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I'm not really a fan of primer. Maybe it's the type I've used in the past (Smashbox Photo Finish Primer) but between the foundation and the primer, it felt like I was wearing a mask like my skin couldn't breathe. However, I guess I didn't get as shiny as usual and I suppose for a special occasion, I could manage the discomfort, but I couldn't do it everyday.

chika98:
How about "Cover girl" is it any good??

I've used CG and overall, whilst its not AMAZING, it's not bad. I really like their CG Smoothers tinted moisturizer with SPF 15, it has replaced foundation for me and I find it absorbs and moisturizes really well, doesn't run off your face when its hot outside, prevents shine but still lets the skin breathe all whilst evening out the skin tone, plus I've been bad a few times and slept in it and it still didn't clog my pores or cause pimples. I also use their CG Clean Pressed Powder which is also ok though not as much of a staple as the tinted moisturizer but good for extra "mattification" during the day.

I've used their CG AquaSmooth foundation in the past and I'm not really a fan. But then again I don't really like make up that sits on my face and says "I'm make up." The CG Lash Blast mascara does make a marked difference to the length and thickness of lashes but it also leaves clumps and small balls of mascara on. The CG Outlast LipStain is dry and really difficult to apply, and it doesn't last that long. I don't know if I've mentioned any of the products you were considering trying but that's my take on the ones I can remember right now.

@ topic:

I have many, because I used to be kind of a PJ (product junkie) and tended to be taken in by ads. But I've narrowed it down to the worst offenders.

Dr. Miracle's Temple and Nape Gro Balm- It made my hair fall out. The box says something like (paraphrasing) "the tingle tells you its working and your hair is growing. I don't think so! The tingle is the sensation of your hair ripping itself out of your scalp to escape this mess of a product.

Pink Conditioning No-Lye Relaxer - It made my hair super crispy (even when it was still wet). Needless to say, it broke my hair.

Clean & Clear Day Soft Oil-Free Moisturizer SPF 15 - I got this for the daytime because my favourite moisturizer (Ponds Dry Skin cream) didn't have any SPF and so I convinced myself I needed this. It sucks, in short. It sits like a coating on your face. You can actually feel your pores suffocating and it makes you sweat even in an air-conditioned room when you're sitting still and I'm generally not a sweaty person.

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I didn't think either would be my thing but unexpectedly, I really liked both!!

spikedcylinder:
I like the colour of her hair.

I've never known anyone to actually dye their hair grey before. With that long braid, she looked like an old native-american medicine woman.

@ topic

I think she's trying to be a style-composite of too many people. She needs to return that jumpsuit to Amber Rose, the horns and shoes to Gaga, and that face jewellery to the Hindi bride she stole it from. It's too much going on that doesn't blend. I used to like her style. But apart from the last pic (where she's more "caszh", she looks a hot mess!

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MRbrownJAY:
@poster
and what else can she do?! leave him and loose her wag "status"?! LOL
she probably knew he was two timing for a long time as rumours have been going around the block for a LONG time about this affair thingy.

Exactly!!!

Of course she was going to stay! I doubt she is completely surprised. I mean apart from the Wayne Bridge twist, is anyone really surprised??Look at the Beckhams, the Coles etc aren't they still together? The Terrys will be fine. WAGs just don't like when you cheat and get caught by the press. It's sad.

Dis Guy:
Please can you provide a link to his blog?

na wa o, are Nigerians not employed as commentators on these african-wide stations, seems they are only employed in nigeria- they even have a blog 

Anyone got a link to a nigerian commentators website or blog?

This is Thomas' current blog post:

[url=http://www.supersport.com/football/columns.aspx?id=8694&headline=Crime%20pays!%20What%20a%20shame,]http://www.supersport.com/football/columns.aspx?id=8694&headline=Crime%20pays!%20What%20a%20shame, [/url]

I think there are extenuating circumstances that CAF should have considered. Yes, the govt interfered and said the players should come home, but at the point where a team is shot at and people are killed and seriously injured, it's not just a footballing issue, it's a national issue and I think the Togolese government had to act at that point because yes it's football, but they're ultimately Togolese nationals who have faced an incident in another country. I'm a by-the-book person but there's a time for rules and there's a time when busting out the rule book is really insensitive and I think this sentence is absolutely ridiculous. We all know what happened, I don't know why CAF feels the need to blindly bring out the rule book in this situation without really considering what exactly happened and why. It's not as if Togo frivolously went home to celebrate their president's birthday or something. CAF has not handled this incident well at all from the beginning.

honeric01:
1.) Please show us where Amodu said he thought we played well against Zambia, can you at least do that?

