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Style Focus
Temi Otedola
Asoebi Circuit
Tosan
Jemide The Cake maestro
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Olawale Sofiat Temitope of Begorg
COVER STORY
Tosan Jemide's resilient story in the business world is no less an inspiration. Against all the odds of growing enterprises in Nigeria, Tosan has carved a niche for himself over the years in a craft that seems fancied only by women
MEN’S FASHION Eyimofe Akate
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STYLE FOCUS Temi Otedola
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LOOK BOOK: Emmykasbit Autumn Winter 18 Collection
EDITOR IN CHIEF Azuka Ogujiuba
HEAD OF GRAPHICS Oluwatobi Ogidiolu
SENIOR CORRESPONDENTS Abigail Ocheibi
CORRESPONDENTS Daniel oluseyi Oluwatobi olawuni Samantha atomon
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CREDITS Stylist :@tosan_jemide Photography: @eleanorgoodeyphotography
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EDITOR’S NOTE
he month of March is upon us and we are excited about the opportunities that came with it.To commemorate the INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY, we bring you something out of the norm as our March edition features a very daring, confident and strong woman whose journey as an actor and a model will not only interest you but also intrigue you. Marvelous Dominion who went on stage nude in the just concluded Jude Idada's psychoerotic drama, tagged, '3some' , is PG | 6 | APRIL 2018
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reclamations of individuality and the place that inspired them and reclaiming both, through the medium of fashion. ' Under our interview concierge, we spoke to the CEO and creative director of MojFab where shared alot from his entrepreneurial experience as a young fashion designer, personal life and prospects. We've also got the "ladies man", Timini Egbuson under our Men's Fashion; a versatile actor whose fashion style matches his talent and charisma. You are sure going to agree with us on this one, wait for it...Dorcas Shola Fapson graces our Style Focus page for this edition. We know the 27-year-old actress and TV host for her many talents and for being extra good at her job. Having kept up with her on social media we couldn't help but fall for her simple yet edgy and classy style of fashion. We got loads of such styles for you to see . MRH EVENTS page houses stylish Azuka Ogujiuba personalities and celebrities Photo by Tybello who showed off their stylish sides at Lilian Afegbai's 'Bound' movie premiere as not only the first to have shown well as all the fascinating such audacious boldness in photos and reports of what Nollywood but is also ready to went down at Black Opal take up any role as an actor. The transitioning launch party. young contemporary performance This edition is a power art graduate of Oxford university packed one and we do hope tells MRH TV why church you enjoy every bit of it. attendance is nothing she looks forward to while she shares her own bitter taste of a violent relationship in the hands of her ex lover and more.From Titi Bello's Spring/Summer 2018 LOOK BOOK: Titi Belo Wuz Ere, we bring you an 'exploration of those early
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TOSAN JEMIDE TosanJemide's resilient story in the business world is no less an inspiration. Against all the odds of growing enterprises in Nigeria, Tosan has carved a niche for himself over the years in a craft that seems fancied only by women and he's not stopping at one as he has his fingers in other pies. In our April Issue, we found out this prolific confectioner is a multitalented personality wrapped in a gift box. His ideas and business mindset is such that can serve as model to aspiring entrepreneurs. In this interview, you'd find things you didn't know about this famous and enigmatic tycoon who sits atop the confectionery brand, Topcrust Bread and his future plans. You have been in baking for over 15 years I presume, can you tell us how your baking career started? Yeah, it's 18 years to be precise in Nigeria. I came back in year 2000 and I baked my first cake which was actually a wedding cake in 1986when my brother P |
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The Cake Maestro
Cover Story by Azuka Ogujiuba
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Styling: @tosan_jemide Editor-in-chief: @Zukiliciouz
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I would rather be doing that than stay behind one oven baking a cake and sleeping for several nights.
