Helloooooooo long lost (well, hopefully not) blog readers!!!
Yes yes, it's been a while - a year and 2 days, to be precise - since my last blog post. Some of you might have wondered what happened to me. I'm still with you. But if you've been following us on Instagram, Facebook & Twitter, you'd know that!
As you may have noticed, we've been working on a LOT behind the scenes, and things are quite different round here. All good changes, if I may say so myself. In addition to this new look blog, you might have noticed a new website with new brands and products, new concessions (and we've got 3 more opening this year), pop ups, events ... you name it. We've been busy busy busy, and I can't wait to show you what we've been up to.
Over the next few weeks, both I and the new Kinky Apothecary team will be filling you in on what you've missed since my last post.
Of course you can always still go back and read over the helpful tips in our archives, and going forward, you can look forward to regular posts with tips, articles, news and reports.
To kick you off, scroll down for photos from our second Secret Natural Hair Brunch, which we hosted last Saturday May 7th in collaboration with The Heat Free Hair Movement.
An exclusive group of ladies gathered at the Social Place, 33 Sinari Daranijo St, Victoria Island for mimosas and a 3-course meal catered by Ozoz Sokoh - aka Kitchen Butterfly - and hair talk led by both myself and Ngozi Opara, founder of The Heat Free Hair Movement.
To break the ice, Ngozi got the ladies, including presenter and actress Oreka Godis, to take turns describing why they went natural, their natural hair journeys and any problems encountered along the way, and I have to say there were some very interesting stories. We followed with an informal question & answer session with Ngozi and I fielding questions ranging from general hair health and building a healthy hair regimen to the pros and cons of dyeing hair, and even veering off topic to talk about the life of a female entrepreneur.
After dessert, we mingled, made
new friends and shopped (there was clothing from Grey, make
up and beauty products from Sacred Beauty,
natural textured hair pieces from Heat Free Hair
and of course a wide selection of natural hair products at
special prices discounted for the day from The Kinky Apothecary Shop.
All in all it was lovely to see old faces and meet some new ones, and I think I can speak for everyone when I say we all had a blast. I hope everyone enjoyed their goody bags when they got home. Can't wait for the next event ... which may or may not be #NNHB2016 *winks* ... watch this space!
- Nibi xx
All in all it was lovely to see old faces and meet some new ones, and I think I can speak for everyone when I say we all had a blast. I hope everyone enjoyed their goody bags when they got home. Can't wait for the next event ... which may or may not be #NNHB2016 *winks* ... watch this space!
- Nibi xx
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| The gallery at The Social Place |
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| Rukky Ladoja, creative director, Grey |
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| Ify Oji |
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| Inade Crown & Notey Akpotive |
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| SELFIE! |
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| Kitchen Butterfly explains the meal she prepared |
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| Ngozi and I kick things off |
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| Ngozi (modelling Heat Free Hair's Blow Out collection) addressing the group |
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| Ngozi Opara, creator of Heat Free Hair |
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| Ngozi Opara, Tito Ogunruku & Banke Kuku |
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| Starter: Yam Shakshuka (a posh take on Yam & Egg) |
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| Tito Ogunruku |
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| Ngozi Opara |
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| Femi Sonola |
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| Fashion designer Zed Eye |
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| Cynthia Kamalu of Ebony Life TV |
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| Zim Ugochukwu, creator of TravelNoire |
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| Inade Crown |
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| Joycee Awojoodu of Oriki Group |
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| Notey Akpotive |
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| Oreka Godis talks about her natural hair experiences |
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| Uchenna Ezenna of My Hair My Beauty magazine |
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| Morolawun Akinsola |
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| Who knows what I was talking about |
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| Main course, Chicken and Efirin (scent leaf) curry |
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| Still trying to master the art of talking without pulling funny faces |
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| Close up of my hair |
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| Loving Oreka Godis' hair after she swore she'd never go natural! |
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| Dessert: coconut and lime cake with mango cream. Yum! |
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| Lola Maja & Bose Oshin |
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| Boluwa Olojo |
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| Shopping |
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| Lindsey Adams |
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| Shopping |
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| Prisca Omenai & Femi Sonola |
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| Tito Ogunruku & Banke Kuku |
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| Joycee Awojoodu & Ify Oji |
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| Chatting to Bidemi Adesanya (aka Bids In Graceland) & Cynthia Kamalu |
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| Toritse (aka Artist & Scientist) trying out foundations with the Beauty Insider |
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| Lamide Akintobi, Oreka Godis & Cynthia Kamalu. Beautiful ladies! |
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| Whitney Madueke popped by |
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| Travellers Zim Ugochukwu & Lindsey Adams |
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| L-R Nibi Lawson of The Kinky Apothecary, Zim Ugochukwu of TravelNoire, Ngozi Opara of Heat Free Hair, Lola Maja of The Beauty Insider |
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| Lindsey Adams |
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| Funmi St Matthew Daniel |
what a stunning crowd. Great pics. Well Kinky Apothecary....
ReplyDeleteYour hair is goals, and your dress is so pretty!
ReplyDeleteLovely pictures, everything and everyone looks so good!
Well done!
(And I don't know if I've already said this, but the new design is awesome sauce! Love ittttt)
I was just wondering when the next brunch would hold :). The site looks so good and the pictures are lovely. Weldone!
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