What do you think about waist beads?
Like what to your mind when you ‘hear waist beads’
I used to be among the people that will shout ‘God forbid, I can’t wear waist beads, it’s only **** girls that wear them’.
But everything changed.
As a pre teen, my mom used to make neck beads for women, her brand was on a different level and it was very affordable.
My mom became popular in the barracks, getting customers from the ‘officers wives’ and it was a very big thing back then.
My mom taught me how to make beads with different designs and ornaments, she taught me color combinations and patterns.
I was only allowed to wear neck beads and hand beads, ‘waist beads are not good’ that’s what I always hear.
But everything changed.
2020 Covid 19 era
One day I told my mom ‘I prefer making waist beads for sell, and she agreed.
That was one of the best decisions I’ve made for myself.
I started cheaply, I learnt how to deal with customers, I understood market dynamics.
I was a ‘vendor’ and a proud one.
I made money from the business.
It helped me in school, I was known as ‘mercy beads’.
WAIST BEADS💝
There’s just something about waist beads.
Whenever I take them off, I feel incomplete.
I’ve been wearing them for years now and it feels like a part of me.
It helps me watch my weight and it has been really helpful for that purpose, recently they’re no longer tight, which means I’ve lost a little weight.
Do you love waist beads?
Will you let your woman wear them?
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