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www.mediaroomhub.com was getting married, It was like a joke, my brother said he wasn't going to pay for a cake that I have to bake his wedding cake because my mother used to bake before she passed on and I was the only one who was always assisting when she is baking. It was a huge task for me because normal cake is different from a wedding cake, but with a lot of encouragement from family and friends and insistence from him that nobody else was going to bake the cake for him gave me the strength to bake my brother wedding cake which was my first cake . Really that was how it all started, thereafter I started getting cake orders from family and friends and I was doing a lot of cakes. Then I wanted to now equip myself, learn the actual skills because I had no previous learning. You'd agree with me that baking was more known with the women. Why is a man baking? Is it that you couldn't get a job when you left school or what? You were one of the skeptics… laughs! Well, I think I enjoy anything that is creative; I am a very hands-on person I tend to enjoy doing things with my hands or putting things together. I don't feel it was anything alien, when I looked at the possibilities I wasn't discouraged because I knew I could do a lot of things. Based on your experience with Nigerians, would you say you became better with time in terms of creativity and financial being or there have been more of limitations all along? I think I became better with time in terms of financial games and creativity, but there is a down side to it, because no matter how creative you are, running a business in P |
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Nigeria is another hard knock life., so you having to deal with the aspect of wanting to be creative; but you also have to deal with running a business, making sure you have power, making sure that your staff are working, just the things Nigerian entrepreneur have to do. I must tell you that it burns you out very fast, so that creative jars, you always have to make that extra effort to refill it. Sometimes I just go off, stay alone just to revive my creativity. Has it been a time when you were baking and there was power failure? What do you do when you find yourself in such situation? I got to a point when I had two sources of power for my ovens, there is the gas ad there is the electricity. So we use the gas when we don't have electricity. Yes, there are a lot of times when we are baking with the electric oven and power goes off and we have a challenge with the generator at that particular time, we have to switch ovens. I've had different experiences with power failure. You already spoke about how your caking career started, can you tell us what led you into baking. Is it that you didn't go to school or you dropped out along the line due to some reasons? Well, I am educated. I have a degree from University of Ibadan (BSc in Sociology), but to be honest school and academics is not really my thing. I am not a dullard; I'm a very smart, intelligent gentleman. But I'm not your kind of sit down and do the intellectual work. I would not work in a bank; I would not take up a white collar job because it's just not my thing. I am very restless, also a very spontaneous person. I want to be able to go with the flow of how I am feeling at every point in time. So for record purpose I am a graduate. What is your most memorable experience as a confectioner?
I've had so many memorable experiences, I can't tell which one in particular, when I was doing a lot of cakes it was back to back and almost every cake was a killer, and almost every cake got everyone wowed away. It is very difficult to tell you this was my most memorable experience. The only thing I can say is that I actually enjoyed the response I got from my clients; it gave me more strength to keep giving them good stuff. There are also times where I felt I put in so much work on something and I don't get the appreciation I expected. Has there been a time when you just got tired and wanted to give up baking or another business? Oh yes many times, almost all the time. Especially with the way the work is, very physical. At least there are times where I won't sleep for one week baking back to back. My staff will leave me at the close of one day and they come back I'm still in the factory the next day. You tend to burn out; you're tired, aside from trying to get the cake out, you're still trying to keep your business moving. Running a business in Nigerian can be very difficult and then dealing with clients is also another business on its own. So you are having to deal with clients, you having to deal with make the cakes look great and taste great, bring out the best creativity in you, you are also having to deal with issues and challenges that have to do with running a business in Nigeria Infrastructure , staffing. Sometimes it's overwhelming, clients come and say they must talk to you, if they don't see you, they won't order the cake meanwhile you have other cakes to deliver, you have other fire you trying to quench. Trust me; it does burn you out a lot. Ceremonies in Nigeria are usually under rigid budget, how do you come to terms with such scenery given your high standards and customers' constant demand for WWW.MEDIAROOMHUB.COM
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am happy about it. A lot of them happen to come from my stable, when I say my stable I mean probably work with me, trained by me or worked as an intern with me. I am not trying to elevate myself, but I'm still looking for the “cake in cakes”. I did all the wedding cakes then, if I wasn't doing the cake then the wedding was not a big one. The competition is high now, but I'm not sure of the creativity, then I would do all sort of crazy things in the process of trying to stand out an also trying to please my client. My cakes were not regular kind of cakes; that may be something that is still missing a bit. Congratulations on your newly launched book 'Sugar Icing', tell us about what inspired it and what is it about? Sugar Icing is basically the story of my life and all the lessons I have learnt, from my childhood and when I turned 50years old. It captures different phases of my life, different experiences that I had (good and bad). In the book, I tried to explain how you can turn your bad experiences into positive ways that you can grow. A lot of times people tend to give up easily when they are going through hard times. You need t be resilience, keep pushing regardless of what happens to you. Sugar icing is about failure and how to your failure to create success. Why did you use the title 'Sugar Icing'? Sugar Icing because sometimes people look at me and say they want to be like me and in my mind I'm like 'are you kidding me?'. You don't want to be like me, if you want to be like me then, you must be ready to go through the grits and people don't understand how much grits come with glory. For mean the name sugar icing is the coating behind cakes by Tosan, not many people know what is behind the fancy cakes, that fancy name and all.
