Amaka Ogbechie

01/01/2025

1st day of 2025 started off on the right note…

31/12/2024

Let me be your brand ambassador!

25/12/2024

Merry Christmas to you all. May this season bring immense joy, peace, smiles and blessings to you.

Happy holidays!

15/12/2024

Secret Santa came bearing gifts…

05/12/2024

This year has been filled with lots of memories from the moment it’s started to the last days. Looking back at the memories from my photos gallery all I can say is “thank you Lord for the opportunities and gift of friends and family”. I’m feeling hopeful and excited about the new year!

26/11/2024

Winter is here!

14/06/2024

14/06/2024

I had a wonderful time with my family all the way from US!

06/06/2024

Link to full video on YouTube

https://youtu.be/OW8cD_VQFkk

26/05/2024

Battling with Pigmented Allergic Cheilitis

A month ago I began to sense some discomfort around my lips region and on the surface of my lips, followed by blisters, chipping and total loss of sensation around the vermilion region of my lower lips. I knew I was suffering an allergic reaction to something but what it was I couldn’t tell. Perplexed and worried as I was while still keeping the lips hydrated (lip gloss application), I soon began to notice dark patches building up from the sides of my lower lips and gradually spread to the entire lower lip, giving me a ‘smoker’s look’.

Never have I felt so insecure in my life as I do now but my adaptability to situations has kept me going everyday. I have come to terms with this condition and hoping that the dark patches fades away with time.

Facts to know about PAC…

1. Pigmented contact cheilitis is an irritant or allergic reaction to an allergen in contact with the lips that results in brown-black discolouration of the lip(s). Cheilitis is the medical term for inflamed lips.

2. Reported causes of pigmented allergic contact cheilitis include lipsticks(containing isopalmityl diglyceryl sebacate, ricinoleic acid, dipentaerythritol fatty acid ester, ester gum)
Hair dye (when applied to the moustache, and due to para-phenylene diamine (PPD) found in hair dye) - MEN BE CAREFUL, or green tea which contains relatively high levels of nickel, a common cause of allergic contact dermatitis.

3. Pigmented contact cheilitis is rare, it is proposed that there is also some, as yet unidentified, predisposing patient factor. GOD ABEG oo!!

4. Treatment of pigmented allergic chemists is by avoiding the identified allergen/irritant, usually in lipsticks which results in no further attacks of cheilitis.

NB: The pigmentation may fade over 12 MONTHS, but may not resolve completely.

09/03/2024

11years after and we’re still going strong.

God’s grace has been abundant in our lives!

04/03/2024

Adekunle Gold gave a sterling performance tonight and I’m so proud of him. As a Nigerian artiste who has struggled to uplift himself in the music industry, he has shown that boundaries can be broken regardless of one’s background or conditions. AG baby live in concert at OVO Arena was a hit!

03/03/2024

Beautiful performance!

03/03/2024

Adekunle Gold decides to pray for his fan during his performance at OVO Arena London.

03/03/2024

Living with Sickle Cell is not easy but you can be anything you want to be!

24/12/2023

Forget it, Christmas is for the Scandinavians abeg!

17/12/2023

Cold stone is best enjoyed with family after a successful thanksgiving!