2.) His task (Nff's target) was to get to the Semi final which he did, so what's your problem? let those who hired him fire him.
Just because we don't like his selections does not make anyone insult the man continuously, if he was your dad, would you say things like these to him?

3.) 99% of our leaders are under-performing leaders and Amodu is 20 times better than then, why are you people not asking for foreign take over of the country? maybe we need a foreign president too or don't we?

4.) How many times have you made mistakes at your work place? would you like it if some people wants you sacked just because you didn't achieve your target the way they would have loved it achieved but you were still able to achieve your targets in your own way?

I hope you don't mind: I'm numbering your points to make them easier to address:

1.) I was referring to the following comments made post-Zambia and pre- Ghana in which Amodu implied that he didn't understand why Nigerians where hating on him which by extension implies that he didn't think the performance was that bad. "If they did not play well against Zambia, the match against Ghana will be a different cup of tea and the reversal is also the case. . ." and the whining that he doesn't understand Nigerian's complaints: "I have gone through pains and humiliation coaching the Nigerian team. I have faced very harsh criticisms, derided and ridiculed. Yet, we have continued to win. We may not be playing to the expectations of many. We may not be as exciting as people expected. But we have been winning our games and, today, we are among the last four in Africa. And we have a chance to be in the final and who knows what will happen? But I’m still classed as nobody." Such comments are frustrating to me and anyone else who actually wants us to play well as they are besides the point; as the coach, he should be able to identify and fix why we didn't do well, he too should be appalled at the way we played both as a coach AND a Nigerian.

2.) Why are we as Nigerian's so happy to accept mediocrity? Why do we like to do the barest minimum to get by? We were extremely lucky to have made it through the Zambia match and it really was no thanks to Amodu. It was the grace of God. Bringing my father, or fatherhood if you like, into it, if my father was incompetent at a job, I would expect him to respect himself enough to either step down, or realize that he was in over his head and bring in consultants with the technical know-how to fix things. Secondly, I'm not on the side of people who abuse him in a personal sense, I'm on the side of people who say he lacks sufficient technical and tactical skills to lead our team. I can't speak for his personality or intelligence in aspects other than football and all my comments refer to him as a football coach and in that role, then yes, definitely I have every right to comment on what I see, because his role as the coach of our national team puts him up for public appraisal.


3.) It's the same thing as the father point you brought up previously. So because our politics (which in reality we have no power over) sucks, we should bring suckiness into every aspects of our lives. Before the thing we could be proud of was our football, now look at us! How are we ever going to progress as a country if we use the uselessness of our leaders as a standard of how the rest of us should perform. I agree with you in a sense about the foreign coach. I think we need a technical advisor/ tactical expert; however my position on the foreign coach situation is that football knowhow is not correlated to skin colour, I'm not that impressed with any of the foreign coaches we've attracted, and think we can find what we're looking for in a Nigerian (to me Amodu is not that Nigerian).

4.) Please I need to know your boss and work in your field because the rest of the world as I know is brutal. I don't know what jobs you've worked at, but most places I've experienced or heard about, you don't get much more than 3 strikes. Maybe I'm in the wrong field, but people do get sacked for repeated mistakes as far as I know. Especially when they don't take responsibility for the mistake. I've known people who only got a second chance and they were out. I don't want to seem cold or sentimental but this is not a charity and he's not a volunteer. If you want to take home tens of thousands of dollars for a match, you need to produce something good. If it was just the Zambia match, we'll say ok he had an off-day, leave him alone he'll improve, but when a low standard of play becomes the norm, then its time to re-evaluate, sorry!

I think one of our matches (against Zambia) was played at really high altitude (like 2000m plus), and Viagra allegedly helps athletes combat the effects of altitude (eg shortness of breath) whilst playing (something about vasodialation of vessels so they're able to carry more O2 or something). . . Anyway sha it's one of those things teams playing in high altitudes in sa during the wc are apparently cosidering.

So maybe he WAS taking it for professional purposes. I don't think it's banned though.

