“Fashions fade, but style is eternal” Yves St Lauren. How many times have you woken up in the morning clueless of what to wear? More often than we would like to admit, we find ourselves trying to match outfits to our personalities and social significance. Bearing in mind that dress codes usually reflect the social status of a person, their marital status or ethnicity, this short feature mostly focuses on how dress codes and colour matching come in play when dressing up for an occasion.

In 2010, a research conducted on a random selection of individuals helped identify how to match colours to seasons. Autumn which is usually associated with beautiful landscapes should be celebrated with warm colours such as moss and rust; winter is mostly regarded by designers as the season for intense focus on eye and hair, it is usually accompanied with bold colours such as red and jewel tones. During spring, we are best seen in colours that look brighter under the sun: turquoise, white, watermelon etc.  Summer which is considered as a serenity palette should make you get compliments if you are dressed in colours such as periwinkle and sage.

Following the concept behind the pairing up of colours and dress codes, two ladies accepted to participate in the mini clip below as they scoured a mall in Watford Junction London looking for what to wear to attend an upcoming birthday party. 
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Gene Simmons once said: "The makeup is simply an extension of the personality and colors, clothing, makeup all express something."
I remember being in my early teen years; hard to believe i was a tom boy. Make up always made me feel uncomfortable and i would always tell my mother that I did not buy into the myth of beauty through makeup. Even though my teenage perceptions of makeup have changed, in someways i still believe that women look more natural and attractive without it.
A research recently conducted on beautyriot.com suggests that on a scale from 1 to 10, 3 men find women with smokey eye make-up attractive, 3 have no particular opinion and 4 others beg to differ; this is one of the statements recorded when a man was asked to give his opinion: "She looks like a cyborg from a dystopian future."
I personally like my skin make-up free, but i must admit it being hard for me not to put on any before going out. If not for the occasional mascara on my eyelashes and the lipstick on my lips, I would qualify myself as a fanatic of the natural look .
Below is a slideshow showing a few celebs without make up! Happy Sunday people!

News update focusing on the disappearance of the MH370

On the morning of last 8th of March 2014, Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 "vanished" with a total of 239 passengers and crew aboard. Despite ongoing and intense searches, the jet has yet to be found; speculations and investigations explore angles of cyber criminality, passport frauds and military failure in an attempt to try and solve the mystery of the missing jet.
BBC reports 227 passengers on the aircraft- 153 Chinese, 38 Malaysians (including children), a few passengers came from France, New Zealand, Ukraine, Taiwan, Russia and the Netherlands. Having departed from  Kuala Lumpur airport in Malaysia at 00:41 local time, the plane was due to take up to a maximum of 6 hours before reaching its destination in Beijing China-- however, according to Malaysia Airlines, flight MH370 lost contact one hour after take off. 
Due to the fact that no distress signal was sent off from the jet, investigations have come to consider criminal involvement in the matter.  on March  15, the Malaysian Prime Minister Najib announced that the jet's "ACARS" which allows information to be transmitted from planes to the ground systems was cut off after the plane had crossed the Malaysian east coast. Information taken from satellites suggest that the plane flew for another seven hours after contact was lost with Airline Control Services on ground floor.
At the moment, the principal theory that provides an explanation for the missing jet is highjacking. This theory was made public by the Malaysian Prime Minister who speculated there was "deliberate action on the plane".
Aside from the investigations conducted on two Iranian men who had been traveling with fake passports (no links were made between the two men and terrorist groups), speculations and theories do not cease to come up. Despite the unsuccessful sea searches and bearing in mind that the ruling out of poor weather, mechanical miscalculations or errors from pilots should not be an option, most assume the occurrence of a plane crash.
For more on this story, please visit:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2582015/Is-missing-Malaysian-plane-world-s-CYBER-HIJACK.html

