Photos: my wcw visits the White House

Le boo @ bad gal Riri visited the White House in Washington, D.C. She shared some of the photos on her ig. Just when I thought I couldn't love her more. She's also a scandal fan. And y'all check out that dress. 

 

    

    

It's the freakiest thing.

Photos: Celebs and their unbelievable lookalikes from years ago. Had to repost this saw it on lib. It's the freakiest thing. Like they were cloned or something...

Jennifier Lawerence and Zubaida Tharwat, an Egyptian Actress born in Alexandria in 1940. See more lookalikes after the cut...

Jason Segal and Lee J. Cobb, a famous American actor that died in February 1976

Jimmy Fallon and Mahir Cayan, a Turkish politician who was killed in the 1970’s.

 

Christina Aguilera and Ginger Rogers, an American actress born in 1911 in Missouri.

 

Orlando Bloom and Nicolae Grigorescu, a founder of Modern Romanian Painting that died in 1907.

 

Maggie Gyllenhaal and Rose Wilder Lane, an American journalist and novelist born in 1886.

 

Conan O’Brien and Marshall Henry Twitchell, a Republican senator in Louisiana during the Reconstruction. Born in 1840 and died in 1905.

 

 Alec Baldwin and American President Millard Fillmore, who died in 1874. 

 Bruce Willis and Douglas MacArthur, the famous WWII General that died in 1964.

 

Justin Timberlake and this mug shot of a criminal from the 1800’s

 

Jay Z and this man from Harlem who was photographed in 1939

 

Ellen Degeneres and Henry David Thoreau, an American author, poet, and philosopher born in 1817 in Concord, MA.

 Zach Galifianakis and Louis Vuitton, a French businessman that founded the famous leather goods company named after him.

 

 Johnny Depp and Arthur Schopenhauer, a German philosopher that died in 1860.

What's trending!?! Cake??? Yes please!!!

So on today's segment of what's trending we are talking about cakes. Let's face it we all heart cakes and cakes is one trend that never goes away. That been said I would like to introduce y'all to my number one cake baker extraordinaire lovely  ify simpa of cakes ala parties and also my personal besty. Love love her cakes. They are as delicious as they look u best believe. 

That's 1 awesome sewing machine cake
 

 

Olaf from frozen. Frozen inspired cake

Fruit basket cake?!?!

    Cake ala parties is an independent cake shop Owned by the lovely and charismatic "Maureen simpa" located in port harcourt rivers state. She is one lady that's very passionate about her job and also very creative her cake designs are out of  this world. I have the pics to prove it lol.  

     

Olaf from frozen

   

    Princess cake"

    She recently opened her cake shop and it was as expected fun fun fun. And also introduced the party in a cake shop thats done abroad .What I mean by party in a cake shop is. 

     

  

    

    Cake design inspired by the celebrant's dress. She's actually that creative. 

      U could have a get together like a birthday shindig,bridal shower,engagement party etc at cake ala parties hq  and have a couple of friends come over and just have some cool fun. There's an in house karaoke, u could byob;(bring ur own bottle), byoc (bring ur own chow) (yh I just invented that) theirs  a cocktail stand and a professional photographer to  capture every moment of the occasion. All in one fab space. So what are u waiting for??? Ehn umu Chineke! 

   

    

    

    

Wedding cakes"

      

  Princess cake for a princess themed birthday party....

    

      

     

Fab ceo cake ala parties...

       Cakes ala parties also offers baking  classes for more info and to view more pictures visit...www.cakealaparties.com or u can reach her on gsm 08037598445. U can follow her on Instagram @cakealaparties and add on bbm 7E430CD7. Start calling to book ur Xmas, V-day, birthday cakes etc. cakes ala parties is located at no 36 RD road off okporo road rumuodara phc rivers state.  

      Cakes ala parties also delivers nationwide. And before I forget cakes ala parties is the official cake baker for echo events. 

      Talk soon xoxo...

Cocktail types and recipes: how to make a Nigerian chapman...

So first things first I ain't a bartender or a cocktail guru and what ur about to read I didnt come up with or figure out myself. I'm just a curious lady and so did the normal thing. I asked Google. 

   So back story it's my birthday in a few days and I'm thinking of having a few friends over and I'm seriously considering making chapman for them instead of having to order and spend excess being an events planner I'm all about saving cost. So back to the chapman I usually make my boring chapman myself with Campari,ribbena and fanta and it was ok. But it doesn't even taste like the ones I drink in restaurants. So I asked Google and below u will find a detailed step by step method that the drink we all love is been made. 

