Before fashion took off, I was in a relationship with a man in Lagos. I had saved about four hundred and fifty thousand naira from my makeup work in Akwa Ibom. I moved to Lagos and sometimes stayed at his place. I used my own money to cook and fix small things without asking him for anything.

Before fashion took off, I was in a relationship with a man in Lagos. I had saved about four hundred and fifty thousand naira from my makeup work in Akwa Ibom. I moved to Lagos and sometimes stayed at his place. I used my own money to cook and fix small things without asking him for anything.

After a while, he started acting somehow and asked for a break. I cried a lot and felt very hurt. But that pain pushed me to look at my life and ask myself what I really wanted. That is the morning I told my mum I wanted to take fashion seriously. That heartbreak became the door that led me into the career that changed my life