FroYo by Sweet Kiwi!

Hi dolls! Today's post is a slight shift from the regular makeup talk or anything beauty for that matter. Have you guys heard of SweetKiwi? I had heard about them but never tried them out till two sundays ago and my was I in love! They make natural frozen yoghurt that is fat FREE! How cool is that? It contains active live cultures and a range of sweet, dry and healthy fruit toppings that help. So you see, even with my diet I can still have some froyo (frozen yoghurt) I had a mix of Peanut butter and Rasberry flavours with no toppings. Here's what it looked like: I particularly LOVED the spoon and did keep the spoon Haha! They have a WIDE range of  dry toppings- Chocolate chips, chocolate pretzels, yoghurt chips, mini m&m's,...

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Yaay or Nay? - NYX 'Perfect Red'

Hi dolls! Remember when I used to do the ‘Yay or Nay’ posts? Well, they’re back and this time for good! Today, I’ll be reviewing NYX True Red Matte lipstick. Here’s what it looks like: And a swatch: I bought this lipstick from Jennifer of Macquillage by Lisa for N2,000 at a beauty workshop sometime last month. I’ve used it a couple of times and even on clients and it’s amazingggg! In my opinion, it’s the perfect dupe for MAC’s Ruby Woo. I know a lot of you are probably rolling your eyes and going ‘yeah right’. Trust me dolls, it’s that good. See some pictures of when I used it on myself and a client too: Now tell me I’m wrong The good thing about this product is that unlike the Ruby Woo which a lot of people...

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10 Must Have Make Up Brushes!

Hi dolls! I wrote a beauty article for TW Magazine, March edition on makeup brushes. I was super excited when I was approached and I hope you dolls grabbed a copy. If you didn't, not to worry; here's the entire article below. Share your thoughts! "It is very satisfying to see that a lot of women are becoming more aware of the importance of makeup brushes and are not just leaving it to the professionals to acquire. However, majority do not know what to buy and with the gazillion different shapes, sizes and materials for brushes, the process of buying the right ones becomes pain staking. Just like your powders eye shadows and foundations, makeup brushes are very essential in every makeup kit; and guess what? With only 10 brushes you can easily...

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NYX Mini haul!

Hi dolls! I was going through my timeline on twitter and saw a tweet from a  makeup site saying they had new stuff. Of course I immediately clicked on the link to see things for myself  *hehe* They have lots of goodies, from Revlon Color Stay, Ben Nye, MAC, Bobbi Brown, Utban Decay, Clinique and even Real techniques brushes! How cool are they??! Here's what I got for myself: Oh and they were kind enough to include a pink Sephora lip gloss as a birthday present (will do a separate post on it) THANK YOU My MakeUp! I was too in a hurry to try out the NYX honey, but here's a swatch anyway ITEM: NYX Lipstick- Honey COST: N1,800 DESCRIPTION: Nude-like colour with a caramel tint. It has a satin finish SWATCH: NYX matte...

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Party Girl!

Hi dolls! I was going through my pictures and thought to share this really nice makeup look I rocked to an event sometime in February. I had just gotten my BH cosmetics Party Girl palette and sooo wanted to try it out. Here's what I came up with on a night out! EYES NYX white eyeshadow base, also used on the water line BH Cosmetics Party Girl Palette Foxy and Booty Call from Urban Decay Naked Palette 2 used to highlight the brow bone Milani Eye Tech felt pen eye liner LA Girl white eyeliner Ardel Lashes- Pixies FACE Bobbi Brown Foundation stick Golden 6 MAC Studio Fix- NC 43 Black Opal Oil Blocking  powder as under eye highlighter CHEEKS Black Radiance quad for contouring Mars Blush- Cocoa Bobbi Brown highlight...

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