Kanu's irrevelevance stems not so much from the fact that he's bad, but from the fact that he's incapable of playing 90 minutes of football a week. So that when you get to a tournament setting such as afcon or wc where games are played in quick succession, he's only fit to play like one half every 3 matches, which you have to admit is ridiculous and fruitless especially when you need players to be really fit in order to cope with the hectic schedule.


@ Amodu supporters:

The reason why I personally want Amodu to be sacked is because I do not feel he has ambition, I feel he doesn't see his mistakes (e.g. Thinking we played well against Zambia) and he doesn't seem to see what everyone else Nigerian and non-Nigerian is seeing about the lack in our team. Additionally, his technical skills appear to be weak and his reading of matches often is very unsound. You say we should all be sacked because haven't we ever made mistakes at our office, and you're right. One mistake is certainly not a sack-able offense, two even, ok, but more than that in succession, where you continue to repeat  your mistakes and don't fix the problem, please in any field you'll get sacked. The man doesn't even think there's a problem, and in my view, that's why he should be sacked. I'm sure he's a nice man and I wish him well with his severance package but please enough is enough!

@ an earlier comment about the dearth of posters on this topic: I think nigerians were tired and had already wasted enough eye energy on disappointment and heartbreak.

Thank God at least we don't go home empty-handed. At some points, this was some of the better football we've played in this competition (although to be quite honest, that is just because our standard dropped so low in Angola, that pretty much anything would have been better than what we've seen so far). Now is the time to recruit and start to build a new team of actual players ready to really play, not all these name brands that come with swagger but can't back it up.

nene1:
What do you have against francophone west african countries?

Nothing really, but they have something (like a complex) against anglophone West African countries (if you're anglo going through West African franco borders, you'll see), so I tend not to support them in sporting events except against maybe South Africa.

Is it because we've now lost I thought they were all patting each other on the back before, telling each other well done after Zambia. Is this the first game that Amodu's tactics have been rubbish? Osaze you're one of the very few who tried, but no points for stating the obvious at this late stage!

Someone suggested "Baby Face" which I think is an excellent name and really catchy.

Or you can do:
The Candy Shop (which has both adult and little kid connotations)- and then you could section the store into parts like the baby section could be Baby Candy, the children's section could be Candyland or Sweet Candy or something and the adults could just be Candy or Adult Candy- I dunno).

I can never root for Ghana unless they're playing a francophone West African side or South Africa or something. However, I dislike Egypt tremendously so I can't support them either. So ultimately, I really don't care who wins this match. . . any of them that likes can win. . .

Although after thinking about it a bit, I suppose I'd be a tiny bit happier if Egypt wins because it will mean that Ghana's senior team still hasn't won any merits since 1982 and then I can be petty and lie to myself that even though their senior team is evidently better than ours, we've won more recently than they have and so we're "better." Plus, I don't know any Egyptians, so what's my own, if they like, let them win 50 Nations Cups in a row, they're not bragging to me about it.

Thomas's hatred of the Nigerian team obviously stems from jealousy because he's always too happy to rub things in when we don't do well. . . if only he'd realise that his team is wayyyyyyyyyy beneath our notice and that's why we don't care to rub in their uselessness. (if you want to be even more annoyed, just read his blog on supersport. . . even worse than on tv where at least he pretends to be unbiased).

Mahmadou's own constant criticism, I think, is more a result of that West African anglophone-francophone thing, in my opinion, because he's always tougher on the anglo teams (like us and Ghana-although he's nicer to Ghana than he is to us) than he is on the francophone teams no matter how wretchedly they're doing.

But as annoying as Mahmadou is, I still prefer him to that other psychopath from Kenya, Mark Ouma, now that one is completely out of his mind!

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Omolulu:
Quote from: semid4lyfe on Today at 12:47:05 AM
Jeez! So many unpatriotic Nigerians on this forum. . . . . .seriously shey dem dey pay una? I just don't understand why a Nigerian would want Nigeria to lose. . . . . .there is a yoruba addage that says only a b.@s.ta@rd points at his fathers house with his left hand. . . . . .I mean the amount of negativity and bad-will most Nairalanders spew is enough to make the team lose. . . . . . . . .You'all who are unhappy we won and are making deragatory comments about the team & Amodu should go and kiss transformers and die. . . . . . .YES, I SAID IT. . . . . .you'all deserve to be tied to stakes and shot. . . . . . . .It wasn't a brilliant performance but it wasn't a bad one either. . . . . . . . .we defended resolutely and Kaita, Mikel and Etuhu battled very hard in midfield. . . . . . . .I'm glad, esctatic & happy we won. . . . .Omo 9ja ni mi, Eko lo bi mi si. . . . . .9ja ni mo ti bere ka A, B, C . . . . . .I've got 9ja blòod running through my veins and right now I'm the PROUDEST NIGERIAN ALIVE.

