Merry Christmas

Hey Readers,
     Its been a long while a wrote something on the post but my exams have gotten the better part of me but not to worry i'll be done early next week. These few weeks have been full of mixed feelings, the joys of coming to the end of another amazing year and the pains of losing important people this year. It started with Hollywood actor Paul walker which came to everyone  as a shock.. and then the greatest shock of them Nelson Madiba Mandela answered the call to eternal glory... I still cant believe all of this took place within this short period.
   At this juncture, i think we should all be taking time off to recount the numerous things God has done for us if you can not find anything to be grateful for be grateful for the fact that you are among the people alive today. Turn up for Jesus this season he is the reason for the season guys.
   Its been a long and exciting year and am definitely grateful for a lot of things people cant put them all here but the LORD has been good that  what i can sincerely say. I also just saw The Best Man Holiday and i must say that movie has officially started my christmas thats one of the reasons i waited this long to see it, if you have not seen it please do and on a lighter note MERRY CHRISTMAS and remember to say safe during these festive season.
  Love,
  Vanessa

missing in action

Hey Readers,
    Hello beautiful people hope you have had a splendid week and are getting some good rest this weekend and for my people in America hope it was a blissful thanksgiving and you had a nice time shopping this black friday?.
  I have had a very eventful week i most confess but excitingly the semester is over and i sit and wonder how fast this phase of my life is going to move and before i know it am done with school (yaay) but all the same we must face the battle at hand. My daddykins also got promoted Gods prayers do work people trust in him, he has worked for me and he definitely will for you all. i also got my hair done and i must say i am loving every bit of it
Am going to live a skincare video down below for you all to watch as promised in a previous post and some pictures of my new hair :D
 i will be MIA from now am starting my exams soon so keep me in your prayers... Have a fabulous weekend and week ahead.. and dont forget to keep your date with God tomorrow its sunday

WORK!!! WORK !!!!! BUT REMAIN FOCUSED

Hey Readers/ followers
  Am really sorry i have been MIA. Got so caught up with school work and my final exams are fast approaching and because of that i have to intensify my study efforts lol remain focused. It's been a very exciting week with ups and downs but we will survive. Living downtown makes my life feel so busy but the joy about Ottawa is the great feeling that christmas is around the corner and am excited about celebrating the birth of christ but unfortunately my 2nd christmas without family(SAD) but on the bright side i get a turkey meal.....
 I realized that as we try to keep up with peoples expectations for us, social media, friends, fashion trends and all the things of life we forget why we where created, we forget that we are accountable to one person and we are living life to please him. i know it can be really hard to go through your daily activities and still remember that we have obligations we owe our God like taking a minute from our busy schedule to say a word of prayer when we wake up and before we go to bed, we also owe him that holy day called sunday but some of us still keep it to ourselves i wonder what for.........i think the key here is remain focused and remember that at the end of the day we are giving account to him and no one else. Also bear in mind that all the earthly possessions are all vanity and cannot take us to eternity.
On a lighter mode God loves us all so whenever we fall back on him he is ready to take us back. i had an amazing weekend with my friend Hodan at her birthday and here are some pictures. I had Pina colada and i loved it
Have a FAB week dolls
        LOve
               Xx Vanessa xX

FAITH HAS A FASHION SENSE !!!!!!

Hey Readers,
 I hope everyone is a having a fabulous day and you enjoyed yesterdays post. Am sure you guys are wondering how faith has a fashion sense but lets see what i mean by that.
I love to look good where ever i go and that is a known fact but then i have my faith which gives me direction on how to live and what to live by, we all have that thing that we live by some may choose to call it principles but i call mine FAITH.
I hear a lot of people say as a christian you are not entitled to look good but then i do not see the conflict between faith and fashion because i think you can still love your God and still look FABULOUS.
i have heard people teach that as a christian make up,hair extensions, jewellery and ear piercings make us ungodly. people out there are still confused about this but ti believe God also likes good things don't you? and there can be a bridge between fashion and faith.
Women by nature are very cautious about the way they look in public and they always want to stand out but the big question is can a woman of faith have good fashion and i will say YES!!!!
i have found away of merging these two different people. the first step is by understanding that it is perfectly okay to be bright and beautiful because God is.
Secondly i have discovered that you have to use your conscience and principles of your faith to guide your dressing. i have always lived by the slogan "Because it is in vogue doesn't mean it is meant for you".  God does not want us attracting negative energy towards us but rather positive energy,  bearing in ind that we can still be classy and work in line with God's will for us.
I appreciate people and religions that promote a balanced view towards out ward appearance. I believe that simplicity is the key, don't be to dressy, rigid or provocative but be decent and orderly. We ought to be fashionable and presentable but not to much that we forget to concentrate on our inner beauty as it is the most important. striking a balance between your inner beauty and outer beauty should be the key.
As ladies dressing,hygiene and personal grooming are very important but believe me your inner beauty shines and stands you out. Faith dwells on inner beauty and fashion outer beauty.
I love to see fashionable women around me but i dislike extreme fashion which comprises of skimpy clothes, excessive makeup and ornaments, tattoos and extreme piercings they are against my faith. provocation in appearance is unnecessary baggage that no one wants to be carrying. so we most strive to create that balance between inner beauty and outer beauty and we will realise that indeed faith has a fashion sense...... :)
 Hope you all enjoyed the post i must state that this idea was gotten from a post on bellanaija.com so feel free to check it out HERE and yes am still trying to create my own balance and find what suits me as a plus size lady with faith..... Have a good day everyone and remember to move a round with a positive spirit
  LOve,
            Vanessa

