Funke Akindele is gracious on the cover of ThisDay magazine.

The cover star of ThisDay magazine, The March 2017 issue has been unveiled and it is none other than delectable actress and producer, Funke Akindele-Bello.

Photographer extraordinaire, TY Bello, who captured the beautiful shots spoke about her experience on the set.
“I was really looking forward to Jennifa’s shoot for @thisdaystyle .I figured I was just going to spend the entire session rolling on the floor with laughter.. Boy did she deliver.. she walked in with Jenifa in all her glory.. we laughed till water was coming out of our eyes ni.
But she also brought in Funke Akindele .. It will take more than ten women to do the work this woman does . I listened to her talk about upcoming projects with passion. He described the day she had before our shoot and I wondered how she was sitting so graceful in front of my camera at all. Funke Akindele deserves all our respect on top of the love we have for her.She’s A super Smart . ..beyond Intelligent .. crazy Creative .. Nigerian human machine warrior . Beni!
Funke is making us laugh but she’s not playing . She’s putting food on countless tables and changing the terrain of culture one production at a time. She’s a beautiful woman too and it’s awesome to watch her glowing and absolutely in love . God bless JENIFA ..I DORF MY HART”



Photography -Ty Bello
Hair – Bernard smiles
Styling – Ayo Van Elmar

18 year-old girl reunites with parents after kidnapped at birth

18 years after abducted at birth, Alexis Kelli Manigo has finally met her biological parents. Gloria Williams, who she had known all her life as her mother posed as a nurse and snatched her away  when she was eight hours old at the University Medical Center in Jacksonville, Florida in July 1998. Gloria allegedly suffered a miscarriage a week before she stole her. The teenager whose real name is Kamiyah Mobley  met her biological parents Shanara Mobley and Craig Aiken in South Carolina this week.
“First meeting it was beautiful, it was wonderful. It couldn’t have went no better. For anybody that has lost hope, just keep hope alive. Just keep praying just keep fighting. If it can happen to me it can happen to anybody.”
“It’s a feeling that you can’t explain this. It’s hard to put it in words right now. It’s hard to deal with this here right now. Like I said, we’re trying to process it… 18 years it’s going to be hard to make that up. Always thought I’d find her, always thought I’d find her.” Her elated Dad stated.

How To Get Married In 5 Months Using Social Media

Ok. If you are really serious about getting married in 5 months or earlier than that, don’t take these tips to heart.
As far as I’m concerned, it is a joke for people having a bad day and who need something hilarious to snap out of their bad mood. (I hope it is hilarious enough). Written by Lagos-based socialite, Dokun Olumofin, on his Instagram page.
TIPS ON HOW TO GET MARRIED IN 5 MONTHS USING SOCIAL MEDIA.
1. You must have a professional photographer (this will enhance your images and beauty for potential suitors)
2. You must post bible quotes (every man wants a religious woman)
3. You must post classy and decent pictures at least 4 times a week
4. Recommendation for your Instagram bio (virgo, lawyer,lover of life,super chef/cook, Christian or Muslim, independent woman, arsenal , Chelsea, man united lover)
5. You must have one beautiful Aso-Ebi picture (most men love the trad look)
6. You must post a baby picture caption (I love children)
7.  Follow very few male celebs (so you will not be perceived as celebrity groupie)
8. If a man you admire likes your picture send him a DM instantly. (you are not desperate)
9.  Mingle with older women
10.  You must have attractive food cooked by you on social media.
11. You must have 1 video twerking (every man wants a sexy babe & thirsty dudes turn to husbands)
12. You must have a picture of your parents posted.
13. Change your bio picture regularly
14. Post the church you attend on social media.
15. Attack or insult your crush on social media to get his attention (this works all the time)
16. Drop the following emojis on his pictures ????????
17. Never use the following emojis on social media ?????
18. You must have an office picture or a picture showing what you do.
17. Remove your account from private (you are hiding from your future husband)
Conclusion – once you find that man, delete both your accounts.
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Struggling to look stylish? Get some inspiration from 85 year-old Ali!

 
Age has nothing on Ali’s sense of style.
The doctor-turned tailor may be 85 but his fashion game is remarkably strong. A photographer, Zoe Spawton has spent 3 years taking pictures of this stylish man. Spawton does not only photograph the Turkish/German octogenarian on a daily basis on the streets of Berlin, she has also dedicated a blog, ‘What Ali Wore’ in his honour.

