On The Rug | Tired but Back

Hey guys, I apologize for not having anything up on Friday. I want to make the All About You post something of a series so look forward to that on Friday. This is just an update post. I’m back in Amerikz.  Tired and jet lagged, my hair needs another shave rather desperately, I need braids on this head, and all that stuff. I’m trying to just be human again after…

On The Rug : On Black Sisters’ Street

On The Rug : On Black Sisters’ Street

This is one of the most heart wrenching books I have ever read, and to be honest it’s because I feel myself to some extent mirrored in it. It’s a story about girls who leave Nigeria for the promise of a better life for them and their families abroad. It’s a story we all can identify with somehow- in some way most of us have left something familiar and comfortable…

On the Rug || Coconut Milk and Pink

On the Rug || Coconut Milk and Pink

#foreheadgame This is my ‘ooohhhh’ face.?? I get it sometimes when I really like something, or am awkwardly trying to smile. Which is what was happening here but whatever. So, I went to the Body shop, and they were having this giant sale (everything was still way more money than I was ready to spend on soap) and the girl at the counter practically sang about this body milk. She…

On the rug : Argan Oil and Being

On the rug : Argan Oil and Being

       Trips to the drugstore are a painful process for me; especially if I’ve been reading fashion magazines or watching beauty YouTube videos. This means trips to the drugstore are always a pain.  A few weeks ago I went to an Ulta to get some stuff- lotion, lip balm, nothing special. I had seen an ad for the L’Oreal Butterfly intenza mascara in Vogue and so really wanted to…

On the Rug || Vitamin C and Sophie

On the Rug || Vitamin C and Sophie

I really  appreciate how that sort of rhymes, sort of. Most people know Sophie Kinsella for the Shopaholic series, Shopaholic 1,2, Shopaholic and baby shopaholic…you catch my drift. She’s a really good writer and has a great sense of humour, and nails the romcom literature genre- so she’s perfect for a gloomy day such as this one. I got this book for my long and dreary flight home, and was…

On the Rug : Amoafoa

On the Rug : Amoafoa

Over summer break I got to go back home and see my family and friends again. It’s the best feeling I’ve had in the last ten months. Freshman year was really rough; it induces a lot of hard thinking I guess we’re not always ready for. I appreciated the time to step back from it and process all of it; and just take it all in.Ghana is so bloody hot!…