TWP Tees

So a while ago I decided to take a step further towards this whole "building a brand" thing and make some t-shirts with my blog name on it just for me to wear out and about, be my very own billboard if you please.

Who'da thunk it though, other people actually want the stuff and so far I've sold about 8 pieces. I have now decided to spread the word.

The Black Tees

The White Tees

My friend Nwabugo got one

I love them so much I even wore one to work.

TWP tees available to order, comes with either just "Third World Profashional" written on it; or
"Third World Profashional" written on it with the accompanying pink silhouette. Available in black and white.

To order please email thirdworldprofashional@gmail.com with your colour, design preference and size. 

Can only deliver within Lagos for now.

Love and light xx

Best Of The Week

Carmen Ejogo in Etro

Hellooooo gorgeous!


COVER WARS - Oluchi vs Rihanna


Oluchi + Mania

This woman has had a child abi? Because this cover is ridiculous, she looks 16!!! Love it!

Oluchi always looks amazing in pictures, I remember seeing a Banana Republic campaign she did back in 2002, she had a huge billboard on the Hollywood strip, I was so proud, like she was my own blood sister. I'd point at the billboard and tell anyone who had the misfortune to be close to me that she was Nigerian while cheesing like a MF.

Oluchi has had several ,agazine covers; Italian Vogue, I-D, Surface, Untold and True Love but my favourite of hers has to be the True Love cover. She did the "Demi Moore" pregnant belly shot (more covered up of course) but it was soooo beautiful, so natural, she was about 6 or 7 months gone and she was blooming.

Real Work of God.



Rihanna + Vogue

American Vogue November 2012

American Vogue April 2011

British Vogue November 2011

I. Am. In. Love



Beyonce Performing At Superbowl 2013

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Beyonce Giselle Knowles-Carter slays every stage she performs on, that she has snatched all her contemporaries bald, that she is currently the greatest performer alive and that she is my spiritual big sister.

Well get ready to be thoroughly entertained because we know Beyonce is going to royally ruin every females career on a larger scale than she normally does.

Superbowl 2013 are you ready?



D.E.A.T Diffusion line by Ejiro Amos-Tafiri

The first dress I ever bought from a Nigerian designer was the Waka dress by Ejiro Amos-Tafiri and I've remained a fan since. Her clothes are very beautiful and very stylish and not wildly expensive.

She recently teamed up with her best friend Diana Ubah to create the diffusion line D.E.A.T Lagos ensuring that you don't have to break the bank to look amazing.

Love the clothes, you can view the lookbook on Bella Naija



Love and light xx

photo credit: necolebitchie.com, bellanaija.com

Virgos Lounge For L'espace

Hello Girls! The Virgos are coming to town!





In a bid to extend its product range to accommodate brands that are not stocked in Nigeria,Multi-brand concept-store, L’Espace has been announced as the exclusive stockist forVirgos Lounge in Nigeria.

Known for their sensational occasion pieces which infuse exquisite beading in contemporary vintage silhouettes, Virgos Lounge pieces are coveted in every ladies wardrobe. The strategic partnership with L’Espace ensures Virgos Lounge lovers have easy access to their designs.

Speaking on the store’s new offering, Isoken and Wonu said “Virgos Lounge is an exciting addition to our stock at L’Espace which boasts of a unique product mix to the fashion-forward customer. As a brand which constantly seeks to add-value, it is important that we explore avenues that provide our customers with a fulfilling shopping experience and extending our product range proves necessary.”

Customers can expect a selection of Virgos Lounge pieces that cater to their style sensibilities. The selection and pricing of the Virgos Lounge pieces have been fine-tuned to meet the needs of the L’Espace customer; it’s a selection of affordable yet immaculately finished designs that can be worn to their regularly occurring social functions.

L’Espace will be hosting a unique shopping event to unveil the Virgos Lounge pieces;details will be announced shortly.

About L'espace

Created by the CEO duo, Isoken Ogiemwonyi and Wonuola Okoye in December 2011,L’Espace is an expansion of their wildly successful ‘Le Petit Marche’ - a monthly fashion and lifestyle market founded 3 years earlier. Its Victoria Island flagship store houses a range of “high-street” Nigerian brands; the main fashion floor houses over 20 brands including Obsidian, Alter Ego, Eclectic By Sasha amongst others. L’Espace has received notable recognition for its contribution to the Nigerian retail industry. Its Co-founder, IsokenOgeimwonyi was recently awarded the 2012 MTN Lagos Fashion & Design Week/BritishCouncil Young Creative Entrepreneur of the Year. LPM was awarded “Best InnovativeIdea” and “Best Trade Exhibition” at the 2012 Nigerian Event Awards.

