Category: More
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A Head Start on the New Year

Today is the first page of a new chapter. Lets make it a bestseller! Happy New Year!🎉🍻
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Merry Christmas!

Hello Gorgeous! I’m taking a break between stuffing my face with donuts to say a very Merry Christmas to you and all of yours!
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Review: Shoprite Doughnuts

No review is complete without a baseline, so short of the road-side doughnut, Shoprite doughnuts sets that minimum standard.
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How to Fix Your Broken Heart

It’s the end of the year and we aren’t taking any baggage into 2017. So, this post is to help you stitch the pieces of your broken heart together and get it pumping again. Think of this as a sort of resuscitation.
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Incredible India!

I want to be excited because “there is no place like home” but Murtala Muhammed Airport Abuja airport is the only one I’ve been to where you have to
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Christmas-New Year Give-Away!

Christmas, the season for giving is around the corner and we at The Red Confidential are excited about our very first Christmas Give-Away!
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Project: Love in Lagos

I started smiling and waving at frowning tired motorists in traffic and often enough they waved and smiled right back. For some reason, this made me exceedingly happy.
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Turning at 30

Turning 30 is a milestone every woman has an opinion about, most of which aren’t pleasant. I remember coming home on my 30th birthday feeling quite shocked about how good 30 felt. I had crowned the day by going Salsa dancing in Victoria Island and all that spinning and twirling had me dizzy with excitement…
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Demystifying Some Make-Up Misconceptions and Stereotypes

Cosmetics have advanced significantly in recent years, boasting new beauty products that last longer, with a myriad of accompanying innovative application techniques, all aimed at improving what we look like. There’s no shortage of before and after pictures of happy clients by Nigerian make-up artists on Instagram, spotting dramatic transformations, particularly for weddings and other…
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Colouring Me Beautiful

Following my #NoMakeUp Challenge, it’s been 22 days without an ounce of makeup, no powder and accordingly, no eyebrows. So I think it’s fitting to tell you a bit about me and make up. As a child, I loved to draw and paint. Before I could write, I could draw, connecting all the little bumps…
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My #NoMakeUp Month Challenge

I haven’t discussed my relationship with make-up with you, but you should know that it’s my one true love. I’ve worn make-up at least 5 days a week for the past 10 years. I pat, blend, bake and beat this face flawlessly, and my highlight game is for the gods. But, absence makes the heart…
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Red Confidential on Android!

In the past few months, I’ve been working on building a little app for this blog and today, I’m excited about sharing it with you! It’s my first Android app, it’s nothing fancy, a Navigation Drawer, a Web view, some Fragments and Share buttons for now.
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The Thing About “Just Joking”

I stumbled on this Twitter thread a few nights ago and found it very enlightening. A lot is said in jest and Jason Steed has an interesting perspective on humor, it’s social use and implications. Enjoy. 1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's…
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Go Bowling at Trokadero, Wuse 2

Trokadero Bowling Center is in Wuse 2 on Ademola Adetokumbo Crescent, Abuja. Finding this place using Google Maps is tricky because it’s spelled as The “Trukadero” Place. However, here’s the location link.
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Mirror, Mirror… (In My Shoes)

You know those mornings when you wake up feeling like all is right with the world? This morning was just that. I woke up feeling really good. Stepped on the scale and I had lost 2kgs. My tummy felt flatter than usual thanks to my new diet regime, so for work, my black bodycon dress…