GOD IS ALWAYS WATCHING

Hey Readers,
 I just realised growing up in a christian family does not give you a free ticket to heaven. it's only a guide we can choose to either follow or not as for me i have decided to follow that part nothing beats the love of God. It supersedes the love we get from worldly satisfaction, boyfriends, friends and all other things we can think about. I have been trying to find my deep rooted self in christ for a while and i must confess its pretty difficult and i finding myself falling but the best part of it all is that every time i fall God is always ready to pick me up. i can only relate Gods love to that of a mother and how she would always stand for her children whenever just like my mum did and is still doing :).
I talk to God like i would to my mother and i believe it has helped me express my self better and it only gets better when i know he sees everything am doing. I draw a lot of inspiration from Heather & Cornelius Lindsey by the way who says social networks can influence you positively, i found this amazing couple on instagram and i have been hooked to them since them. Check Heather Lindsey on heatherlindsey@blogspot.ca and bravo to me i just joined pinky promise and am hoping to start one or join one here in Ottawa and am believing it would be an interesting way of sharing the word with other beautiful ladies around who have chosen to honour God with their body and life, mind you married women are also involved in pinky promise so check them out on pinkypromisemovement.com.
I urge everyone reading this to try and seek the face of the lord and try and find ourselves inhim if you have not and share your amazing experience with him.
I will be sharing once in a while but that also depends on the response from this post, and tomorrow i will be talking about how to dress in the faith so you all check back tomorrow for more posts.
Have a blessed day ahead  everyone and wake up with a positive mind and try and continue the day in that spirit........
   Love,
         Vanessa

THE WEEKEND

Hey readers,
         am sure for my canadian and american family you all are thinking of the canadian singer the weekend but sorry to disappoint I did not meet the weekend. Well this weekend was pretty awesome. I went windowing shopping on friday at BayShore and it was my first time of going there but the interesting fact is that i did not buy anything it was hard but i overcame the challenge  I cannot explain how happy I am for achieving this. I hope to continue this journey and only buy stuff when necessary. On saturday I was off to Montreal it was definitely a good ride I enjoyed every bit of it. I did not get to see much of it  because I was at the airport all the time and i hit the road back to my beautiful city of Ottawa. I love it here no doubt and i have tons of school work to do but I"ll get through it. Its sunday so am pretty laid back and not doing much apart from working on my essay and now writing on the blog...
From this week am going to share one make up video and beauty secret video from my favourite youtube gurus @enibaby4  and +aymonegirl both on youtube these guys are the best hope you enjoy.
     It's a great week ahead guys try to bring out as much positivity as you can do not forget to watch the videos and have a great week ahead Remain blessed
                  Love,
                           Xx Vanessa xX

Am I a Woman

Hey Readers,
            Hope you all are doing good? i have been listening to a lot of spoken word of recent. for those of you wondering what spoken word is it is an artistic performance of speaking your mind with a lot of gesticulation and facial expression and it has had my attention for a while so am going to share one with you today but before then i finally wrote my development mid-terms and it was great..... Thank God and my micro economics went well. so i am finally don with my mid terms time to focus on my finals... am excited to be ending this semester and i hope it turns out positively. i think maturity comes with wisdom and not with age, about what your brains can do for you and not what your body can do for you. I think the earlier we all realize this the better for the society in general. Don't forget to look at my pictures of the day down below an leave comments
          Have a lovely day everyone and don't forget to let the light in you shine bright
                    Love
                               Xx Vanessa xX
     

My life through words: CATCH UP

My life through words: CATCH UP: At the graduation dinner Hey Readers,    Its been a crazy week and weekend for me and in all of it i still carried you guys in my hea...