Really quick Shades DIY
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For as far as I can go back into my teenage year memories, I don’t recall ever having dwelt in the same country for more than four years. Work often took my mother all over the world; Ghana, Congo, Uganda, Paris, Florida; some spectacular places where my brother, my sister and I had the good fortune to grow up in and flourish into the adults that we are today. From all of the places where I’ve been, there is a particular one that I’ve always kept closer to my heart; people call you the “Pearl Of Africa”, I call you home.
I remember the day when I first landed with my family in Entebbe Airport in East Africa Uganda- which had subsequently been attributed the title “Pearl of Africa" by late British Prime Minister Winston Churchill when he visited Uganda in 1907 - my first gasp of air from the fresh and humid atmosphere made me come to the realization  that this was due to the country's temperate weather.
 From the airport to the city center where our home was located, I had had the time to contemplate one of the vast borders of the lake which actually spread itself to five other countries and poured itself into the Nile- generally known as the longest river in the world-. Souls, mostly driven to Uganda for safaris and the climate always find themselves awed by the beauty of the wildlife in the parks and zoos as well as the beauty of the landscape made unique by the hills and the ancient Italian buildings left after the colonialist époque. After an hour drive into the outskirts of town, we finally started seeing the red tiles that covered the roofs of the houses, the ground gradually started to become less dusty and the roads smoother. What strikes most people when they first enter Kampala, the capital city of Uganda is its migration. After the statistics proclaimed Kampala as being one of the most visited cities in the world in 2010, its affluence of tourists from all over the world did not stop to increased. Nineteen degrees in the shades and Kampala had me the hungriest person in town. I therefore suggested we grabbed a meal before we made our way to our new house. The driver, with one hand on the steering wheel and the other on the gear took the direction of a mall called Garden city.  However, cars on the streets slowly started congesting and we found ourselves stuck in a two pm traffic under the not so clement oriental sun. Small children, seated by the road side gazed at the cars stuck in traffic and in a timid hand motion asked for money- the driver of the later told me that it would be best not to give out money to the beggars as some of them were not really in need but were just too lazy to get a job. After having been stuck in traffic for about twenty minutes it is with great delight that we finally got out of the car when we reached the mall. Situated right at the center of the Kampala, Garden city is a mall that also comprises a hotel and a golf court. When you first enter this chef-d’oeuvre of a place, you notice its gigantic statues and waterfalls. The area comprises at least five large car-parks each destined for a precise clientele; we had come to eat and were therefore parked on the first floor which was near the grocery store, restaurants and fast foods. At the entry of the food court area, there is a monument of dinosaurs carved out of black stone, and a sign post that says “welcome to Garden City, have a pleasant day.”
Now that I no longer live in Uganda, I recall the warmly welcome received from the kids that would one day become my friends, I recall the garden that used to be behind my house and its beautiful orchids forever foraged by the bees. Wherever I am, every grasp of air that I inhale is an attempt of mine to find and feel once again that temperate Ugandan climate.
L.T

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It is with unassuming demeanor that Regis Kole sat with me for a Skype meeting earlier last month; three weeks later I still struggle to write a feature article that will do him the greater of justices.

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With nothing else but his modulated voice, his priceless talent and boldness,  Regis Kole started twenty years ago an Acapella band baptized “Esteem”; little did he or the world know then that he would be able to combine the Soul, Jazz and Funk genres to produce an impeccable Afro Soul.

The French born Beninese artist first entered the music industry along with his university mates around the early 1990s. With their African roots as sole inspiration, the group of friends spent a major amount of time rehearsing and performing at Mouss Diouf’s Bar-Restaurant “Le Reservoir”.  Today, Regis Kole identifies as an independent Afro-soul showman whose music has been influenced by great artists such as Sam Cooke, John Legend, Otis Redding, Fela Kuti and Manu Dibango.  

As a devoted husband and father of two, Regis Kole considers himself a lucky man; “My secret is that I stay true to myself and work as hard as possible… I have my incredible family to thank for that” he stated with a tint of warmness in his voice.  Having worked with icons such as Angelique Kidjo and Manu Dibango, Regis Kole uses his status in the industry to abide by his lifelong commitment which is to help young talented African artists to overcome their struggles and achieve their goals. In early May 2011, Regis Kole, along with Lokua Kanza, William Baldé and Didier Awadi put  together a show on Afrique en scène where 12 artists in the making were given the opportunity to make their dreams come true.

Regis Kole is without a doubt an artist that through music touches people and changes minds. With his originality and the exoticism behind his lyrics, he gives off during his concerts a palpable and mesmerizing energy that no audience can resist to.

“Only the combination of stage presence and humbleness makes a great artist” R.K

2009 1rst Album Solo – Optimistic Soul

2011 Production & Organisation of Afrique en scène

2012 1rst half of Manu Dibango & touring

2014 release of the EP « Here and Now »

In the wait for his upcoming EP “Here and now”, visit www.regiskole.com.