Annette Akye

Hello Beauties,
I trust everyone's doing well. I am here with a skincare haul, yayyyyyyy!!!!! Ok so let me give you a little update about my skincare routine. You remember the 30 Day Skin Challenge i said i was partaking in May? Yeah it was good the very few days untill i wasn't consistent anymore. To cut a long story short it was a fail. Lesson learned is that good skincare products alone wont help if you are not committed to your skin care routine. 

Usually most of the skincare products i use are not readily available in Ghana. My stock got depleted and i now had to think of getting me some. The hustle! Then i saw an advert for the local skin care product range from Forever Clair (FC) and i said to myself, "why not try something that is readily available before banking all your hopes on the foreign products? What if they actually do work?". So i decided to do some little research into them, found their website and facebook page and also their locations.

Hello Beauties,
I'm back again with yet another beauty product review. So sometime back i did a mini review on the MUA Undressed palette which is an exact dupe for the famous Urban Decay Naked palette. Click here to read the post. Unfortunately this product has been tagged "sold out due to high demand" on the MUA store and also on superdrug. Yes it's that good.



Thankfully MUA recently came out with a second palette called Undress Me Too. Haha! You guessed right. It's another great dupe for the Urban Decay Naked 2 palette, spot on really. Honestly, i'm not one for spending 36 quid on just one product so i was very happy when MUA duped this palette. Click here to see a comparison review between the MUA Undress Me Too palette versus the Urban Decay Naked 2 palette.



So here is what i like about this palette:

• It's super affordable, gosh you can't go wrong with 4 quid, can you?
• It has a mixture of matte and shimmery shades which is a plus as i do not have to reach for another palette to blend with shimmery shades
• Mostly natural, neutral or nude colours which is a must have for makeup artists for wedding makeup
• The eye shadows are quite pigmented but as usual a base or primer will increase the pigmentation and longevity
• No to little fallout so no looking like a disco ball aferwards
• White packaging makes it easily distinguishable from other black palettes in my kit

This palette can be found in store at Superdrug or online on the www.muastore.co.uk. If you are in Ghana i have 2 of these palettes for sale. Leave me a message here if you are interested in picking up one.

Until next time,
Keep on being fab,

xoxo,
Annette

Hello Beauties,
I hope everyone's doing well. So the past weekend found me at the engagement of a dear friend, big sis and role model. I was privileged to have been the makeup artist for her special day. Look out for the pics on my facebook page, Beauty Emporium Gh. So i was clueless on how i wanted my hair to look but i knew definitely that i did not want to wear weaves or braids or any long term protective style. I took to instagram to find natural hair pics and trust instagram not to let down. I opted for this simply glam natural hairstyle.

Hello Lovelies,
So i get asked a lot about makeup for beginners. I recently purchased some items to try out and upon receiving them i thought a few will be great for beginners. So here are two products and my views on them

1. BH Cosmetics 120 Colour Eyeshadow Palette 2nd Edition
Now i got this palette for my personal kit for when i want to play and experiment with colours. I think getting a palette like this with a variety of colours is fun and economical meaning you dont have to splurge a lot of cash to buy different palettes to get all these colours. This palette has a mixture of shimmer, satin and matte shades so you cannot go wrong with it. The shades are fairly pigmented and the palette cost $16.00

So it just occurred to me that i didn't update you all on the Sankofa Meetup but only did on facebook. Oh well better late than never right? Anyways so the Sankofa Meetup held on the 22nd of June, 2013, and was organized by the Sheabutter Cottage to officially launch their natural hair and skin care product line in Ghana.

AfroDiva and Myself

Hello Beauties,
So this is yet another rave about a product i'm currently loving, a brush this time around. My all time favourite brush for foundation application is the ELF Studio Powder Brush. I dunno why i haven't blogged about it already, oh well. ELF has done it again with another fantastic brush. The ELF Studio Flawless Concealor Brush. WOW! I'm in love with this brush.

ELF Flawless Concealor Brush

Hello Naturalistas,
So i have recently gotten the vibe of wearing my natural hair out into my system. I feel like its high time I fully embraced it esp the short length.