F.cuck all of you who think and opine that we didn't deserve to win. . . . .gbogbo yin le ma run down. . . . .Make I shak more bottles jare. . . . . .bunch of f.o.o.ls and imbeciles . . . . . .Aiyelala lo ma pa gbogbo yin
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OLOSHI, WHY U NO GO CELEBRATE? BIRDS OF THE SAME FEATHER , PATHETIC LOSER!

This is why we never improve. Because we continue to lie to ourselves and say that something that is bad is good. Anyone with eyes who saw what was played and is honest with themselves knows that, we were not it at all, and that if we want to be successful in football in 2010, we cannot carry on this way.

Yes we won etc etc. But the manner of the victory and in fact of all our performances in this Nation's Cup  was very disappointing. We basically SUCK! We more than SUCK! The only reason Zambia did not win is because they SUCK just as much as we do. They're equally bad, aimless, ambitionless in front of goal. And by the way, why should a team of our stature and football pedigree and World Cup qualification status struggle against Zambia whose biggest ambition was to make it past the group stage Moreover, why should we have been so happy to beat common Benin Republic 1-0 We've lost to the only serious challenge we've met (who by the way are not even going to the World Cup) and yet people here seem to be content. Why are we so very happy to accept mediocrity

Quite frankly, we have not played well as a team in the longest time and particularly in this Nation's Cup. Why bring all these players struggling with fitness? Are these the only Nigerian players in the universe What about our youth teams (e.g. Nigeria 09 peeps) or our local league teams, why not bring a few attack-minded players from there? Why do we keep trotting out the same old cargo who can barely run (Yakubu, I mean you), barely complete a pass (I mean everybody), or who just come to be spectators (yes, Kanu, you!). Playing for the national team should be a privilege not a right, but it appears that some people's names are invariably on the list whether they're fit and in form or not.

As far as the Amodu debate. . . <sighs> He must go. Maybe the pressure is too much for him, I don't know. But I am convinced his lack of ambition and general mediocrity is rubbing off on the rest of the team. (I mean someone who was telling Nigerians in advance not to "expect too much" at Nations Cup  If we can't have high ambitions for Nation's Cup, is it World Cup, we should be ambitious about) But I don't think its an issue of foreign coach vs. local coach (which is what the discourse always turns into), it's an issue of coach with tactical and technical knowledge and leadership vs. one without. I like Eguavoen and Keshi and even SiaSia and would take them a million times over the "Nigerian Berty Vogts" (i.e. Amodu). I'm not too into the foreign coach mentality because quite frankly most of the foreign coaches we've attracted have been pretty much rubbish and besides, I'm not sure what the color of skin has to do with good football! Watching us play in this competition, it looks like there's no technical background, no plan, just a bunch of players on a field playing whatever they like at any given moment. We need a coach that is a technical advisor and/or a master tactician, who is also a strong character that can stand up to the NFF. We play like a team without a plan. Like the only time the players actually play together is on the actual match day at the match (as in it seems like there's no five-a-side in training or no tactical or technical work). I mean some of the team selections!!! You can just see the places where we're wretched and yet Amodu will sit down and just stare impassively at the field before making some absolutely random changes. I mean its amazing. It's like all our team is running on is luck and a prayer. There is nothing technical, nothing planned. It is so strange at this level.

