Lydia's Weekly Lifestyle blog is for today's African girl, so no subject is taboo. My purpose is to share things that may interest today's African girl.

This week's contributors: Lydia, Pépé Pépinière, Titi. This week's subjects: Body on corporate, Beautiful eyes, long lashes, thick eyebrows, Violence against women, and The world is mad

Body on corporate. Corporate girlies, let’s talk about the real MVP hiding in your wardrobe: the bodysuit. Yes, that sleek, snatched, no-tucking-needed lifesaver. Imagine this—you’re rushing from a morning meeting in Osu to a client lunch in Airport, and your shirt is doing that annoying bunching thing under your skirt. Naaa, Not today!!! The bodysuit said “I’ve got you.” Clean lines, smooth fit, and zero fuss. Effortless chic? We love to see it. Pair a neutral-toned bodysuit with high-waisted tailored trousers and suddenly you’re giving “CEO energy with soft glam.” Throw on a blazer? Instant authority. Swap the trousers for a pencil skirt? Hello, boardroom baddie. And can we talk versatility? From classic black and crisp white to soft nudes and even bold jewel tones for the daring corporate babe—bodysuits are that girl. Minimal effort, maximum polish. Pro tip: go for breathable fabrics (Accra heat is not your mate), and choose styles with subtle details—square necklines, long sleeves, or a touch of ribbing—to keep things interesting yet office-appropriate. Bottom line? The bodysuit is not just a basic—it’s a power move. Tucked, tailored, and totally unstoppable. Now go forth and serve structure, style, and a little sass!!!

Beautiful eyes, long lashes, thick eyebrows. If you have these you hardly need any eye make up again. To help the lashes and eyebrows grow you can use serums, for example from RevitaLash, Rosegold or Orphica. How does it work? These products contain molecules looking like prostaglandines which naturally occur in our bodies. And they interfere with them. Thus increasing the risk of cancer, fertility disturbances and generally affecting our bodies. Anything wrong with what God gave you?

Violence against women. In Ghana it is difficult to find out how many women were murdered last year by (ex) partners or through rape (sometimes with robbery) but a fair estimate is between 25 and 60. And these murders are not called homicide but femicide. Emancipation is one of the origins. As women accept less dominance from their partners, some of these (ex) partners think that brutal force is the answer. Many women will apply neutralization after violence, minimizing the abuse, excusing their partners behaviour. Statistics show that on average a woman was abused about 33 times before she went to police or DOVVSU. Wrong. Put it into the open straight away, tell family, friends, shame him. Maybe not the very first time, but definitely if there is a second time. Shame him or he will become convinced that this is the way to handle you. Isolating yourself from the facts and friends and family is exactly what he is looking for. So that he regains control. And violence based on (sometimes rightful) jealousy? Go to the police straight away and let him be told to stay out of your way.

The world is mad. This is the heading of a regular feature I am going to introduce into this blog, starting today. There is wine and wine, and there is indeed more to it than red and white and sweet and “dry” (the opposite of sweet, but not sour). For most of us a bottle costing 100-200 GHC will do the trick perfectly, but some want to go a bit further. I don’t want to go further, a bottle of wine which was shipped from South Africa or South America or Europe to Africa in a container, being shaken by the ships engines for 2 or 3 weeks (while wine is supposed to lay quietly in wine cellars at a constant low temperature) and which is then more or less cooked in that same container in Tema harbour for another 1 or 2 weeks before it is cleared cannot be anything than pure chemicals, not a wine which is alive. So I refuse to spend real money on that. And ever had headache after drinking wine? Yes, they add so much sulfur to make sure that that wine does not start to ferment again after all this ill treatment that in fact what you are drinking is a Chateau Migraine. Nail in your head. Anyway, not all, wine is bad and on Saturday, March 28 2026 one bottle of a 1945 Romanée-Conti Pinot Noir (Burgundy, France) sold for 700,000 euros (say 1 million new Ghana cedis), the most expensive bottle of wine in the world at auction house Acker Wines in New York. Domaine (wine estate) Romanée-Conti, is one of the great wines of the Côte de Nuits vineyards, in Burgundy area, France. The record in France for this vintage of Romanée-Conti was 174,840 euros. The previous record price in France for this vintage of Romanée-Conti was €174,840. The previous record price in France for this vintage of Romanée-Conti was €174,840 canel. This bottle with the stained label is one of only 600 produced in 1945, just before the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti uprooted the old vines to replant them afterwards, due to the threat of phylloxera. (Wine’s equivalent to our Black pod disease in Cocoa). 1945 was also an exceptional vintage for Pinot Noir, following a hot, dry summer. This makes it one of the rarest and most prestigious wines in the world. John Kapon, president of Acker, said “We made history this weekend. I've only had the privilege of tasting the 1945 Romanée-Conti three times in my life, and it's the greatest wine I've ever tasted.” Wine in Burgundy, auction prices for Hospices de Nuits wines soar. And a Château Lafite-Rothschild from 1869 fetched $233,000 in Hong Kong in 2010. Taste the difference?

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