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ove is celebrated everyday but a special day has been set aside to specifically show love to the people we hold dear to us and in honor of Valentine, we highlight various celebrity power couples who are influential and successful in their own right but still use their relationships to empower each other rather than dragging each other down. Our personality for the week is Lagos Socialite, Fifi Dilly who is well known for her exquisite sense of style. Still basking in the season of love, self love should also be appreciated and we introduce to you Fragrance Zoning, the new scented self care trend which is being appreciated in the wellness industry. We also tackle the issue of fogged up glasses by highlighting various ways to get rid of this rather annoying inconvenience. And in our beauty corner, we bring to light a strange beauty concept which has proven to have amazing benefits – Dry Body Brushing. Happy Valentine's Day to you.
Moriam Musa EDITOR-IN-CHIEF TRIBE AND ELAN
COVER/LAYOUT DESIGNER SEGUN RAPHAEL
WRITERS AKINWANDE VICTOR ERINFOLAMI TEMILOLUWA
DRY BODY BRUSHING: A STRANGE CONCEPT WITH AMAZING BENEFITS
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rust the beauty world to always come up with different ways, techniques and processes to ensure your skin gets the absolute best to ensure a healthy skin. This traditional beauty regime which has gotten a resurgence to the evolution in the beauty and wellness industry is called Dry Brushing or Dry Body Brushing.
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A step by step guide on how to dry brush Dry brushing does not just involve randomly scrubbing a brush all over your body. Below are proper steps to take note of; 1. First of all make sure your skin is completely dry.
2. It boosts blood circulation as blood is pushed to areas that have been dry brushed.
How Often Should You Dry Brush? Since dry brushing involves total body exfoliation which can leave your skin feeling a little raw it depends on you as well as your skin as to how often you want to do it but as a general rule of thumb it is recommended to be done not more than one or two times a week. If you have Dry brushing is using of a brush with firm, ultra sensitive skin, try dry brushing once every natural bristles to gently massage the body in couple or weeks until your skin can handle it once an upward motion. This process effectively or twice a week. brightens the skin as it sloughs off dead skin thereby making moisturizers more effective Benefits of Dry Brushing and just as the name implies your body should be 1. It helps to exfoliate dead skin leading to cell turnover and radiant skin. totally dry before it's done.
3. It aids lymphatic drainage. Dry brushing speeds up the rate of blood pumping, which helps get the lymph through the body, therefore removing toxins and pathogens more 2. Start from your ankle, then move your brush quickly. over your skin in long circular motions that go in the direction of your heart. 4. A lot of people say their cellulite is less noticeable after dry brushing due to the 3. Always make sure to maintain a slightly firm temporary plumping of the skin but take note pressure when dry brushing. that it will not produce any permanent changes to getting rid of cellulites. Note that, Dry Brushing can be done anytime of the day but it is recommended you do it before 5. It also helps with the appearance of sun you take a shower so as to wash away all the damage. Writer: Temiloluwa Erinfolami
FRAGRANCE ZONING: THE NEW SCENTED SELF CARE TREND
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urrently, our homes have taken on plenty of additional purposes, functioning as work out spaces, classrooms and offices as a lot of us are still stuck at home due to current restrictions which has limited the rate at which we move around. While there are perks to being on your bed and attending a zoom class or working, the lines have blurred as it is becoming more difficult to separate our personal from our professional lives as many people end up working longer hours without realizing it or we students that are now dealing with the travails of schooling from home. As a result of this, a new scented self care trend has emerged which is known as Fragrance Zoning. WHAT IS FRAGRANCE ZONING? Fragrance Zoning which is also known as 'scent-scaping', is a form of dividing your house and day using different scents making it easy to compartmentalize each room or time period in your mind. This encourages you to associate one room with work and another with rest or play, making you more productive when working and calm when it is time to sleep. In this way, a certain scent can send subconscious triggers within the brain to switch to a different frame of mind.
