BUTTERCUP IN LAGOS 7th April 2019

Venue: Terra Kulture book store, VI, Lagos|| Time: 2-6pm

 

Grow your followers and influence on social media and monitise

Who is this course for

  • Influencers or potential influencers
  • Bloggers
  • Business owners

Do you often get frustrated at your lack of growth on social media?

Are you attracting the wrong people for your brand?

Are you trying to get more people to know your brand and make purchases?

Are you trying to get more people to your blog or products?

This course is for you.

 

One day only, early bird price =N=7,500 until 20th March 2019, after that =N=10,000

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OUTCOMES OF THE SEMINAR

-Learn key strategies to grow your followers organically

-Identify key demographics and target them

-Create engaging social media posts that will wow

-Drive more traffic to your shop front, online shop or blog

-Using your stories or IG tv effectively for more engagement

-Nurture your existing followers

 

Other speakers include Tope from the renowned design house Matopeda on the business of fashion.

 

The style infidel and I will also host a Q and A session for all your style questions

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Finger food and drinks will be served so come for an afternoon of fun and a lot of knowledge.

I hope to see you there.

Five items your wardrobe will thank you for.

Before I begin, you know I always have a story before my fashion tips. This is not so much a story but a lesson on the constant state of change in life. Picture this, I am 16 years old, gangling size 8, bare faced and no money for make up. I used to buy this Kohl eye pencil and lip gloss bundle for 99p and that was all the makeup I had.

I remember a friend of my older cousin came to visit and she had the most heavenly eyebrows in sharp contrast to my one bushy, one over plucked brow that I was just praying for the Lordt to take control of and fix the mess. I served this visitor food and drink to welcome her and sat staring at her brows while her and my cousin talked about boyfriends, parties and more clothes I could not afford.

About two hours later, I plucked the courage to ask her how she made her eyebrows so perfect, what was her technique, what she used etc. She looked at me like a stray cat with fleas (At one point, I think she was holding her breath) and said "I use Mac eye pencils only". End of conversation. She spoke nothing more of it like the question was a taboo. I felt terrible, I was shut down for no reason and felt like I let my brow down big time. Lets just say it left a very bitter taste in my mouth.

Fast forward today, eyebrows still wonky but I have learnt alot from others who are willing to share. I often find myself following Instagram accounts of young 19 year olds because I want to learn not only from my peers but also from anyone whom I find inspiring whether you are 5 years old or 99 years old.

Change is constant, self improvement should be constant along with change. Let us continue to inspire each other and help eachother grow in this journey called life. It will not cost you a thing to give out knowledge, more will definitely come back to you.

Five items your wardrobe will thank you for

1.A pair of wide legged jeans can serve many purposes, dress down with a cami top and sandals and dress up with a metallic or sequin top. A wide leg pair of jeans will never let you down. For a more versatile pair, buy a medium or dark wash.

Anthropology jeans here
Monki jeans here
Warehouse jeans here

2. A crisp white shirt will transform your wardrobe, invest in one do not just buy one from the high street. From your parents teachers meeting to your Brunching with the ladies, this shirt will be worth every penny you invest into it.

Alexa Chung crisp white shirt here
Cos white shirt here
Frame white shirt here

3. A denim Jacket will take you from spring to summer nights to Autumn. An investment is also needed here so you get a really nice wash. I am liking crop denim jackets at the moment.

Sports max denim jacket here
Vivien Westwood denim jacket here

4. A leather jacket is one I still lack in my wardrobe since a known criminal took mine. I tend to stay away from colours and stick with black to last the test of time and style. I also look for jackets with caracter like rivets, cropped, dog collar, zips or lapels. Here are my current favourites

Goosecraft leather jacket here
Topshop leather jacket here

5. A pair of well tailored trousers is a must! Go for ankle grazers for taller folks, there is an elegance that ankle grazers gives that full length trousers cannot match

ASOS tie waist trousers here
Weekday wide leg tailored trousers here
Monki trousers here

All these items above are timeless pieces which will transcend seasons and trends, make your investment and you will never regret it.

