Styling with Teni

Yes, it’s true, this is me Teniola, writing on my blog, AGAIN! I know it’s been months without a post from which has happened due to unforeseen circumstances but I’m here with another intriguing post💃🏿💃🏿

“You’re never fully dressed without perfume”- C. Joybell C. I’m sure everyone reading this post has come across this quote at least once or twice or more times than you can count 🤷🏽‍♀️ but yes, it’s True perfume definitely does add a finishing touch to every outfit and every individual must have at least 3 perfumes in their lives.

Let’s think about it, can you imagine your life without perfume? Because I personally CANNOT. Perfume does a whole lot of different things like keeping unpleasant odors away, elevating your spirit, talking for you in a room before you even talk, setting the mood of the day, creating the perfect ambience when meeting people and a long list of things we can’t even define. So think twice before stepping out of your house without fragrance😞

Sometimes people Do fragrance all wrong! I’ll be listing the top Dos and Don’ts of perfumes to you gain the knowledge of how to use fragrance correctly.

Perfume Dos

1. Do Apply lotion to skin to keep you moisturizer before using perfumes so they last longer on your skin.

2. Do wear perfumes everyday and never be caught in public without fragrance.

3. Do choose your perfumes correctly and be sure to get fragrance that works for you. When picking fragrances there are four main scents to consider: floral, fresh, oriental, and woody.

Perfume Don’ts

1. Don’t stick to one particular perfume, own at least 3 perfumes! Fragrance layering is key to achieving the ultimate scent.👌

2. Don’t apply too much perfume because this might result to choking. Contrary to popular belief, applying too much perfume doesn’t necessarily make it last longer.

3. Don’t rub your perfumes!!! Over and over again, on TV commercials, around us, we’ve seen people rubbing their wrists together after applying cologne. Rubbing it eliminates the lighter-molecule top scents leaving heavier notes. Let your perfumes air-dry.

4. Don’t mix perfume with sweat EVER. Sometimes we realize we’ve add a long day and we’re all sweaty and sometimes grab a perfume to smell better. This makes it even worse! And this is the beginning of your unpleasant day and ruining your experience because you’ll smell BAD BAD.

Correct ways to wear fragrance Apply fragrance on the hot spots of your body, do not apply fragrances directly onto your clothes. Wear more fragrance on the nape of your neck, your inner wrists, the base of the throat, behind ear lobes, behind knees and inner elbows. This are the top perfume spots on your body to make your perfume last longer and keep you smelling fresh all day. 👍

So many people also wonder, why does my perfumes not last long? What am I doing wrong? This is probably because you’ve been wearing your fragrance wrong all along. After reading this blog post and the perfume Dos and Don’ts and corrects ways to wear fragrance, you’ll now know how to use your perfumes correctly giving you the long-lasting touch you’ve always wanted😉😉

I hope we’ve learnt something new and we can now embark fully on our perfume journey the RIGHT WAY💯💯

If you’re in Nigeria looking for a affordable and quality perfume shop to buy from, Contact: Teniola for bloomcity.co. They also do free perfume consultation and help you pick the perfect fragrance for you.

Instagram: @bloomcity.co

Twitter: @bloomcity.co

“No elegance is possible without perfume. It is the unseen, unforgettable, ultimate accessory.” – Coco Chanel

Let’s keep staying safe, applying perfumes correctly and Enjoying our lives to the fullest. Ask me all your fragrance related questions in the comments and I’ll be right there to be your friend and consultant😊😊

“Style is something each of us already has, all we need to do is find it.” -Diane Von Furstenberg

Fashion is a very diverse concept with different styles, couture, design and elements all embedded in it. We all have or are still confused about the style that works for you at different times and for different occasions. Determining your style is a very key factor to living a fashion forward Life ! Keep reading to find out what to and not to do to find your style this season !

COMMON FASHION MISTAKES TO AVOID !

