I am amazed. This article marks the beginning of my fourth year writing for Vanguard Allure magazine. Each week my goal is to share principles and ideas that will enable readers to transform their lives. I try to put these principles in practice in my own life, but I am humbly aware of my continued growth opportunities

I dare say our beautiful African skin is subjected to the worst treatment ever! Brown spots on the skin can be quite embarrassing and limit what you wear. Imported creams often contain hydroquinone, steroids mercury and other harsh bleaches and half the time, they do not get rid of brown spots gotten from insect bites which are quite common in the tropics. These tips will help improve your skin and make it clear and beautiful

Omobola Adepero Fadina is the Chief Executive of Blush Nigeria, a leading beauty retailer offering one-stop quality cosmetics, skin care, and other beauty products. The outfit which officially opened its Tiamiyu Savage Street, Victoria Island, Lagos outfit to customers on the February 6, 2011, also operates a professional beauty hair salon

Lovely articles, I must confess. I always look forward to reading ‘Get Captivated’ and have learnt so much. But Jerome, if I have to be truly sincere with you, I think you have fallen short of paying attention to those of us that are HIV positive. I have never seen an article from you in respect of that.

Beauty queen, Omonwunmi Akinifesi, and designer, Mai Atafo, have emerged Allure Style Icons 2011. They polled the highest votes from readers and our judges.

What you wear with a skirt to a large extent depends on the type of skirt you will be putting on and the (accessories available in your wardrobe. We present three hot skirt trends and how to wear them. This way, you’d not have trouble deciding which one you’d like to wear

The mid length slit dress is out, they have been replaced with long slit skirts or maxi dresses in light, flowing fabrics that give a not_so_subtle hint of leg as one struts along. These thigh high slit dresses give more than a hint of leg. They show off the whole leg with the split reaching the top of the thigh. For an even greater visual impact, the split will pass the top of the thigh and reach the hip

Only a few days away from Dior’s show during Paris Fashion Week, the 15 years career of Galliano as Chief Designer at Dior has abruptly come to an end. The French fashion house decided to cut all ties with John Galliano following the racist and anti-Semitic allegations at a couple in a Parisian brasserie. Dior already suspended Galliano last Friday

Sleek sisters Ebele and Ify Ugochukwu brought on their humanity part recently when they held a charity fashion show to rise funds for the less privileged in the society

Every woman loves stylish and unique trends in clothes, shoes and bags. Bags to women are like watches to men

John Obayuwana is the managing director of Polo, the exclusive agency in Nigeria for some of the finest Swiss watch and jewellery brands such as Vacheron Constantin, Piaget, Chopard, Baume and Mercier, Montblanc, Rado, Technomarine and Balmain. The company which commenced business in Nigeria more than a decade ago has, over time, assumed the leading position in the luxury-medium level watch and jewellery market.

The red carpet is a runway in itself. It’s where glamour, style and elegance sizzle so much that the chemistry, ever so hot, could set the place ablaze literarily. That is how important and how sizzle-dizzle the red carpet is

At last, the Icon Search has come to a close. Next week, we shall unveil the “Allure 2011 Style Icons”. The response from readers has been overwhelming, which goes to show that Nigerians do take an interest.

At last, we have come to the end of the Allure Style Icons 2011 search. With the help of you, our readers and our celeb judges, we have our style icons- celebrated for their style, elegance and achievement

Metallic dresses look like the must have red carpet look now. It certainly is a great way to grab attention without making any serious efforts. This show stopper needs very little accessory. A glam pair of killer heels, sexy earrings and you are good to go. The last Grammy awards night was set aglow with metallic frocks