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  • 6 Products That Make You Feel and Smell Great After a Long Day

    6 Products That Make You Feel and Smell Great After a Long Day

    Life has been coming on too strong lately. Capitalism is getting wickeder, outside’s getting hotter, and it only makes sense that you find ways to relax and recharge when you finally get home each day. 

    We suggest you start with these products.

    Diffusers

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    A diffuser with your favourite scent is the first step to take to shake all the stress away. The scent will trigger the happy chemicals in your brain, and before you know it, all the rubbish you went through would be a thing of the past.

    Body wash 

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    You’ve had a long day outside, so why remain in all that sweat and dirt when you can take a shower, wash it all off, and feel and smell brand-new?

    Roll-on

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    After taking a shower, you’ll need that brand-new smell to stick, and what better way to do that than with your roll-on? Extra points if you use the Nivea pearl & beauty, because you’ll smell great and also look out for your under-arms.

    Moisturiser

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    This one’s specifically so you don’t look like what adulting is showing you. Continue living your soft life, or at least, look like you are.

    Anti-perspirant

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    Don’t save it for when you want to leave the house. Spray the Nivea pearl and beauty anti-perspirant after you take a shower, and you’ll smell fresh when you wake up. Your under-arms will look great too.

    Fragrance oils 

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    If you want to wake up and still smell like a flower garden, then make sure you use a fragrance oil just before you go to bed. You’ll wake up smelling great, feeling refreshed and ready for the day ahead.

  • How to Stop and Smell the Roses, Even if It’s Plastic

    How to Stop and Smell the Roses, Even if It’s Plastic

    Living in Lagos will make you believe everything is a rush and must happen now now. Any true Lagosian walks around thinking they can’t take a break or their life would crash and everything they’ve worked for would turn to dust.

    I used to believe this too. It just felt like I had 10k things to do, and if I didn’t get everything done by a particular time, my world would implode. So one day, I gave up. I legit just packed everything and went outside, because if capitalism thinks it’s found another minion in me, it has another thing coming.

    Which got me thinking, nothing in this life is ever that deep.

    Okay, let’s not lie, some things are actually very deep. Like if I don’t get Beyonce tickets or I get kicked out of someone’s Apple Music Family Plan in this era of Meffy and his ill-mannered decisions, I’ll have to fight somebody. But things like late deliveries, work emails that won’t stop popping up like your annoying ex, and aforementioned annoying ex? Yeah, they aren’t as deep as you think, trust me. 

    They might feel like they are, but I promise, the deliveries will come, an hour away from those work emails won’t kill anyone, and you can tell your annoying ex to geddifok when you’re done taking a brief break from actively participating in life.

    After life and capitalism showed me shege pro max, a long ass walk, some delusional words of affirmation, and a nap were all I needed to refresh.

    Because believe it or not, sometimes, you need to take a step back. Take a break from all the batshit crazy things and just exist.

    You’ll be existing in the middle of the chaos. But if you shut your eyes real tight and recite the lyrics to Davido’s Unavailable

    …you’ll become like John Cena. Nobody will bring themselves and their problems around you for at least two hours, even your own problems will disappear. Try it. I did, and between the joy I got from listening to Davido’s voice and the computer village dance moves I burst out, all of life’s problems disintegrated into thin air.

    It worked abi?

    Call us BIG Z!!!!

    Sometimes, all you have to do is unsubscribe for a while, take a walk, grab brunch, listen to music. Just take a break, and smell the roses — literal or figurative, plastic or real.  

    You only get one chance at life, but what good is life if you’re so stressed about everything that you aren’t actually living.

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  • QUIZ: Where’s Your Happy Place?

    QUIZ: Where’s Your Happy Place?

    Life is hard, and you deserve to find a place that makes you happy. Take this quiz, and we’ll tell you where.

  • All The Things That Can Spoil Your #AfterFive Plans.

    1. How you run out of the office once it’s closing time.

    My watch is over!

    2. How you feel when its after 5pm but you still have work to do.

    Which kind of life is this?

    3. When you see an email from your boss on your way home, asking you to do some work immediately.

    “It’s a no from me sir!”

    4. When you finally finish work and your colleagues start asking you to drop them at home. #AfterFive

    Freedom at last!

    5. When you see your boss trying to run after you so you can do something for him. #AfterFive