These beautiful waist-beads are handmade and customized in Ghana. Waist-beads have been worn by black royalty for body adornment, spirituality, weight measure, healing, love, and confidence. There are several different ways to wear your waist beads. Think about where you want to wear your beads and use a measuring tape to measure against bare skin without sucking in. Make sure not to pull tape to tight or hold to loosely. Waist beads can be worn right about the hips, right at the navel or above navel.