CATCH UP

At the graduation dinner

Hey Readers,

   Its been a crazy week and weekend for me and in all of it i still carried you guys in my heart. I have some exciting news though, over the weekend my family friend graduated from university and as usual i will be bring pictures from this event. it was a weekend of merriment, dancing and all the good stuff that come with celebrating success.
I have a couple of tests to write this week so do not be surprised if i take a long break again this is due to my busy schedule and trying to prep for my final exams. Iyanya has done it again with his Le Kwa Ukwu video i just love how he dances like a woman, am going to leave the video down below.
I'll also encourage you guys to check out choies.com for amazing fall/autumn outfits. They never disappoint. i will also like for the guys to pay special attention to my picture on the right and learn to treat women right.
Its a brand new week lets all make the best out of  it and try to live as good citizens of our various countries..... Remember to pray for someone out there who needs it . Till i come at you guys again have a blessed day.
    LOve,
      xX Vanessa xX

LIFE OF AN UNDERGRADUATE

Hey beauties,
                    I have been MIA( missing in Action) so sorry about that i had a meltdown at the beginning of the week. So many assignments to turn in and a lot of tests to write OMG....  I always had the blog on my mind but i just could not find the extra time to blog. My monday was a total slow crunch, i realized i had an assignment due the next day and i was up till at 3am. What have you guys been up to?
I finally did this assignment and i turned it in on time........yaay me. Tuesday is my marathon day i gave classes till 10 pm that is so unfair and it drains me out but yes i survived and getting home i slept like a baby...
Wednesday was my sleep in day and i swear i planned to blog but i was still tired and had a couple of classes to attend so i was back to square one at the end of the day. Thursday was similar i stayed up tip 3am reading because i have a couple of tests coming up next week and this weekend is so busy. The brother is graduating and so there is a lot of things going on this weekend so i better do all my readin g and preparation.
Am going back to my books now am currently in a class and i have to go back to it now i havea couple of pictures for you guys so watch out and follow my fave fashion bloogers at verygoodbadgirl and jadorefashion on instagram you will love them trust me
 Have an amazing weekend loves
     Love
 Xx Vanessa xX

I stole this from toke makinwa's instagram page dont let anyone
put you turn up it's friday.

Another Week Begins

Hey Readers,
  Hope everyone had an amazing sunday because i kind of did until i had to hide my self in the library to read up for my courses and i was not able to take any pictures of my outfit but i wanted to give a sneak peek of my hair looking really full. Can you believe it is just 5:30 and its so dark already signs of the fall/winter season
 I actually did a lot of reading today and i hope it pays off can't believe this semester is almost over and the year inclusive. Am going to have a 25 day wish list for christmas and a give away for christmas?new year so stay glued to the blog you can never tell what i have coming your way.
I made the one week of continuos blogging and am going to try and keep up with. Please leave comments and i"ll see you guys tomorrow> Have a wonderful week ahead guys
     LOve
            Xx Vanessa xX

HOUSE CHORES

Hey Readers,
      I cant believe i forgot yesterday was the first day in a new month. Happy new month sweethearts. Today was a pretty lazy day for me i was in bed till about 1pm when i got a call from my mum in Nigeria. i really needed the sleep its been a crazy week. i woke up with the intention cleaning up my room which i finally did and got my laundry, i feel quite accomplished today and now am thinking of how to work on my hair y'all know i took out my kinky braids so my hair is exposed and for those of you who don't know i started growing my hair about a year ago and impressively it has grown a lot proud of my hair.... i'll share a picture one of these days but today i'll be showing you what my room looks like today. To keep the groove going this saturday with some nigerian music visit gidiloungefm at this link Here good music for a saturday evening at home + for those of you who missed my wish list checkout the post Here and vist choirs.com for nice winter and autumn outfit they have sales going on guys check them out.
           Have a fabulous weekend dolls. Remember to go to church tomorrow and say a prayer for someone out there.
                    Love,
                              Xx vanessa xX

FRIDAY GROOVES

Hey readers,
    Happy friday guys, yes thank God it's friday woah we can finally et some rest from the weekly schedule and sleep in a little with the weather here in ottawa you can snuggle up in your blanket and drink a warm cup of hot chocolate (yummy) talking about hot chocolate i had the cane hot chocolate from second cup on my school campus today and it was yummy i'll definitely be going back for more. If you find yourself at the university of ottawa campus try the sec on cup at Morriset library.
I had a rather exciting day and am looking forward to an exciting weekend.
Am going to be doing a run on my wish list from choies.com its an online store and they are having fabulous discounts on their products. so i'll show you a picture and the price tag

This skater skirt is amazing and it is also available in green. Its an amazing outfit for church or a formal outing where you don't want to be over dresses

This wool jacket with quilted sleeves is a must have for this season i cannot resist it and i have a love for things that have a feel of leather. It gives you that edgy look.

