Mission

My Waist Beads is committed to serving ladies and gentlemen all around the world with our body jewelry that celebrates and honors various African cultures and tradition. We believe in designing body jewelry that will provide you with a unique look and healing energy.

Goals

You can create personal goals on your journey while wearing my waist beads. My waist beads serve as a tool to physically represent the milestone you reach on your journey. These personal goals can include but are not limited to:

• Weight loss

• Weight Gain

• Muscle Development

• Flexibility

• Stress Management

• Business

• Profit

• Maternity

• Celibacy

• Education

• Relationship

• Personal life

• Marital

• Sexual

• Fertility

• Prosperity

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The History and Purpose Behind African Waist Beads

Since the 15th centuries, waist beads are jewelry worn culturally and traditionally by women. Waist Beads originated in Africa. Many researchers believe it was discovered by Egyptians and later modernized by the Yoruba tribe. Waist beads represent different values depending on the African culture or tradition. Egyptians would wear them as a status symbol. The more colorful and intricate the design of the waist bead, the higher the social class status of the wearer. Royalty in your bloodline would be an example of a waist bead status symbol. Waist beads can be worn visibly as a status symbol or can remain hidden. Some women prefer to keep their waist beads unseen under clothing. There are many purposes behind hiding your waist beads. Some purposes include but are not limited to intimacy, fidelity, or privacy. Some married women wear waist beads as an art of seduction or to show affection to their husband. Waist beads can represent the appreciation you have for your lover or partner. Unmarried women can also wear waist beads for seduction. If you are a single woman, you can wear waist beads to attract a new or former lover. Throughout several African countries, waist beads have been used for tradition as a young girl develops into womanhood. Waist beads can be gifted and placed on a young girl to be worn in order to enhance her journey from young girl to woman. Young girls who have reached their maturity stage of puberty can receive waist beads from an elder or a mentor within her tribe or community. Waist beads symbolizes womanhood, progress in life, unique traits of a woman, and embracing a goddess energy. Waist beads can be worn to honor and celebrate a woman's sexuality. The purpose of waist beads for sexuality is to help boost the wearer’s body confidence. Waist beads can help with mind, body, spirit connection so you feel more comfortable with your body during sex. Waist beads can create erotic intimacy between lovers. The purpose of waist beads and intimacy is to create a deeper connection. Waist beads can create sexual desires and enhance your sex appeal. The nature of waist beads is to enhance eroticism. Therefore some like to use it as a tool to enhance their sexual relationships. The purpose of wearing waist beads can also be to support a healthy active life style. Through dieting, fitness and exercising, you can use waist beads as a tool on your journey to check or maintain progress. Many African women use waist beads as a tool for body shaping or to maintain their curves. Waist beads can help prevent women from overeating and gluttony. The purpose of wearing waist beads is to help monitor your food intake and consumption to avoid overeating. Waist beads encourages body positivity. Wearing waist beads support women having more body awareness by helping women monitor their progress or to help figure out what state their body is currently in. Waist beads can be used to alert women when they’re gaining weight, overeating or when they are pregnant. Waist beads serve as a physical indicator to notify when women are experiencing weight loss. Waist beads can be worn to celebrate femininity. The historical and traditional culture of waist beads can help anyone interested in understanding the sacredness of a woman’s body.. My African Waist Beads have their own personal stories of women wearing waist beads that correlate to the historic traditional culture of African women.

My African Waist Beads can be worn for cultural, traditional, and personal purposes or simply for fashion.

This exotic form of body jewelry has the power to enhance a woman’s life in many ways.

