Feeling Creative, Make Your Own Pumpkin Face Mask

As soon as your ready to get up in the morning and empty your bladder, why does mother's think it's OK to come into your room and start up a conversation out of the blue like your ready to get up and go to work. At the time, I wasn't ready for work but that didn't stop her, she did give me an idea for something that has never occurred to me. Believe it or not, it was something on TV about pumpkins and as the scariest night of the year approaches, instead of using our pumpkins to make scary, spooky lanterns, why not use the inside remains of the vegetable to better use. 

Pumpkins can be used for various ideas such as a recipe to make a delicious pumpkin pie or if you are feeling experimental, why not use it as a face mask to treat the skin. All women of all ages want to make sure their skin is well nourished, moisturised, smooth and wrinkle-free.

A pumpkin face mask is very easy to make and you would be doing your skin a huge favour. All you need is the following:

• Break up a few pieces of the pumpkin, cook until it goes soft or you could get 1/4 cup of organic pumpkin puree.
• 1 Egg
• 2 teaspoons of raw honey
• 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
• 2 teaspoons of ground coffee

Most of these ingredients as your aware can be bought in your local supermarket or your nearest Holland & Barrett store, but before purchasing the ingredients, let's talk about how a pumpkin face mask will be good for your skin.

Firstly, pumpkins consist of a variety of sources such as nutrients, vitamins, including other minerals like magnesium, manganese, iron, copper and potassium which will help to encourage good healthy skin and can easily be absorbed so you're left with smooth and nourished skin. 

Having done my research, the nutrients in pumpkin also contain anti-inflammatory, antioxidants and anti-ageing properties which can help to improve skin conditions such as spots, wrinkles and help boost circulation. All women want to try and keep those angry spots and wrinkles at bay, so instead of using this vegetable as a scary lantern, explore the benefits of the vegetable that will be useful to you on the inside and well as the outside.

My love for Afrobeats - "One Love, One Family"

When I'm on my travels to work or out socialising with friends, the one genre of music that makes me smile and fills my day on a positive level is listening to the sounds of Afrobeats. There is something about this genre of music that spells happiness, sunshine, history of African culture that fascinates my soul and gives me a buzz. I've been in love with this music for the past several years and each year it has grown and grown into this massive most-talked-about, global genre of mainstream music. Half the time I can not pronounce some of the chanted vocals or don't have the foggiest idea what some of the artists are talking about in their lyrics, but one thing I do understand is the passion and appreciation for West African culture and sharing the energy with everyone in its path.

With its attractive influences and combination between Afropop, R'n'B, Reggae and Jazz music, who would want to put down their earphones and listen to something else. It's a sound you don't want to ignore which leads me to the conversation of last Saturday night when I was at Wizkid Starboy Fest concert at the O2 Arena.

Everyone in the crowd including my cousin and I were in our element watching the amazing performances from various artists such as Eugy, Afro B, Ms Banks, Skiibii, Maleek Berry, Tiwa Savage and many more. All popular classics you can think of were performed such as the amazing Drogba "Joanna" from Afro B, Maleek Berry's "Kontrol" and many other famous tracks we couldn't get enough, but we were all waiting for the glowing, electrifying performance from the Starboy King himself Wizkid and it was incredible.

This was not the concert to be sitting down in your seats, it was the concert to get up, sing, chant, scream but more importantly, dance the night way and oh my lord, we both made sure of that. He played all our favourite tracks such as "Fever", "Ojuelegba", "Come closer", the song "Soco" he left as the last tune to perform and it ended the night smoothly. The crowd was on a high boost of energy and gleaming with extreme excitement, but what did it for me was the ultimate surprise of Burna Boy himself appeared on the glittering stage singing classics such as "Anybody", "Dangote", "Omo" and my personal favourite "Killin Dem". The sound of the percussion instruments, ragging loud beats, thumping drums, the crowd was stunned and amazed all at the same time, it made our night.

One thing Wizkid repeatedly mentioned is "Tonight is not all about Wizkid, it's about African music". It was a celebratory event, highlighting the brilliance of West African culture and even though

the crowd contained different nationalities from all corners of the globe, the music helped us unite as one family and that's how it should be. It was Afronation Portugal all over again, "unite as one love, one family".

Wizkid