1. Assuming you need expensive clothes to look good: GET OFF IT GIRL! Nobody ever needs to go off limits and top before you can look good. Shop from everywhere and anywhere: thrift shops, affordable stores, e.t.c. True keys to looking expensive are perfect styling and clean looking clothes spiced up with confidence!
2. “COLOR BLOCKING”: This may work well for some people but is definitely not for everyone, make sure you know your colours and draw out your outfit palette. This is very essential in avoiding tackiness.

Now that we know the mistakes to avoid in finding our style, Let’s get right into it !

YOUR STYLE MOSTLY REFLECTS YOUR PERSONALITY: The kind of clothes we wear, our outfit pairing at the end of the day all comes down to our personality. Some people are yet to discover the kind of clothes that work for their personalities and end up purchasing and wearing clothes that make them look tacky. Keys to discovering the style that works with your personality are:

1. Determine the definition of your style: Do you want people to know you as the simple or the extra dresser? The casual or the classy dresser? The boujee or the tacky dresser? You have the power to determine your Fashion definition through your style so use it !
2. What is your vibe: What kind of vibe do you want to give through your outfits? Are you going with the minimalist or vintage vibe? Are you going with the alte or with the casual vibes? There are different vibes that you can explore and feed on in determining your Style Now !
3. Start Purchasing and keep it clean: After you must have explored and come to a final decision on what style and energy you want to give, start purchasing accordingly and make sure clothes are kept clean and smooth to give the expensive vibes you really should be giving this year !

Most of us are free this period due to COVID-19, Self-isolation, I’m officially using this medium to ask how you and your families are doing during this trying times and spreading love and light with the hope of strength to overcome this virus. Let’s use this time to good use by trying out our different clothes and finding our Style! Comment below asking me any questions you need to know, how you’re holding up this period and your fashion problems, Let’s chat, may we ?

In our daily lives, everyone has one or two quotes they love and totally use as motivation or inspiration, usually one by someone we see as an inspiration or a mentor in various fields of life.

Now, we take a look at the greatest fashion quotes of all time from prominent fashionistas:

 

1. “Fashions fade, style is eternal.” —Yves Saint Laurent 
2. “I design dreams.” —Ralph Lauren
3. “Fashion fades only style remains the same” – Coco Chanel
4. “To me, fasion is ceaselessly fascinating because it is an expression of self” – Anna Wintour
5. “Fashion is merely an option. And I’ve got a lot of option. – Kanye West
6.  “A woman should be two things classy and fabulous” – Coco Chanel
7. “Happiness is the secret to all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without happiness.” – Christian Dior
8. “It’s not about the dress you wear, it’s about the life you lead in the dress.” – Diana Vreeland.
9. “Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak.” – Rachel Zoe

10. “Don’t be into trends. Don’t make fashion own you, but decide what you are.” – Gianni Versace

11. “Clothes are like a good meal, a good movie and great pieces of music.” – Michael Kors

12. “The dress must follow the body of the woman, not the body following the shape of the dress.” – Hubert de Givenchy

13. “I love fashion and that’s how I express myself.” – Victoria Beckham

14. “Fashion is about dreaming and making other people dream.” – Donatella Versace

15. “Whoever said money can’t buy happiness, simply didn’t know where to go shopping.” – Bo Derek
16. “No matter how you feel, always get up, dress up, and show up.” – Regina Brett

    “A woman can carry a bag. But it’s the shoe that carries the woman.” – Christian Louboutin

17. “We just don’t need fashion to survive. We just desire it so much.” – Marc Jacobs

18. “Style is something each of us already has, all we need is to find it.” – Diane von Furstenberg

19. “Fashion is more art, than art is.” – Andy Warhol

20. “Darling, if you can’t look your best, then you cannot even leave the house.” – Zsa Zsa Gabor

21. “Anyone can get dressed up and glamorous, but it is how people dress in their days off that are the most intriguing.” – Alexander Wang

