Secrets Secrets. Because we all have them. This is just a fun project where I tied a head wrap and decided to try a different type of photography. I won’t bore you with all the geeky details, but I basically did the opposite of what I normally do so yes, the pictures are purposely made to be quite darker than usual. I hope you like them. *Flashes smiles* I’m currently in Florida for my brother’s graduation! Woop woop! A big shout out to my bro on successfully completing high school! They grow up so fast *sobs* Keep up with the rest of the pictures on my Tumblr and/or LAJAgram (miss_laja) Have a great weekend and I’ll talk to you in a bit! Always, Miss LAJA
Take Me Home All alone, There it sat, Far away from home, Till a lone ranger asked, “What is that?” As if she knew, She took the cue, And picked it up like it were new, Then began the search for some green hues. Don’t worry, my love we’re leaving this tiresome dome, Going to a place where you won’t be alone, There’ll be no more tears or long moans, Hold on, we’ll get there soon, were not far away from home. Contrary to the pictures, it was super windy and my hair literally fell apart… Yup, I need to use more pins next time. I was contemplating just leaving the poem and excluding my voice from this piece but I couldn’t bring myself to it because I really like blabbing to you guys about… Well, stuff. Never thought I was a poem person but I found myself writing and I thought, wow, this is really cool so I’ll go with it as opposed to outright explaining the story. Cheers to switching things up, baby! *Sigh* The things you learn about yourself everyday. I hope you enjoy this mini story and poetry of mine, I had a lot of fun doing it. Have a great week and I’ll talk to you in a bit! Outfit Details Ankara Blouse: Custom made Trousers: H&M Heels: BCBG Always, Miss LAJA
Evergreene Hello, stunner! After a break from Miss LAJA due to finals and my body quite frankly failing me, I’m happy to say I’m back! Yayy! After my last exam and packing up, I slept for 24 hours. Nope, I’m not even kidding. I was sleeping away semester stress and restoring my body cause before now, it wasn’t in the best of states. Anyhoo, I’m sooo happy it’s summer! Wahhh! I cannot get enough of this warmth consistently seeping under my skin and just seeing the sunrise and set. It fills me with soo much joy beyond words and motivates me to want to blog my life away. So ready for summer… Well almost ready, my goal is to consistently groom and keep my brows to maximum fleekness. I know, I know, I keep saying it but I really want to make a better effort this time. For real. On to my outfit, I am in love with this top. It’s quite a unique piece in my wardrobe and I love how there’s the little peek of skin on the torso as opposed to the typical parts. I had it sewn so I treasure it as much as my ankara pieces, hehe. Anyways, there’s a lot of color blocking going on here and I decided to pair it with these ankara shorts inspired by earthy, neutral colors. Of course, I added a pop of red. Yup, my love for that colour is far from over. Expect to see a lot more bright and colour blocking goodness on here! I’m super excited to brainstorm and bring to life new projects! With summer in full swing, I can’t say time will be an issue so ride along with me!! For those of you still having finals, all the best on yours and have a stunning weekend! Outfit Details Cut Out Croptop: Custom made Ankara Shorts: Custom made Shoes: Antonio Melani Purse: Segolene Always, Miss LAJA
Cubed So I wore this outfit to the Kim Shui Fashion show, I will share my experience on working behind the scene with a designer for the first time so make sure to stay tuned for that. Anyways, this new purse just came in the mail and I am absolutely in lovvee! I had been on the lookout for a go-to red bag and I’m happy to say that I have found it. This purse is by Segolene En Cuir and I was looking for a high quality, chic and structured purse and this fits all the criteria. I am in love. For the fashion show, I decided to wear this jumpsuit and my trustee ankara jacket and accessorize with red. I opted for flats cause I knew I’d be running around a lot and no one has time to run around for four hours plus in heels BUT I had to look good. I hope you like the look! Yes, the pants swept the floor like crazy but oh well… Stay tuned for the next half for the fashion show and have a great weekend! Always, Miss LAJA
M’Orange Is it obvious I’ve been loving orange lately? For real, I’ve tried to stay away but I keep going back at the same time. It’s safe to say, the obsession is real. Things have been really interesting so far considering it’s a countdown till finals but that’s just by the way. I like being honest with you so I’ll share some sentiments I have been feeling lately. I’ve been feeling that my outfits are too “basic” and I would beat myself up about it cause I felt the slaying spirit was slapping me left, right, front and center when I finish getting dressed, haha… But seriously, I’ve been feeling really “minimal” lately. Clearly not colour-wise, but wearing less accessories and making my outfits as simple as possible. When I start getting stressed out about deciding what to wear, I just grab for some simple, basic pieces (cause basics are African prints’ best friends) and pull the whole look together with a leather jacket. Bless you leather jackets. These wedges are the most comfortable thing ever. I got them back in Paris and wore it Every. Single. Day. And I walk ALOT. So bringing these babies out came with bursts of joy and nostalgia. I really, really miss France/traveling and these wedges make me feel oh-so-Parisian (minus the colors) even when France is (as on now) a delicious memory… We’ll see what this summer has to offer. Enjoy the rest of your, lover and I’ll talk to you in a bit! Always, Miss LAJA
