For the love of Toyin Akinyemi.

I met Toyin for the first time on the morning of her wedding. She was so calm and sweet natured. We discussed the different looks she wanted and how much time it will take so we could work without hurrying or being frazzled.

We started with her peach and chocolate traditional aso oke outfit.

And after that, she changed into a lovely cream lace and bright orange headtie.

One of the big parts of a wedding for me is getting to meet the family and experiencing the joy of celebrating with them. I had a great time at her wedding.

See you guys soon enough with another post. Much love!!!

Happy wedding anniversary to the Oludares.

Time flies!
I should know this by now but I am still surprised every time I realise its truth.
A year ago, my neighbour and friend got married. Doing her makeup was very interesting for me and even after 365 days, I still smile at the memories.

Happy wedding anniversary dears!

For the love of Omolade.

Omolade and I started speaking on the phone months before her wedding. We went over the details, asked and answered so many questions and generally got comfortable with each other. I saw her a few days to the wedding and it was so nice to finally meet her. One of the first things she said to me was, 'Alexia, I don't want too much makeup'. I smiled. You can have as little makeup as you'd like but you'll look beautiful nonetheless.

Omolade's wedding was in Ibadan, Oyo State. The first Ibadan wedding, I'd attend without eating amala. It was fun and memorable for me. Omolade has a close circle of friends who also were her bridesmaids. I loved listening to them and the anecdotes from secondary school which they shared made me laugh so much.
I wish Omolade and her husband a beautiful 'happily ever after!'

Eyebrows on fleek, today, everyday!!!

Hello everyone,

One conversation I have often goes like this:
Me: Omg! What happened to your brows?
Other: Errrm, I couldn't come to do my brows and they were already grown out. So, i tried to do them myself.
Me: Ok....you realise you took them all off?
Other: *sad face* yes. What do I do now?

In between brow appointments, if you have new growth you would like to get rid of, I would recommend using a pair of tweezers. Looking in the mirror and seeing clearly the new growth sprouting, take one hair at a time and pull out with a pair of tweezers. It is easy and very specific. Allowing you to pick hair strand by strand and for precise touching up. No dramatic accidents except you get tweezer-happy and overdo it. :) have fun trying this out.

#protip
#browsonfleek

Photo credits: tweezer photo from Google images.
Bride's photo: mine.

A timeless dress and pretty pink lipstick

Hey people,

It's been too long since I last put up a post but I intend to do so regularly from now on.

Here is a picture of my beautiful bride, Funmi Akin-Oludumila.
She was such a phenomenal bride. I had such a rich experience working with her.

Ah! I heard so many good things about Milk of Magnesia(MOM) so I decided to try it out and it worked like a dream. For her skin, I used my very trusty No. 7 primer and then overlaid it with the MOM. Then I applied Mary Kay bronze 507 foundation, Iman clay 2 luminous powder to give a subtle glow and then MAC NC 50 powder.

I loved her dress, I thought it was very timeless. But I also thought that red lipstick was predictably the choice to go with for a retro, classic look. I decided to do something else and go with an equally timeless fushia pink instead.  She's wearing MAC Girl About Town.

I hope you love the look as much as I did.

Till next time,
XOXO.