Ok confession time
For sometime now i haven't been taking very good care of my hair. Well......... I was taking care of it but not fully committed. What peeved me was the fact that is was shedding more than what i considered normal. This was the main reason why i switched from relaxed to natural but was still experiencing the same shedding wahala. So to prevent me from seeing coils of hair lying about my room i always opted for protective styling to prevent me from dealing with it. But after thinking thoroughly i realized that probably i was not detangling properly to remove all the shed hair esp after taking out the protective style. After taking the time to properly detangle my hair during the last wash, i can proudly say i saw little shedding during my wash session. Anyways to cut the long story short i have decided to go on a ban on long term protective styling esp on weaves and braids. I will wear wigs for days when i need my hair to set or i am having a bit of a challenge.

Hello Beauties,
Today i'm here to rave about another product i'm loving currently. There are certain days when you cannot be bothered with lipstick and just want a slight touch of colour to your lips. You want to have that sexy, yet subtle pout that says ''kiss me'' "kiss me", then go in for a lip gloss. Now, the issues with most lip glosses I find are that they are not pigmented enough, too sticky, non moisturizing and gives the ghastly white line on the lips. Argh! I have found, in my opinion, the perfect lip gloss, ELF Studio Glossy Gloss from the ELF Studio line.

ELF Glossy Gloss

Hello Beauties,
It's been a min since I last did a product review. I seem to have gotten my mojo back and realised there are some few products I have been using and will like to share my thoughts on them. So be on the lookout for some product reviews.

When I began freelancing as a make up artist, I was on the lookout for a brand with a range of products catering specifically to women of colour and wasn't pocket draining as well. I knew that Sleek Makeup has a good range but knowing Ghanaians' attitude to this particular brand I wasn't prepared to purchase it. Although Sleek Makeup is a UK brand catering for women of colour and can boast of having in its collection a wide range of foundations and powders suitable for all skin tones and shades more especially darker skin tones, Ghanaians have a funny attitude to disregard and discredit products that are readily to them and prefer brands that are expensive, international and difficult to attain. In short, i didn't want to be in the position to be disregarded by a client so i went on the hunt for an international brand.

Milani Smooth Finish Cream to Powder in gold packaging

Hello Naturalistas,
I have the pleasure of featuring the lovely naturalista, Abiba from Accra Ghana, who's hair is ah-maziiiiiiiing and to die for by the way. Kindly take a seat, a chilled glass of juice and enjoy with a slice of your favorite cake, mine is victoria sponge cake, as you read this. Please leave any questions and comments you might have for Abiba to address, she's loaded.

So you remember the lovely Evita of Evita Joseph Beauty from the collab post "What I Will Get If Given $100"? Well she's hosting a 30 day skin care challenge with a focus on facial skin care beginning today 8th April and ending 7th May. Yayyyyy!!! This comes in very handy for me as i have been meaning to revamp my skin care regimen. I have been slacking and i am paying dearly for it with dull and blemished skin.

Generally, i would say i have mild acne prone skin meaning i breakout about say once a month esp prior to the onset of my menses. I will usually get btn 3 and 4 pimples and the most annoying part is the tiny scars it leaves behind.
So the 30 day skin care challenge involves drinking water, revving your skin care regimen and incorporating more fruits and veggies in your diet (afterall you are what you eat). Click here to read the exact details from +Evita Joseph .
So for the next 30 days here is what i will do:

Hello Beauties,
It's finally refreshing to be posting once again. I owe this post to the lovely Evita of Evita Joseph Beauty whom i had the pleasure of meeting in person at the BloggingGhana Camp event held last week. She is a talented MUA in Ghana and I have been an avid reader of her blog. She posts regularly and i am always happy when i see posts from her. So after meeting her i did tell her about the fact that she posted regularly which i enjoyed. So she came up with the idea for us to do a collaboration post which i absolutely loved and unfortunately, so typical of me, dragged the agreed post date! Oh well! better late than never. Please be sure to check out her interesting blog post here.

Hello Everyone,
So i'm here again with another face of the day but this time with a bonus: a tutorial! Yayyyyyyy!!!! Thanx to all those who have been pushing me to do tutorials, it's not been easy to get back in front of the camera. It wasn't as bad as i was dreading, lol! Just the editing is a headache because my laptop isn't an HD one so it takes forever to load and blah blah blah! Who cares! its here now. Anyways i hope you enjoy it, subscribe and feel free to comment too.

