Adonmu (Our Beauty)

It’s great to be back with something fresh and creative this rainy season. Piñatas are vessels filled with gifts and treats to share with people at an event. The vessel is breakable and guests take turns to hit it in till it smashes and spills the goodies for the eager guests. This tradition may have started out in China where clay pots filled with seeds were smashed towards a great harvest, or with the Aztec who had it as part of a celebration. Party Piñatas today are made of cardboard and filled with candy and small toys for the guests to enjoy. We recently made a Unicorn shaped Piñata for a 10 year old birthday party and will share the making experience with you. Materials Needed: Carton or Strong Cardboard Various colours of cardboard Craft Tissue - in the main colour of your piñata  Crepe Paper Paper Strong twine or rope Glue gun and sticks PVA Glue Glue stick Sticky tape Steps: Draw the outline of the shape for your piñata, in our case we drew the outline of the unicorn, skip...

Beautiful, Soft and Healthy Skin continues with a Bar of Nature’s Finest. As the April Showers cleanse the Earth, cleanse your skin with Pugtha Soap Bars. What’s in Our Soap Bar you ask? Our basic soap bars are made with Olive, Palm, Castor and Coconut Oils. Then our Specialty Bars contain Honey, Beeswax, Bee Pollen (try our Honey Soap), Shea (check out Our Children's Bar),  Sweet Almond (relax with our Nature's Bar).  The best part is that all Our Soap bars are safe for Babies, Children and Adults. We have formulated Special Bars made for Newborns and those with Sensitive Skin, and we also have unscented Bars for Sensitive Skin, Pilgrimage (Hajj) and Women in Iddah. Looking for something exceptional for that special event? Gift Our Bars as Souvenirs/Party Favours with personalised packaging that reflects your warm sentiments. Try a Bar of Nature's Finest Ingredients today, or save with our 5 Bars pack with contains our Activated Charcoal and Tea Tree Face Soap. Are you sub...

 10 million people die each year from cancer. More than one third of cancer cases can be prevented. Another third can be detected early and treated. Cancer has killed more people than HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined.  Cancer is an unusual and uncontrolled growth that invades the body. It affects almost any part of the human body and ravages the cells. There are millions of people currently fighting cancer and many millions who have lost the battle. This month we honour them by reminding ourselves to live a much healthier life. One of the best ways to prevent cancer is to adopt a healthy lifestyle: eat healthy foods that’s rich in fruits and vegetables, drink plenty of fluids, exercise and keep active, as well as avoiding bad habits like drinking alcohol, smoking and drug abuse.  While keeping healthy, don’t forget that what you apply on your skin also matters a great deal. A lot of mass-produced beauty products contain harsh chemicals that aren’t safe - read a...

 It's a New Month, a New Year and hopefully a New and Better Life. We thought to begin the year armed with some basic health tips and the knowledge of what to have on hand in case of any health emergency. At any point in time, you or someone around you may have an injury or illness. Basic first-aid is the assistance you get or give to prevent a minor injury or condition from getting worse, and in some instances, it saves lives. Some injuries may only need basic first-aid, for instance minor cuts, burns, or insect bites, but for major injuries, it helps to manage the condition before the person gets to see a medical doctor. There are organizations that provide training and courses on First Aid so go ahead and find one if you're interested in getting the full training. You never know when you may need to assist someone, or yourself, so it's a great idea to be prepared. You may consider keeping a first aid kit in your home, office or car. The items and tools you will need  can...

 It’s the end of the year and a lot of people are buzzing about how thankful they are to have survived it, 2020 did turn out to be a peculiar year - here’s to a much better 2021 - Amen. In Nigeria and many West African countries, December brings the dry winds from the Sahara. The air is much drier, the nights are cooler and the days have intense sunshine. All these put together make our skin a bit more in need of some deeper care. At this time, African Skin and Hair (including the scalp) looses moisture faster, leading to dryness, breakage, blisters and irritation, especially if you have dry skin to begin with. Read this post to learn more about our different skin types. The simple, easy way to keep your skin and hair healthy and happy in harmattan is to keep it hydrated. You will need to put in a little bit of an extra effort but the rewards are amazing - especially since most African hair Types grow longer in this season, (breaks easily but still growing faster - imagine the len...

  We are currently in a peculiar time that is laden with health challenges. We are all encouraged to keep good hygiene which protects and keeps us safe. The virus that causes COVID19 is known to infect humans after they touch a contaminated surface and then touch the eyes, nose or mouth - when an infected person sneezes or coughs, saliva or mucus that carries the virus is expelled and this splatters on surfaces, then other people touch these surfaces and later touch their eyes, nostrils or mouth. We can’t avoid touching surfaces - tables, chairs, railings, door handles, even our mobile phones! While our hand sanitizers help to kill germs on our hands, washing our hands with soap and water has been proven to be the best form of defense against the virus (reports have  stated that the virus can be disarmed with soap and water). Truth is, we sometimes don’t remember to clean our hands, especially when we are at home, but there’s still the possibility that others, our ourselves, h...

 Being the Proud Nigerians, we had a few crafting ideas to commemorate the country's 60 years since its independence from British rule. We as a nation have made it thus far, amid the sweat, joy and tears, we are still together. We are indeed blessed and should not take that for granted. Of course Nigeria has a long road ahead in terms of development, but we are moving, even if its not as quickly as many would want it. The important thing is to keep forging ahead. We tried out a few craft ideas for the Diamond Celebration - Paper flowers, Quilled cards, Woven beads and Braided cords. See a few of them below. Paper Flower - Green Rose Bead Weaving - Love Nigeria Braided Cord Watch the making of the Paper Rose below. Watching it brings to mind how different petals of different shades and sizes, with different elements to the parts, come together to make one beautiful wholesome flower, like our Great nation - Unity in Diversity. I will love to hear what creative ideas you had for the c...