We are half way through the year!! Hooray! The first of June has brought not one, not two but three surprise packages in the world of celebrity.
Neeky Millaj
Firstly, in the early hours of this morning, speculation began with the status of Rap artists Nicki Minaj and Meek Mill's relationship.
Early spring, news first broke out of their alleged relationship. Speculation about their engagement even broke out. Everywhere, people were screaming relationship goals! Well not anymore as it seems. The engagement rumours have been shut down. Both Nicki and Meek took to Instagram to fire a few shots, which were clearly aimed at eachother.
Meek had me rolling though. Who knew bosses could hurt like this ? Sad times. Hope they can work it out in the end!
The Wests
The second of the news arrived in the this afternoon. North west: Kim and Kanye's daughter is going to be a big sister ! Following a few interviews, we learnt that Kim was still having a few difficulties conceiving even after her first child.
Above: Kim on the Jimmy Kimmel Show
And to her happiness she's going to be a mummy to a new bundle of joy! Congrats to the Wests !
Caitlyn Jenner
Thirdly, the news with the most buzz, Bruce Jenner has finally become the woman of his dreams. Say hello to Caitlyn Jenner !
She sure has a way of upstaging people! Not sure if Kim would be happy about both news coming out on the same day lol. His/ her family seem to be supportive of her/ him. His daughter Kendall tweeted 'be free now little bird'. How lovely.
'A Curvy girl, is not necessarily plus size; but retains ratio in her body' - MoChunks
The aim of these look books are to showcase fashion and styling for the girls the fashion industry has forgotten. The girls who are under size 12 (Twigaays) and over (Chunkaays) but have amazing curvature in their body.
This Look book's theme was 'Nature in Contast'. This was inspired by British weather, which is never constant causing total chaos in nature. However, this chaos was turned into beautiful fashion looks.
I had the privilege of working with a group of talented people.
@_Preziosa of Precious Touch hair and beauty. Follow them at @PreciousTouch_
Make up artistry and Styling was done by myself @mo_chunkaay and Fashion Blogger @ElizabethAkerele.
Working from my mood board, I managed to purchase clothing from many retailers.
I was very privileged to have donations from two designers.
@RaeKing of House of King UK (@HKUK), designed and made a customised jacket for one of the looks which turned out beautifully! Give them a follow !
Amie Touray of BeLondon Fashion (@Be_London_) also provided contemporary African print. She's an amazing designer and beyond professional.
Message from Amie:
Be-Londonis a contemporary African fashion brand that aims to give a unique and distinctive look. We have a diverse range of products from dresses to suits for men, women and children so there's something for everybody. We are really pleased to work with 'The Mo Chunks show' and so we are offering 20% your first order with promo code MOCHUNKS15. Happy Shopping!
Here are the details of the products featured in this look book.
All Jewellery And Clutches Were Provided by @ElizabethAkerele of Teas.Closet (@tea_closet). This gorgeous piece as well as others seen in the video will be up for sale in June. Visit her blog here for more information : http://www.teascloset.blogspot.co.uk/
Last but certainly not least, Photography was done by @Mr.Toluloluwa of Sure Moments (@SureMomentsPhotography), whilst I did videography.
Hope you enjoyed the video ! Until Next time, Peace & Chunks !
Requested video: It's exam season!! How to revise| Beating Anxiety & Fear of failure :(
I'm gonna focus on GCSEs and A Levels BUT all these techniques are carrying me through as I'm now in university. All you have to do is decide the level of intensity you wanna go away and implement it into your revision.
I have no power of my own, all I have achieved is through God, all glory be to him!
I managed to get 4 A*s and 6As in me GCSEs and then 3As and a B in A level. Sad times my first B. We will live. So if you want to be a serious student, a Real G, G for Graduant! Then my dear you have come to the right place!!
Soooo Here's what you're not Gonna do: Twitter, Tyrone, Time wasting. (Watch the vid)
If you're doing these things stop, just stop right now.
