“Being an influencer is good money.” — Diadem
You know to be an influencer is not by having a lot of followers. People buy followers and likes these days, they even buy comments. Even with the fact that I have my own brand, I’m an influencer and I still have influencers
“I was embarrassed by a client in front of everyone.” — Diadem
I just wanted to be a makeup artist. So, when I started I haven’t even started touching the face when the client just slapped my hand. She had a problem with everything and even questioned the products I used. She embarrassed me in
“My personal life is private to me, it is not out for public consumption.” — Zainab Balogun.
Chude: Now we know you don’t talk about your marriage, and you don’t have to. But did it help being partnered at the time you were going through all of this? Did it help that you had someone else intimately that you could
“After so many years of pain, I had my miracle moment.” — Zainab Balogun
On the day of the funeral, I had a scan.So I was made up in my Asoebi and everything.I had gone to go and do my scan before heading to the church and the doctor says to me, ‘oh yeah, everything is okay.’
“The way I perceive life is not influenced by all I’ve been through.” — Diadem
Chude: Does it influence the way you see life in any way all of these things that you’ve had to go through? Diadem: It doesn’t at all because we’ve seen kids without parents. You know orphans and they’re doing well. Sometimes I get
“I was diagnosed with Endometriosis after severe pains and irregular menstrual flow.”—Zainab Balogun
My periods were irregular for about 2 months. So in 2 months I think I had about 4 periods and for me that was abnormal because they’re relatively on schedule and extremely painful. And when I say painful, I often describe it like
“My mother died one year after I met her.” — Diadem
I just wanted to see my mum even if she can’t talk let me just see her. So, I brought her down to Lagos and she was just looking at me, she could not say anything. So, how do I get to know
“The very first time I met my mum, she was already down with stroke and couldn’t talk.” — Diadem
A friend of mine on Snapchat was talking to me, actually, the guy was asking me out. So he was like where are you from? I’m an Igbo girl but I don’t know where I’m from like my mother’s side. He asked if
“I didn’t know my mum till I was thirteen years old.” — Diadem
I didn’t grow up with my mum. In fact, I didn’t know my mum till I was thirteen. My dad is a man of many wives and many children. All man for himself. I grew up with my dad’s twin. I didn’t know
“I stopped my elder sister from attempting suicide.” — Diadem
There was a time in our lives that my sister almost took her life. I had to stop her like, you want to kill yourself and leave me alone are you okay? So, because it was just myself and her from my mom.