This red jumpsuits is in the most perfect colour ever. I love the fit of this jumpsuit with the perfect pair of black high heels you are good to go.

This dress is a maxi dress my love for maxi dresses cannot be explained tho i know you all are wondering why i would get summer dresses in the fall but i just love this drees



















Thanks for reading my blog again guys. Have a fabulous weekend and don't forget to check out choies.com
                         Xx Vanessa xX

TRICK OR TREAT

Hey readers,
             Happy halloween everybody, hope you guys had amazing costumes, i didn't because am not really a fan of halloween. But i enjoyed seeing people in their costumes. I had one of the best classes today with two bananas and two gorillas. the gorillas chased the bananas round the class for about three minutes they sure gave us a good laugh and professor Gray could not resist it.
            It's a wet day here in ottawa been raining all day and when i was about to got to class all i could think of was warm and the idea of my outfit came to my head and i decided to go all black because all the warm clothing i could find where in black and i most say most of my wardrobe is dull am still trying to experiment with colour.
           Have a nice day everybody don"t forget to go trick or treat if you can. Remain blessed
                                       Xx vanessa xX

Tuesday Madness

Hey fabulous readers,
                 I had a test this morning and as usual i went to bed late and i was up by 8am to read more before the test by 11:30. Today was not in my favour an vava voom i was some minutes late for class and as i walked in my iPhone starts playing a song causing everyone to turn around and stare at me, i was embarrassed but i quickly settled in and wrote my test which turned out okay.It was a cold day but not that cold, Ottawa amazes me when it comes to weather one minute its not so cold the other minute it is so cold.

Am also taking off my braids today or let me say the back part and am thinking what to do to it any suggestions :D. I promised i'll be giving a daily update on my outfit and here you go ladies and gents. I got the camo pants  and sweater from forever 21. The  top from reitmans and my shoes are Aldo.

 Have a fabulous day/night readers. Remmember to say

a prayer for yourself abd some one out there.

           Xx Vanessa xX

Monday tension

Hi Guys,
      hope you guys are having an amazing monday and i hope your monday is turning out well. i usually don't have classes till 5:30 in the evening but today i had a couple of meetings to attend on campus today and so i decided to look my best since it was monday.
Mondays come with these kind of tensions am sure you can relate if you are a student. I am always edgy on  mondays because i know it's the beginning of another busy week  (Arrggh) but its all good.
I thought to share with you guys some sites with quite reasonable fall clothing : choies.com,                 sheinside.com, lovelywholesale.com and yes they have nice stuff i trust you guys would love and am going to try to update everyday from now hence forth, i have not been doing that because some days i just don't feel like dressing up but i"ll try from now hence forth
 Have an amazing day/evening my dear readers and thank you for  your support family friends and every one especially you........yes you reading this right now. I love you guys

       Xx Vanessa Xx

Dress: Forever 21

I got this over  a year ago  and pardon the lack of a full picture couldn't get anyone to take the picture.

SUNDAY BLISS

HI guys,

           hope you are having a good sunday. My cousin maureen and i have been very terrible followers when it comes to going to church, so we decided to take a plunge and attend church today yaay. I decided to share with you guys what we wore today. its the popular oleku trend among nigerians and we decided to rock ours today. i hope you guys are feeling inspired for the new week, i have a couple of tests this week so put me in your prayers my amazing readers.

This is me guys Vanessa xoxox
Wrapper and blouse : custom made for me by my mama bear

Wrapper and Blouse: custom made for us by our mama bears

Bag: Aldo

Shoes: Aldo

Wristwatch: Micheal kors

Lipstick: Mac Rebel

Foundation/powder: Mac

Wrapper and blouse: custom made

Bag: just fab

Thats my cousin maureen
 i know we a re opposite in color lol

Shoes: call it spring

Watch: Fossil

Lipstick: Mac flat out fabulous

Foundation/powder: Mac..