However, what makes me the most unhappy about our manner of victory is that the team will have the audacity to pat itself on the back and think they've done a good job. There's nothing to be proud of in only managing to beat Zambia after penalties. I just wish someone could tell the team and the players that look, we thank God we made it, but we are not good and you are not doing well, you have two days to work and plan, get to it. But I'm sure they're all happy in the mediocre way we just think the end justifies the means. I'm not even saying oh we have to be excellent or even just good, or even just average, but please must we be so actively bad and below par and just plain painful to watch The way we play, quite frankly there's no other way to describe it apart from AWFUL! The high point of the 120 minutes was that they eventually ended and ok the penalties after, but other than that. . . This strange passing game that we've decided to adopt when nobody in the team is a particularly good passer of the ball is ridiculous and makes us look even more foolish than our aimless play and general lack of ambition on the field. Even those that start of the matches enthusiastically (i.e. Osaze and maybe Mikel) soon give up because there's no point, the rest of the team either seems disinterested, hapless, or just plain lost. We have no sense of urgency and there's no passion and these are things that are needed urgently for any successful team.

Anyway (a quiet) congratulations to all us Super Eagles fans.

I was recently "forced" to add my mom on facebook after she made a big deal over me not responding to her friend request. . . Its not that there's anything that bad on my profile, its just that she's the type to read every single wall post and ask questions: "who's that?" "what does that mean" Grrr!!!

I don't really think it matters as long as its not affecting his managerial performance. . . Why should he be better than anyone else just because he's a football manager. . .

As far as speculation on identity, I suspect Mark Hughes (I don't think Wenger swings that way (either he's gay or asexual), Ferguson doesn't strike me as someone with a high enough sex drive to seek out prostitutes, it could be Ancelotti, but he might still be to busy learning English and frankly, no one would care if it was him so it wouldn't be news, it could be Rafa, he certainly looks greasy enough for it, but I don't think he's had time for it this season with Liverpool's performances). I would be most shocked if it was say. . . Steve Bruce, but I strongly suspect its Mark Hughes.

@ topic,

I think everyone has a right to their personal preferences. People like different things that's why there's someone for everyone. However, your future partner better check herself because evidently your love is not unconditional. But fair play to you, at least you're upfront about it, so at least she knows what she needs to do. Make sure it's clear b4 u marry her sha that the weight thing is make or break so there are no misunderstandings later on.

I think Ivory Coast and Namibia are the best looking.  Miss Nigeria is okay, she just looks a little old and her dress is a on the plain and green side for a pageant. Speaking of oddities, what's going on with Miss South Africa's dress/body around the hips And is it just me or does Miss Zimbabwe really look drag queen-ish

5'4?!?!?! That sounds very short.  In clothes sizing petite for a girl is 5'3 and under. 5'4 is pretty short o!!! I don't think  5'4 can be considered average height. I know I said Nigerian men are getting shorter but not 5'4 short. Ahn ahn!!! For 5'4 to be the average that means there will be quite a few  5'0-ish men to balance out the 5'10s and up Kai!

ibkaye:
Anything below 6'0 is too short

God bless you!!!

On a serious note, at topic:
I used to think average height for Nigerian men was around 5'10 ish, but recently from my observation, 5'7-5'8 might be a more accurate estimate. Height challenged-ness is becoming a problem in the country (especially for guys because girls seems to be getting taller) it seems, so don't worry you're not alone and certainly not the shortest.

AccoPen:
I tot Itai promised to drop cigar today. What's he holding now? Igbo or what?

Enh he bet Kevin that if he smokes before the week was out he'd give Kevin 4 of his shirts and if he doesn't smoke, Kevin would give him his Gucci sunglasses that D'Banj gave him or whatever. . . He lost today and so Kevin got the shirts.

GTay:
  Oh no you don't

Dont worry, she doesn't have to win . Her money pot would provide enough funds for her to relocate 

Be that as it may, I'll still vote Nkenna, not with actual money, but online of course (because its really not that serious). I still think she needs to have that money to guarantee that she permanently relocates from Nigeria (the $2000ish she has, she'll come back within 6mths). I also want her to have money to console herself because I feel bad for her that everyone hates her. If only she'd just shut up and never speak, it would be ok, Like when I watch her on mute, she's not that bad.

Kevin fans, fear not. It's pretty clear that Itai will go home on Sunday, it would be pretty surprising if he didn't.

My heart supports Mzamo (1st) or Eddy (2nd) for the money. But my voting will support Nkenna. The amount of hatred she's engendered in Nigerians, she NEEDS that money to move to Benin Republic and start a business there, because she might find Naij too hot for her.

Since Kevin has so many fans, all of you guys will buy his album, no? So soon he'll have that kind of money and won't need the show's N30mil.