I hope you have enjoyed this post, until next time buttercups.

Sequin vs metallic

The most emotionally charged arguments of all time...

Apple vs Samsung

Nicki vs Cardi 

Nigerian Jellof vs Ghana Jellof (Is this a rhetorical question?)

Pomo vs Shaki (Meat delicacies) 

Now, we have possibly the most anticipated boxing match of our generation

SEQUIN VS METALLIC

These two fabrics have the ability to turn an ordinary outfit into something fit to party with the queen in but lets look at it more deeply. Since we agree they have a similar degree of power to elevate your outfit, why would you chose one over another (photo below is me in deep thought on the matter lol)

Durability: A sequin dress might not survive a year or 2 in a suitcase, you are guaranteed to have missing pieces even if left untouched. Metallic on the other hand will stay put.

Value for money: I haven't seen a significant difference in the price of both these fabrics but missing sequins will mean you need to discard of the outfit. This makes the sequin outfit not great value for money if only worn a few times.

Day time use: I usually avoid outfits that can only be worn in the day or at night. I prefer to get pieces I can wear as often as possible regardless of the time of day. Wearing sequin in the day might be seen as weird or over the top (I would do it) but metallic on the other hand is always a good choice and transitions easily from day to night.

So I guess it is no surprise that I picked METALLIC as the winner of this epic fight but I am rocking a sequin skirt here which I love. I only have a few sequin outfits.

Before I tell you more about my favourite pieces for the season -let me introduce you to my childhood friend and photographer of all photos above Mamie Eze of DstudioInc photography, she was such a pleasure to work with. She specializes in Family, Newborn, Weddings, Headshots (Personal or corporate) and lifestyle photography. She is based in London so please hit her up if you need her services www.dstudioinc.com

Now here are the Buttercup picks for the holiday season

Sequin dresses
1. Here 2. Here 3. Here 
Sequin skirts 
1. Here 2. Here 3. Here
Metallic dresses
1. Here 2. Here 3. Here
Metallic blazer
1. Here 2. Here 3. Here

I hope you have enjoyed my picks today. One more blog post before the new year. Have a lovely Christmas all. Until next time Buttercups. 

The one IT piece this holiday season

Did you guess it yet?... The white blazer.

Dress it up with all black errthang or dress it down with jeans, it is a must have item in your wardrobe.

Ways to dress up your White blazer

Wear it as a dress

Wear it with a sequin skirt

Wear it as a low cut top

Wear it with all black

 

For more semi casual looks like brunching with the girls or a casual business meeting, my favourite ways to wear the white blazer are

With light coloured denim (for a more casual look)

Or dark coloured denim for a business meeting

Or in the summer, shorts and cowboy boots will slay any white blazer

I have several white blazers, an unstructured one which serves me well with both casual and more dressy outings. Below I was on holiday and on my way to dinner, light enough not to boil but enough to keep me warm in an air conditioned restaurant

I also have a Tuxedo-like white blazer which honestly is my most used, it dresses up the modest jeans and t-shirt outfit very well. The tuxedo blazer can go from casual to dressy in one swipe. Check out my wedding guest outfit below

Finally my structured white blazer which I use quite often always makes a statement. It tells people that you have style and you are not afraid to show it.

Monochrome has been something I frequently wear recently, with the outfit below, I wanted it bold with shapes and textures. The white hat finished the outfit nicely.

My favourite white blazers online today

My structured blazer above here

Another structured blazer Here

Tuxedo blazers

Here

Here

Here (love)

Here  Jumpsuit but who cares, I love it!

Unstructured blazers

Here

Here

I hope you start your white blazer journey soon and become a blazer connoisseur.

Until next time buttercups

My London fashion week was almost a disaster

Fashion week holds a special place in my heart. I shot fashion week as a street style and back stage photographer for 2 seasons in a row before I hung up my camera to focus on my blogger life. You can read my blog post on my first time shooting street style at fashion week here. This year attending fashion week was a tough choice because I wanted to spend some quality time with my family, it’s increasingly difficult with conflicting schedules to get us all in the same place at the same time. I decided a week before that I would indeed attend to get some inspiration for up and coming projects that I am looking at starting soon.

