DIMMA UMEH

I'm on a roll with Nigerian brands and let me tell you guys, it is such a good thing. I've made it my business to try as many of them as I can. It would be absolutely perfect if we as Nigerians begin to support the effort that is put into most of our brands.
Rosebud is a Nigerian brand that has been around for a while. They have an online store that stocks mostly skin care products by the Angel Mirano brand and they also carry cosmetics and lingerie. Their products are mostly from the U.S and come nicely packaged.

I received the Rosebud All Natural Goat Milk complexion soap  in spicy apple with a few other products a while back. As I type this post, this soap has finished and I'm definitely repurchasing it. It is made of natural ingredients just like our local black soaps. It smells absolutely amazing! and like  I've  mentioned in previous posts, I'm not good at describing scents but the apple stands out once you sniff. It is moisturizing and lathers so well! it rinses well too, there nothing more annoying than that icky feeling that deeply moisturizing soaps leave.
It is a natural soap and like most natural soaps, it does not like places that are too hot or humid. If you decide to get this, please make sure that you try as much as possible to store it in a cool dry place, even if it means storing it by your bathroom window, it needs air. If not it would literally begin to melt.

Packaging: It does not come in a pack or wrap, it comes completely naked, lol don't mind me. It has  a sticker/label that goes round it and it comes in a transparent pouch.

Product: Rosebud All Natural Goat Milk Complexion Soap in spicy apple.
Price: N1,450
Where to buy: Rosebudng.com

• Ejiro's Place and Spa 52 Opebi Road, Ikeja, Lagos
• Jagabeauty Shop D3 Alhaji Masha Road Adeniran Ogunsanya Roundabout, Surulere, Lagos. 
• Konga.com

Product: Wet n wild coloricon Palette in poster child
Price: I received this as a gift. It sually sells for about $4.99
Where to buy: Gifty's Daughter

If you guys can remember, I promised to give the Eos lip balm another try. A lot of you have asked if I'm sure I didn't get a bad one but a friend of mine has the exact same flavour and it smells the same biko, very synthetic and horrible.
Well I purchased another one the day  I published this review and it is safe to say that this one is reviewable, lol.

This time, I settled for sweet mint. I'm not a big fan of minty things when it comes to lip products but it was either this or strawberry and I don't like anything strawberry (story for another day) so I decided to go with this. It tastes and smells like spear mint which is the only good type of mint in my opinion. If it was pepper mint eh, we would be back to square one!
I've been using this constantly for over 4 weeks now and it is just OK. I honestly don't  get what the hype is about. I've used better lip balms! and they didn't even cost half the price I paid for this one. It feels waxy when you first apply it but it does moisturize. It is not as hydrating as the Maybelline baby lips in anyway, my Vaseline Intensive lip therapy which costs me about N600 even does a better job. I also noticed that my lips started getting a lot drier so as I type, I no longer use it. It tastes just like spear mint candy and leaves a tingly sensation on the lips. One of my favorite things about it is the packaging, I love how cute and round it is.

Product: Eos Lip Balm in Sweet mint
Price: N1,500
Purchased from: Red wrappings, Enugu.

Candy Locks is a hair company  that sells virgin hair in different textures. They contacted me last year to help them do a review and I was sent 4 bundles of their Malaysian body wave in lengths 16 and 18. I had the hair on for slightly over a month and I loved it. The company is based in Ghana but they also ship internationally.

They are currently working on their website so to place an order, you will have to do one of the three.
Send them an email on - Askcandylocks@yahoo.com
Add them on BBM - 7C44AADF
Visit their Instagram Page - @Candylocks_

For a more detailed review, Kindly watch the video above.

I fell in love with this palette even before I touched it. I remember opening it several times after I received it just to stare at it. My friend Nelo called me one day, gushing about one palette that she had just picked at Sephora. I was just listening to her gist, adding eh and eziokwu? where needed but in all honesty I didn't think I needed extra shadows. She was like Chidimma, you seriously need to see this palette, I was like I'm sure I need to see it and then she goes on to say I bought you one sef, you will love it! Na so I take wake up for the conversation! Free makeup? Are you serious? thanks darling, how won't it be amazing.

I managed to get my hands on it a few days after she came back and the first thing that I said after I opened it was wow. This palette is one if the most beautiful things that I've seen in a long time! I already own a Sephora palette which I love so I knew even before seeing this one that it was going to be good, I just didn't expect it to be this good. This palette is gorgeous. It has a total of 70 shadows, some matte, some satin and some shimmer shades. They are all very pigmented! My favorites are the shimmer shades, I honestly don't own anything that look and apply like they do. The shimmer shades look and feel like pressed pigment with a lots of  glitter so there is usually a little fall out during application.
I also love the packaging, It looks like a well bound book! It is also very light weight and easy to hold while you are working with it.

The color Anthology Palette is one of those Palettes that floods you with ideas once you look at it.

Product: Sephora Color Anthology palette
Price: $20 (It was on sale). I received this as a gift.