Its way past midnight but I can't get my eyes to close and my mind has been bugging with this blog post that I've been putting off doing--maybe because it has more than one brand listed--don't want nobody thinking I'm doing a brand comparison.

While I'm still trying to deal with my jet lag, I figured I might as well put up this post I've had in my drafts for a bit. If you follow me on instagram and snapchat; you'll know I've been out of Nigeria for a couple of days.

I promised you guys a bunch of reviews and I'm keeping my word judiciously. Here's a review of the newest brand in the market proudly owned by a Nigerian and one I'm so glad to call my friend-- Funke Tonye-Preghafi of Gifty's Daughter Makeup Boutique.

I try to post pictures of products before doing the swatches of them, but I couldn't help it with my last Zaron swatch. I was really excited to try out them out and I've been in love ever since. If you missed my post on the swatches, click here. 

I'm terribly loving my new swatch techniques so much so that I 're-did' the swatches from Kayge Lipsticks which has been in my drafts for a while. I figure doing these swatches will require dedicating some time as I have to work a full face makeup to rock them.

I know I'm not the only one whose makeup antenna beeps when they hear the word SALE!!! When I hear the word, I go into the adrenaline high and my brain goes into overdrive. 

I'm back with another first impressions and review post, this time a proudly Nigerian brand and one I have reviewed before. I was so impressed when I was told that the brand worked on a couple of suggestions I made in that post which obviously made me want to try the new products. Check out my earlier review here.

The makeup fair is here again!!! And its live in the city of Lagos. For those of you who are not familiar with The Makeup Fair Series; it's the most successful event (or series of events) that has brought together makeup and beauty lovers together under one roof. The series has successfully been established in at least 5 cities with Lagos, Abuja and Owerri topping the charts and more cities in the very near future.

There are two words to describe me right now and one of them is lazy, I can't even mention the other one as it's almost the same thing as lazy. For many of you who follow me on instagram @bellezzafaces, you probably know I'm on vacation in London at the moment and believe me its a vacation in every sense of the word although I have managed to sneak in some work in between.

Its mid week already---yippee!!! The weekend is almost here and for so odd reason I'm so excited, blame it on a really slow week. I'm going to the movies later today and decided to beat my face up and do a look to inspire you for valentines day, even though we will be voting on 14th February; but I'm guessing y'all will have plans for later.

I wanted to use any color other than purple, but I just couldn't help it and kept steering back to my purple glitter. I look how the look came together so much so I'm so eager to share. I hope you enjoy creating as much as I enjoyed working on it..

I'm having a great week so far, I've been getting so many work emails and all I can say is Thank you to God and to you, a lot of the recommendations i get come from readers of this blog and all I can say is that I promise that I'll always stay true to everything you guys love about this blog.

Hope you are having an amazing day?? So I decided to post this on quickly before I loose any nerve and chicken out on posting this look. There's just something with me and vampy lips, its not that I don't feel bold enough to wear it, I just feel weird when I have really bold lips on. I also paired this look today with a review of some of the makeup tools I got recently and decided to take pictures while using them.

Hope you've been having a great week so far?? Its mid week, so I'm sure you are looking forward to the weekend already...just a few hours and counting. For some funny reason, I'm also looking forward to the weekend...even though its going to be all work, I'm excited about it.

If you checked out my last post and saw my haul video on YouTube then you'll know about the review bag I was sent courtesy Unveil Makeup. Unveil Makeup, owned by Olubunmi Oyeniyi is one of Nigeria's foremost makeup makeup artists. I remember going through pictures of Unveil works while training to become a makeup artist, its been years and she has definitely evolved not only as a makeup artist but now she also products her line of makeup products and also carries an assortment of wedding and engagement rings.

Since I added keeping up with my YouTube channel as part of my 2015 beauty resolutions, I started taking steps no matter how small to make sure I keep up with this resolve. So I figured that instead of waiting for a full burst of confidence, I could start slowly with very familiar grounds--hauls and reviews before finally heading out to create looks.

Ladies and gentlemen(if any) of the blog world, I present to you my fourth YouTube video and my very first haul video, never before seen!!! Please take time to check out the video and subscribe to my YouTube channel.

Do ignore my tired eyes and the slimness of the video...I'm a work in progress.

Please check it out, subscribe to my channel and leave your comments on what you think I should change.

Muchos love....

I know I'm late on celebrations and congratulating y'all on making it to 2015, but bear with me as a I make this late but yet elegant debut. Happy New year to every beautiful soul that reads this blog and thank you for just clicking on this link...God bless you long time!!! I'm looking forward to an awesome-fied 2015.

Hope you had an amazing week? Mine was really tiring. I hit the gym twice this week and for that reason (and that alone) I didn't sleep good for a few nights!!! To all my gym addicts and weight watchers out there...the Lord is your muscle...and fiber!!!

I'm doing a combo post today, so make sure you read till the very very very end!!!!

I did promise I'll be more frequent with post--blame it on the amazing internet!!! I know its really not an excuse, but fast internet just makes me wanna sleep at my desk. I've had an amazing week so far and thank you for all the comments, I do love to hear from you guys...always brightens my day and makes me think that I'm doing something relevant in the society ( I just heard my sister snicker, wherever she is).

There's a lot going on the beauty industry and as beauty lover, I have taken it upon myself to always keep you posted on relevant things in the industry. Today's post features and event I was privileged to know about a couple of months back by my mentor Mrs Khuraira Musa. Its the Beauty Africa Exhibition organized by Informa Life Sciences Exhibitions. Informa has already hosted successful events in the Beauty Industry with recognized shows such as Beyond Beauty, The Bride Show, and China Beauty; and they are finally bringing and event to Nigeria.

Hola Bellas,

I've been gone for so long that some readers didn't even email me!!! They figured getting posts required phone calls. I'm so sorry for getting missing these past few days, with training classes, bridal bookings, and naughty matters I got swamped!!!

I've got great news for you so stay tuned till the end of this very long long post.

Hope you're having a fun, stress-free week? My workful weekend starts today as I have an event up North in Gusau, Zamfara state (I covet you prayers). I'm looking forward to making my bride look flawless for her multiple events. I love Hausa weddings!!!

How are you doing?? Hope you had a great weekend? Mine was one of those ones you can't wait to get over with and start a beautiful week!!! Monday is usually my favorite day of the week (for some weird reason I know not of), I usually look forward to it with so much anticipation!!!

I'm trying to shy away from the subject of my recent absence; blame it on the internet service providers in Nigeria. I'm trying to chance my service provider but I went ahead with the old one I use hopefully I'll get the new one sorted pretty soon.