Lotus like me

 Salaam alaikum everyone. How have you all been doing? Two days ago was my 17th birthday and I celebrated it with my family and got a lot of wishes from my friends. What I'll be talking about is my inactivity on my blog, Wattpad and Inkitt. I have had to start learning German,  which you all probably know. My schedule is messed up because I'm not up to date in my course and I need to basically become a workaholic to be able to get back on track.  I'm just taking a couple of minutes to say what I have to before I get swallowed up by my work. It's been hard emotionally, psychologically and physically to have to not give up. On my dreams, hopes and everything in general. I won't lie and paint a pretty picture because I'm kind of a bad liar but still. I know that I have to push and find my motivation. So I'll try to balance everything and hopefully get back to writing. I really miss writing a lot. Let's keep praying, for our families, countries and for the w...

As-salaam alaikum lovelies!!! How are you doing today?  Knowing that I will be dropping my hair-care routine soon, I decided to include my DIY hair treatments as well. Remember that I'm no hairstylist, so a lot of these haven't been scientifically proven or properly tested. Also, some of these are inspired by a ton of YouTube videos and other research as well as trends. Anyway, after getting the technical part out of the way, we can proceed into the post properly. Treatments to be applied before washing hair. 1) Onion juice treatment *Anti-dandruff treatment, should be used before washing hair, supports thick and strong hair promoting hair growth and preventing hair loss* Recipe:  One large onion              One fourth of a cup of water               Two tablespoons of coconut oil Directions:  Chop the onion into small pieces and put them into a blender. Add in water. Blend until it's broken down. Pou...

As-salaam alaikum and hi my lovelies! How is everyone doing today? I've been wondering... Everyone knows practically everything that makes me happy. I am constantly talking about things that make me happy, doing things that make me happy and always trying to share that happiness with others. Overtime, I have come to understand that not all my interest are interesting and important to other people they way they are to me. When I started this blog, I said that I would talk about things that I had interest in and the things I felt that I needed to talk about. That mindset hasn't changed. I am just going to improve on that. One of the things that makes me happy is when the people around me are happy. Which is why I made this post. "What makes you happy?" I want to know not just because I want to create more viewer oriented posts but also because I am actually interested in knowing what you like and what you do not like.  I'm not selfish or self-centered even though I ...

As-salaam alaikum everyone!!! How are we all doing today? I just realised, while watching a football match, Liverpool against Man City, that my blog "Lotus like me" is a year old. Oooooooooooof! If you have ever heard my voice imAGine mE sCrEaMiNg!!!!!!!!!! And if you haven't the listen to this... Okay, I'm sure that I am not insane.... Happy birthday to us, happy birthday to us, happy birthday, happy birthday, happy birthday to usssssss! I'm sooooooooooo proud of my blog and how I've grown with it. Also, I feel like I've grown with this blog and found a bit of my self that I didn't know existed. Thank you all for reading and making me happier. I really appreciate every single read and I love you all . Now, back to fan-girling my baby. I'm so proudddd of my blog.  It started as a way for me to express my opinions and ideas and feelings without actually having to directly talk to people seeing the way that I can be kind of shy around people.   I...

As-salaam alaikum lovelies! Wie geht es euch heute? Heute mache ich meine Haarpflege Routine Post.  How are you doing today? Today, I will be making my Hair-care routine post.  I have a particular routine I really love to follow because it's what I now do unconsciously😂  Step 1 : Loosen braids- My hair is almost always in braids so this is usually my first step.  Step 2 : Detangle hair- Just lightly run fingers through the hair and loosen any knots. Use a wide tooth comb after that if you feel okay with that. Step 3 : Wash/ Shampoo hair- First, dampen hair then apply the shampoo on scalp. Lightly, scrub the scalp to the roots and work it to the tips. I shampoo twice, the first being the more intense scrub and the second to get rid of any residue. I am not a hair stylist so remember to do what is suitable for your hair and scalp. Step 4 : Rinse hair- Generally use lukewarm water or cold if you prefer. I tend to stay away from heat when it comes to my hair. Step 5 : A...

So...  I kinda killed my hair… As-salaam alaikum people. It’s been a while. How are you all? Now let’s get into today’s post…   If you remember, I was in Lagos a couple of weeks ago. Anyway, while I was there, I treated my hair amazingly until one day; I was in dire need of washing my hair. You see, there was a ton of residue and stuff on my head, which made my scalp super itchy and made my hair feel heavy. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get shampoo at that time so guess what I did. I washed my hair with laundry detergent. Yes, you read it right. I foolishly saturated my hair with water then applied soap on it. At first, my hair seemed okay but you see, after every wash, I deeply condition my hair and that was before I decided to wash my hair with soap. I also did not moisturize my hair after I brutally harassed it. My hair washing process is usually using a hair treatment for at least 2 hours, shampoo, and then deeply condition before air-drying (zero-heat) and braid...