The Founders Personal Story

My Waist Beads was created by an African American woman named Malon Mahotiere. Welcomed into this world by her loving parents Dr. Sauveur Mahotiere and Rahmatoullahy Barry Mahotiere on January 6th, Malon was born in Conakry, Guinea located in West Africa. Her birth biological mother, Rahmatoullahy B Mahotiere was also born in Conakry, Guinea. Malon’s father is Haitian descendant and arrived to America in the early 1970s. Malon’s father, Dr. Sauveur Mahotiere was a teacher, professor, social worker, and a representative for the United States government. Her father studied Horticulture and Agriculture where he later met her mother while working on a project in Guinea. Malon’s parent got married in 1988 in Senegal at a Mosque church. After the wedding, Malon’s mother arrived in America where she later gave birth to her two sons. Sauveur Mahotiere Junior and Algassim Barry Mahotiere. Malon’s father received an opportunity to work in Mali. During this time, Malon’s mother was pregnant with Malon. Due to the pregnancy, Malon’s mother decided to have her in Africa. Malon and her family stayed in Africa until her fathers work contract expired. They returned to the United States and Malon was brought to America before her 1st birthday. In some African cultures, it is tradition after giving birth to a girl to place waist beads on them for protection. Unfortunately both of Malon’s parents passed away in a car accident when she was 1 and a half years old. Her family was traveling to Canada for a Horticulture and Agriculture convention. The car spun out of control and hit a tree. Malon’s father died instantly and her mother died on the way to the hospital. Malon and her brothers were removed from the vehicle and placed in a helicopter to receive immediate care. The only survivors were her and her 2 brothers. During her early stages of childhood, Malon had a desire to connect to her mother spiritually. After experiencing severe abuse and misfortune, Malon desperately wanted to connect to her mother’s spirit. When Malon reached age 10, she was given waist beads by her mothers friend from Liberia, Ms. Eva Haynes. She explained the purpose behind waist beads and what they represent in African culture. She expressed how much Malon’s mother loved waist beads when she was alive and loved wearing them. Malon was the proper age for young girls to learn about womanhood before puberty. Although Malon learned about waist beads at age 10, she did not continue wearing them. Malon accidentally broke her first pair of waist beads gifted by her Auntie Eva Haynes while attempting to use the restroom. Malon started to wear waist beads again at the age of 15 when she entered high school. Malon would purchase multiple waist beads from an African store nearby until she finally decided to start making her own. This decision came after another African woman suggested she create her own if the store is to ever run out of any. At age 16, Malon began creating her own waist beads by implanting the designs and colors she wanted and started selling them to her friends in High School. When it was time for graduation, Malon developed a reputation in school as the “waist bead girl” which followed her into her college journey. Malon believes my waist beads are a significant part of who she is now. A new journey of life started for her after wearing waist beads which later turned into a business. Malon created the name “My Waist Beads” to differentiate herself from competitors while encouraging ownership to other entrepreneurs. Each bead Malon wears on her body has a specific purpose or represents a significant moment in her life. Malon believes waist beads have protected her from a lot of things that occurred in her life. Waist Beads have also helped Malon with healing from child abuse wounds from neglect and abandonment, sexual trauma wounds from sexual abuse and grief. After losing her parents as a baby, Malon experienced many challenges and tribulations. Malon still believes waist beads prevented her from receiving major destructive harm despite the personal hardship she has endured. Malon believes in helping women overcome adversity and waist beads serve as an instrument for those willing to believe. Malon creating her own line and designs of waist beads for over 10 years is a measurement of her experience in helping women who are on their journey to personal healing, personal development or simply self love. Traditionally, the person who creates and offers waist beads for others within a community are encouraged to be considered spiritual leaders, healers or enlighteners.. Malon believes her mother and father’s spiritual guidance and protection led her to start this business. Money is not the motivational factor when it comes to Malon creating waist beads. Her passion to promote this exotic jewelry comes from the spiritual connection she developed while grieving the loss of her mother. Malon made the conscience decision to choose to share this. Helping other women feel beautiful, empowered and encouraging them to live a happier, healthier, healed life is the mission. Malon enjoys being able to help transform women with the magic power of wearing waist beads. My waist beads have the potential to change your entire life for the better by changing hearts, minds, body and holy spirit. Malon greatly appreciates the trust and support of all the women and men seeking answers. Malon encourages anyone who is interested in learning about my waist beads or the purpose of wearing waist beads to feel free to ask for her assistance and she will gladly help.