Laura Ikeji Kanu , is no stranger especially to social media . Her popularity is not stemmed from having a sister who is a popular blogger – Linda Ikeji or because she is married to the brother of a popular footballer – Kanu Nwakwo. Laura is a social media influencer sensation , fashion entrepreneur, author and mother. And with over a million followers , her page is one of the most interactive and engaging pages on instagram .
Laura, who is not all just about social media influencing is also an entrepreneur, who likes to describe herself as a business or market woman. She is a strong advocate of making money via the social media platform and she never ceases to be full of joy as she shares daily posts and videos broadcasting her infectious high energy and unstoppable drive .
Dolapo caught up with her recently at her fashion outlet – The Gang and engaged her in an interview session on her Life as a brand and being- Laura Ikeji …..
How has life been as Laura?
- LIK : Life has been good, but then life has been challenging, like this morning I almost broke down and I was like God, my life is sweet, the money is good, send me a helper, but generally life has been good, but challenging cause now I have a family, I have a business andI’m doing virtually everything together and at some point you think you can handle it but as a human, life has been good, a bit challenging sometimes .
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- Let us talk about motherhood and your son – ROK. What did you have as a child that he does not have an how do you cope with him being in the spotlight ?
LIK : He is in the spotlight, I didn’t grow up in the spotlight, things are different, but I think he is happy, he is a happy child, he does not know what is happening right now but I wish I had his life when I was growing up, ROK is good, he has a good life, he is comfortable and he is making his own money, that is the good thing.
- How would you describe your personal style?
LIK : Comfortable, I wear high heels every day, I drive with heels, I do everything with heels, so this is my comfort zone, comfortable. I’ll not go overboard and put on anything that I’ll start adjusting when I’m walking, I have to be as comfortable as possible and my style is young too.
- Let us talk about life as a social media influencer , fashion entrepreneur, author, motherhood and being Laura, what business or what won’t you be venturing into?
LIK: (Laughs) there’s no limit, that question is very valid, I really want to do more, there’s nothing impossible for a business or a market woman like me(laughs ) .I’m going to do more, more businesses, I already have- I’m venturing into a lot of things and most of it will be online because -that is where the future is, so I’m doing a lot of business on that platform . I will also be doing collaborations with young people and various brands . Any business I do, will have to be online.
- You seem to really look up to the Kardashians, and you have no apologies about that , why is this so ?
LIK : I like their body, (laughs). Seriously,I’m in love with their entrepreneurial spirit, nothing is bad news for the Kardashians, they will turn it around and make money from it, that’s why they’ve been around for over a decade , yet they are still at the top. With the Kardashians, every member of the family is rich, very rich and that is what I want for my children, if the first is rich, the second has to be, every one of them has to be rich.
- You once said you will be getting a plastic surgery, still on the table?
LIK : (laughs) I was joking, Laura plays a lot o, I was joking. Have you seen my body, I love my body, may be in the future, I could consider it, if I need it but for now, look at my body, I love my body.
- We know of the Kardashians, which celebrity sibling will you say is taking the lead in Nigeria?
LIK: The Ikejis, yes the Ikejis(laughs). Who else? Ay and his brothers? Naaaaa, it’s the Ikejis first then others (laughs ).
- The best/hardest thing about being in the spotlight
LIK : Best thing is the good life, you know, it’s been really good.Hardest thing is privacy, I like PDA a lot, I want to be able to be walking at airport and smack my man’s ass and be like, hey you come over here but I can’t because you have people watching every move, no privacy.
- Something readers will be shocked to hear
LIK : I don’t like confrontations, a lot of people don’t know that about me, but I run from any kind of confrontation, a lot of people just assume I could be but I am not, I do not like confrontations.