22. “I like my money where i can see it, hanging in my closer” – Carrie Bradshaw
23. Life’s too short to wear boring clothes
24. “You can never be overdressed or overeducated” – Oscar Wilde
25. “If your hair is done properly and you are wearing good shoes, you can get away with anything – Iris Apfel
26. “You can have everything you want in life if you dress for it – Edith Head
27. “A woman who doesn’t wear perfume has no future.” – Coco Chanel
28. “Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn”
29. “Fashion is not necessarily about labels. It’s not about brands. It’s about something else that comes from within you.” — Ralph Lauren
30. “I don’t believe in fashion. I believe in costume. Life is too short to be same person every day.” — Stephanie Perkins
31. “Isn’t elegance forgetting what one is wearing?” — Yves Saint Laurent
32. “What’s becoming very obvious to me is that fashion is art.” — Lupita Nyong’o
33. “I’ve always thought of accessories as the exclamation point of a woman’s outfit.” — Michael Kors
34. “Too much good taste can be very boring. Independent style, on the other hand, can be very inspiring.” — Diana Vreeland
35. “Never, ever, ever wear anything you are uncomfortable in. Because that is what you’ll project: ‘I look like a fool.’ Even if you don’t – you’ll be tentative and not your best.” – Tom Ford
36. “I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world.” —Bette Midler
37. “My look is attainable. Women can look like Audrey Hepburn by flipping out their hair, buying the large sunglasses, and the little sleeveless dresses.” —Audrey Hepburn
38. “How can you live the high life if you do not wear the high heels?” —Sonia Rykiel
39. “Fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life.” —Bill Cunningham
40. “I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity—all I hope for in my clothes.” —Yves Saint Laurent

Tell me the fashion quote you’re feeling or relates to you personally ? What fashion quotes have motivated you ? What fashion quotes have you been living by ?

           Don’t be into trends. Don’t make fashion own you but you decide what you are, what you want to express by the way you dress and the way you live – Gianni Versace.

          Fashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable. Style is more about being yourself- Oscar de la Renta.

Fashion could get a little tricky, but a perfect way to stay on top of your game is having fun while at it and being true to yourself, confidence is also looked down on when creating fashion whilst it’s the spice of the outfit.

  This post would be highlighting 15 tips and tricks to remain true to your style and also spice it up effortlessly:

 

 

 Till next time, I hope we enjoyed this blog post, let me know in the comments the worst fashion decisions you’ve made and your hilarious fashion stories, have a stylish week !

In reference to one of my previous blog post on discovering your personal style (if you haven’t seen that post please check it out) . Discovering your style could be so hard and tricky to figure out and takes a lot of effort to actually go on your fashion self discovery.

Looking at clothes or pieces do not instantly spark an idea so a basic aid that has helped me to an extent in discovering my own style is being inspired by other people’s style.

I personally have a few people who are a huge inspo to my style and I can absolutely relate to their outfits and pieces most of the time and I’ll be sharing them with y’all in this post:

1. LISA FOLAWIYO

2. HAFSAH MOHAMMED

3. FISAYO LONGE

4. OMOWUMMI ONALAJA

5. TEMI OTEDOLA

1.Lisa Folawiyo:Iʼvebeen following her for years and I have never not once been uninspired by any of her outfits, a risk taker and she combines a lot of colors and prints to create the most ambience in her looks, a Nigerian fashion designer who is taking the Nigerian fashion industry to the world.

INSTAGRAM: @lisafolawiyo

2. Hafsah Mohammed:Hafsah is a Nigerian lifestyle and modest fashion influencer, the ability to combine pieces to make them into masterpieces is one of her easily recognized abilities. She also owns her Nigerian fashion brand called eloracollection with Nigerian made pieces to love.

INSTAGRAM: @hafymo

3. Fisayo Longe : Fisayo is a UK- based influencer and YouTuber, she also owns her own fashion store called kaicollective. Her outfits speaks simplicity with a twist of poise, simply priceless.

INSTAGRAM: @fisayolonge

4. Omowumi Onalaja : Mimi is a Nigerian influencer and Tv host, why she is my style inspo is her ability to bring originality, simplicity and creativity all at once to the table, she also details greatly and an excellent stacker of jewelry.