www.lpmnigeria.com

About Virgos Lounge

Virgos Lounge is a London-based, vintage inspired womenswear brand established in 2008.Since its launch, Virgos Lounge has been featured in Cosmopolitan.co.uk, Complete FashionMagazine, Closer Magazine (UK), Look Magazine (UK), Vogue.co.uk, Ok! Magazine (UK),Heat Magazine, Studio 53 Extra and UK’s Grazia Magazine. Their designs have been wornby UK ‘X’ factor star Amelia Lily, Popular British soap, East Enders actress ShonaMcGarty, TOWIE star, Lydia Bright and Angela Simmons. Virgos Lounge is stocked inTopshop’s flagship store on Oxford Circus London and is set to launch in TopshopManchester and Topshop Lakeside in the coming weeks.

www.virgoslounge.com

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GIVEAWAY

So I wanted to do a Giveaway for my Lagos Profashionals and after racking my brain for the perfect item I settled on this FAB dress from the Virgos Lounge Glam Grunge collection

*ding! ding! ding! ding!

This beyootiful dress follows the Virgos Lounge famous vintage inspired ethic and comes in velvet with a fabulously detailed beaded and bedazzled neckline which is repeated around the v shaped dip in the back.

Gorge!

For my last giveaway I asked a question and the winner was the first person to answer correctly but I received a lot of feedback suggesting that choosing a random winner would be more democratic, so in this giveaway I am doing just that.

The giveaway will be open for one week ending on Sunday 14th October 2012. I will announce the winner on Monday the 15th

So here's how you can win this awesome freakum dress:

1. Follow ThirdWorldProfashional dot com on Google Friend connect
2. Like the ThirdWorldProfashional facebook page
3. Leave a comment below with your first name and email address (I know people don't like dropping their government name on the internet), and I will pick the winner with a random number generator. 

So you see, no tiresome questions, just drop your first name and email address and cross your fingers hoping the wheel of fortune will swing your way. Deadline is Sunday 14th October 11.59pm. No multiple entries please. Contest is open to Lagos residents only, let me rephrase that, it is open to everybody everywhere but I can only deliver within Lagos so if you live in Abuja and you have someone in Lagos that can pick it up for you that's fine.

The dress is a size 10.

Good luck everyone, the winner will be announced on the blog on Monday 15th October.

Zebra

Got this zebra print sheer shirt-dress as a part of what I like to call my 'Sun-dresses for Nigeria collection' 

Nothing sinister, just a bunch of simple easy to breathe dresses I haven't really worn in over a year as they're kind of useless here except for the very rare hot days. Seeing as I shall be permanently in warmer climes soon I've been stock-piling them for the Motherland.

 River Island zebra print shirt-dress
Tory Burch 'Aaden' ballet flats 

I tweeted a few days ago that England is gorgeous when the weather is warm, like truly beautiful. Beauty that is completely hidden when we're all shivering at bus stops and everywhere is grey and yucky.

I spent the week at a friends house outside London and it was such a picturesque area, it totally epitomized that line in William Blakes "Jerusalem'; "England's green and pleasant land" .

Won't we all be happier if we were warm and looked at views like this everyday?

Mother Nature needs to fix up.

Love and light xx

Good Times

Thanks so much to everyone who gave me hair tips in my previous post. I've gone out and bought awon coconut oil, castor oil etc and I'm on that co-washing tip so hopefully all my hair won't have fallen out by the end of my one month experiment (fingers crossed that I even make it to one month and not give in to the siren song of a luscious weave.)

Friday night in Glasgow and I was ready to paint the town some sort of colour. The night started with a bang though (literally) when the taxi we were in was involved in a fender bender. My normal defence mechanism when scary shit happens to me is to shut down and go into zombie mode but when the car hit us from behind and we careened into the car in front of us I actually burst out laughing....like proper ha-ha's. 

So weird.

Took this photo just after the accident, we ditched our driver and decided to walk. As you can see I'm in supremely awesome spirits, no idea why

 H & M sheer shirt
Primark bandeau top
ASOS sequin pencil skirt
ASOS neon laser cut clutch
Topshop art deco hoop earrings

My cousins were in similarly good humour, we just found the accident so hilarious. Ndi Arondizuogu laugh in the face of danger.

We went to an East African bar/restaurant called Calabash which Nigerians, as we are wont to do, had colonized and made their own. Weirdly Glasgow is chock full of East Africans, I say weird because the black population in Aberdeen is so predominantly Nigerian that I'm used to assuming every black person I see in Scotland is Nigerian. There however, every single person looked like Wyre and members of the East African Bashment Crew.

