Day Out At The Nigerian Natural Hair & Beauty Show

November 20, 2016 Uloaku Enyingwa 0 Comments

I still feel bubbly from all the fun I had at the NNHB show.... and to think I almost didn't go. Wheew!

The expo kicked off at 11 am, at Harbour piont, Victoria island, Lagos state but I got there by 2 pm(errr... I had errands to run plus trust Lagos traffic na). The good thing is, I got there just in time for Yagazie Emezi's(she's one of the reasons I was there in the first place) talk about challenging beauty standards through photography.

Another reason I was here, was Zara. She did give some blogging advice I could use.

I liked Kiitana demo on protective styling with crochet braids/weaves, may give it a try sometime.
One thing that struck me was the super friendliness of the guest speakers... Awesome!

Okay.... there are more interesting things I could say about the show but can I just let the pictures do the talking for me?.. Okay, cool!

Zara

Kiitiana

Ijeoma of Klassykinks

So uhmm....while the talk was going on, I was busy admiring this.

Even though this pic came out blurry, it's still one of my fave. Here I was begging to touch thy hair.

Say hello to my photographer of the day

Ohh...this color is pretty

Too bad I couldn't stay until the end of the show though.

And that's a wrap.

Passing Outta Here!!!

November 07, 2016 Uloaku Enyingwa 2 Comments

Hola!

So last Friday I completed my service (National Youth Service Corps) to my country, Nigeria (greatest sigh of relief). During the service year, I did have some challenges but that’s a story for another time. All through these I’m thankful to my dad, he has been my rock.

Albeit the challenges, serving in a new state has been an interesting one, a lot has happened. I’ve learnt from each experience, still learning a few and started working to achieve some goals:

I got better at smiling & being more optimistic when going through a really bad situation, even though at a tiny corner in my heart, I’m expecting the worst.

Got to make friends with some of the most inspiring and encouraging people so far.

I realized I was more judgemental than I thought & finally learning to be less of that.

Finally started blogging, thanks to my dad, Olawale and Adenike. You guys rock!

I think I’m becoming more of an introvert turned ambivert (some people will argue on this one).

I became more confident, hardworking and focused on things I want to achieve.

Learning to let go of fears and just taking a plunge.

I’m finally beginning to understand why “family is everything”.

Taking out time to study and understand people, so I can deal with each one accordingly.

I discovered I love travelling.

Learning how to be less anxious of the future and just taking one day at a time.

Sometimes people will never understand you because, they’ll never take the time to look at the other side of things.

Lastly, I don’t care about certain things the way I used to. Things are different for me now. I’m different now.

Over all these, I’d say the NYSC scheme did a good one on me.

For the pass out day, of course I had to slay with the fro. I had planned some picture taking with some of the natural "haired" girls but it didn’t quite work out. I ended up taking pictures with just 2 members of the natural hair "gang". Ouch!

Anyway it was still a satisfying and fun day. For my look, I did a braid out to stretch my fro. Enjoy the pictures.