You guys already know i love weddings. I love playing dressup and getting my face beat and effritin on fleek. lol. The look is neva quite complete though without a 'gele' (headtie) adorning my head, the beautiful piece that brings the whole look together, whether aso-oke, sego, net, etc. I love how the 'gele' can take my look from basic to diva, whenever i'm in a traditional attire, that being said, tying gele is not an easy something!
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| Without Gele |
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| With Gele |
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| Look is just not complete without a Gele |
You have to have had some practice to get the fabric into pleats and then properly lined up, it is also quite an arm workout achieving this feat. This is why the majority of women would rather stop by a makeup studio, on their way to the wedding ceremony, to have it tied for them or get someone come over and do the tying. This service usually costs between N500 to N2000, for me anyway, and when it's on the higher end it honestly pains me to give out this money; so i decided it was time to learn to get it done myself, instead of sulking everytime i had to get my gele tied.
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| Tying this Gele cost N2000 |
Where would i learn this skill for free? i have had a number of failed attempts trying to freestyle. My beloved YouTube of course! Same place i learnt how to get my makeup on point and a couple of other things, the only thing i had to sacrifice was my data and it was worth it. I got to work searching for videos and downloaded the relevant ones, up next was practising. I started practising with my softest gele fabric then tried my hands on my 'Sego gele' and rocked it to an event. Everyone said i did a good job. *big grin* Next up will be 'aso-oke', i'll let you know how that goes, in the meantime i'll keep practising armed with pins *wink. I must say, tying gele is quite an arm workout.
Below are pics of the gele i tied after watching vids & practising. i tried ba *wink
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| Tied myself (1st attempt) |
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| Free of charge (DIY) :D |
Here's my fave
Youtube Channel (Chichichikito) with all the info on how to tie different styles and types of gele. I hope you find this post useful and inspires a DIY gele so you can stop doling out cash for this service like i have.
Toodles!XooX
Hahahaha @ not this fresh in reality! You really tried! I went for a wedding on Saturday with Hubby and had to tie my gele myself- it wasn't great but at least I was amazeballs in it!
ReplyDeletedts d koko my dear!as long as u look good in it and with more practice we'll get better. Tnx dear. Its true na, wish i was fresh like dis
DeleteOh! and your wedding earrings are simply awesome!!!
ReplyDeletetnk u kindly dear!! :*
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