Jan 4 2013

MY FEEL GOOD FACTOR – HOMEMADE FACIALS

This year, I’ve pledged to be good to my skin, starting with facials. If you’re in any way like me then you probably have issues getting the right exfoliator, can’t keep up a routine or just think facials are too demanding. In this article, I’ll be mostly biased towards combination skin type because that’s what I wake-up to every morning.

STEP 1: CLEANSE
I wouldn’t advice use of regular soap or shower gel. A good facial cleansing bar or facial wash works just fine and are inexpensive. I use Johnson’s cleansing bar soap, then follow-up with Palmer’s deep cleanser. This unclog pores, and generally preps your face for the rest of the routine.

STEP 2: EXFOLIATE
To get healthy glowing skin it is imperative to exfoliate. Dead skin cells leave your skin looking dull and feeling very pasty. Clean& Clear from Johnson&Johnson does it for me. To create an at-home exfoliator, you will need water and baking soda mixed into a paste like form. Apply evenly on face. You wouldn’t have the soapy/foamy effect, but it works just fine.

STEP 3: MOISTURE MASK
Mash 1 whole avocado and mix with 1 teaspoon honey. Apply on face avoiding eye area. Leave on for 15-20 minutes and rinse with warm water. Alternatively, you can substitute Avocado for Oatmeal.

Facials don’t necessarily have to be daily (but if you can, why not?). I would suggest working this routine at least twice a week.

Feb 3 2011

He who made my eve: Meet Nana Kofi Acquah

I planned to post about ‘personal branding’ for models, and ‘selling out yourself’, as a freelance model but then, something caught my attention, and had me smiling all night long…

The first time I came across Nana Kofi Acquah’s blog, was somewhere last year. I didn’t have much time, I had to grab his number and call him for some business. So tonight, I found myself intensely enjoying his blog, going through his posts over and over again. He blogs mostly about his images and poetry. Though he has an official website NKA

..grouped under 'Address to Fathers and pictures of my daughters'

I love poetry, maybe that’s one of the reasons I’m still smiling. He put up a post about one of my favorite poems, ‘To His Coy Mistress‘ and yea, he worn more views from me, for his blog.

"stay with me"

I can’t remember how I landed on his blog, tonight, but I totally fell in love with it. I didn’t intend to blog about him, or his images, but hey, he’s got me jinxed…I guess

"don't touch" this guy is 'playing smart'

Nana Kofi Acquah is a Ghanaian Pro Photographer…and has worked in many countries: Ghana, Nigeria, Angola, Senegal, The Gambia, Liberia, South Africa, La Cote D’ivoire, Belgium and The Netherlands. His work has been exhibited in London, Scotland, New York, Ghana, The Netherlands, Portugal and Angola. He is based in Ghana, but works internationally too.

a little girl hanging over the bore-hole, yet trying to get water

He admits that, live could be tough sometimes
“Life is War
The strong pretend their weak
The weak pretend their strong.”F

Ghanaian model...felivian

Nana is also a professional journalist and was Regional Coordinator (West Africa) in charge of recruiting and training camera phone journalists for the Voices of Africa Project (www.africanews.com).

Nana Kofi Acquah

Photographer

nanakofiacquah.blogspot.com

www.nkaphoto.com

+233 262 24 24 69

+233 208 24 24 69

Nana was an award winning Advertising Creative and was the Executive Creative Director for TBWA\ Ghana. And if there’s anything I’ve observed about him so far; Nana Kofi loves his wife and kids. You’ll understand when you read his blog . Now more pics…..!

on Ghana's progress...World Cup 2010

"Creativity among Africans"

so sweet

I just received a reply to an email I sent him some minutes ago

Nana Kofi Acquah
to		lora words
date		Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 10:07 PM
subject		Re: Your works are lovely
mailed-by		gmail.com
signed-by		gmail.com

hide details 10:07 PM (14 minutes ago)

And now, you have made my evening.

Thank you for being so kind.

Smiling,

Nana

On Feb 3, 2011, at 9:43 PM, lora words wrote:

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I spent all the time this evening, just reading your blog, your poems, and the images. They are really great…I have this smile on my face. It’s a long time I’ve felt this peaceful. I’m going through your posts, over and over again! Even-though I’m supposed to be posting about something on my blog, I’m enjoying your blog so much.

I could go through every single image without feeling guilty (for lazying around ; ) )

Thanks, You made my evening
…and I’m still smiling
–

…Lora Words

If I ever I should think of giving up, let the earth swell to swallow me up ‘cos I alone have the magic potion to hold heads up.http://lorawords.wordpress.com

This is live blogging…hehehehe

Jul 23 2010

FAT &UGLY??NOT ANYMORE

This is the twenty-first century. A century of peak creativity and craziness. A period of drunkenness and backwardness, a period of poverty and extravagance.

…I’m not a century analyst. That’s not even what this article is about…i wondered off, my apologies.

Have you ever wondered how fashion models came to be so skinny?? Well I’ve wondered too, and i don’t know why

What I know is, the pattern has changed! Meaning? Fat ‘booties’ are flooding the runways!! Let’s take a closer look (with Ghanaian examples, of course)

Exopa: Introduced the ‘X plus fashion show’. In a matter of minutes, there were fat women with their big boobs, pouring all over the place during the auditions. The catwalk was a bliss…hips swinging left and right, ready to hypnotize (hehehee)

Somewhere in recent times (don’t know the date) I happened to accidentally stumble on a beauty pageant being advertised on the TV and it was for the ‘fat and beautiful’

On the world stage??? Take a look at these pics