Here what you are gonna do:
Procrastination: beat it by making a calendar and seeing how much time you don't have !
Immediately start installing appropriate revision schedules, 4-5 hours daily. Make sure there is enough time before exams.
I said I'd focus on revision tips for this blog post, for those who might have left thing a little too late.
Revision technique:
Step 1: Read from text books and revision guides. This reminds you of your course overview. Scheme read the questions or objectives to make sure you understand that portion well. If any objectives were missed, go back and read the relevant text.
Step 2: Start to digest text by using posters, flip cards, little stories and images in your head. My poster booklet is from Wilkonsons, and cannot be more than £3. For your GCSEs and A Levels I reckon purchasing 2-3. For Uni just 1 will do, as you have less subjects. Make your posters colourful! Make the images meaningful, as you will remember them more.
Good tip, this is why step one is so important, try to read a page and rewrite from memory. Oh Ma ha so ri eh (it will stick in your head lol). Any bits you have missed out, go back and fill it in. I normally either re write the text to perfection or narrate the paragraph to myself until I get it right.
Step 3: Practice questions in your text books and revision guides and write them down in detail.
Step 4: Now for the fun bit, real exam practise, don't be scared to go farrrr back. The more papers you practice the better!
These are all the things that need to go in your time table, which I suggested you make. Make sure you schedule things appropriately. Having lots of subjects, especially at GCSE level, can mean very long days. But like I said in the video, you need to endure small pain, for life time of happiness.
Make sure you take regular breaks though! Maybe a 15 minute break every hour or 30 minute break every 2 hours. Whichever you see fit.
D- istractions, I'm putting an emphasis on the D for a reason. Please forget the tyrones, the bolajis and the kwames for now. STAY focused.
A lot of you have insomnia: use it well revise instead of talking to mandem- no shade. Take away and minimise distractions !!
Social media: All my social media is gone in the month of my exams. I deactivate Twitter , delete apps such as Instagram which can't be deactivated. Also, things like snapchat which take up unnecessary time!
Revision is hard work BUT one or two months of pain is okay. You have a Longggg summer ahead of you to do whatever you want! Think of it like that, whenever you feel like falling asleep or giving up for the day.
GCSE ands alevels do matter. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
Fear of failure: as long as you have put the work in you will get the grades OUT. Do your job and let God do his!
From the left: YouTubers LoveisinthehairNolye, MoChunks Show (myself)
KelechiCeri and ChiakaValentina
Really happy i got the opportunity to collaborate with these gorgeous ladies. From the video you'll see that going natural is one heck of a journey. We all share our experiences, from how family reacted, to comments at work and in a school environment.
Something we all had in common, was that our natural hair has not been considered professional, an idea which stems way back when slaves first arrived in the western world. In order to be accepted in a cooperate sector, we had to adapt the European look.
This has been masked in modern day, people believe relaxers were made to ensure hair is 'manageable'. Manageable for who though? Even our first lady Michelle Obama, only wears her hair straight. Very Sad. We were doing just fine with our hair back in Africa until the white man had something to say about it. Rather than fight back, we conformed.
Remember these? No matter how hard we tried, I never looked like the girl on the box lol.
As harsh as it sounds it is the truth. However, as stated in the video the relaxer industry is depleting drastically. The natural hair movement has begun. This could be the generation that reverses, the cycle us black females (sometimes males) have found ourselves in.
One thing we forgot to mention in this video, are the men in our lives. How do they react to this natural hair movement? I think in general, a few of our black men are still sceptical. They are so used to seeing their mothers, sisters and other female family members relaxing their hair to the straight form. This is all they know, so they believe it is better. It is important to no just educate our young girls, but our men also. The mentality that straighter is better, has to change, sooner or later.
Hope you guys enjoyed the video and thank you for reading this post, till next time..