I had the BEST time at the bar. By the time we got there most of the clientele were pretty pissed and some man was having a heated argument where he kept calling Oliver De Coque a miscreant and saying King Sunny Ade was a bloody left winger. Lord knows why I found this so funny but I laughed till I had tears in my eyes, my cousins and I kept calling ourselves miscreants the entire weekend. It was that funny.

From the bar we went to a club called Carbon which I had been to the last time I was in Glasgow. I've noticed that hearing Nigerian music in clubs is no longer a novelty, I'm not sure if they're quite mainstream yet but anytime I go out the possibility is high that I'm going to hear Nigerian music and its not even in strictly black clubs, all over the place. The shock from hearing Flavour in an Australian bar in Paris is yet to wear off even. The playlist always rotates between D'banj, P square, Wizkid, Flavour and recently Davido though.......like all the time, just this 5.

Pretty cool.

The afternoon before I left we went out to lunch. I am desperately trying to put on some weight, I've never dieted in my life but I've lost some weight recently and its really worrying because my lifes mission is to acquire a healthy set of child bearing hips and hopefully a bottom worthy of Kimmy cakes. Losing weight is just not acceptable. I don't weigh myself so I have no idea how many lbs I've lost but I noticed I could notch my belt a little tighter this weekend and I'm very displeased. Hence I've been eating like a pig, no dice yet.

So yeah if you know any specific foods I could eat that would go straight to my hips, pleeaase let me know.

Topshop biker jacket
Random tee
Topshop supersoft 'Leigh' jeans
Tory Burch ballet flats

I just figured out how to work the filters on Picasa, so excited by this discovery, being playing with it all day.

Saw this statue of a couple at Buchanan Bus station and I LOVED it, the expression on the guys face is soooo...I don't even know, something just twanged  inside me when I saw it. Apparently the relics of St. Valentine are said to be in the Blessed John Duns Scotus church in the Gorbals area of Glasgow so the city is trying to use that tenuous link to hold a Festival of Love every Valentines Day. There's even a "love trail" made up of several artwork and sculpture all around the city depicting scenes of love, this statue is one of them.

Pretty cool.

I had the bestest time, my cousins are awesome hosts and I miss them already :(

On a brighter note, WATCH THE THRONE TOMORROW!!!!! From the reports I've been hearing from people who did WTT on Friday and Saturday, it was mental, I'm looking forward to losing my voice on Tuesday.

Love and light xx

Getaway

Left the boondocks for the bright lights of Glasgow today to spend the weekend with my cousins.

Zara blazer
H&M tee
Topshop supersoft 'Leigh' jeans
Prada Saffiano Lux tote


As you can see I'm currently weave-less and I'm attempting to have my hair out for at least a month, can't remember the last time I've had my natural hair out for that long. My hair is quite long but it breaks really easily so any tips for dealing with breakage will be greatly appreciated.

Got into Glasgow this evening and I swear I've been laughing since I landed, my cousins are funny AF and I I've probably laughed more in one day than I have in a while. To compound the hilarity we went to see The Dictator and honestly, hand on heart I'd love to be Isla Fisher for a day. I need to know what it feels like to be married to Sacha Baron Cohen/Ali G/ Borat/Bruno/Admiral General Aladeen. We were literally rolling, jokes for days man.

Bob, Chiugo

Staying up now watching Youtube videos, we're currently on the JJC interview on D'banj, supreme bants. Gearing up for tomorrow night, haven't been out since February and I intend to party like its 1999.

Love and light xx

New In

My top picks from the Virgos Lounge pastel themed Spring collection were delivered a couple of days ago.

Soooo excited to get them.......

 The Holly Skirt and;

The Iggy Jacket

Funny thing is my aunt also bought the Iggy jacket after seeing the post I did on the collection, and she's in her 50's. VL is transcending age boundaries yo.

I still have my eye on the Moss Blouse

errr.....birthday present anyone?

It doesn't matter that my birthday isn't for another 2 months, I don't mind getting gifts early. I've already started accepting even, my friend Mia of the blog Miafarradaily recently made my YEAR when she gave me a ticket to the Watch The Throne concert in May.

Jay Z and Kanye......Best. Present. Ever!!!

Who else is as excited for the Virgos Lounge for Topshop launch on April 29th as I am? I'm super stoked, cannot WAIT to shop that collection.

#VLGirl

Love and light xx

Vote Third World Profashional For 'Nigeria's Best Beauty Blog' And Win Sleek Products Worth Hundreds Of Thousands Of Naira!!!!

Vote Third World Profashional ‘Nigeria’s Best Beauty Blog 2012’! 

Top 5 blogs will win fantastic Sleek Studio products for readers

Each voter will receive 30% off Sleek Hair products!

