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Seyi Odukoya

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Who Is Rubies???|Hands behind LazyTrendyChic

Heyo my people!!!Today I am going to give you a sneak peek into my life. Here are 10 things you probably don’t know about me.

1. I am part Hausa (though most people say Jos is not Hausa).I hail from Jos on one side of my parent tree.
Note: I cannot speak a lick of the language.Somebori epp my career oo!!!

2. I would do drastic things for ‘beans’. Best food ever, if you know you know.

3. The ‘Lazy’ in ‘LazyTrendyChic’ mostly describes me.Darn too lazy to be thinking too much about what to wear.

4. For me Overthinking is an art form.

5. I have a monster of a sweet tooth. Insatiable and the size of Asia.

6. Hair color is my guilty pleasure (I have had to cut back on that though because of school)

7. Addicted to Novels. Fiction, Non-fiction, any genre, classics, I just want a good book to read.

8. I love writing too, that’s why blogging is quite good for me.

9. I hate liars and fakes. Being yourself is really the best you can be.

10. Celebrity crush…I’ll tell y’all in Camera #wink

Anything else you want to know? Drop your questions as comments or on my social media pages and I will be sure to answer them here next week. Kiss kiss.

Always your lil girl doing you know what
Rubies.

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A Letter To the Older Me

Dear Older ‘Seyi,

By now you must have outgrown the nickname ‘Rubies’ if you remember it but if you do, I can see the cringe you try to hide behind a smile when it comes up. You are probably thinking you could have thought up a better nickname (Got to say I do not think so), but I do not want to get your blood pressure up so I will just address you as Seyi.

Having kids and achieving your dreams really looks good on you and so does the glittering ruby ring on your finger. Looking at you from all the way over here, I cannot fully grasp how content you are, not just content but happy. Sure there have been potholes, everyone has to hit one at one point or the other but you have gotten through them and come out fine. You may look back and think ‘I had it easy when I was younger’, so I will remind you of how it was hoping you’ll be grateful at every point in your life.

At the early stage of your life it was all fun and games and your greatest worry was whether the ice cream man would show up or not. Then teenage years came up and insecurities became the order of the day. For a long while you battled with your identity, not just that but what your path was. Everyone seemed to have everything sorted out but you kept floundering…no clear direction. The journey to purpose was full of a lot of half-baked ideas, disappointments, pain, running to God when everything else failed. You cried a lot, so many times, over and over and at times it seemed nothing would ever go right. All you wanted to do was fulfill your duty and be happy but it seemed duty and happiness were worlds apart. You made so many mistakes that you can never take back, a lot of them leaving an indelible scar on your soul but somehow in the midst of that all you found purpose.

Do you remember now how much making your dream a reality with your blog cost? The sleepless nights awake thinking of content, the fear of making a fool of yourself? Pouring all your money into it and barely having enough to feed? There were so many doubts in your head and in the mouths of others, how you never gave up is a miracle in itself. So you did start “LazyTrendyChic” a project close to your heart with the help of friends, ones that will last a lifetime. All you wanted to do was make people see that the society’s pre-portrayed image of us does not have to hold true. Our first obligation should be to ourselves, to please ourselves and be comfortable in our skin before anything else and fashion was your medium. OH, the feeling of glorious fulfillment when the first stage of the plan was put in place and your blog kicked off. What joy! What happiness! The very reason all the sacrifices are worth it.

It is from this point in your life that I write to you dear older Seyi, I do not know where the tide will go from here or even if my dream will make it any farther but I have hope and a fierce determination and that is what keeps me going. I trust that what will be will be. Please do not forget what the ‘Ruby’ means to you….the fiery wrath of the gem, a strength unbending, passion as bright as flames, coolness against your skin…your calm in every situation. Forget not also, the pricelessness of the gem…you are worth the world.No matter what may come your way Seyi remember you are strong, you are flawed and perfect as you are.

