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 …

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 …

STEP BY STEP GUIDE ON HOW I EDIT MY SELFIES

Currently listening to Cardi B - I like it like that As a new blogger I struggled with taking and editing pictures, I thought I had tried everything and I just wasn't meant to have that to die for pictures, so I gave up because "I cannot come and kill my self". But after being …

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 …

MOTD: EASTER INSPIRED LOOK

Currently listening to Diet - Reminisce, Slimcase, Tiwa Savage, DJ Enimoney It's been a long time I posted a Beauty look here and I'd say it's partly because I now have a YouTube channel (I hope you've subscribed, if you haven't just go on the tube and search for Uzo Kalu). I remember it was …

PRODUCT REVIEW: ZIZA EMPIRE HAIR ORGANIC

Currently listening to Danger - Migos ft Marshmello To be honest I don't really have a good hair care routine and it is because I'm just plain lazy but as a proper Nigerian that I am I have to blame it on the country! Most of the time I'm super exhausted at the end of …

LIFESTYLE: BLK/OPL PRODUCT LAUNCH PARTY

It was such an amazing experience