 

Text ‘vote’ and "thirdworldprofashional" to 33382 now to take part in the official Sleek Studio poll to find Nigeria’s Best Beauty Blog 2012.  

YOU DECIDE!!! 

Third World Profashional has been shortlisted by Sleek Studio (www.SleekNigeria.com), the premier beauty brand in Nigeria in an official poll to reveal the top five beauty blogs in Nigeria, today!  

Up for grabs for the top five is an enticing selection of premium quality Sleek Studio products worth hundreds of thousands of Naira, for distribution by the blogs to their loyal readers. 

It’s all in there - from stunning Sleek Hair hair extensions, Sleek lace wigs and Sleek wet and wavy braids, to striking Sleek Makeup blushers, eye shadow palettes, lipsticks, gloss and vibrant nail polish; plus the fabulous new S.Studio Skincare. 

Sleek Studio’s top model and ‘Face of Sleek Nigeria 2011’ winner Alex Nwokedi (pictured) will personally hand over the goodies to the winning five blogs!

Each voter gets 30% off any Sleek Hair purchase at the Sleek Studio V.I. shop 64B Anifowoshe Street (off Adeola Odeku). Opening hours 9am to 6pm Mondays to Saturdays. Tel: 08029429215. 

To take part in this poll all you have to do is text ‘vote’ and "thirdworldprofashional" to 33382, and then visit the Sleek Studio in V.I. to show your text to get your discount. 

Don’t delay – the poll closes at 6.00pm on the 1^st of May 2012.  Winning blogs will be announced at a press conference at Sleek Studio V.I. in the second week of May.

Subject to terms and conditions including: the 30% discounts are available only from the Sleek Studio shop mentioned and cannot be applied in conjunction with any other offers or discounts. Maximum one text and one 30% discount per customer.

So just for for voting you get 30% off any Sleek Hair purchase and if TWP is one of the top 5 beauty blogs chosen I get to give out Sleek Hair products worth hundreds of thousands of naira to my fab profashionals.

Errr.....what are you waiting for? Hanlele, get on it and get texting, the spirit of MTN, Etisalat, Glo and Celtel will not deter you from this awesome purpose.

Go! Go! Go!

Text ‘vote’ and "thirdworldprofashional" to 33382 now!

Love and light xx

Wedding Fun

*Warning...photo overload*

Attended my friend Maky's wedding on Saturday and it was AH-MAZING! The whole week in the run up to the big day was so much fun and Saturday was the perfect climax. The last time I had this much fun at a wedding was at my friends Ediri and Molly's back in 2010.

ASOS sheer maxi with a side split and slashed bell sleeves
ASOS double cuffs
River Island studded sandals

I did a fishtail braid for the first time that day, I'd never tried it before and I thought I did a pretty good job considering it was my first attempt. It works better when your hair is really full and not very sleek though, my hair was flat-ironed and serum'd up to within an inch of its life when I did it, so it didn't have the fat plait look a fishtail braid is supposed to have. I'll try it again after I've washed and blow dried my hair to give it more volume.

Everybody brought their A game that day, as in it was a room full of gorgeous people in seriously beautiful clothes. I love that Nigerians always get dressed up, none of that casual BS. Some people actually dare show up at weddings looking like they're just running down to the off license. Anyone that tries to ruin my wedding photos in 'casual wear' is going to get it from me.

Go hard or go home.

Beautiful people.....

It was an evening wedding so after dinner which ended at about 10ish or so an ice bar was set up in another room while the reception room was being turned into a club with a lit up dance floor, the whole works.

I was pretty stoked to see the ice bar because I've heard about ice bars, ice clubs and ice hotels for quite a bit but I've never seen one in reality.

It was interesting trying to figure out how it was being refrigerated to keep it from melting, the things people come up with are just amazing.

The shots were served in these ice shot glasses.

Dope AF.

The music was spectacular, DJ Exclusive outdid himself and we literally danced till like 2.30am, I didn't get home till 3 and the party was still going strong after I left.

I'm proud to announce I think I can now drink properly without wanting to curl up and die. I had several shots and glasses of champagne and I was clear headed all night and woke up "lookin, smellin, feelin like a million bucks" *in the voice of Ludacris*

I think I'm finally an adult.

It was beautifully organized and had a strict guest list that was adhered to. I've always wondered if its possible to have a wedding in Nigeria where people actually RSVP and has a guest list, no stragglers, name cards at a table......

If anyone has managed to pull it off I'd really like to hear how they performed this feat because the only weddings I've seen this being done successfully was this one and my friend Ejay's in 2011, and both were in London.

These past 10 days or so have been LIVE.

Love and light xx