As-salaam alaikum everyone . I know it has been a while and I'm a very inconsistent blogger, which is no doubt inexcusable but I promise to attempt to be better from today onwards. How have you all been? I’ve had quite an experience that I will explain in the next post I hope. Anyway, the topic of today will be VOICES . With all the incidents around the world, I now see that I’ve been giving myself a bunch of useless and pointless excuses and reasons not to use my voice. Excuse 1: There is no point! Excuse me. What do you mean by “There’s no point!” Every topic has a point no matter how small, big, pointless, impactful it seems. All that matters is the topic’s importance to you.   How does the topic make you feel? Why do you feel that way? Is it something that worries you/ excites you/ saddens you? Ask yourselves these questions and see if it is pointless. Excuse 2: No one will see the point. No one will hear me. No one will listen. No one cares. How can you s...

Salaam alaikum everyone! Ramadan Kareem🤍!!! How are you all?   I’m fine and I would like to share one of my favorite recipes during Ramadan with you all. I know it’s Hausa name and it is called “ Kunun Gyada” . If I roughly translate it to English, It would mean Groundnut milk and rice gruel. Yes, the English meaning may not be appetizing but I promise that it is absolutely delicious. Warning: Not to be consumed by those with Peanut and peanut related allergies. I’m not sure of the dietary information. I’d recommend preparing this for iftar. For iftar, there’s usually a mini feast with multiple dishes from fruit salads to main dishes. So yeah, and if there are left overs you can have that for sahur bearing in mind that it’s actually quite light.   My mommy always made this for some of our iftars and I’ve loved them ever since. So I learnt the recipe and here it is. There are multiple ways to make this, I mean that there are different variat...

Salaam alaikum everyone! How’s the quarantine/lockdown? I’m trying to stay sane here, anyway…. I would like to start a new series called My Ramadan Menu . Yes, Ramadan is literally around the corner and I decided to start a kind of blog series where I post the recipes to certain dishes and their impact or importance to me, while also sharing some du’a if I can. What do you think? It’s going to be kind of hard for me to actually do this because I’m not at home right now, so making these recipes is going to be a tad difficult so I recommend adjusting what I say till you get the balance you need. I might not be able to make them, hence the absence of pictures but I’ll attempt to give a step by step explanation from memory and hopefully, I’ll get it right. I will also try to run some of the recipes through my Mummy before posting so that I don’t end up frustrating you all. I might not be able to post regularly, I’m working on fixing th...

Salaam alaikum everyone. How are youuuuu? I'd like to use a little bit of your time... Let me know what you feel about my blog by taking this approximately 5 minutes survey. https://lotuslikeme.typeform.com/to/y13pTQ Thank youuuu 💜💜💜 . Annyeong!!!

Unfortunately, I, in the right state of mind have decided to no longer be an Army. Was it sad? Yes. Was it necessary? Yes. A lot of you will be asking why I did so. I know. I’ve been so devoted to them for a while now. Nothing is wrong with BTS or their fandom. It’s just that their fandom receives a lot of hate and call me a coward but I’d rather not be at the receiving end of all that hate. I'm sorry but I just can’t anymore. Please forgive me. Once more, I'm sorry to all the ARMY out there and to BTS as well. Oh, you’re still here? Okay then…. April fools!!!!🎉🎉🎉   Yes, I wasn’t serious obviously. On what planet do you assume I would ever do such? I love BTS and ARMY way too much to be a coward. So yeah… do you hate me right now? Acceptable. I'm sorry but just had to try to lighten the...

Salaam alaikum and hello everyone. Merhaba, Hallo, Annyeong, Hi and Namaste everyone. Okay, so I used every language I could remember learning at a point in my life *LOL*. So you must be wondering why, scratch that, what I’m doing. For as long as about 2 years now, I have become acquainted/ partial to a group of humans. Let’s ignore my previous statement and focus on a more important aspect of this post. My big question is: Do you know of k-pop? Not to be annoying but… yes I’m talking about k-pop. Not a specific boy or girl group. It is a known fact that I Stan BTS without doubt but, they fall under the category *K-pop*. So to all newbies to this particular genre, please and I’m really pleading with you to be open-minded to their music. Only then will you truly see and hear their talent. Interesting factoid: A wise ARMY once told me to share the previous statement and I finally did. IMPORTANT INFORMATION : Without further ado, I want to remind you th...