Phloxies Blog: Nigerian Lifestyle Blog

Earlier this year I lost my job and I tell you, it was something I never expected to hit me so early in the year. A few weeks later, and it dawned on me that I was literally unemployed, "where do I go from here" I kept asking myself, how many radio stations are ready or willing to employ a music scheduler during a pandemic for that matter? I quickly had to restrategize about what I wanted to do with my life and earn money. Since I had an intermediate skill in digital marketing, I figured it was time to go back to gaining more knowledge and pursue it as a career, two weeks in and I realize it was not something I wanted as a career... back to square one figuring out what I wanted to do with my life. At this time I had to reach out to a friend of mine who was in the tech industry, he advised me to try out UI/UX design, I didn't know anything about this field to be honest but I have always been passionate about design and never considered it as a career. After a lot of google

  Hello wonderful people!   What a year it has been?! I hope you all are doing okay?   I can’t wait to share what I’ve been up to with you guys, it’s been an exciting and crazy journey.  Today’s topic is about LOVE. The love of Christ.  Many of us Christians and non-Christians alike tend to not really understand the meaning of love. Love is not just an emotional feeling you feel for your loved ones, it cuts across all barriers.  I will be talking about love from the Christian point of view today. A certain man met Jesus in the book of Mathew and asked; “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?" And Jesus said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Matthew 22:36-39 ESV As Christians, we follow the 1st commandment by striving to love and please God with all our heart, soul, and mind thereby forgetting the second commandment th

Carrot oil can be used for the skin or hair and getting a good one can be nerve-racking sometimes, it’s either expensive or you fear getting a fake one. I learned how to make my own carrot oil and the transformation was so beautiful; the use of carrot oil brightened my skin and made it really soft, the key is to apply it when your skin is still wet before applying your lotion 🌚 I have never gone back to buying from a store ever since. Keep reading as I walk you through how to make your own carrot oil. Supplies • Hand Grater  • Pot • Mesh Strainer or Cheese Cloth • Jar Carrot Oil Ingredient • Carrots • Essential or Carrier Oils of your choice (In my case I use Vitamin E Oil and Johnson’s Baby Oil)  Preparation   1. Wash carrots and peel the skin off. Grate carrots with the use of a hand grater. 2. Place the grated carrot in a pot and pour the oil of your choice to cover the carrot. 3. Heat very slowly until color changes from yellow to orange 4. Allow

 SHADE: CSWSF19 Mocha A billion years later and I found the right foundation for my oily skin, the extensively hyped NYX Can’t Stop Won’t Stop Foundation. I got this foundation around February and to be honest, it’s been one of the best thing to happen to me since I started applying make up products. This foundation gives me life and I’m so excited about writing a review on it. Stay with me as I give you the deets. 🥰 Company Information & Promises • Comes In 45 shades • Professional Makeup • Full Matte Coverage • Long wearing, Lightweight and Waterproof  My Experiences • NYX Can’t Stop Won’t Stop is a lightweight foundation with full coverage. • It blends in smoothly and easily. • It gives a long lasting wear and super matte finish. • It does not oxidize and it controls shine. In Conclusion: This is an amazing foundation suitable for normal, oily, combination and sensitive type so ideally if you have dry skin it is not for you so it doesn’t dry out your ski

SHADE: 60 Caramel Getting the right foundation for my skin has always been a problem for me, it’s been either fake products which I talked about on this post  or the products don’t meet my needs. I hade to make an intense search online and found a video from a makeup blogger who mentioned that the Maybelline Dream Matte Mousse was her favorite foundation for oily skin. I eventually got this foundation and here is a review of my experience using it.  The Company Information & Promises •  SPF 15 • Matte Perfect Foundation  • Light Weight Feel  My Experiences •  Maybelline Dream Matte Mousse is a light weight foundation with a light to medium coverage • It blends in easily easily and smoothly. • It gives a matte finish but lasted for only about 2-3 hours for me so I had to repowder throughout the day. • It had white undertones after I apply it and I had to buy the Mary Kay Timewise to blend with it whenever I use. • I couldn’t wear it on hot or sunny days

Have you ever planned something and it didn’t turn out the way you wanted it to? How did you feel, what was your reaction like?  Throughout 2019 I didn’t even update my blog, before now I would beat myself up and get disappointed but as time went on I realized that these things happen, life happen and a lot of things get out of control, I’m human.  2019 was a good year overall and I am glad we have passed that phase.  How have you been? 2020 hasn’t been fun yes? This was not how we planned to live our life this year, full of panic, anxiety and fear. The world going through the same thing at the same time, it’s a mess but we stay hopeful & positive.  I can imagine how difficult it must have been for a lot of us, some of us lost families, jobs, businesses, investments during this pandemic and I pray for the strength for you to bear these losses. We had lots of expectations and now it’s all on standstill.  By the way what have you all been up to? Th