Banke Meshida Lawal
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{{Infobox person
| name = Banke Meshida Lawal
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| caption = Banke Meshida-Lawal in 2019
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|08|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria
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| occupation = * Make-up artist
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| spouse = Lanre Lawal
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| website = {{URL|bmpromakeup.com}}
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Olabanke "Banke" Meshida Lawal is a Nigerian make-up artist and the founder and CEO of BMPro Makeup Group, a make-up and cosmetology firm in Nigeria.{{Cite web|url=https://guardian.ng/saturday-magazine/banke-meshida-still-standing-tall/|title=Banke Meshida still standing tall|website=The Guardian Newspaper|date=19 May 2018 |access-date=2019-03-26}} She won the award for Brand of the Year at the 2009 Eloy Awards, as well as the Nigerian Event Awards (2012) for Best Makeup Artist and the Makeup Artist of The Year at the FAB AWARDS (2010).{{Cite web|url=https://fabwoman.ng/banke-meshida-lawal-profiles-biography/|title=5 Things You Did Not Know About Celebrity Makeup Artist, Banke Meshida-Lawal|website=FAB Woman|access-date=2019-03-26}}
Early life
Banke Meshida was born in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Southwest Nigeria at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital. Banke Meshida began taking Fine Arts classes in high school and by the time she was accepted by the University of Lagos, she had already begun practicing work as a makeup artist for friends and acquaintances.{{Cite web|url=http://feminine.com.ng/2016/08/21/my-brand-is-not-for-the-elite-alone-banke-meshida-lawal/|title=My brand is not for the elite alone -Banke Meshida-Lawal|website=Feminine.com.ng|date=21 August 2016 |access-date=2019-03-26}} She graduated in 2000 with a second class bachelor's degree in English.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theelitesng.com/makeup-queen-extraordinaire-banke-meshida-lawal-celebrates-40th-birthday-with-stunning-photo-shoot/|title=Makeup Queen Extraordinaire, Banke Meshida Lawal Celebrates 40th Birthday With Stunning Photo Shoot|website=theelitesng|date=21 August 2018 |access-date=2019-03-26}}
Awards and recognition
Meshida's has won a number of awards, including: Make-Up Artist of The Year (City People Awards 2005), Make-up Brand of The Year (ELOY Awards 2009),{{Cite web|url=http://woman.ng/2015/10/the-leading-woman-banke-meshida-lawal-making-it-big-with-makeup/|title=BANKE MESHIDA LAWAL – Making It Big With Makeup|website=Woman.ng|access-date=2019-03-26|archive-date=2019-06-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618011314/http://woman.ng/2015/10/the-leading-woman-banke-meshida-lawal-making-it-big-with-makeup|url-status=dead}} Make-up Artist of The Year (FAB Awards 2010), Best Make-up Artist (The Nigerian Event Awards 2012) and Makeup Brand of the Year (APPOEMN 2017).
Personal life
Meshida married Lanre Lawal on 10 February 2007.{{Cite news|url=https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2019/02/10/makeup-guru-banke-meshida-celebrates-12-years-anniversary-with-hubby/|title=Makeup Guru, Banke Meshida Celebrates 12 Years Anniversary With Hubby|website=PM News Newspaper|access-date=2019-03-26}} They have two children.{{Cite news|url=https://www.tribuneonlineng.com/161316/|title=Banke Meshida Lawal Takes Birthday To Italy At 40|website=Tribune Newspaper|access-date=2019-03-26|archive-date=2019-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326203939/https://www.tribuneonlineng.com/161316/|url-status=dead}}
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Category:Nigerian cosmetics businesspeople
Category:21st-century Nigerian businesswomen
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