If you weren't a confectioner, what would you have ventured in? Before I became a confectioner, I was into a clothing business. I would have done anything creative, I enjoy creativity, anything that has to do with putting stuffs together. Who is your favorite artist? I like varied artists, it depends on my mood. I flow easily with any kind of music. Do you like dancing? Yes, I do know how to dance, I dance very well too. Have you heard about the new dance shakushaku? Can you dance it? I have heard about shakushaku. I've seen people dance it but shakushaku is not for me. Which celebrity in the world would you have loved to bake for? I don't know, I'm just not aspirational like that. The things that people wish for is not what I wish for. My aspirations tend towards other things like adding values to people's lives , impacting , helping people, growing people, influencing people, developing people. Those are the kind of things I want to do, I bake cakes for presidents, governors and it never got into my head. You're obviously a very busy man, how is your leisure like? My favorite relaxing mood is family. I like to relax at home, spend time with my wife and kids. That is what helps me reenergize every day. I also like to travel, like to go to exotic places, just to relax and have fun. Stylist :@moashystyling
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I don’t believe in divorce at all, whatever happened to me, however God interprets it, I guess that’s for Him to judge.
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www.mediaroomhub.com more than one person to make a marriage work. Over the years what I've come to realize and personally cherish most about marriage and relationship is stability. A marriage for me is not just the name and what you look like from far, marriage is what happens when you go into your room between husband and wife, it doesn't matter what anybody thinks. It's just one of those things, it didn't work. Sometime people have impressions based on what they heard, personally I think that a marriage where I have 4children, I have a responsibility to protect my children and even if I had any negative thing I'm not going to say it because I have my children's emotions and their wellbeing to protect. Do you guys still contact each other? We have 4 children between us. I have 6 children now; my first 4 were from my first marriage. How were you able to get over the divorce and find love again? Relationships are meant to be cherished, there is no perfect relationship. My dad always say something to me “manage don't damage” and in truth there is no perfect human being. We all have our own part of roles to play when relationships go wrong. If a man and woman are together, they must understand why they are together, it will not always work out but there must be a work out but there must be a willingness for the reason they are together. In my own experience, I think every woman wants to be loved, she wants to feel secured, she wants affection. A man doesn't care about love, but want to be respected. I think love and respect are the two different things that the two genders feed on. If a man feels respected and a woman feels loved, those two things come together to make a marriage work. People need to start P |
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understanding the concept of love and respect. Its not about male or female, gender issues, it's just a simple dynamics. If you want to be together you must appreciate what makes it work and work as a team to make sure it happens. Some people say in the Bible God is against divorce, what is your opinion on this? Personally I am a home buddy; I like to be at home with my family. I don't believe in divorce at all, whatever happened to me, however God interprets it, I guess that's for Him to judge. I don't stand to be judged by any human being, I don't ever put myself in that situation. Between my God and I, I don't think I made the wrong decision. Looking back through the journey of your life, what would you change about everything if you had the opportunity to? Nothing! I think experiences teach you thing in life, those lesson you learnt will take you to places you never imagined. And if you lean those things, you don't get to go to those places. I never dwell on what has happened to me in the past, I always like to place everything on the table. If I made a mistake that I can't change, I use it as a positive element in moving forward. I look back and I say, if I didn't make this mistake, I probably wouldn't have gotten to where I am today. I don't think there is something I would like to change.
things that the two genders feed on. If a man feels respected and a woman feels loved, those two things come together to make a marriage work. People need to start understanding the concept of love and respect. Its not about male or female, gender issues, it's just a simple dynamics. If you want to be together you must appreciate what makes it work and work as a team to make sure it happens. Over the years, I think I have slowly prepared for this retirement. In the last 5/6 years, I decided to grow another line of business. So I have a bread operation doing a commercial line of bread, its call Top Crust. We do bread and we also have a mass market cupcake. We also want to go into many other things, in the same industry doing snacks, but more for mass market. I want to kill my cake business an d revive it within the same industry as something else, so I'm going to reinvent cakes by Tosan and its going to transition into CBT impact. CBT impact is another baby; it's more about giving back to the society. We are going to be doing a lot of training. We also want to begin to influence and mentor people within the industry and just help to build people to become the best that they can. It would keep me busier in terms of the scope of work I have to do; it's a lot of work. I would rather be doing that than stay behind one oven baking a cake and sleeping for several nights.
