The Divine Creator has done it again and just keeps on blessing me. It may not be in ways that everyone can see, BUT I know it. People sometimes don't surprise me but The Supreme, Omniscient Spirit NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE me by what's done and how it's done. (breath) It's so much I can't tell it all...
...but I'll start with reminding you that I decided to go into the business of making natural lip balms and candles to add to another entrepreneur's body product line and it turned into me starting a business of my own. Old story... Well, it's just been about a month and 10 days ago when I began thinking about doing it all by myself. I was getting to use my business mind to the max: a Bi-polar-OCD HIGH LIKE NO OTHER (because this includes God!!!) Planner, coordinator, creator, marketer, designer, buyer, packager, stocker, sales, cashier, shipper, customer service, I.T., book-keeper, employee, supervisor, manager, CEO, CFO, building maintenance...(okay, I'm tired just typing all that.) FFWD
I've gotten that lip balm thing DOWN. My first complete large batch is selling. People who try it LOVE IT! I've added Shea Butter to the recipe (which makes me feel better about having to raise the price) and when I sell out of my current inventory I'll roll out the NEW IMPROVED ANGEL LIP BUTTER.
I've been taking my time, trying to do things right. I want to build a solid foundation on which something truly great can be built; dot all my i's, cross all my t's, crawl before walking, one foot in front of the other, walking before running. I stumble here and there but I keep it moving. I thought I was going to be doing Body Butter & Body Oils after the lip balm but it turned out that candles would be ready first. Those containers and supplies were way easier to obtain. I live near a candle factory. I thought I might need a class or to purchase all these supplies and additives, and then I watched a couple YouTube videos...candles are now ready. I'd been working tirelessly so when my sister-friend came to town for Memorial Day we both enjoyed her vacation. She also got to watch me make my first candles & took one home.
After getting the candles started and being excited about it, my joy bubble was almost burst: someone told me that I shouldn't use soy candles because of the inauthentic manufacturing practices, including using crude oils and gmo's (genetically modified organisms.) I had to consider the information and the source, and with Divine guidance I re-confirmed that the Soy wax I'm using is, in fact, ALL NATURAL, made from vegetables - no crude oils nor gmo's are used in the process of making it. (WHEW) My Creator is better than good and I'm favored. I asked for knowledge, wisdom, revelation, discernment, direction and guidance. I got it. My entrepreneurial journey continues.
I'm still pinching myself regularly. I have to be sure I'm living this dream. I have another sister who's offered to have a launch party for me at her home and inviting all her and her mom's friends. I'm thinking that parties may be one of the routes I take. In less than a month of having the idea to go into business for myself, I created my first product. Within a month of making my first product I will have created my full (first phase) product line. It's surreal to me, but I know it's really real. I am only able to do this because I am loved, supported, encouraged, blessed, highly favored, and because I HAVE FAITH. I am a child of the Creator and I dream God-sized dreams.
ANGEL'S ALL NATUREAL BEAUTY is in effect.
Friday, May 30, 2014
Monday, May 19, 2014
Angel, The Struggle is Real
It all started in April. I'd already been praying and meditating about being my own boss, working flexible hours, having my own stream of income - AND IT NOT BE direct-selling for another company that gets 50-90% of sales that I make. I'm not opposed to that avenue, it just no longer works for me. I did know, however, that whatever I was going to do I would probably have to work for someone first and learn about what I wanted to do before jumping in and doing it. I'm spontaneous and comfortable taking risks (I mean, I work in "Hollyweird" for Christ's sake,) I'm independent, persuasive, creative, and because I'm loved and supported I have a great attitude towards life. (Sound familiar? I've been on the Small Business Administration website a lot.) I could go on and on about my great business mind, my eagerness to serve and cater, my caring heart...blah, blah, blah.
I met a woman on set in Hollywood back in February who is also an entrepreneur. She has a great product, a long time in business, but she was only doing it part time. Knowing I don't want to punch a clock anymore, I thought I could learn more about being in business for myself by helping a acquaintance grow hers. I was so eager, so anxious, I was willing to let her move out of a hotel and stay in my home for a short spell, even willing to invest my bill money to amass supplies so that we could begin to make big profit. Happy that she had someone on her team, the woman told me that she wanted me to be an equal partner. We spent loads of time watching Shark Tank episode after episode, but after being at my house for a week we'd done nothing profitable together. I did a ton of research and planning, learned how to make her product and learned how to make one of my own to add to her business to increase "our" profits.
Well, call me naive and eager, but I won't be justifiably called stupid. This woman gave pause to our venture, without sharing this with me, because I was too eager and impatient. She said she'd been burned and was worried about me being so eager. REALLY??? "If it doesn't make dollars, it doesn't make sense!" I'm not running a free hotel, I gave you a space for us to collaborate and make money so that you could get your own. Having smelled the bull stench lingering in my house for a few days, I decided to sell my own creation and create my own business, and in cooperation with my lease I didn't allow her to stay any longer. I found another recipe for a more luxurious body product, gave it a different spin and thus Angel's All Natureal Beauty came about.
I thought I would just make some lip balms and candles, body butters and oils and sell them amongst friends, acquaintances, and hit up a fair or flea market here and there. That's not how the Creator works. I was made to be the head and not the tail. I was called and chosen for greater things. My business will not be part-time even if I am starting small time. I'm doing it all: hand making my products, all natural, marketing myself, writing my business plan, building my website, learning about ecommerce, creating my logo, labels, fliers and business cards, all by the grace of the Creator.