scent for working hours, another scent for work outs, a different one when it's time to sleep or relax in order to transform your mood as you move from one frame of mind to another. The key to successfully fragrance-zoning your home has to do with finding a scent that accompanies your plan for that time of the day or for that particular activity with the help of essential oil diffusers whether traditional or electronic. - To boost concentration for those working from home, frankincense creates the best working environment - To balance emotions and create a calm environment, there's no better smell than roses. - For sleeping, there is nothing as good as lavender since it is well known for its dream inducing aroma as well as eucalyptus. - To boost energy, zesty citrus scents are highly recommended. Anything from grapefruit, rosemary, juniper, peppermint etc
Now, go ahead and indulge in scented candles and diffusers to ease your anxiety, soothe your nerves and brighten up your HOW TO FRAGRANCE ZONE day. It is recommended by experts to use one Writer: Temiloluwa Erinfolami
HOW TO KEEP YOUR GLASSES FROM FOGGING UP WHEN WEARING A MASK
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ith face masks being an integral part of our everyday lives now, it has not been easy adjusting to it as it is not always comfortable most times. It is a much bigger adjustment for individuals who are using glasses as one common complaint from them is the issue of fogged up lenses. This occurs when warm breath hits the cooler surface of the lens making it fog and we have to admit that it must be very irritating and annoying. Below are a few tips to help you fix this issue;
3. Make use of soap and water You can try washing your lenses with dishwashing soap and water and let it airdry. The soap leaves behind a film that prevents glasses from fogging. 4. Clean your glasses with shaving foam Apply a few dabs of shaving foam (basic foam and not gel) to your glass lens and wipe clean. Do not rinse afterwards as the shaving foam will create a protective layer over the lenses.
1. Use a mask with nose bridge Close the gap on surgical masks by 5. Put a tissue inside the mask moulding the nose bridge at the top of the mask to your face to reduce the gap that If you place a folded tissue under your mask at the bridge of your nose, it helps in allows moist air up the glass. absorbing some of the escaping moisture. 2. Put your glasses over your mask Pull up your mask so the top sits higher on 6. Buy a commercial anti fogging product your nose and wear your glasses on top of which come in form of sprays and wipes. the material. Writer: Temiloluwa Erinfolami
FIFI DILLY: A TRUE REPRESENTATION OF FASHION FINESSE
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ifi Umenyiora Dilly, popularly known as Fifi Dilly is a Lagos socialite who is quite popular on the gram for her clean, crisp and impeccable sense of style. Fifi is a woman of undeniable elegance whose style can best be simply described as Eclectic. A mother , businesswoman, she is the wife of Okwudilli Umenyiora - popular business tycoon and chairman of Dilly Motors. Fifi as she is popularly known as , has an unconventional style of putting together outfits and accesories that would regularly not flow well together . A natural and a fashion aficionado, she has an unmatched eye for detail and is able to translate quirky and fun into her daily looks. Due to her sartorial choices, her style is never short of elegant as she is always willing to play with silhouettes and fabrics making her love for fashion very noticeable and easy to the eye . Her versatility and fashion finesse has in no doubt earned her a spot as a style icon and her eclectic style and playful approach to fashion is one we truly admire. Nota influencer but her fashion choices are quite influential which her natural appeal never ceases to show through . Striking a perfect balance between sophistication, chic and style. Writer: Temiloluwa Erinfolami
TASOU BY CHUKS COLLINS
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n the words of Chuks Collins
“I am working on a new sustainable lifestyle brand and the fashion collection is inspired by the lost Benin kingdom in the south part of Nigeria and the beautiful streets of New York where dreams are made. It is a Lifestyle brand that closes the gap between street wear and athletic wear, with the liberty of reconciling our Art self and Act Self while creating a fluid avenue to life. Our Art Self being all that we are, the gifts, talents and uniqueness of ourselves, while our Act Self is what we do with everything that we are....our activity self from our senses into functionalities with our different uniqueness. As an Artist and Designer pivoting and charting a more sustainable part is very essential to me. With everything that has happened in recent times our homes and the street are the runway #mobilechic. Hence incorporating essential accessories that’s needed in our everyday life. The fashion pieces are set to be released Feb 1st, 2021 through a short fashion film released through CFDA Runway 360, that will be developed later into a documentary. The short film will capture our lives on a daily basis in a place of being and functionality, with emphasis on how we are all connected and the final scene will be the introduction of the full collection. “