LAJA Unseen #4 Don’t forget to check out the name of this pose for the picture above on LAJAgram (@miss_laja). Enjoy! LAJA Unseen 1 |LAJA Unseen 2 |LAJA Unseen 3 The “Yeah, I Shouldn’t Have Said That” Pose The Ha! Catch Me If You Can” Pose The “Hold Up, I’m Tryna Be Sleek” Pose The “Slender LAJA” Pose The “What Did I Just See?” Pose The “My Comeback Was Hotter Than Yours” Pose “Just Another Long Hair Problem” Pose The “Stop, You’re Slaying Me Softly” Pose The “Wait, I’m Trying To Think If I Care” Pose The “Cause I Really Sleep In The Sun” Pose Nah, I Just Really Love This Photo. Ha! Always, Miss LAJA
Bloom I hope you’re loving this boubou as much as I am! It’s the perfect “I’m too lazy to pull together an outfit but I still want to look gorgeous” piece. My African maxi dress, I love to call it. Simple and chic. Happy Easter in arrier, I hope you enjoyed your day and it was filled with much love, gratitude and joy. I wore this lovely one to church for the celebration and things were different this Sunday because we held mass outside in the Duke Gardens. It was absolutely amazing and the weather was beautiful. Sunny, warm, basically LAJA weather, hahaha! However, my forehead did get quite burnt. Yup, it was that hot. There were soo many people in the garden and this has to be my most awkward (for obvious reasons) and stressful shoot till date. The photos weren’t coming out right, my camera’s battery was running low, my tripod fell down and broke with my camera mounted to it. I almost passed out. Luckily, it fell on grass so my camera was more that fine. Phew! But, you get the gist. All in all, I hope you enjoy your week and are welcoming Spring with open arms like I’ve been for quite sometime now. I’m so happy and I’m really just praying for strength and perseverance especially in this final lap of the semester. One last this, I am ecstatic that Duke won the NCAAs *sheds multiple tears* #ForeverBlue Gosh, that game had me falling off the chair and rolling on and ignoring homework. It was well worth it! Outfit Details Boubou: Custom Made Sandals: Ralph Lauren Purse: Antonio Melani Always, Miss LAJA
Doing The Most Happy New Month! I hope you had a wonderful end to the month of March. If you didn’t know, Miss LAJA and I celebrated our birthdays on Saturday and Daddy LAJA celebrated his on Monday. Woop woop for Marchian power! It’s officially a countdown till the end of the semester and the weather has finally decided to be warm and have mercy on me so I’m super excited to be styling spring and summer inspired looks on here. I’ll start with this super bright outfit of mine. I was really skeptical of wearing the blue jacket with it cause I thought it’d be too much but then I thought, why not? Orange and blue are a wonderful combo and I have seen it happen many, many times. All in all, I hope you experiment more with colors this Spring to brighten up your mood (and wardrobe) to help transition from the harsh winters. Trust me, implementing colors into your life really helps. I’m pretty pumped for Spring/Summer. I hope you like this look. Have a great rest of the week and I’ll talk to you in a bit! Always, Miss LAJA
Spring Forth Helllloo, Spring! I can happily say I shot these photos without half freezing to death. Woop woop! Progress is being made. It’s officially Spring and it’s about time for real but I’m not going to blab about the weather like I usually do. Just know I’m happy about it. First thing first, is my hair. Yes, I have reverted back to braids. I had missed it so much and yes, it’s the same a similar style as what I had previously done (notice the braided base of the pony tail? Love it!). Honestly, I feel like this particular style of braids reflects where I am at this point in my life. Where that is exactly? Yeah, I don’t know either but I find myself going back to it so I will be wearing it till I can’t stand it anymore. I love it so much because it’s just so sleek and polished. And of course, it’s blue. *wink* Speaking of life, this is the last post I’ll be writing as an 18 year old *sheds tear*. Yes, hunnay, Miss LAJA and Miss LAJA’s birthday this Saturday! Miss LAJA turns 19… and 2! My baby will be 2 years, oh ma gasshh! *runs around like a proud mother duck* You don’t understand how happy I am. I’ve learnt so, so much. More for this site than the fact that I’m turning 19 because to be honest I’m not as excited as I’d like to be (working on that though). My friends say 19 is a weird age because you’re not 18 or 20 so you’re in the final year of being a teen and while you’re legally an adult, you’re still a teenage. Ha! I’ll save my spiel for the next post so wait for me at tha doe *tilts head* Finally onto the outfit, need I say more? Yellows, oranges, no tights and ankara? It’s quite obvious I’m ready for warm weather and of course, the countdown. Let’s hope the weather allows me. Countdown to LAJA Day, lovah and enjoy the rest of your week! Outfit Details Ankara skirt: Custom made (similar here) Top: Body Central Shoes: Charlotte Russe Bag: Dooney&Bourke Earrings/Bracelet/Ring: thrifted I’ll Always Be, Miss LAJA
Beyond The Skyline With Spring Break coming to an end, I truly, truly feel refreshed. This week felt like a dream. There are so many things I’ll miss from waking up at 1:30pm to sleeping at 5am because I’m playing games with friends or just chatting about all sorts of things for hours. The weather was beyond stunning this week despite the dim forecasts and I can actually feel my energy coming up, for real. I know some say the sun drains them and call me crazy but I actually draw energy from the sun. Could this mean I’m secretly a plant? *snickers at science joke* Anyways, I kept things really minimal by sticking to basics, few accessories and spiced it up with my flared LAJA ankara skirt (I styled the other one here) with these lovely, lady killer, booties. Simple and chic. Really reflecting how I’ve been feeling these past few days. As the temperatures rise, I hope to soak up enough sun to zap my creativity out of hibernation. It’s happening. Slowly but surely. Have a great weekend! Always, Miss LAJA