83 Year Old Stylish Tailor

83 Year Old Stylish Tailor

83 Year Old Stylish Tailor

83 Year Old Stylish Tailor

83 Year Old Stylish Tailor

83 Year Old Stylish Tailor

83 Year Old Stylish Tailor

83 Year Old Stylish Tailor

83 Year Old Stylish Tailor

83 Year Old Stylish Tailor

 

Chidinma oozes natural beauty in new photos

If you think hair threading styles are archaic and unbefitting a woman of class , then you haven’t seen it on award-winning music artiste, Chidinma.

The joys of a happy woman

Beautiful

With her hair plaited in an alluring manner, the Kedike singer oozes radiance and natural beauty in the new photos she released for her new single ‘Fallen In Love’.

African beauty

The nude makeup and simplicity of her look won it for me. Nice!!!

Angelic

 

Bonang Matheba covers Glam Africa Magazine's Social Media Issue

The latest edition of Glam Africa magazine z
features one of the country’s biggest media personality, TV and radio host,
Bonang Matheba who has a staggering 1.1 million following. She talks to
Glam Africa about the role Social Media has played in her life, her upcoming
book, personal life and future plans.

This edition explores how social media has
created a new mode of success and the celebrity world of today. Hoping this
issue will positively impact and inspire readers, it also explores social
media’s contribution to society’s perception of Africa as a whole. How the
indigenous content on social media paints the continent in positive light and the
positive effects on the perception, relevance and even economic performance the
continent will experience as social media matures.

As well as in stores across Ghana, Nigeria,
UK and South Africa, Glam Africa is now available to the world via digital or
print purchase/subscription at glamafrica.com/magazine.

Quick fire questions:
One fact most fans don’t know about you?
I’m asthmatic – I
don’t know how many people know about that. I was diagnosed when I was five
years old and I’ve been living with asthma all my life.

Favourite African city?
Cape Town, because
it is beautiful, the culture there is incredible. It’s one of my favourite
holiday destinations, because it’s very global, very European, but it’s
quintessential South Africa – the markets there and so many things come
together beautifully; our fashion, our music, our people. Cape Town really
personifies how beautiful South Africa is and what a great nation I think we
are.

Favourite far flung holiday destination?
I love Paris, I
love London and I love Los Angeles. And I love Mauritius.
5 things always in your handbag?
My cell phone, my
power bank to charge my cell phone, a pair of sunglasses, my asthma pump and my
Revlon lipgloss.

Who’s your favourite designer at the moment?
Hazra and Guccia –
I absolutely love him; I’ve worked with him numerous times over the years and
he just gets better and better. Internationally it has to be Balmain; I have
huge respect for Olivier.
Who do you stalk the most on Instagram?
I stalk a lot of
the Kardashians – I love what they wear, I love their family and I just love
their online presence on social media. I get a lot of style inspiration from
them.
 
I stalk
FashioBombDaily – their owner, Claire Sulmers, who I have great respect for,
and I also stalk Chrissy Teigen who I find really, really, really funny.
In Real Life, who is your favourite person right now?
My mother. 

IMAGE CREDIT
Photo:        Alessandrio Bergman (SYNC Model South
Africa)
Styling:       Siyamthanda Alakhe Ndube
MUA:          Muzi Cebolenkosi Zuma
Location:    Maboneng, Johannesburg

"It's like learning to ride a bike again" -Toke Makinwa on finding love again.

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I’ve not been able to take my eyes off this magazine cover.

Such a beautiful concept…but for the peeping boy. It took a while to discover she was seating in a canoe and the peeper is actually the peddler. Great shot.

After her infamous separation from her ex-husband, Maje Ayida, Media personality, Toke Makinwa who
is  gracing the cover of the FAME Magazine opened up about
finding love again. Excerpts from her interview below 
  

It’s
tricky! It’s exactly like learning to ride a bike again but I think I am doing
very well. Laughs. Of course you get the initial stumble and fall off but the
key is to accept that things are different now and that’s ok. My first date
after my separation, I cried on my way home as I couldn’t believe I was back
dating again, the stress and joys of getting to know someone again, the
excruciating pain of the past and the will to trust another again.

Thisday Style celebrates designer, Deola Sagoe at 50.

Deola Sagoe 50? She looks 20 years younger. One has to wonder how she has managed to stem the tide of time. The ace Nigerian designer was featured in the latest edition of Thisday Style and leading photographer, TY Bello had this to say about the shoot.

DEOLA SAGOE: THE SPIRIT OF FREEDOM  
My portraits of Deola Sagoe  are on the cover of today’s Thisday style . You should go out and get this one . Her interview is amazing .  I remember telling her over the phone the images I had of her in my head . I described the movements and fringe details. This amazing woman just went ahead .. Sketched her interpretation of what I had described and produced some pieces for the shoot. 
More importantly she brought way more than the freedom and the spirit I had described. I can shout it from the mountaintop… Deola Sagoe is the most amazing subject a photographer can ask for . She connects so uniquely ..Her beauty runs deep and she’s understand what it means to be truly free. I still can’t believe this woman just turned 50. 

