Shola Kosoko talks fashion, hubby and dad in new interview

Jide Kosoko’s daughter, Shola, in this new interview with Punch Newspaper talks about her fashion and style and how she combines her acting career with motherhood.

I am very simple when it comes to
fashion. But if I have to attend a red carpet event, because of the
nature of my job, I would have to look glamorous. I would wear an
elegant dress definitely.

No way. I don’t like it at all. I
remember one day on set, the make-up artiste was just trying to impress
me with her work. But by the time she finished making up my face, I
screamed. It was too loud and I didn’t like it. I love simple make-up.
It makes me look perfect. When I don’t have to attend an event or when I
am not on set, I don’t even like wearing any make-up.

Yes.

For make-up, I do engage a make-up
artiste to do my face sometimes. At times, if I try to do it myself, I
make mistakes. I only engage them when they are available. If they are
not, I try a lot harder to fix my face on my own.

I follow my mind and choose whatever I
desire. At times, if I get confused, I call my friend, Mercy Aigbe, to
help me out. She is a very stylish person. She will proffer solution. I
could call on Doris Simeon as well. She is also very good.

I will not lie, I have done it before but
it was long time ago. Then, I didn’t know that if you wore patterned
pants, you should wear a plain top. But back then, I would just wear
patterned pants on patterned top. It was later I realised it was wrong.

There are some things that would be
trending but I wouldn’t just like them at all. However, when the style
would almost be out of vogue, that’s when I would start to appreciate
and even wear them. I wouldn’t even mind or care that they’re out of
vogue.

I don’t really like exposing my cleavage
but there are some dresses you can’t help but fall in love with them.
You would go ahead and wear such. You may know that the dress is
exposing your cleavage but you would just wear it. Personally though, I
don’t like wearing dresses that would expose any part of my body that is
supposed to be hidden.

Those are not for me. I wear shorts but not bum shorts.

No way. If you consider the nature of my
job, you would also agree that I could wear such if I have to wear it on
set. If I am playing the role of a prostitute, for example, you don’t
expect me to dress like a holy person. It is only when I am on set that I
can wear such. I am a married woman.

At times, I would want to ‘feel among’
since I am still young. But my husband will tell me that I don’t have to
wear such. He is always there to remind me that I don’t have to follow
trends or do things to make other people happy. He tells me to wear
anything I am comfortable in. At times, I would just tell him I would be
comfortable in a dress and I would wear it. But whenever we get home, I
would put that dress in my costume bag and that means I would never
wear it again because I must have felt very uncomfortable in it all
through the event.

At times he does that. He allows me to do
my wish. There was a day we were going for a movie premiere. I decided
to wear a very beautiful dress. The dress had a jacket but I refused to
wear it. He told me the dress wasn’t okay but I told him I wanted to
wear it that way. He agreed. We got to the hall and I saw my dad, Uncle
Hassan (Ogogo) and Yinka Quadri. My dad called my husband and asked him
if that was the kind of dresses he wanted me to be wearing. He couldn’t
answer. I greeted my dad but he didn’t answer. It was Uncle Yinka that
told my dad to leave me alone since I came with my husband. My husband
felt embarrassed and expressed his feelings to me when we got home.

My husband likes wearing designers. He
doesn’t wear any kind of shirt that does not carry a designer label. Men
don’t have so many options. It is either they wear shirt or T-shirt or
native.

It mustn’t but I like designers as well.

I don’t have any tattoo on my body. I
don’t like it at all. Is there any reason I should like it? I just feel I
shouldn’t tamper with my skin. So many people have tried to erase the
tattoos on their body and it is very painful. If my husband likes it, I
may consider doing it. For single ladies who don’t even know where they
would end up, I don’t think it is proper. Anyway, it is their choice.

I just have one piercing on each ear. The
first hole on one ear got so wide and I even thought it would cut off,
so I decided to pierce another hole on that particular ear and I stopped
using the first hole.

I love shoes. I have so many pairs. I
don’t think I want to mention the number of shoes I have. I have all
kinds, including Italian shoes.

I use all kinds especially if they’re gifts. But if I have to buy, I can only buy Elizabeth Arden’s products.

I always wear my natural hair. I also mat my hair. I love Didi hairstyle and I wear it everywhere. Anytime I have Didi, my dad would just unconsciously touch my hair. He would tell me my hair-do is very nice.

It takes me nothing less than one hour. It can be more. I take my time to dress up and I do it perfectly.

It depends on the hair style I am
carrying. If I am carrying braids, I will not visit the salon until I
loosen it. But if I am carrying hair extensions, I might just wear it
for two weeks or thereabout. I must always wash my hair as soon as I
remove any extension I am carrying.

I use any kind of soap. If I run out of
cream, I can use any cream, especially baby’s cream. Since I am light
skinned, I have to be mindful of the kind of cream I use otherwise I
would just turn brown. There are just very few light complexioned ladies
who would not at least tone their skin. I wouldn’t call it bleaching. I
am naturally light complexioned and I want to maintain my colour.

Yes. I will be going on location soon.

I have been able to manage it. There are
times one could affect the other. When I was pregnant, I worked till I
got to my third trimester. After then, I travelled out of the country to
have my baby. I didn’t work for four months. As soon as I got back, I
started working.

I am working towards that. He is very
popular but I am getting there. He didn’t just get there, he worked
towards that. Rome wasn’t built in a day and that is what I am trying to
achieve.