MANICURE MONDAYS - 012

Details
Manicure: Wow! Nails @ L'Espace
Price: N1600

Laters,

Ez xxX

GIVEAWAY - Beauty & The Brunch Event

TGIF Beauty-Lovers!

And what better way to end the week than with a lovely Beauty Event to look forward to and TWO Giveaways to win! I am so grateful that BiL gets offers that always include a little something for you lovely readers.

Giveaway 1
L'Espace is offering 15 (FIFTEEN) BiL followers a 30% discount off services done or booked at the blow-dry bar on the day of the event. This means that if you decide to get your hair done on the 7th of April, or book an appointment to get it done some other time, it'll be 30% off the listed price.

These are the list of services currently being offered at the Blow-Dry Bar.

Rules

1. In order to claim this discount, BiL followers will have to know the special discount code. This special code will be given to the first 15 people to send me an email. 
2. Send your emails to info@beautyinlagos.com. Subject: Beauty and the Brunch Giveaway. Content: Please may I have the discount code. I follow BeautyInLagos on .... (mention the platform you follow BiL on), my username is.. (Mention your username or alias)
3. You MUST be following BiL on at least ONE of the social media platforms: Instagram, Facebook, GoogleConnect or Twitter.
4. After you have sent your email, please leave a comment below simple saying: Email Sent.
5. Giveaway ends once 15 emails have been received.

Giveaway 2

This is open to all BiL followers on Instagram! One of them will get a chance to win a beauty-box worth One Hundred Thousand Naira (N100,000), courtesy L'Espace. The Beauty-Box will contain natural hair products and treatments worth N100,000. 

Rules

1. You MUST be following BiL on Instagram (Username: @BeautyInLagos)
2. I will upload a picture of the Blow-dry bar at L'Espace. 'Like' the picture
3. Leave a comment and tag @L_EspaceByLpm
4. Winner will be chosen at random

That's it guys! So even more incentive for you lot to come party with me this Sunday, 7th of April! Look forward to seeing you all there and have an awesome weekend!

Laters,

Ez xxX

L'Espace Presents "Beauty and the Brunch" - Sunday 7th April, 2013

Hiya Beauty-Lovers!

I mentioned in my last post that I will hosting an AMAZING event at L'Espace this Sunday, it's tagged 'Beauty and the Brunch'. I have got the press release below, so I will just let you guys go through that for all the details!

ENTRY IS FREE!!

Come party with us at L’Espace on the 7th of April, 2013 as we officially launch the Beauty Bar and Café Lumiere. 

Our host for the day, the fabulous beauty expert - Ez of Beauty in Lagos (www.beautyinlagos) will be present to meet and greet with all beauty lovers and will be conducting a master class where she will be sharing some of her favourite beauty secrets. Want to know how to colour-match your skin to a foundation/powder? Or how to detect where the arch in your eyebrow should be? Then, be sure to join us at 2pm. 

There will also be a Beauty Helpdesk managed by House of Tara expert MUA Rhema. Come with all your beauty questions and concerns and have them answered! Don’t miss the make-up tutorial session that starts at 4pm and Oh! There will be free make-up trials ALL day! 

At the Café, our chef will be serving up our guests with a special brunch buffet. You can expect a selection of delicious freshly baked pastries and some of our signature dishes… Like the sound of “Pasta a la Fid”? Or “Sweet potato mash and chicken in a savoury green pepper sauce”? Well, don’t just fantasize about it, come have a try! And while you are at it, sip on our signature fashion cocktails of the day!

Date: Sunday 7th April, 2013
Time: 10:30am – 8pm
Venue: 19a Olosa Street, off Karimu Kotun, VI, Lagos.

Bring a friend, a troupe if you must, the more the merrier
See you there!

Please please please say you will all come :). It'll be lovely to meet all you guys in person and have a chat. I'll be hosting a live version of 'Ez's Tips' and will also be interacting a lot with guests. I promise it'll be a fun girly day out. And there's also a Brunch buffet!

Look forward to seeing you all at L'Espace this Sunday!

If you've got any questions about the event, directions or anything, please send me an email or drop a comment!

So, who's coming??

Laters,

Ez xxX

KINKY APOTHECARY

Hi Everyone!

Hope everyone enjoyed the long Easter weekend! Before I get into this post, I'd like to say a big thank you to all you guys because lastweek BiL grossed 100k views!!! Thanks for reading and supporting my little space on the internet and here's to 100k more! :)

Just wanted to share with you guys an indigenous hair-care company and some of the goodies they sent me to review. Kinky Apothecary is the first kinky hair supply store in Lagos and they've currently got a concession in the newly opened Beauty-Bar at L'Espace.

The launch event for the beauty-bar comes up this Sunday, 7th of April, and I will be hosting the event at L'Espace. (More info in a post later on this week). So please pencil this in your diaries and come down to party with me, Beauty style ;).

Everything Kinky Apothecary sells has been tested for several months by the team behind the brand, so all their recommendations are based on personal experiences.To see all the products the offer, visit them at L'Espace.

A couple weeks ago I was sent some products to review. Now most of you know from my tweets (@BeautyInLagos on twitter), that I am on a personal Healthy Hair Journey this year. I have decided to care for my hair and get it nice and long and healthy.

This package was heaven-sent quite frankly, because it contains most of what I need.

L-R Fractionated Coconut Oil, Avocado Oil, Castor Oil & Grapeseed Oil

Love these oils! Already added some Castor and Coconut oils into my homemade deep-conditioning treatment :). Oils are great for pre-shampoo (PrePoo) treatments. Heat them up a little, apply them to your scalp and length of hair, leave it on for anywhere between 30mins-2hrs and rinse out before you shampoo, condition etc. Oils can also be used to seal in your moisturiser.