INSTAGRAM: @mimionalaja

5. Temi Otedola: Temi of JTOFASHION is a UK-based Nigerian Style Influencer, she doubles a Blogger and YouTuber, she is the most creative person I know to an amicable length, she has over the years successfully put together state of the heart and lovable outfits every single time and never goes wrong !INSTAGRAM: @jtofashion

Happy new month guys, hope this month brings happiness, style and fashion to us !

Let me know in the comment section, what you think about mystyle inspos and share with me your own style inspirations !

This post is written by Gbemisola Mba a professional Nigerian crotchet maker

When I was little, I always loved watching my grandma knit with her knitting needles, I found it very fascinating and I made attempts of knitting several times and I was only 6 years old. My auntie saw how enthusiastic I was toward knitting then she taught me how to knit, then she introduced crocheting to me, I fell in love with crocheting, I preferred it to knitting. I learnt how to crochet when I was in primary school, since then I have been doing the art till this very day.

      I decided to turn my talent of crocheting into a business three years ago when I came across a crochet pattern for a top. I used to make only caps and bags because I didn’t know how to make clothes by crocheting them. Then I found the patterns for making skirts, different types of top for example the off the shoulder top, halter tops, cropped tops, ultra cropped tops, and so on.

 

BACKGROUND OF CROCHETING 

 

Crochet  is a process of creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn, thread, or strands of other materials using a crochet hook. The name is derived from the French term crochet, meaning ‘small hook’. These are made of materials such as metal, wood, or plastic and are manufactured commercially and produced in artisan workshops. The salient difference between crochet and knitting, beyond the implements used for their production, is that each stitch in crochet is completed before the next one is begun, while knitting keeps a large number of stitches open at a time. (Variant forms such as Tunisian crochet and broomstick lace keep multiple crochet stitches open at a time.(that was gotten from Wikipedia 😉).

Crocheting has to be one of the best arts I’m involved in, I love how I can create complex things with just a hook and a yarn.

 

After my last post a lot of people had questions about what exactly crotchet was all about them I reached out to Gbemi to do a post on it, hope you guys enjoy and embrace crotchet !

Keeping up with your style in Nigeria can be such a task at times as not so much options are at our disposal, we do not have the likes of street brands like mango, h&m, river island, misguided amongst others.

To the best of my knowledge, Asos is the only brand that delivers to Nigeria and have quite interesting stuff to shop from, there are a lot of retail fashions stores in Nigeria doing well and bringing exquisite pieces to us regardless.

Most people who live in Nigeria like I do that I have had discussions with decide to go simple on the outfits because “getting quality clothes in Nigeria is so EXPENSIVE so I’ll just get right into the simple tricks to follow to turn every head when you walk into a room without breaking the bank and look your best !

1. Having your personal trademark style: This is what you might have known or heard from somewhere but the importance of having your own personal style cannot be overemphasized, you should put in mind the kind of pieces you would wear so as to stay on the budget, you can decide to stay close and safe so you don’t end up shopping and getting everything in the market but still have nothing to wear every single day, one important thing however with having your own personal style is you don’t always want to step out as expected, you should try to moderate it so your every look is not predetermined, switch it up once in a while to always stay on the fashion scene.

2. Knowing your budget and shopping in your budget: An important factor that should stay at the back of our minds when going shopping, know your budget, you don’t want to be having 25,000 naira as your net worth and splurging it on a Fila disruptor and end up having no money to eat or live life. Knowing your budget will help determine the right stores to go to and what exactly to get to make you a thousand bucks in an instant.

3. Thrifting: Repeat after me “thrifting will not do me wrong” Thrifting is an important tip to serving on a budget, getting barely old clothes from your local market and spicing and styling it up to look perfect on your day-to-day is a Win Win. It’s common knowledge that a lot of people do not like to thrift because of the popular idea that all thrifted clothes are bad clothes but Verily Verily I will say, the quality of clothes you get out of thrifting is nothing less of a Christmas miracle. Popular places to get thrift pieces in Lagos, Nigeria are: Lagos Island, Yaba, Sabo Market at Ikorodu, Aswani Market, Isolo.

