Annette Akye

Hello beauties, I hope everyone's doing well. I am here, bringing you yet another review of a skincare product from my previous haul. Check out the previous review i did for the FC Blemish Control Soap. Today, I will be reviewing the FC Blemish Control Toner. Is it just Ghanaians or elsewhere too also the use of the word "toner" or "toning" in skincare might mean something else, e.g. it may mean the use of "mild" bleaching creams, soaps or lotions to slightly lighten your skin shade? Anyways, this isn't one of such products. ...

Read More

Hello beauties, So I'm here with a review of a skincare product I have been trying out for 2 months now. Its one of the products in my last skincare haul, click here to check it out. So as the title suggests, the product is the Forever Clair (FC) Blemish Control Soap. nice sturdy packaging ...

Read More

Hello beauties, So this past weekend saw us at the Zaron Makeup Ghana Launch at their newly opened shop at Dzorwulu opp Van-J Eye Care Ltd Next to the Sid Theatre. Zaron Makeup is a nigerian owned makeup brand launching in Ghana by Maadee Darko Mensah, Head Makeup Artist of Luxe D'visage Hair and Makeup. I had been seeing my fellow nigerian makeup artists use products from this brand as well as reading some positive reviews for some of their products. So i was very excited to learn that it was going to be launched in Ghana as well....

Read More

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...

Read More

Hello, So its been a min since i last wrote a blog post. The wedding season has began and its super crazy during the weekends for me as a makeup artist and also as a guest. Anyways so since my last hair post, my hair is back in a protective style. Yes i remember i said i wasn't going to do any long term protective styles but because i knew i had a tight schedule which wont permit me to have the necessary time for my hair, i opted for it. ...

Read More

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,...

Read More

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....

Read More

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...

Read More

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 ...

Read More

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 ...

Read More

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...

Read More

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...

Read More

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...

Read More

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. ...

Read More

Hello, It's been a min since i last blogged, i hope everyone's well. So I am happy to announce to you the first SANKOFA Meetup being organized by Akua Wood of Sheabutter Cottage, an online UK retailer of natural hair and skin care products. SANKOFA is basically is a meetup to mostly chat on hair and skin care as well as sales of hair and skin care products. It comes off on the 22nd of June, 2013 at Legon Westlands from 2 pm to 8 pm. It's a free event and there is going to be free food...

Read More

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...

Read More

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...

Read More

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...

Read More

Hello everyone,  Here is just another long overdue blogpost that has been sitting in draft for God knows how long! smh! Anyways here is it now.  On the 28th of December last year, Twists n Locs Salon in collaboration with the The Body Butter Company, organized a programme dubbed "The Natural Bazaar" at the W.E. DuBois Memorial Centre in Cantoments. This was a programme showcasing vendors of natural hair and body products and made in Ghana goods. It started around 2pm and unfortunately i missed all that part and got there around 6. Very late! The programme was...

Read More

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...

Read More

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. ...

Read More

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...

Read More

Hi Beauties, This a looooooong over due post. So i happened to be facebooking as usual on a Sunday night before christmas last year (yes very late post) when a page i had liked, All Pure Nature, posted a christmas carol contest which i quickly responded and emerged the winner. Yayyyyyyy!!!!!! I was really excited as i had previously thought of going there to review their shop and if possible some of their products. Anyways this company, All Pure Nature, is Ghanaian owned, based in Osu, Accra and specializes in all natural handmade skin cosmetics and hair care...

Read More

Happy new year!!!!!! *waves* Hope everyone had a fantastic xmas and wonderful new year! I have been back home to Ghana since end of last year and i'm so happy to be back. Thoroughly enjoyed my xmas and happy to be back to the company of family friends and loved ones. Yep! i'm terrible! Been on a blogging hiatus is an understatement lol! First i didn't have reliable internet so blame my absence on GLO and then when tiGO finally sorted me out, erm...... there is no reason.  Well i have been caught up facebooking instead of blogging....

Read More