Lola Maja has done make-up for celebrities including Genevieve Nnaji and Tiwa Savage.
21 Facts About Lola Maja
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Lola Maja has worked with fashion magazines such as Style Mania and FAB, as well as models like Iman and Tyson Beckford.
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Lola Maja is the granddaughter of Nigerian founding father Akinola Maja and his wife Comfort, who was herself the Erelu Kuti of Lagos.
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Lola Maja moved back to Nigeria in 2010, after getting married.
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Lola Maja started working as a makeup artist at age 14 whilst still in high school and continued into college.
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Lola Maja decided on the latter and launched Iman Cosmetics in 1997.
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Lola Maja then launched her own lashes range "Sacred Lashes" in 2010 and The SFX Store in 2016.
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Lola Maja returned to school to get formal qualifications in beauty therapy.
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Lola Maja graduated from the London College of Beauty Therapy, then went on to St Mary's University College, Twickenham where she obtained a Teaching Diploma.
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Lola Maja did Genevieve Nnaji's make up for the photoshoot of her clothing line StGenevieve.
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Lola Maja worked as a Beauty Editor for major fashion magazines like Style Mania, FAB and Noir.
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Lola Maja has worked with models like Iman and Tyson Beckford.
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Lola Maja did the make-up for five of Kunle Afolayan's films, including The Figurine and October 1 ; the latter for which she won the 2015 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award for "Best Make-up".
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Lola Maja was the make-up artist for the third and fourth season of the television drama series Shuga.
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Lola Maja met her husband, Tonio Okojevoh, at a cousin's wedding.
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Lola Maja was engaged to another person at the time.
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Lola Maja became friends with Tonio and after six years, he proposed, without prior dating.
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Lola Maja has stated that she and her husband were celibate before they got married, a decision that her husband initiated, as his promise to God.
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Tonio and Lola Maja got married in 2010; together, they have two children, Tega and Tallulah, born in 2011 and 2013 respectively.
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Lola Maja once shared that whilst she was in labour with her first child, listening to "Bumper to Bumper" by Wande Coal helped to ease her labour pains.
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Lola Maja has made it known that she won't be having anymore children.