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This week's contributors: Lydia, Doré Fasolati, this week's subjects: New fashion resolution, Donkey Milk, I say No (2), Angelique Kidjo.

New fashion resolution

New Year’s resolution has a lot to do with characterized empathy which doesn’t include our wardrobe but now we all have at least one sense of self-awareness which we are going to apply to our new year’s fashion resolution…..

In 2023, sleek, heeled, black leather boots will be the most popular shoe on everyone's feet. The key to this trend is wearability—the heel height itself shouldn't be very high at all! Instead, look for a boot with a kitten heel height. This style looks amazing with long dresses and skirts. “Some of the most popular items are biker-style staples such as moto jackets, and tall boots and leather pants are sure to hit the streets. And if workwear – especially overalls – and leggings will be trying to impose themselves into women's wardrobes in the course of 2023, baggy jeans are almost sure to be a major hit on the street as well. While skinny jeans will never really go “out”. Because of their classic nature, there's been a move toward more relaxed denim cuts over the last few seasons. And that looser silhouette will continue to pick up momentum in 2023.

As we eagerly anticipate the return of warmer weather to our life in 2023, you can anticipate the color yellow will play a key role in ushering in the new season in the world of fashion trends, especially is curating a pattern for tie-dye clothing.

Donkey milk

Donkey milk beauty products are catching on, so don't miss out. Hippocrates, the Greek “father of medicine” already praised it in 400 BC for healing wounds and stopping infections, and Cleopatra, the dramatic Egyptian Queen who later became Empress of the entire Roman Empire, liked to bathe in donkey milk. As donkeys only produce about 2 litters of milk a day she had several hundreds of them to fill her daily bath and traveled with about 500. And all that with a low CO2 imprint..... She ended her dramatic life by committing suicide at age 39, that is after having had 2 Roman Emperors as lovers. Read up on her, this is an early power play. Donkey milk treats piles, scars, fevers, poisoning and infectious sicknesses, inflammations, psoriasis, and eczema. It nourishes in-depth, hydrates, purifies, refirms, reduces wrinkles, and regenerates the skin.

It is good for all types of skin, from the driest to the moistest, including the sensitive and reactive types, and is an anti-allergic Maybe most important of all, it deals with acne. As a hair wash it purifies, hydrates, and gives brilliance

It contains Vitamin A for regenerating skin cells, Vitamin B to maintain healthy skin, Vitamin C for elasticity and firmness, Vitamin E for protection, omega 3 and 6 to protect against exterior aggressions, and it also contains calcium, magnesium, phosphor, and zinc for healthy functioning of skin cells.

And, lastly, it is a better replacement of mother milk than ordinary cow milk because it is low in casein and saturated fats, and a bit sweet. Sounds like I am selling the stuff, I am not, I am rather buying it, but watch this page.

I say No. (2)

I say No. (2) He wants sex and you are not in the mood. This could simply be a day where you are absolutely not in the mood, like happens 3 – 4 times a month, or you are not in the mood because something is bothering you. Know that typically you would only really be in the mood for sex maybe 4-5 times a month, though, during some additional days, you could be brought into the mood. So there are good reasons to refuse sex. But how? Claim a headache or tiredness? Or maybe you just speak the truth? Hubby, I know you want it 5 times a day, but I was created differently, so we need to come to some sort of agreement. I'll let you know early when I feel like I am on one of my bad days, and then planning forward I'll let you know if any of our plans fall in the period when I am expecting my flow. That leaves the other days, where I could be very much in the mood, and I'll definitely let you know, (he will appreciate this) or where I could be bribed into getting into the mood, that is if you are extra nice to me. So, first of all, openly discussing these things, should be possible between partners and will create a bond of trust and respect, and it will avoid situations where you disappoint and frustrate him, even raise his anger, by simply stating that you have a headache. And if you are not able to discuss these things? Bad luck, better start now, little by little, but insist.

Angelique Kidjo

Angelique Kidjo, our Beninoise star, is shooting over the borders by doing a collaboration with the Orchestre National d'Avignon Provence, France, a 39-strong orchestra with Gast Waltzing as director and arranger and David Laborier on guitar. Talking of mingling with the stars.....

They created what is called “Sings ” performed in public yesterday and today, Friday the 13th. Contributions by Angelique are Malaika and Afrika and Waltzing contributed classics like George Gershwin, Porgy and Bess' Summertime, and Carlos Santana Sambapa. In case you read this and you live in Avignon, sorry, fully sold out.

Lydia...

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