      Ingredients: 

• ½ cup Grenadine Syrup
• A few dashes of Angostura Aromatic Bitters™
• 35 cl Fanta Orange
• 35 cl Sprite
• ½ an Orange
• ½ a lemon
• Ice cubes

Optional Ingredient:

• Ribena™ Blackcurrant

To garnish:

Fell free to add any citrus and other fruits of your choice: cucumber, strawberry, orange, lemon, lime, even bananas. I used the following:

• ½ an orange
• ½ a lemon
• ½ a cucumber

Notes on the Ingredients and alternatives

1. Grenadine Syrup gives the drink its classic red colour. You can buy this at your local supermarket or on Amazon websites as listed below. If you can't find Grenadine Syrup, you can use red currant (extract the juice) or pomegranate but these don't give the drink the same taste.

2. Ribena concentrated blackcurrant adds to the red colour and gives the drink a sweetened taste but it is optional. Concentrated Ribena blackcurrant is easily available in Nigeria and your local supermarkets anywhere in the world.

3. You can make your ice cubes with a mixture of the Fanta and the Sprite. This is so that your drink does not go flat as is the case when the ice cubes are made with water.

4. Even though the Nigerian chapman contains a very small quantity of alcohol, I know there are those who will like to make a version that does not contain any trace of alcohol. If you want to make that, you can skip the Angostura Bitters but I warn you, the Nigerian Chapman will not be the same without Angostura Bitters. :)

5. Wondering other recipes you can use the remaining Angostura Bitters for? You can use it in cookies, cakes, ice cream, salads and other cocktail drinks. Or you can just keep it and use for Chapman, it does not expire in a hurry.

6. You should be able to buy Angostura Bitters from all big food and beverages shops in Nigeria, in your local super markets and on Amazon websites.

   Before you make the Chapman

   1. Make the ice cubes either with water or a mixture of the fanta and the sprite.

   2. Make sure the Grenadine Syrup, Fanta and Sprite are chilling in the fridge.

   3. Cut the orange and the lemon into two equal parts each then cut one half of each into thin quarters. Reserve the other halves for squeezing into the drink.

   
   

   Directions for making the Chapman

   1. Put a few ice cubes in the mugs.

   2. Add half a cup of the Grenadine Syrup, this should be about one third of the dimpled mug.

   3. Add a few dashes of Angostura Bitters (to your taste).

   4. Add a squeeze of orange and lemon each.

   5. Share the Fanta equally between the two mugs, do the same for the Sprite. Remember to leave some space because the garnishings will take up their own volume.

   6. Add your sliced garnishings: cucumber, orange and lemons. This list goes on and on, some people even add bananas to theirs :)

   7. Top off with Ribena blackcurrant if you have it.

   8. Stir with the straws and it is ready for drinking! 

      Culled from allnigerianrecipes.com 

      Lets go try and make us some  chapman will post pictures of mine when I eventually make the chapman... As soon as I figure out where to buy all these ingredients. So much on it even if na scarvenger hunt sef. Share ur thoughts in the comment section and pictures with me in on Instagram just tag me @tochi_mua

      Xoxo

Public service announcement from Echo group

So u have an event coming up or a wedding or dinner or birthday party and u want everything perfect and u don't want to spend so much then u should hire echo makeovers and events to get the job done for u. Our aim at echo makeovers to is to help achieve the perfect events for clients without  having to spend so much or making the mistake  and paying excess. We help u from start to finish. From Make up artist , color scheme,souvenirs,hall, decorator,cake baker,mc,Dj,live band,caterers etc.We go as far as helping the bride with the choosing of her wedding dress, chief bridesmaid dress etc. Everything u need to make the day a success or a dream come true.we even help u score the best honeymoon location.  We are a hands on kinda company. Ur event is our event. For more inquiries send an email to echomakeovers@gmail.com.

 

         Most people think hiring an events planner isn't necessary but I agree to disagree especially weddings. It's a once in a lifetime experience and u can't afford to make any mistakes because u will have the wedding videos and pictures for eternity and nobody will like to look through there Wedding album say "had I known"... Thats why u need an events planner. 

        We also provide beauty services like make up training, sale of make up products beauty blenders,professional brush set etc wholesale and retail,we have an in house stylist that is available 24/7 to help u with ur fashion emergency.

Fun table ideas

Photo credit:oaken events

     This particular post is for wedding planners or the DIY bride. Try Something different instead of using the normal table name numbers. Why not make it fun by using different monuments from across the world as the table names. For example a table could be called "Eiffel tower",Great Wall of china, Statue of Liberty, rock of Gibraltar and on each table u write a brief history about the name of that table. It's location and so and so forth. I know some people might think its a weird idea but weird it's different and different is good. More tips and tricks to come in the coming week. Xoxo...

Trending; the crystal bouquet

These days brides have started to ditch the whole flower bouquet and they are all using crystal bouquet and I'm starting to fancy it. 1 reason is that it's unique, it's blinged and unlike the live flowers that die before the end of the wedding or plastic flower bouquet or those material kind that looks like a toy this crystal bouquet last all through the ceremony. Down side is ? It might get caught it the brides dress or even injure a few people mistakenly, given that its jewelry. But despite that it's actually a cool idea. U could make it more fun by adding ur colors of the day. So brides to be will u use the crystal bouquet???? I know I would. 