4. Exploring the benefit of creative designers here in Nigeria: There are young creative designers breaking the market and working everyday to bring the best quality to fabrics. In Lagos, I do not see a lot of readily Made designs that suites the personal taste of every single person, making your own custom outfits helps to speak truth to your style and brings originality, simply get your fabric, send what you’ll like to make to the designer and have your outfit delivered to you in little or no time. However, we have the widespread conception that “Nigerian tailors destroy the fabric or take years to deliver”.

I’ll recommend two trusted designers you surely cannot go wrong with !

Instagram: 1. @moreofmors

2. @damzcreations

5. Crotchet: The real tea nobody is talking to you about, crotchet brings style, personality, enthusiasm, originality to you on a platter of gold. Going out in a crotchet outfit accurately styled is ensured to snatch all the wigs and edges everywhere you go. However we do not have a variety of crotchet makers. But one I know who has something for both genders, the best quality and a one of a kind customer service in town.

Instagram: @_crotchetbyuju

Tell me the tricks you use in updating your closet, and your Nigerian tailor experience and ask me any question. Thanks for reading. 😊

Fashion over the years has been known to have different meanings and interpretations to different people. Some people choose their outfits based on their personal attitude,style, comfort ability, trends and what not but there is nodoubt that accessorizing is perfect to give your look a top notch effect if done well.

I will now be highlighting 7 accessories that have been sure to take your look from 0-100 INSTANTLY!

 1. Statement Earrings: No matter how “basic” the outfit for the day might look, throwing on a statement earring that stands out can drag the attention of everyone in the room immediately with little or no effort on your part. Throwing on large hoops, shimmery earrings, stone tassels, is just right !SOURCE: PINTEREST

 2. Sunglasses: Weather conditions play a major role in when sunglasses come out to play, so a little effort should be put into ensuring that when sunglasses come out to play, they should be there for show and snatch all the weaves, putting on a bold, vintage sunglasses immediately shows you off among the crowd, although it’s quite easy to ruin an outfit with sunglasses if not done right, this ones play a spectacular role and are here to stay!

 

 

SOURCE: Lisa Folawiyo

 SOURCE: PINTEREST

Will be glad if everyone reads and picks up one or two from the post, get into the comments and tell me your favorite accessories and how you love to switch things up….

The MET GALA is formally known as the Costume Institute Gala and is an annual fundraiser , it has since been chaired by the US Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, and can easily be described as “fashion’s biggest night out.” The theme for the year was “camp” inspired by Susan Sontag’s 1964 essay “notes on camp”

To the fun stuff, there was definitely the lows and the highs fashion appearances of the worlds biggest celebrities, from those who straight up seemed to not have gotten the theme, to the ones that were just a big NO, down to the masterpieces on the red carpet.

Let’s have a quick run down of my top five and worst five pieces of the Met Gala:

TOP FIVE 

 WORST FIVE

Despite the up and downs of fashion at the MET, the event is one the fashion scene won’t be forgetting in a long while.

Get into the comments and tell me about your best and worst looks at the MET 2019.😊

What is Fashion ? What is style ? What is design ? Thinking about it really what are these things, I don’t think anybody has ever come up with a “definition” that encompasses all that fashion, style and design can REALLY be.

What do those things mean to me ?

Fashion really is what we tell ourselves that it is, it can act as one of the most versatile subject to ever be on the face of the earth, there is no particular pattern to follow when one feels to be “fashionable” or describing fashion.

Different cultural and social factors have shown to influence the style of people as what we know might be normal to someone living in the United States may be the most terrible thing someone living in Iraq might have seen her whole life.

Therefore, if you may ask me I’ll say fashion is First of all, creativity, art, aesthetic,self-expression and without doubt a way of life.

I do not think any two persons has the SAME style, style is what defines you, it’s funny how your friends just see an outfit and just think or never imagine you wearing them because it has never been your “style”.Style can be what defines you and helps you discover yourself.

Although there can be fashion trends or fashion pieces that are point blank “terrible ideas”,Do we really think that there are actually fashion trends that never ever should have existed or some pieces that definitely should have never left the sketchbook.

Let’s get talking in the comments and make sure to share your ideas and your opinions with me !😊😊😊