Kinky Apothecary 'Whipped Batter'

The stand-out ingredient in this is Shea-Butter, and we all know the numerous benefits of this.

I haven't had a chance to use all the products I was sent, althoug I have started on most of the oils. Was really excited to see Grapeseed oil in the package, been reading up on the hair-benefits of numerous oils and this helps with dry scalp and dandruff! Which I have been suffering from in recent times, I believe that using this along with my treatment shampoo and conditioner will alleviate the problem.

Details
Kinky Apothecary
1st Floor, L'Espace
19A Olosa Street, Victoria Island
Twitter: KinkyApothecary
Email: kinky.apothecary@gmail.com
Telephone: +234 1 765 4546 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm)
Website/Blog: thekinkyapothecary.blogspot.co.uk

I will be using all the products that were sent to me by Kinky Apothecary and I'll let you all know how I get on with them over time.

Just wanted to share with you guys a few products I am currently using on my hair to get it nice and healthy. This isn't everything and I've still got a couple more products to get, like a protein treatment and some hemp-seed oil (from Kinky Apothecary). But yeah, just wanted to share this.

What are your 'Go-to' hair products?

Laters,

Ez xxX

ROUND UP: Valentine's Specials

It is the week of luuurve... (ugh, I just gagged a little.. just joking.. or maybe not..)

But yeah.. Hope everyone's well!, Thought I'd share with all you lovely readers the special offers from a few of my favorite places in town! There is love in sharing, so consider this my valentine's gift to you all. Enjoy! :)

Wow! Nails 

The Wow! Nails concession at L'Espace is offering a 20% discount on nail-art. So if you've been meaning to get some nail-art done, now is the time. I got a manicure at Wow! Nails last week and they've got a lot of new designs created specially for the season. Took some pictures of my favorites:

So get your talons glossed and designed for your date on Thursday ;)

 Beauty-Bar at L'Espace 

Image Provided by L'Espace

 L'Espace recently launched a Beauty-Bar and its located on the 1st floor of the store, same level as the Wow! Nails concession. So after getting your nails done, get a blow-dry at the Beauty-Bar. They are offering 30% off hair on Wednesday & Thursday and 40% off body-massage from Tuesday - Friday this season.

Image Provided by L'Espace

I LOVE the decor at the Beauty-Bar. I've always said aesthetics are JUST as important as the service being provided in a salon.

Details
1st Floor L'Espace
19A Olosa Street (Off Karimu Kotun Street)
Victoria Island, Lagos


Facial Bar 

If you're looking to splash the cash a little, my favorite beauty spa in Lagos have also got special pamper packages this season for you and someone special to enjoy. I am hoping some members of the opposite sex visit this blog and if your other half doesn't, send him the link to this post and ask him to have a look ;)

Couple's Special (Offer 1): Buy 2 Moroccan Steam and Scrub and get 2 Ayurvedic Facials FREE. Package Includes - Olive Oil Steam, Hamma'am Scrub with Moroccan Gloves and Mud Wrap, Ayurvedic Facial and Finish with an Aromatherapy Massage. Time: 4hrs. Price: N68,000 (original price N93,000, saving N25,000)

Couple's Special (Offer 2): Buy 2 Aromatherapy Massages and get 1 Ayurvedic Facial FREE. Package Includes - Warmed Therapeutic Hands placed on Pressure Point of the Muscle and Relaxing Strokes of the Tissues. Time 2hrs 30mins. Price: N24,000 (original price N36,500, saving N12,500)

Add that personal touch with a bouquet of Red Roses and Valentine Cards with any treatment for N7,000. Both offers come with a Lovers' Workshop and Massage Tips.

This offer runs until the end of the month, 28th of February and its redeemable only at their Radisson Blu Anchorage Hotel branch, so why not plan a nice weekend getaway with a spa treatment included ;)

Details
Facial Bar @ Radisson Blu
Radisson Blu Anchorage Hotel
Ozumba Mbadiwe Street



SweetKiwie

Now this one I'm most excited about, because Sweetkiwie has offered to give away 5 FREE Cups of Frozen Yoghurt and Branded LipBalms to 5 lucky BiL readers this season. And it's open to all BiL and SweetKiwie followers on Twitter and Facebook. There will be 3 cups up for grabs on twitter and 2 on Facebook.

Conditions:

• You Must be following Beauty In Lagos and SweetKiwie Yoghurt on Twitter or Facebook, whichever competition you want to enter
• You Can only Enter via one medium. Twitter or Facebook, not both. Automatic disqualification if that happens
• Cups and LipBalms can only be redeemed Thursday, 14th of February from the SweetKiwie Stand at The Palms Mall

If you've got a date planned on Thursday why not cap off the night with some FroYo from Sweetkiwie. Or if you're gonna see a movie that day/night get some FroYo!

The competition will run tomorrow Wednesday, 13th of February on both our twitter and Facebook pages! Keep your eyes peeled!

Like Sweetkiwie and BeautyInLagos on Facebook
Follow Sweetkiwie and BeautyinLagos on Twitter

Details
SweetKiwie Yoghurt
Level 1, Genesis Deluxe Cinema FilmCafe
(Opposite the Box Office)
The Palms Mall

So that's my personal round-up for you guys and I managed to wrangle some freebies too!

Happy Valentine's from BiL to all you lovely ladies (and men)!

Laters,

Ez xxX