BODY PERFECT 101: Ninety three percent of people would rather receive a flat stomach/sexy body than a diamond ring for your birthday (study from Auburn University, Montgomery).

If you have done the DETOX DIET, here is the super effective step-by-step plan to look healthier and maintain your beautiful body.

I am searching for the hair style that could be rightly called the least stressful. Women are busier than ever; and they need to combine convenience and practicality with good-looking hair. Of course, there are styles that last even up to 3 months, such as braids. You can also wear a weave for up to 10 weeks if you wished. But how stressful is the procedure?

0The capacity for greatness is a precious gift that belongs to each of us by virtue of our creation. Yet many of us are in danger of stifling it.

You were made to be great. You are a unique, gifted creation of God. So then, “Why,” you ask, “am I struggling so much to live my greatness on a daily basis?” That is a fair question, one for which I would like to offer an answer.

In 2005, she was a naive, 18 year old geography undergraduate when she escorted her friend to the Silverbird office to submit her form for the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria pageant. But on getting there, some members of staff discovered Omowunmi Akinnifesi to be a beautiful girl and wondered why she was not picking the form herself. She was encouraged to do so and she heeded the advice filling and submitting the form on the very last day entry forms were to be submitted. The rest as they say, is history for she went on to win that contest, emerging as the Most beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2005.

If you as a woman were asked to count the stars on your crown that tell the story of each woman you have helped to come up the ladder, how many stars would you have on your crown?. . . This powerful question was posed to me by Ini Onuk, Executive Secretary of WIMBIZ (Women in Management and Business), during the recent interview she granted me.

By Yemisi SULEIMAN Powerful reds have made a huge impact this year. You’ll find them in ruffled  blouses, sumptuous glittery mini dresses,  evening dresses and suits all in a bright and unforgiving red. This colour of  passion, aggression and power is unforgettable and loved by all men. Good news is that red is one of […]

Prints and patterns make fashion fun. But, wearing busy fabrics and having it look good takes having an eye. These clothes can make true fashion statements and are great conversation starters if worn in the right way. Learn how to wear prints and Ankara patterns, which Nigerian designers now design with such avid creativity, that you wonder if the fabric is a new invention. Vlisco’s new collection has taken the Ankara a notch higher with the introduction of Ankara- lace combo and the leather with a dash of Ankara. . Divine collection appropriately called ” the gallery of poems collection.”

Two years ago, daughter of Delta State Governor, Orode Jade Uduaghan, took upon herself the burden of creating awareness against the dreaded breast cancer. From a humble beginning in the Delta State capital, her foundation, the Pink Pearl Foundation, has taken the campaign against breast cancer outside the shores of Delta State, to Lagos metropolis and to groups who call upon her foundation.

“Poor nutrition ultimately changes body chemistry. The immune system can’t defend your body properly when biochemistry is altered. It can’t tell its own cells from invading toxic cells and in confusion, may attack everything or nothing. YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT.”

“Body no be firewood o.” This is a saying my husband David heard regularly during his growing up years from his father. In turn, my husband reminds me. From the time David met me he was amazed at the Type-A, non-stop perfectionist tendencies I exhibited. I would go from early morning to late at night without a break. In the twelve years he has known me, I have made major changes. However, I admit I still occasionally return to my old ways. When I do, my husband offers me this Pidgin English reminder and a smile.