Bad girl Riri is back on Instagram.

I really don't know all the details as to why she was deleted or why she deleted her account. 

     

But a lil bird said she deleted her ig acc and another lil bird told another lil bird to tell me that Instagram deleted her from ig cos of the plenty nudity on her page. Enough said sha.

What is Graphology???

Graphology is the study of handwriting... We were all taught to write in a specific way when we were children at school, but it is evident that no one continues to write exactly the way they were taught and everyone’s handwriting looks different. In fact as soon as someone can write, he or she gradually alters the shapes and sizes of letters in accordance with individual likes and dislikes.

Why is this?

The reason is that our personalities affect the way our handwriting develops after we were taught to write. This is because handwriting is the pattern of our psychology expressed in symbols on the page and these symbols are as unique as our own DNA.

When you get to know a person’s handwriting well enough, you recognise whose script it is, just as if it were a well-known painting or photograph. Graphology is based on the principle that every individual’s handwriting has a character of its own and this is entirely due to the uniqueness of the writer’s personality.

So it is the writer’s deviations from the copybook learnt that allows expert graphologists to assess, with the greatest accuracy, the character and capabilities of the writer.

In fact graphologists are exceptionally fortunate in that they see before them, in black and white, the pattern in symbolic form of a writer’s whole psychological profile. By contrast, psychoanalysts and psychotherapists all over the world must formulate their own opinions solely on the basis of what is told to them over a period of time by the client in question.           

        For example the "T bar" when a right handed person writes the letter "T" they make the cross at the top go from left to right but when a left handed person makes the "T cross" it goes from right to left

        Graphology is a blend of art and science. It is a science because it measures the structure and movement of the written forms – slants, angles andspacing are accurately calculated and the pressure is observed in magnification and with precision. And it is an art because the graphologist has constantly to keep in mind the total context in which the writing is taking place: the ‘gestalt’ of the writing as a whole.

Writing consists of three things – movement, spacing and form. A graphologist studies these variations as they occur in each of these aspects of writing, and attaches psychological interpretations to them. Expert graphologists can achieve a very high degree of accuracy.

       

THE USES OF GRAPHOLOGY

Do you think you are a good judge of character? Have you always been right? Or have you sometimes found that your first impressions have been wrong?

The truth is that appearances can be deceptive, but handwriting never lies. Handwriting reveals how the writer thinks, feels and behaves, and it does so directly and immediately. It shows the motivation that lies behind actions, and outlines the writer’s propensity to behave in ways that may not be expected.

Graphology not only examines behaviour, but the subconscious or the whys that lie behind actions, providing information that could not be established in any other way or in such a quick time.  This makes graphology a very powerful tool. Handwriting analysis is therefore highly effective in a wide variety of practical situations.  

         It can be used for personality assessment in any area of human activity where people interact. It is ideal, for example, within the following areas:

• Recruitment where it is an invaluable aid because an experienced graphologist can pick out the best candidates, and advise over suitability.
• Management selection in commerce and industry where it is employed in conjunction with psychometric testing.
• Corporate training where it can highlight staff strengths and flag up weaknesses, potential and motivation.
• Security checking and the evaluation of honesty and integrity.
• Career guidance for those seeking employment or a change of direction.
• Compatibility assessments for business and personal relationships.
• Personality profiling for individuals seeking self awareness for self development.
• Child and family guidance to help resolve sensitive issues.
• Historical profiling for genealogists and biographers who want to learn more about people who have died.
• Document examination and forensic analysis for assessing forgeries and poison pen issues. (Note: B.I.G. tutors do not teach this specialist area.)
• I bet u didn't already know that. Who are we

       Kidding I didn't either. Thank u google. Xoxo

Barbie themed hotel room.

Got this from the baby Linda ikeji's blog and she asked " would u sleep in a Barbie themed hotel room?" And the answer is yes na off kess.

 For as long as I can remember I've been hoping to design a Barbie themed hotel room and even a Disney princess themed hotel room but none of these jobs have come my way. Nuff said...

 

  This room is found in the Hilton hotel in buenos aires in Argentina. It's the first of its kind in the world right now. Barbie themed suite. It's actually based on the barbie's dreamhouse it's all pink everything and it's located on the first floor of the hotel in room 136. The door is actually painted pink so locating it won't be rocket science. 

It cost about £112 per night and it's rising to £356 during the holiday season. And the suite is already booked till 2015 

How dare the room not be fully booked??? It's pink!! I would love to sleep in this room if I had the opportunity. I know it's kinda cliche but I'm a girly girl and love the color pink. Would u sleep in the Barbie themed hotel suite????

I know i would. Talk soon xoxo