Dark Purple Smokey Eye

The Ghanaianemprezz team Abena and Naa

Can you believe the numerous posts i have sitting in draft?! Feels weird to be blogging again and feels like i need to try to find my way around it again.



I was tagged by Jocel of  BeautywithJocel and had the honour of being awarded the Liebster Award. This award is given to bloggers with less than 200 followers to recognize them and their hardwork. So i really do not like to do tags simply because i'm lazy however i do love reading them! So this year i promise to do my best to answer when i've been tagged.

These are the simple rules for the Liebster Award
1. Each person must post 11 random things about themselves (optional)
2. Answer the 11 questions that the tagger set for you.
3. Choose 11 bloggers who you would like to give the Liebster Award.
4. Create 11 questions for the bloggers you have tagged with the award to answer. 


1.What's your favourite hairstyle? To be honest i don't have one, i'm always doing something different with my hair but i think a ponytail would do for me, i like how the hair slicked back shows off the face
2. What's your hair length? Hurmph! Its been a while since i last saw my hair so i think it would be neck length (protective styling atm, yes a weave!)
3. Which do you prefer? Denman brush or fingers for detangling Denman! but sometimes finger detangling if taking off a weave or braids
4. Puff or bun? Bun, tried the puff, too much tangling and not worth it!
5.What's your hair goal? Long, big, huge, healthy hair
6. Which do you prefer? Vlogging or blogging Hmmmmmmmm i dunno really both require an amount of work but i'd say blogging because i like to read
7. What's your best hair moment? When i big chopped! I felt good that i had done something most women feared to do and i believe i pulled it off.
8. Facebook or Google+ Definitely Facebook, i'm an addict! check out the NaturalistaGh Fb page!
9. Twists or Twists Outs? Twists outs they give more volume
10. Flat Twists or Corn Roll? Weeeeeeell......... Corn roll
11. How is your journey in one word? Smooth

Choose 11 Bloggers hmmmmmmmm
1. Darling Lou +Louisa Mensah 
2. Christina +Christabell Fremah 
3. Elorm  +Beatrice Elorm Senoo 
4. Olayemi +Olayemi AO 
4. Stella +Stella Nyadzi 
5. Nessakayy 
6. Afrodiva +AfroDiva Nally 
7. Abena Emprezz +Abena Nyarkoaa 
8. MzA +Mz A 
9. Vesta of Chocolate and Curves
10. Tim +Cecil Tim-Pappoe  of Life and Cooking it

11. Dela of Sweet Mama Africa

Here are my 11 absolutely random questions I have created for you to answer. Hehehehehe pls have fun lol! Most of the questions are which do you prefer and why?

1. Food or Music?
2. Favourite movie
3. Favourite Shop
4. What is your pet peeve?
5. I have a "phobia" of ......
6. Tell me a secret about you
7. Makeup or Hair?
8. Heels or Flats?
9. Boobs or Butts?
10. Facebook or Twitter?
11. Natural Haired or Relaxed Haired

Hi Naturalistas,
So i recently posted my 8 months natural photo and quite a few people asked me or commented about the progress of my hair. Seems there is an interest in going natural but the info isn't enough. So this has inspired me to write this series, Healthy hair, which would focus on the very basics when it comes to healthy hair care, relaxed or natural.

Hello Beauties,
So since the beginning of this year, i have been experimenting different looks on myself and i must say my eye makeup skills have increased!. Lol! Practice is definitely key. Anyways i should have blogged about them earlier during my blogging hiatus but oh well! here they are. Too bad i cannot fully remember the exact products i used for each and every picture, sighs! Anyways i am on instagram, @toniakye, so you can find me there and some of the looks i do for myself and clients. Oh yes i said clients! I am freelancing makeup now. Find my page on facebook, Beauty Emporium Gh, where i have exhibits of my work. So i am available for bookings just send me a mail, beautyemporiumgh@gmail.com, if you are interested. I am super affordable, lol! Anyways enjoy these few pics.

Neutral Eyes with Deep pink lips

ALL PURE NATURE - I love the interior decor

Gosh This smells so good

I now realise why my bestie Jeni tells me i have some momma (forehead) lol!