Starting Over

Starting Over is hard. Now that we've gotten that out of the way, allow me to reintroduce myself. Hi my name is Uzo Kalu aka Uzzymami and I am a Fashion, Beauty, DIY and Lifestyle Blogger/Youtuber based in Lagos, Nigeria and you're welcome to Life of Uzzy. I have been blogging for over a two …

SUMMER LOOKBOOK: LAGOS STREETSTYLE

Currently listening to So mi so - Wande Coal Let us lay in the sun and count every beautiful thing we see I remember watching YouTube lookbook videos and asking myself "will I ever be able to do a video like this?". I limited myslef so much and thought I could never create something people …

MOTD: BLACK GIRL MAGIC MONOCHROMATIC LOOK

Currently listening to Naira Marley, Olamide, Slim Case, Lil Kesh, Simi, Falz - Issa Goal Remix It was the premier of the Oceans 8 movie here in Nigeria and the red carpet theme was Met Gala inspired. A lot of the celebrities brought their A game and I must say I was somewhat impressed at …

OUTFIT: DIY CUT OUT JEANS

Currently listening to Maroon 5 - Girls like you ft Cardi B The other day I got an email notification from Demi Akin asking for us to take a poll to describe her brand and at that moment I couldn't help but think and ask myself what my brand was. For as long as I …

Met Gala 2018 Inspired look

Currently listening to Maroon 5 ft Cardi B - Girls like you So I've been thinking lately "am I really a blogger/influencer, am I a creative, am I good at this path I'm getting into?" It's been so hard for me to stay afloat lately and believe in me. I know they say if you …

Product Review: Glam’s Makeup Cream Matt Foundation

Currently listening to Cardi B - I do ft SZA I'm sure y'all already guessed that I'm ODing on Cardi B, sorry not sorry! So after reading Thoniabankz post on working with brands I started feeling like I'm not delivering quality content and my pictures aren't quality enough because my views started dropping, I've been …

Outfit: Draped in George

Currently listening to Cardi b ft Migos - Drip The other day I was thinking of what word to describe my fashion style and just now eccentric is what comes to mind. Every time I dress up I want to stand out, what's the point if they don't stare right and subconsciously comfort has always …

LOU IN YELLOW

Currently listening to Dua Lipa - IDGAF Happy Hump Day guys. So you know the popular saying "yellow was made for black women" well I'd like to think that I have executed this trend in the quirkiest possible way! Looking through Pinterest I got overwhelmed by how well beautiful brown skinned women pulled off an …

FROM LOU WITH LOVE

Currently listening to Finesse - Bruno Mars ft Cardi B Looking back at how I started I can only be thankful for growth. Growing up I used to read a lot, it gave me so much joy to find a new book. While I had a wild imagination, I hated to draw in fact I …

THE 5: TIPS FOR OVERCOMING DEPRESSION + A GIVEAWAY

Getting up is hard, starting all over is even harder....