At 50, what is the biggest lesson life has taught you? illingness for the reason they are together. In my own experience, I think every woman wants to be loved, she wants to feel secured, she wants affection. A man doesn't care about love, but want to be respected. I think love and respect are the two different .MEDIAROOMHUB.COM
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I don’t believe in divorce at all, whatever happened to me, however God interprets it, I guess that’s for Him to judge.
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EmmyKasbit - Autumn Winter 18 Collection nce you get a touch of EmmyKasbit in your wardrobe, you stay connected! Because EmmyKasbit reflects your feelings, mood, thoughts and that lasting impression you wish to create as far as fashion is concerned. The brand's Autumn Winter 18 Collection is definitely an evidence that fashion goes beyond looks and mere appearances, it's an expression in itself. It says alot about your mood and especially your personality. So , why don't you let your outfits do the introduction first? Check out the creativity being poured out on EmmyKasbit's Autumn Winter 18 Collection:
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Men's Fashion
Eyimofe Akate
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lot of people keep off from trending fashion not necessarily because they are not so into it, but basically because they tend to go out of ideas on how to often pull off such trends differently. Now, that should tell you alot about our choice for Men's Fashion in this edition. We've got a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Barr. Eyimofe Akate whom we can boldly tell you that his sense of fashion is one, all men should Envy. He particularly caught our fancy among other reasons due to his love for stripe pants and more so his ability rock them in just different stylish ways. Having been following him on Instagram for some time now, we couldn't hold ourselves back any longer as from casual, corporate and sporty looks, Akate just knows how keep us wanting more. So we have decided to share some of his styles with y'all:
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Asoebi Circuit
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One Arm Glam Abigail Ocheibi
ith so many new creative and elegant ways to rock asoebi, Women are tirelessly when it comes to trying new things. Under our Asoebi circuit for this edition, we bring you an amazing compilation of super gorgeous women rocking one arm outfits in different ways. From gowns, blouses , jumpsuits and more, there is just no limit to how you can pull off your one arm outfit. Take a look:
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Style Focus
Temi Otedola
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emi Otedola has completely stolen our hearts when it comes to fashion overtime. Making a statements in such space has become effortless with the 22-year-old beauty. The aspiring fashion designer is known for her ability to combine pieces and colours perfectly leaving us gasping for air every time she blesses us with photos on social media. What's more interesting about Temi's fashion style is the fact she is fearless in her choices, Temi tries on just anything and trust to have a perfect finish at all times. From casual to formal looks, flirty and chic, Temi just knows how do it right with fashion. So much to say about the young blogger's fashion style but we rather you see for yourself:
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Beauty Tips
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ore people are paying attention to their grooming and hygiene as having a personal care routine is integral to a person’s well-being. According to a survey of more than 2,300 people, the average woman uses 12 products containing 168 unique ingredients every day while the average man uses 6 personal care products with 85 unique ingredients. Some of these ingredients may be harmless, but other commonly found chemicals in products such as phthalates are found to have a negative effect on our health. As people strive to make healthy changes in their lifestyle for the coming year, it may be high time to make some healthy changes to improve your personal care or makeup routine. Not only will making these choices be better for you, but you’ll feel the difference once you’ve made a few adjustments to your personal care routine. Here are some simple, natural beauty tips that will make a huge impact on the way you look and feel. Choose sulfate-free shower products
Sulfates are found in a majority of shower products to give you that foaming action and make you think that you’re getting squeaky clean. However, sulfates can strip hair of essential oils and make it look dull. Moreover, it can fade hair color and strip it of moisture. Sulfates can also be irritating to the skin and cause it to lose its glow. Instead of foaming shower and bath products, choose hair products that contain no sulfates to make your hair and skin look better than ever. Natural or organic shampoos and conditioners are sulfate-free, and as a bonus, they leave your hair looking silky and
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smelling fresh. Pick a healthier lip product According to statistics, 138.8 million Americans used lip products such as lipstick, lip gloss, and lip balm in 2017. As you can use—and ingest—a significant amount of lip products in your lifetime, then switching to products with fewer chemicals, preservatives, and artificial coloring and flavoring may be better for your health. When choosing a lip balm or lip product, don’t just make you pick based on the scent, flavor, color, or packaging. Make it a point to check out the ingredients and find out if it has moisturizing and soothing benefits and whether it’s ethically produced. Go barefaced at least once a week Wearing makeup can boost your
