balcony | Jennifer Abah

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes; snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes; something something something bla bla bla bla; these are a few of my favourite things

I enjoy reading what people are loving every week/month on their blogs and I always wanted to write about things I was loving too here.

I’m not sure I can keep up with doing it weekly but I can do monthly.

So here are a few of my favourite things from April:

1. Cocoa butter:

I was recently kind of bored with plain old shea butter and decided to try something different.

I stumbled upon cocoa butter and other exotic butters such as murumuru, avocado, mango etc on the Beautifully Nappy blog shop.

I initially wanted mango butter because I love the smell of mangoes but a quick Google search informed me that it actually doesn’t smell like mangoes so I went for cocoa butter instead.

I loooove the smell of cocoa butter! It’s like chocolate but not Dairy Milk kind of chocolate; think Richoco or King’s Bite(That Ghanaian chocolate with a red wrapper).

My baby brother actually tries to lick it sometimes when I’m not looking and my sister and mum keep trying to steal it.

2. iOS 8:

If you’re not into Apple devices, this one won’t be interesting to you but I recently upgraded from iOS 7 to iOS 8 and I’m really liking iOS 8.

The camera features are better, there’s now a ‘recently deleted’ album so you don’t lose mistakenly deleted pictures (Love this!), you can send voice notes on iMessage etc

The difference between both isn’t so major but it’s the subtle changes that just make it so much better and cooler.

3. One-a-week styles:

If you’re like me and you like to dress up at the last minute and rush out the door, you will appreciate styles you can put your hair in for a whole week.

They save me time and stress and save my hair from excessive manipulation.

Here’s what I do these days:

Wash my hair on Saturday and twist.
Wear it in a twist out on Sunday.
On Sunday evening, put it in a style for the week.
Forget about it till Saturday.
On Saturday, moisturize it and twist.
Wear a twist out on Sunday.
On Sunday evening, put it in a style for the week.
Forget about it till Saturday.
On Saturday, start from step 1 again.

This means I now wash my hair every 2 weeks which is good for a lazy girl like me; although I must admit that it itches during the second week.

4. The view from my balcony:

You might be wondering “but it’s not a fantastic view”.

I’m moving to a new house soon and that house has no balcony or view.

I’m seriously going to miss sitting in this balcony enjoying fresh air, watching people and cars go by and listening to the sounds of Lagos (i.e shouting, car horns and generators).

I’m also going to miss my annoying dog, Kiara, who will not be moving with us. (Hopefully she annoys her way into the hearts of her new owners)

5. Cardboard:

Did I hear you go “huh?!”. Don’t worry I’m not crazy.

Sometime ago, I read on Cassie Dave’s blog about how cardboard makes a great background for pictures and I thought ‘Wow! How come I never thought of this?!’. Anyways, I have gotten myself a few and I will be using them when necessary as they do make great backgrounds for pictures.

I used pink for my what’s in my bag picture; did you notice?