Twitter has also recently revealed her listing plans. This seems to be the golden age of technology companies, as the stocks have done outstandingly well post listing. For instance, Google’s shares have gained a whopping 773% post listing while LinkedIn and Facebook have gained 160% and 29% respectively (as at October 04, 2013). Twitter seems set to follow in this trend with quarterly revenues up 105% to $139m from a year ago.

MONDAY CHIT-CHAT, MONKEYS + FOOD + JET SKI = 100 % FUN !!!

Hey! I tire this morrin, that is because my weekend was jam-packed with lots of activities ; just the way I like it! LOL. How are you doing na? What did you get up to? Let me show you what I was up to the whole weekend... As usual the first to leave a comment with their email address wins Airtime Recharge so quickly leave a comment before reading, then come back and read and leave another comment. LOL 

Friday:  I cannot for the life of me remember what happened after I left work. eh... *places finger on tongue, points it on the ground and raises it to the sky.Tweet

REVIEW - HAVE YOU BEEN TO CHOCHOLAT ROYALE ?

WHERE I WENT

The plan wasn't to go to Chocholat Royale on the day, we were disappointed by one buffet restaurant on the Island so to appease our taste buds Toks (Semilore's daddy) suggested Chocholat Royale and Bobo was more than willing to go there. I've heard about it but never been there and I did not regret it: you know the Bible says the footsteps of the righteous are ordered by the Lord... Ehen.Tweet

8 SECRETS OF SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIPS!

Semilore's dad & mom

I cannot count how many times I have been asked what the secret of a successful long term relationship is: if I had a kobo for every time I have been asked, I would probably have more money to buy plates of Asun ...

Successful relationships are relative, for some people success in a relationship is getting married, that is when they feel you have arrived! For others successful relationships are those who get married, even though they are unhappy will remain in the marriage for better or worse. For others it is being in a happy relationship, married or not...na you sabi. Here I believe are 7 secrets of successful relationships and PLEASE add yours to the list. Tweet

THEY COMMUNICATE -  Communication is the key: it opens the door to everything. You need to communicate your needs to one another at all times, be clear about your expectations, don't assume. Don't imagine your partner is one babalawo that can magically figure out what you want or like. Talk your mind. If you hold things in, na you e go pain because the other person is unaware. Communication will lead to understanding.

HAIR-NVY : NATURAL HAIR I LOVE !!!

Before I went back to natural I spent hours looking at pictures of beautiful natural hair, and I haven't stopped! I still spend days looking at gorgeous natural hair and wishing I could yank it off my computer and place on mine...today is one of those days and I'd like to you share my envy... Fine girl na fine girl, no agaracha; you don't need "human hair" Brazilian, Peruvian, Mongolian, Australian, Morrocan...whatever kind of hair to be beautiful, just grow your own hair and I hope these ladies inspire you! 

SPANKING NEW VIDEO: TIWA SAVAGE FEAT DON JAZZY - EMINADO!

I LOVE THIS SONG! and now? I LOVE THE VIDEO EVEN MORE!!! So Tiwa Savage has just released the video for one of the hottest singles right now, Eminado featuring Don Jazzy which is off her debut album - Once Upon A Time and Directed by Capital Dreams  I've never seen this side to Tiwa Savage, she was so playful, even Don Jazzy and his Red Bow Tie danced a bit. This video showed our sweet Tiwa rocking some big afro hair and everything about it was quite retro, you would love it! Tweet

NEW SONG : SEAN TIZZLE - KOMOLE!

Sean Tizzle le eee... that's how the song starts and I'm really feeling this high-life kind of beat... I heard the song over the weekend and it just reminded me of those owambe parties... I love the instrumentals...it has this old school feel to it. My dad would probably love it. Nor be jin-jin kpan-kpan music. LOL

The first time I heard of Sean Tizzle it was a few months ago, I listened to Sho Le and I would say I quite like that song. Do you? Well, lets focus on Komole shall we? LOL. I actually like it. Have a listento Sean Tizzle's Komole and let me know what you think!

MONDAY CHIT-CHAT, CHOCHOLAT ROYALE, ECLIPSE, THANKSGIVING!

Hello everyone! How are you doing? How was your weekend? What did you get up to? As for me I'm doing fine oh, trying to take life one day at a time because the huzzzle nor easy but God dey. So let me quickly give you a breakdown of my weekend...Tweet

REVIEW - BNATURAL MEDSPA + GIVEAWAY FOR YOU!!!

Hey guys! I'm excited about this post, why? 2 reasons: I remembered how awesome my birthday weekend was and I get to give this same experience to 5 of my readers! However, there are some loyal SisiYemmie Supporters (giving me ideas and physically helping with videos) that have their spaces reserved, three of them will be mentioned later. So today 2 spots are up for the giveaway. The rules will be at the bottom of the page, but read the review first. LOL Tweet