I am Jess an Angel and I am creating All Natureal products. I'm doing it with love and I'm doing it for you.
I met a woman on set in Hollywood back in February who is also an entrepreneur. She has a great product, a long time in business, but she was only doing it part time. Knowing I don't want to punch a clock anymore, I thought I could learn more about being in business for myself by helping a acquaintance grow hers. I was so eager, so anxious, I was willing to let her move out of a hotel and stay in my home for a short spell, even willing to invest my bill money to amass supplies so that we could begin to make big profit. Happy that she had someone on her team, the woman told me that she wanted me to be an equal partner. We spent loads of time watching Shark Tank episode after episode, but after being at my house for a week we'd done nothing profitable together. I did a ton of research and planning, learned how to make her product and learned how to make one of my own to add to her business to increase "our" profits.
Well, call me naive and eager, but I won't be justifiably called stupid. This woman gave pause to our venture, without sharing this with me, because I was too eager and impatient. She said she'd been burned and was worried about me being so eager. REALLY??? "If it doesn't make dollars, it doesn't make sense!" I'm not running a free hotel, I gave you a space for us to collaborate and make money so that you could get your own. Having smelled the bull stench lingering in my house for a few days, I decided to sell my own creation and create my own business, and in cooperation with my lease I didn't allow her to stay any longer. I found another recipe for a more luxurious body product, gave it a different spin and thus Angel's All Natureal Beauty came about.
I thought I would just make some lip balms and candles, body butters and oils and sell them amongst friends, acquaintances, and hit up a fair or flea market here and there. That's not how the Creator works. I was made to be the head and not the tail. I was called and chosen for greater things. My business will not be part-time even if I am starting small time. I'm doing it all: hand making my products, all natural, marketing myself, writing my business plan, building my website, learning about ecommerce, creating my logo, labels, fliers and business cards, all by the grace of the Creator.
I am Jess an Angel and I am creating All Natureal products. I'm doing it with love and I'm doing it for you.
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Angel's All Natureal Beauty
Angel's All Natureal Beauty carefully handcrafts body products that will leave your lips and body feeling as if it has been kissed by an Angel. Using premium quality, all natural ingredients, Angel's All Natureal Beauty products nourish and naturally enhance the true beauty of your body's largest organ - Your Skin.
Angel's All Natureal Beauty's skin care line is for everyone. We're starting with lip balms. Angel Lip Butter comes in natureal scent and other natureal sweet scents: Watermelon and Sugared Strawberry. We use Beeswax, Coconut oil, Olive oil, with Vitamin E and Cocoa Butter. We also make Angel Soy Lip Butter for vegans, using soy wax instead of beeswax. We also use natural flavor scents for our sweet scented lip balms.
Next to be introduced is Angel's All Natureal Body Butters and Body Oils. Our body butter is made from pure, imported, raw Cocoa and Shea butters. They are blended with all natural and pressed oils such as Olive oil, Almond Oil, Coconut Oil, Avocado Oil. The oils used are rich in Vitamin E and Omega fatty acids. Only essential oils are used for scenting our body butters and oils, and a natural preservative to keep your products while switching between the use of your favorite scents. There is no alcohol and no artificial fragrance in our products. 100% Organic
Angel's All Natureal Beauty isn't stopping there. I plan to incorporate soaps and body scrubs into the line, but our next addition will be Natureal Scent Angel Soy Candles. Our candles will help create an aromatic experience while basking in the pleasure of using our products, or while just relaxing. Down the line we'll be adding cotton tees and (reusable) totes, and handmade greeting cards.
For now, let's just kiss to a great start and give Angel's All Natureal - Angel Lip Butter or Angel Soy Lip Butter a try. I'll be talking to you again real soon about what exactly is going on in Angel's All Natureal World.
Angel's All Natureal Beauty's skin care line is for everyone. We're starting with lip balms. Angel Lip Butter comes in natureal scent and other natureal sweet scents: Watermelon and Sugared Strawberry. We use Beeswax, Coconut oil, Olive oil, with Vitamin E and Cocoa Butter. We also make Angel Soy Lip Butter for vegans, using soy wax instead of beeswax. We also use natural flavor scents for our sweet scented lip balms.
Next to be introduced is Angel's All Natureal Body Butters and Body Oils. Our body butter is made from pure, imported, raw Cocoa and Shea butters. They are blended with all natural and pressed oils such as Olive oil, Almond Oil, Coconut Oil, Avocado Oil. The oils used are rich in Vitamin E and Omega fatty acids. Only essential oils are used for scenting our body butters and oils, and a natural preservative to keep your products while switching between the use of your favorite scents. There is no alcohol and no artificial fragrance in our products. 100% Organic
Angel's All Natureal Beauty isn't stopping there. I plan to incorporate soaps and body scrubs into the line, but our next addition will be Natureal Scent Angel Soy Candles. Our candles will help create an aromatic experience while basking in the pleasure of using our products, or while just relaxing. Down the line we'll be adding cotton tees and (reusable) totes, and handmade greeting cards.
For now, let's just kiss to a great start and give Angel's All Natureal - Angel Lip Butter or Angel Soy Lip Butter a try. I'll be talking to you again real soon about what exactly is going on in Angel's All Natureal World.
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