• It’s 2019. There’s no better time to keep it real than now. Wondering what we are talking about it? Wonder no more. We’re always thinking about how to help you live your best and authentic lives, so we’ve thought up 6 times you absolutely have to be yourself.

    1. When you want to buy something you can’t afford.

    Think again. All your friends might be using the latest phones, but if all you can afford is your torchlight phone, it is not a problem. Don’t break the bank to get what you can barely afford because you want to impress someone, or feel among. Last last, you won’t take the phone with you when you’re going to heaven. You’ll be alright.

    2. Be yourself when it comes to style.

    Your friends are rocking the best wigs, but you want to unleash your inner Lupita Nyongo. You go, girl! Do you! Be yourself.

    3. Conforming to gender stereotypes is so old school.

    Everyone has rules about what a woman should do or not do. Particularly, they say a woman shouldn’t drink, that it’s not “lady-like”. The irony is that you are a walking, breathing brewery. Let them talk, while you keep it real and drink responsibly! Last last, you only live once.

    4. Following your dreams.

    All your friends want a white-collar job, but you want to create the future. Don’t conform, don’t do follow follow, stick to your guts!

    5. When you’re eating amala.

    They say you should only eat amala with cutlery – whether you’re alone at home and especially when you’re in public. Sadly, the foodie in you loses home training when you see gbegiri, It’s perfectly okay. Truth is, nothing deserves your authentic self like amala and it was never really meant to be eaten with cutlery anyway.

    6. Be yourself even though you’re talkative.

    Your friends say you talk too much, but you don’t even say half the things that cross your mind. Remember that not everybody can handle your awesomeness! God gave you a voice for a reason; even though you won’t let us hear word with it, we love you like that.

    Legend Extra Stout recently launched a new 45cl bottle; the brand has been championing the cause for authenticity. The brand believes that when you keep it real and refuse to conform to popular norms, you are a LEGEND.  So today, be like Legend, or better still Be Yourself.

  • Our favorite actress Lupita Nyong’o,  was the guest on popular celebrity show ‘Lip Sync Battle’ recently.

    The way she was just giving us some serious dance moves, we had no choice but to share with you. Just look at that:

    https://twitter.com/MichaelHBF/status/794095250025259008
    In case you’re not aware, LSB is a popular show where celebrities get to reenact popular musical performances, while mouthing the words to the songs. It is hosted by LL Cool J and Chrissy Teigen. Also, get the gist of Lupita Nyong’o’s latest movie performance here.
  • The queen of melanin and total slayage is back at it again!   

    Back at it again with the gorgeousness and slayage!

    Actress and fashion icon, Lupita Nyong’o is slaying everybody’s lives on the cover of Instyle Magazine’s April issue.

    Sporting a green dress by Proenza Schouler, Lupita speaks on the lack of diversity in Hollywood.

    She expresses her disappointment in the Academy’s failure to recognise diverse Hollywood actors for Oscar nominations.

    She says “There is a real imbalance, from the very creation of the stories and who’s telling them, how, and why. Change has to happen with the writers, the studio, the marketers, the directors. That’s got to be diversified because there is a hunger for the expansion of the role of people of color in the center of narratives”. 

    Lupita isn’t joking with her career.

     “Both my parents raised me to pursue the things that make me feel most alive…because that’s how you can have the most effect,” she says. “That allowed me to get passionate about something that can sometimes seem as inconsequential as acting and then find important things to do with it”.

    Damn Lupita!

    Colour blocking on fleek!

    Just look how these bold colours pop beautifully against her skin.

    She’s fashion goals!

    We can’t wait for her next photo spread.

    Head on to Instyle.com to check out more snippets of her interview.