I t may be unpalatable to the majority of us, particularly as we watch the ‘middle-age spread’ rolling in, but being fat is aging, whether middle-age spread or youth. If you are fat, you are old well before your time and this applies in a profound sense as well as a superficial sense.

Bleaching which is often referred to as toning, lightening, whitening and brightening is a very important aspect of professional skin care and is performed for corrective and aesthetic purposes. Its practice cuts across all races including those of European descent.

By BUNMI SOFOLA It was quite a sight watching Festus drive into the venue of a party in his flowing agbada. Cruising around looking for a parking slot, he finally manourvered his car into a tight spot – it was a fair distance from the party. With his agbada ballooning almost in protest as he […]

By Angela Olu- Ajetunmmobi I am forced to write about this innocent-looking hairstyle called ‘pick-‘n’-drop’, because I have finally confirmed what I thought all along: it and any other hairstyle that just leaves your hair hanging, is GUARANTEED to break your hair! It must, it can and it will break your hair, no doubt about […]

Not too long ago, I went bra shopping. Sorry if you didn’t get what I meant. I went brazier shopping and ran into a young designer that I happen to know. We had two big bags before us to pick from. As a conservative, classic personality, my natural instincts led me to picking the black ones. For me colour was not an issue.

Spending most part of a day in the office of the deputy governor of Osun State, gave one a glimpse of what governance is about. Almost everything she attempted to do was punctuated by a call or someone to attend to. There were of course, the courtesy visits. We even witnessed her manage a near crisis situation.

There once was a lovely woman blessed with unique talents. To outside observers, she appeared to have it all. Yet this woman failed to see her own beauty.

As a result of all the correspondence I received from all the white-haired women out there, the studio will be having a special weekend set aside for clients who have gone white [please put things in perspective, it is not grey hair!] and want to stay white.

IT was Remi Olayiwola, a colleague and friend for all seasons, who called me from Nigeria very early in the morning to inform me that Ladi Lawal, my friend of the NUJ, had gone down in silence. William Shakespeare did say that death, as a necessary end, will come when it will. And Dr. Daniel Kolawole Olukoya, the scientist and all-time great teacher, evangelist, prophet and general overseer of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, added that death is death, regardless of the cause.

EARTH is a shopping arcade and all nations are its decorated shops. Recently, the government of Nigeria launched a campaign that aims at wiping out the wrong image that some people propagate about the country. However, the exercise has drawn criticisms from some people. I have been living in Nigeria for some years now and I feel that the branding exercise is a step in the right direction.