I was very excited to hear big tipper was hosting a show in Leicester, where i go to university. I took the opportunity to interview him on his success so far as a comedian. Here is the video as posted on my YouTube Channel:
I was pleasantly surprised to find that, although he is very well known, Tipper is beyond humble. He kept referencing God and his family life. Even in times of trouble, for example when he was naughty in school and got sent to Nigeria, he did not stay defeated. He came back, found his talent in comedy and made a new life for himself.
Tipper performing hit single - Aunty
Tipper on set of Aunty Video Shoot
Dont sleep on big tipper. He gets booked almost every week. And from his latest video (Which i unknowingly featured in) he received a call from the MOBOs. I really wonder what was going on there. We'll just have to wait and see.
Doesn't tipper look like he's thinking 'Im hearing you have big breast' in this picture lol. Love it!
This week has been hilarious. Young girls have been cutting their wrists because heartthrob Zayn Malik has left one direction. Nigerians have been covering their eyes in shame of our honourable freestyler aka Davido's recent appearance on Westwood Tv.
Personally, I have no real care for one direction nor who is in their group. But this really got to a lot of people.
It is rumoured that Zayn was accused of cheating on his girlfriend, whilst on tour with 1D. I'm not sure what is defined as cheating these days but word got out he was holding a female's hand which was 'leaked' out to the public.
I really don't get it, common hand holding had people saying he is not serious about his relationship. Anyway to prove his love for his fiancée, Zayn left the tour prematurely to be with her and sort things out. Real trooper. Extreme though. In my eyes ...
That's if it was true. Zayn finally spoke out and simply said he wasn't happy anymore. According to him, the fame was forced upon him and he did 1D to make others happy. I don't know how I feel about this..
Will one direction ever be the same again? What do you think ?
Now. Davido. Davido dropped a freestyle on Tim Westwood TV. A freestyle I'm not sure how to feel about. Just one question..
Can I laugh?
I don't know how far I can make fun of him because I myself cannot freestyle. But seriously. It's not even the bars he dropped, it's the way he dropped them. He honestly looked like he wanted to exit the building, and each time Westwood reloaded the beat he looked even more stressed.
But guys, in his defence it was out of his comfort zone. He is an Afrobeats singer? Not necessarily a rapper. If he doesn't write bars regularly how will he be able to freestyle. Major sighs.
Shout out to Davido for making my week! Check the video out here:
"KA......HMM" has to be my favourite bar. The suspense created by the pause is really thrilling. Don't you get it? When your thinking, you take time no? Lol
Davido will never live this down, but I love how he's laughing with us. Kudos to you Dave.
This one is for the ladies ! Have you ever had an ex that's swears they don't want you, but soon as they see you happy they want you back? Especially when that happiness is coming from another guy?
I know you can relate. CiCi really outdid herself on this one. The lyrics really touched me. Not in a 'I'm giving my life to Christ kind of way' but a 'yasss, hunny let him know ! ' type of way. "I bet you start loving me, soon as you see me with someone else; someone better than you'- Ciara never told a lie .. I loveeeee it!
The video uses beautiful Ballerina themes, from the outfits to the dance moves, to the character Ciara portrays. This is no English class, but I spotted a few subtle metaphors 👀. Ballet is art; a branch of dance that displays vulnerability and strength. At the same damn time. What other way to display the rising of a woman out of her once painful heartbreak.
Pastel pinks, messy hair, a mini jukebox. All these background details scream young to me. This shows themes of reaching back into childhood. Let's not get to deep here but, sometimes for us women to move forward, we have to look backwards. Check our foundations. What did I love before I loved him? Who was I before we became us ?
I wouldn't be surprised if some of the inspiration for this song came from her recently ended relationship with her baby father Future. "I love you but I won't be a fool for you". How many of us are bold enough to say this statement? Sometimes what we love is not good for us. Honestly, I love Ciara for reminding us of this!