Have a fabulous week ahead guys don't forget to stay inspired this week, we all beautiful people. say a prayer for yourself and some one out there.

      xx Love xx

                       Vanessa

 With the fall weather all around at this time am loving the outdoors. i love it when the weather is not too hot and not too cold, i feel its the perfect combo for your skin..
 Its been a stress free week of no school (Reading week) and i spent it with family, but with this change in weather comes a change in wardrobe and i know some people are having difficulty in making that transition because i am, as i said earlier i love the weather so i really do not care because this is my summer... enough about the weather.
  This week a lot of things hit me, i got thinking about how things seem impossible but Got just puts them on track. i was in church on sunday which happened to be the thanksgiving sunday and when the praise and worship started i could feel God telling me surrender everything to me my child i felt like i could just cry on his shoulders physically and all my worries would be gone. i actually let myself do that in my imagination but what hit me was the fact that i felt peace in his presence, i felt joy, i felt overwhelmed by his mercy. it was an amazing weekend.
  I hope that we all can one day find that solace in God, i pray that we can learn to let him take control of our lives.
 I hope you all had an amazing Thanksgiving..... till i come at you again have an amazing weekend
              LOVE,
                            XX Vanessa XX

RANDOM THOUGHTS

Yipee its been a stressful week finally  coming to and end with tons of assignments and midterms to write i took a break off. Thanksgiving weekend is finally here for those of u in Canada and more exciting i get a week off school so i can finally get a well deserved rest.
Thanksgiving should be shared with family and friends. its all about enjoy and celebrating the beauty of having loved ones around you.
 I just started another blog styleatuottawa.blogspot.com i think you all should check it out its about peoples fashion sense on my campus.
 Its my baby girls birthday, the best there is out there turn up, Happy birthday nebian...........I love you mucho......... xoxox

till the next time i come at you guys again, have an amazing weekend
                                Love,
                                           xx vanessa xx

God in our lives

With just three months to go to the end of the year, i seem very excited about this christmas. Its my first christmas in Ottawa and fortunately am not going to Nigeria.
 I decided it was a sunday and it is time for me to reflect on my life from January to September, it  has not been all rosy but yeah definitely God has been faithful. He has seen me through every rough time. One thing i have learnt is that there is nothing better than being in the presence of the most high there is just this brand new feeling you get and he never gets tired of sorting out my problems. I couldn't be happier anywhere than in his presence. God has a purpose for our lives and the earlier we realize this purpose and begin on the same path with God the better our lives because when we start to work with the lord we become amazed by the things we accomplish....... its AMAZING..... and you do not  want to be left out.
I hope you all have an amazing sunday....... Remain blessed

Ottawa Fall 2013

So people its a new school year and my firs year at the University Of Ottawa.  It all started on the wrong note i had accommodation issues as i was unable to get a space on campus and i had to search for one, am kind of happy am staying of campus btw. I came into this city a bit frightened but thanks to the Otrofanowei's am good to go now. I was able to get a 2 bedroom apartment off campus and it looks amazing. Am doing an under grad in international economics and development and am so excited aout this but then i also have fears of nothing meeting up to expectations. i have a class soon and Good luck with school guys
                             Love,
                                        vanessa :*

Summer experience

HEY GUYS

         its been forever i came up here i lost the vibe to continue blogging and i realized fashion was not my thing or better my still my blog was narrow minded am very into nigerian politics and am looking for the best way to express myself on issues facing Nigeria.

     I was in Nigeria this summer for a little over a month i was excited to back home but i was shocked to see that MMIA(Murtala Mohammed InternationalAirport) was still under renovation, the heat wave that welcomed me at MMIA was incredible. I could not believe that the air conditioners were not  functioning thats if we have any in that airport i was really disappointed. There was the incident of this nigerian who lives in America and happens to have two beautiful daughters apparently her nigerian passport had expired and the Nigerian embassy in America had assured her that she could enter her country with an expired passport but trust our immigration officers to be at their best service when they denied this woman entry they asked her to go back to America and get a nigerian passport. This officers clearly wanted bribe and this woman was not willing to give, i left without ever knowing how her case was resolved but this particular act is something i see every time .

    I had fun in Nigeria even though it was real HOT for the first few weeks. I was able to attend my high school graduation and it felt goooood to see those who came in after you graduate. i"ll put up some pictures of events i attended while in nigeria

Stores in Canada that offer available stuff

I think to start this of  I would have to name a few stores in Canada that i can recommend for nice and affordable .
N.B :this is a personal preference.
1, Forever 21
2,Winners ( Good bags always available)
3, Stitches
4,Garage
5, Suzy shier
6, Smart set
  These are the few at my finger tips i would keep you updated if i discover any more stores.

   Above is a bag i got at winners today :D
   Please do leave comments... Tanks

welcome.................

I am so happy to have finally taking the decision to create this blog. Yaaaay me, this is my first attempt at blogging, so i hope it's a good experience. looking forward to sharing things with you.
     Have a nice day ahead people.