Music, Fashion and Fabulous Beauty Looks At MMR 2015

This year’s edition of Music Meets Runway (MMR), an event that showcases the best of fashion and music on the continent, the 5th edition, may have come and gone but it’s frills and thrills will last longer with the people, as Africa’s leading beauty brand, House of Tara, as the official makeup partner for this year’s event, which held Tuesday December 22, 2015 at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.

The event saw the brand created fabulous beauty looks for each designer that showcased their collections at the event, while Star Boy Records boss and rave of the moment, Ojuelegba crooner, Ayodeji Balogun well known as Wizkid, was named the ‘Artist of The Year’ 2015 by the organisers of the annual music and fashion event for his creative ingenuity. The music star was announced winner of the most coveted award by Jennifer Olize, convener of the MMR after his mind-blowing performance.

Speaking at the event, the Commercial Director, House of Tara, Ada Iwugo, while presenting the award for ‘Face of MMR 2015’ said: “We are proud to have been able to partner and work with the MMR team on the 5th edition. At House of Tara we strive to empower, engage and create an exciting experience at every opportunity and the MMR platform was a natural pick for us.”

For the Creative Director of the makeup and House of Tara National Makeup Artist, Rhema Akabuogu, “Fashion shows are always the best way for makeup artists to show their creativity and MMR has helped to showcase the creativity and originality of House of Tara’s makeup artistry,” she said speaking about the experience at MMR 2015.

Set up in 1998, House of Tara is a pioneer in the beauty and makeup industry in Nigeria and Africa as a trailblazer in the areas of retail, distribution management and education. Known as for its fabulous beauty looks and makeup services, the company has also been an avid industry enabler. The brand, being the first to set up a beauty school in Nigeria, has almost 5,000 reps, 19 stores and over 100 professional makeup artistes spread across the country.

In his acceptance speech, Wizkid who had a memorable year with his monstrous single ‘Ojuelegba’ breaking boundaries thanked his fans and the award organisers for celebrating his efforts. “I have become part of the annual event and to be named ‘Artiste of The Year’ among other talented acts is indeed a dream come true. I appreciate the usual support from my fans and every other person who have been around me since I started doing music. God bless us all,” he said.