I look forward to seeing you sparkle and light up the room even more than you already do.

Yours,

A younger more gullible you

Rubies.

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Outfit Challenge|RUFFLES?

Hello lovelies, In this post I will be pairing a top that was gifted to me but I have never worn (because the top has this ‘SU’ look).I was cleaning and I found it stuck at the back of my wardrobe so I gave myself a challenge to use the top in an outfit. Here is how I paired up my formerly forgotten ruffled top.

If you liked this post, don’t forget to comment and follow on all our social media pages.

Yours
Rubies.

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I Am Royalty|Accessories with class

I am a woman secure in the knowledge of myself, my beauty and my intelligence. My value as a female is not measured by the proportion of my waist to hips or how many men like me.My worth ass a person is measured on a higher scale: one of righteousness and piety. My self-esteem cannot be demeaned by the fickleness of society. I will ‘CORUSCATE’-to sparkle. The crown on my head and the pearls on my neck do not make me, instead it pleases me to wear them for myself not the society. I AM ROYALTY.

                                                       

Accessories and styling by https://www.instagram.com/esoarang/ on Instagram, for your one stop unique and affordable jewelry and fashion accessories.

Always Yours,

Rubies

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Welcome To The New School

Hey guys! Welcome, Welcome .Please take a seat, let me offer you a slice of cake and a tube of ice cream (I am kind of a sugar addict as you will find out really soon). Y’all are welcome to LazyTrendyChic and I am your humble host, hoping to become your dearly beloved ‘Rubies’…… LazyTrendyChic is here to cater to your every fashion desire, talk about our diverse heritage and fill our every craving. So please feel free, let me know what you think, leave comments, send emails and generally connect.
You can keep up with me and your ‘LazyTrendyChic’ updates on our various social media platforms below.
Join me lets have some epic fun together.


photo credit: @tobilobadearest for @folakaystudio

Yours,
Just a Lil girl playing dress up
Rubies

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My Street Style

Confession time people: One of the reasons I blog is to give me a valid reason to do all the things I want to try out (Mainly taking pictures like a dork)
Street style is so diversified that you can have two outfits completely opposite each other on the spectrum. Comfy and Trendy, what more could a girl want?
Here are a few pictures of my Street style shoot at Ikeja City Mall. Comment your views, you can also tag me on your street style pictures on Instagram, I’ll be sure to like them.
Enjoy.


photo credits to @shotbycatalyst

Always yours,
A Lil girl playing dress up
Rubies

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You are Different and that’s Special

 

“You can’t be perfect baby, because nobody’s perfect honey….There’s nobody in the world like you”

Hola darlings, today I’m not putting out any fashion tips. We are taking it back to who we are at the core of all the fashion and razz mataz.

Black, White, and Mixed we are all beautiful in our own special way. Plus sized ladies are beauties so are thin ladies.so no matter what Age, Color, Gender or Beliefs we are all uniquely beautiful. It is that beauty that gives us our each individual uniqueness and out of that uniqueness our own personal timeless ageless beauty is birthed.

It takes a certain amount of confidence in self to be able to discount the portrayed image of what is in ‘vogue’.

Know this sweet girl you are you…no one can do you as good as you can.so if you let them get you down you are depriving yourself the joy of showing the world how great you can be.

YOU ARE UNIQUELY DIFFERENT!

Yours,

Just a Lil girl playing dress up

Rubies

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Own your Trendy

“She’s trendy, He’s trendy, we all trendy”
I used to belong to the group of thought that ‘fashion was a gift for some special set of elite people’ but that is not true. One man’s quirks set the trend for the next millennia. What is your quirk? You don’t have to do it like we all do it.It does not have to be someone else’s trend. Find your trend and own it (like say na just you ooo).
“Don’t try to fit in, if you are born to stand out”. Don’t forget to comment like and follow.


Photo credits:@tobilobadearest for @folakaystudio

Still Yours,
Lil girl playing dress up
Rubies

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