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self-confidence, but it’s important to let your skin breathe at least once a week. Pick a no-makeup day in any given week and focus on skin care on that day. You can do a full 10step Korean skincare routine to enhance your glow, then follow it up with a light coat of sunscreen before heading outdoors. If you can’t bear the thought of not having any makeup on when out in public, then go for a three-product minimum—a bit of tinted moisturizer, lip balm, and some brow product can make you look polished but will still allow your natural beauty to shine through. Making a few changes to your personal care routine not only improves your health, but it’s also empowering as you get to invest in your well-being. Try these natural beauty tips to have a healthier personal care and makeup routine today. WWW.MEDIAROOMHUB.COM
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Mrh Trends
Faux Locs By Abigail Ocheibi
f you have been keeping up with trending hair styles among public ďŹ gures in Nigeria, then you will know that Faux locs, short or long have not only been a trend amongst women but that some of them have actually made it a signature hair. While it's a glamorous hair to have on , another reason why many go for it has to be the fact that it ďŹ ts basically any facial shape and skin colour. If you haven't tried it yet, we think you should give it a trial or at least let these photos of some of your favourite celebrities help you decide:
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Interview Concierge
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Olawale Sofiat Temitope of Begorg Make-up means different things to different people and to Olawale Sofiat Temitope, the CEO of 'Begorg', who in less than half a decade in the business, has achieved so much already. In this interview with MRH , the young entrepreneur talks her journey as a make-up artist, challenges and future prospects among others. Do have an interesting read: What inspired Begorg and how did it all start? My love for makeup started during my youth service year, I used to stay alone and I sure did have a lot of alone time, some days I get mixed emotions, I found a way to express myself. Makeup was it for me, made me so expressive without having to say much. Have you any special training on make generally or it was birthed out of personal effort? I will say both, not only did I go for training, I also made personal effort in improving myself by watching different tutorials which made all I had noted from the videos easy to practicalise. How is your daily routine at Begorg like? I have no particular daily routine as the brand is still a work in progress but most times when i have no bookings for the week till weekend, i try to reflect on my previous work and note any error 'if any' put into correction with the next client as most times weekends are the busiest for me. Makeup business is gradually becoming more competitive by the day, what stands you out?
Our brand name, starting small we wanted to stand out, we looked around and realized that a lot of brand names focused more on the skill of the makeup artist, we thought our brand should be focused more on the clients the makeup artist will be serving and we came up with Be Gorgeous short form 'Be Gorg' we are telling the clients they can be more gorgeous, our aim is always to amplify the beauty of our clients in the most creative way possible, that is why we exist, I think we are different because we are more client centric, our name shows just that. If you weren't a makeup artist, what would you have done differently? If I was not a makeup artist, to be honest I have not thought about it but I will probably be doing the regular 9-5pm, it would be boring and Would probably stress my life out, thank God I have my passion, makeup to follow. How do you stay creative amidst innovations and competitions in your line of business? Well i will say keeping up with trends, being versatile and stalking my mentors as helped me improve a lot has I follow top Foreign, Nigerian makeup artist and brands on social media, I am inspired when I see
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here's no doubt that the wedding between billionaire Aliko Dangote's daughter, Fatima Dangote and son of former Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, Jamil Abubakar was one of the very few big and most lavish wedding in Nigeria. The wedding reception which took place between the pilot, captain Jamil and his pretty wife, Fatima, had billionaires all across the globe in attendance. Bill Gates, Yemi Osibanjo, Aisha Buhari, Femi Otedola and more were few among the billionaires present at the reception. The personality studded ceremony held at Eko Hotel and Suites on March 23rd. Among other celebrities, Omawunmi, Tools, Swanky Jerry, Mo Abudu , Waje, Dolapo Oni , Lanre Da-Silver, Beverly Naya and Omotola Jalade were present at the event. Guests we entertained with amazing performances from singers, Wizkid and Davido among others. Check some photos from the big wedding:
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Omawunmi
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Sen. P. Bukola Saraki
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