So there I was flicking through the internet, searching, perusing and refreshing every single street style photographers’ Instagram page to get some inspiration on outfits to wear for the gruelling 4 days ahead. To my utter amazement *insert shock horror emoji*, I HAD NOTHING TO WEAR! I went into panic mode, questions running through my head ‘what online stores do next day delivery? what is my budget? (forget about eating for now, that is not your priority), and how far am I willing to take these outfits?

I was up till 1am in the morning staring at my wardrobe like an unfaithful partner -getting the silent treatment instead of a full blown ninja cat face scratch and eye gorging combo. I let out a deep sigh and drank a bottle of cider (which felt like gin at the time) before retreating to bed. That same night I kid you not, I dreamt of a yellow bag, it was small and boxy and cute with a long handle dangling down one side, I was being photographed by what seemed like a thousand photographers from all angles then I woke up and typed into google ‘yellow boxy bag’ to remind me of the dream before I went back to bed. I know what you are thinking ‘she is hard core’, Well, let’s just agree that this has happened to me many times before and I am not phased anymore by vivid dreams of my inner spirit fashion animal. A Nigerian parent would probably respond the narration of your dream with ‘If only you took your books as seriously as you take your outfits… *rolls eyes*’. I woke up with a feeling of contentment and I had no explanation why as I had forgotten my dream completely as you do 9 out of 10 times unless it is a dream of someone gifting you a Chanel Metallic Caviar chevron Quilted in silver (Subliminal messages…did it work? My Birthday is in December by the way).

On my way to work, I opened my browser and I saw ‘Yellow boxy bag’ in the search window and it all came flooding back to me. I felt elated and to my surprise, that high lasted a good 2 minutes and 41 seconds before I realised ‘What the hell am I supposed to do with a tiny useless yellow box bag for all 5 days of fashion week’, I was back to square one, cold sweats, palpitations, blood shot eyes and now pulling my sweater away from my neck to allow some fresh breeze to hit my burning neck, It was a sight that any zombie would see and be proud to call me their own.

Phase two, I began to try harder to remember the outfit in my dream, God didn’t bring me this far to let me go now, there must have been something to hold on to, something to remember, NOTHING. All I remember was that crazy yellow bag that was now stalking my memory like a useless rap song with a catchy chorus. So I went back to the internet (whatever did we do before the internet, I do not know). Four hours and half of my working day later I decided on some strategies

1. I was NOT under any circumstances buying anything new. I have two wardrobes and a room full of clothes; I will make it work out for me. This was a hard but the most important decisions I made so far because it forced me to use my existing wardrobe reducing the risk of over trying to be like somebody else. My existing wardrobe are pieces I love and I can surely make it work for my good.

2. I wanted to challenge myself a bit and being the queen of colour, I decided to go monochrome for the entire fashion week. For every colourful outfit that was posted on the gram from New York fashion week, a bit of my inner colour child faded with disdain at my utter betrayal of self and style. A challenge issn’t meant to be easy right? So I stuck to my Monochrome!

3. Lastly I wanted to make a social statement with at least one of the outfits and did so with my show of support to the Nike ‘Just do it’ campaign and my baby gurl Serena. I did that with my Day 1 and day 3 outfits successfully and made sure I told every photographer my exact intention so that it was put in the caption. Spread the word.

4. The stage was set and I was ready to go, not before I put on my flats or kitten heels to eliminate the risk of falling on my face in front of the thousands of photographers I saw in my dream (I guess that was the message after all, darn you yellow boxy bag).

We were off. See below for outfits and how I put them together. It was a great week and I look forward to.

 

Skirt Asos here or here Blazer similar here Boots Primark similar here

Gingham coat here or splurge here

Stripe suit similar here or here

Earings @byopaleye (Instagram)

Nike top here

Wide leg trousers here

Blazer here

Shorts here

Boots similar here

Sunglasses here

Until next time buttercups. See you in Milan.

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