Tatoos are Evil Marks Left On Your Skin –Says Muma Gee

Singer, Muma Gee, tells PUNCH about her fashion and style

Your hair is always full; you must have invested so much in it?

I agree. I invest a lot in my hair. A lot of cash, energy and time go
into my hair. It takes like eight hours to get my hair done.
Basically, it is a special and patient person that can do my hair. Not
everybody has the patience or can be meticulous enough to do my hair.


On the average, how much goes into your hair?

The hair piece alone costs a lot of money, especially in these days of
human hair. I normally use 11 packs of human hair and each piece is
not less than N60, 000. At the end of the day, I end up spending about
N500, 000 to do my hair at once.

Do you have to wear such a hair-do because you are an artiste?

It is my style. I like to have that kind of personality. I just want a
particular kind of look. At times, my hair might look scanty but a lot
would have gone into it.

How long does each hair do last?

It usually lasts three weeks to one month or even less. If I have to
do a photo shoot or something that would require my wearing a
different look, then I make another hair.

You make hair for N500, 000 and loosen it after one month?

Don't get me wrong. It is actually the hair pieces that can go for
that amount and those hair pieces can last for years. I have had hair
extensions that have lasted for over 10 years. Each time I remove the
weaves, I take it to hair companies and they treat the hair and they
are as good as new.

Have you or will you ever wear low cut hair?

I have never worn low cut, even as a child. A woman's hair is her
grace and glory. Even though I am an artiste, I am a born-again
Christian and my Bible tells me a woman's hair is very precious. I
have never cut my hair. Even now my hair is as long as 20 inches and
it is very black. But I don't carry my natural hair at all.
Even apart from your hair, your dressing is outrageous…
I influence the production of what I wear. I don't even buy clothes
because I make them. I buy more of shoes and bags.

How many pairs of shoes do you have?

I have about 500 pairs and still counting. There are some I have not
worn for over two years and they are still trendy, I love heels.

How daring can you get when it comes to your fashion?

I used to be very daring but with my current status as a wife and
mother, I am not that daring any longer. Gone are the days when I had
to dress crazily because I am an artiste. Now, I am crazy but with a
touch of class. Then, nobody cared about class, you just wanted to be
crazy and be an artiste and dress like one. Now, I am a CEO and I have
to dress responsibly. Even as I wear full hair, I still have to pack
my hair. As a housewife, I wrap it up somehow. But when I am on stage,
I can go wild. It depends on the kind of show anyway. If it is a
corporate show, I have to look responsible and wear a classy dress. At
a time in my career, I couldn't care if the event was classy or
corporate; I just came out as Muma Gee. Now, I have to depict the mood
of the event.

Even in your 'craziness,' are there things you cannot be caught dead wearing?

I don't think I can wear micro mini. I don't think I should expose the
contours I should protect as a woman. I don't expose my boobs and
other sensitive parts of my body. No way! I don't believe in that
school of thought. But then, I remember there was this Christmas carol
event organised by Ovation Magazine when I wore an extremely micro
mini skirt.

Why?

I think we were all given uniforms. Everybody was going to wear the
same thing and I wanted to be different. With my level of
understanding now, I could have been different in a different way. But
I had bow legs and I wanted to flaunt my bow legs for the first time
so I even wore black tights under the skirt and the fashion police
snapped me. Some said I exposed my private parts but that is not true.
I wore black tights and that was what was in the picture.

Do you indulge in perfumes?

Yes but I could wear one perfume for five years. I am a very committed
person. When I do something, I try to do it well. I am dedicated when
it comes to perfumes; I don't jump from one to another. I am not the
experimental type either. Probably that is why it is reflecting in my
marriage. When I am with you, I am with you and if I am not with you,
I am gone for good. I don't share. I am only adventurous with clothes
and colours.

Why don't you wear tattoos?

I am sorry to say this but I believe tattoos are evil. I might be
naive and I am not trying to be hypocritical. You leave your skin in
the hands of another person and you don't know what the person is
hiding under that inscription on your body. You don't know when you
are given a mark that God wouldn't want you to have. I don't wear it
and I don't intend to. If I must wear tattoo, it must be temporary and
just for the show of it.

Source: PUNCHNG