5 Reasons Your Ex Will Come Back

My sisters, men who have broken your heart will always come back. ALWAYS. It may take weeks. It may take months. It may take years. It may take decades. But these jokers always tend to pop up at some point. Whether it’s a random “I miss you” text, or a comment on a Facebook pic that you posted 4 years ago, they always resurface. And usually, it’s when you least expect it.

Now, before you respond to his “How R U” text, consider how he treated you while you were going through the breakup. I believe you definitely learn more about a person AFTER you breakup than you did while you were together. But why do most guys come back?
Here Are My Top 5 Reasons Your Ex Will Come Running Back:
1) He wants to ensure that you haven’t moved on before he does. He can’t stand the thought of you moving on without him. This type of ex really doesn’t want to be with you. He simply wants to do just enough to ensure a new man doesn’t come along and pick up the pieces that he shattered. This way, he can always use you as a back up plan if he needs to.

2) He KNOWS that you will take him back. No matter how bad he messed up, he knows that you will give him another chance because you have done it so many times before. Sis, every time you take a guy back after he has dogged you, you will lose more and more value in his eyes. A woman who truly respects herself is not going to stay in, or give 5th and 6th chances, to a man that has treated her terribly.

3) His “rebound” relationship failed, so now he’s back to make you his “rebound’s rebound”. I will be doing a post on rebounds (and how to avoid becoming one), soon.

4) He knows that he was wrong and the guilt is eating him alive. In an attempt to make himself feel better, he wants you to validate that he is not as horrible as he feels. When this type of ex reappears and you entertain it, it clears his conscience and makes him feel that his behavior towards you was acceptable. No one wants to “feel like a mumu”, even if they behave like one. He’ll do his best to get back into your good graces. And then shortly after, he’ll disappear again.

5) He genuinely is sorry and realizes what he had. He has taken the time to mature and reflect and he knows that he lost a good thing. But you must remember, the relationship ended for a reason. As tempting as it may be, it’s probably best to leave this door closed. His change will be evident by him making better decisions in the future. And unfortunately, your situation may be what he needed to grow and make better decisions with the next woman- not you.
Written by Moji Delano (Mojidelano.com)

Your Baby Deserves The Best!

Are you an expectant or new mum? Confused about where to buy your baby accessories from? Look no further, visit Jiji.ng

The abundance of goods for newborns in the modern market is just great. But don’t you panic! We’ll show you what to buy for the child’s birth at the optimum level, which will allow you not to spend all of your money, and will ensure the baby and his/her parents a comfortable living.

The newborn baby is not only a flurry of emotions, the endless process of photo-shoot, some percentage of fatigue and fears, and the boundless sea of love. A little baby always needs a huge amount of stuff.

It is clear that the needs and abilities of each family are individual. But there is a universal list that you want to buy before the birth of a child. It includes the following categories:
For sleep: crib or cradle;
For walking: stroller;
Care and hygiene accessories;
Clothing and diapers;

And if for some reason you are unable to breastfeed, you will need a bottle sterilizer and a mixture suggested by an experienced pediatrician-neonatologist.
The list of necessary Accessories  for kids:
1. Cradle for a newborn;
2. Waterproof oilcloth (it is better to choose breathable one, this way the child will not sweat too much);
3. Blankets: thin and warm (woolen or feather, depending on weather conditions, and the climate). Lately pediatricians advise to use a special “sleeping bag” instead of blankets – it keeps the same temperature at any time of the year and in any weather.

4. Sheets. If you lay the child in a sleeping bag, then you will need only the linens. You won’t need covers and pillowcases.
5. A pillow. Typically, a child under one year sleeps without a pillow. But if you think it’s needed, orthopedists advise to buy the flattest one — not exceeding 1 cm. Otherwise, kid’s movable vertebras will form incorrectly.
6. Special “nest” for your baby. It is worth to include this product in your shopping list if your baby sleeps bad and “calls” you more for calming than when he is hungry. “The nest” is a limited space made of soft cloth from which the baby can’t fall off, but where it is very easy to reach him. You can place “the nest” in your bad. Dimensional breathing of sleeping mom and dad will soothe a baby. In doing so, for the sake of security you should put it near the wall, rather than at the edge of the bed. And do not cover a newborn with your blanket!

On Jiji.ng the biggest marketplace in Nigeria, you will find a great assortment of accessories for baby and kids. You can be sure that you will find quality products

at best prices. Also, you can post here your own free ad, if you want to sell something. 

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