I'm getting ready for both my first regular UB workshop next Thursday AND our son's first day of kindergarten the same day. Between those things and my regular FT job, I'm busy! I'll be out of my regular work office all next week to take care of Jordan and do the kindergarten thing. First soccer game for Jordan is next week, too!
I just placed an order with UB to stock up on product for the workshop. I have the free product that came with my kit order, but I want to be sure to have enough on hand for both the gift bags and the single orders. My hostess is doing a fantastic job of gathering guests. I'm expecting 8-12 people to show. How exciting! I hope it goes well for all of us. The good thing for me to remember is that the guests are going to have fun creating their own unique scents and that is the biggest thing of all. My organization and presentation will get better the more workshops I do. This is new and I am allowed a learning curve -- no one is perfect!
Goodness! I hope I sell the product! I've not "paid" back for my kit or other business expenses yet and I'd like to move forward on that.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
A Beginning
Wow!
Who would have thought that I would start a new business while also working a regular FT job, plus being a wife and mother? Well, I did! It is a fabulous company called Urban Botanic and there is not another business like it.
As a Fragrance Designer with Urban Botanic, I assist you in making your own custom scent based on what you like. You know all the celebraties that have their own fragrances? Well, now you can, too! You can even have several to suit your mood, an event, or anything. Your children can even create, too.
Most of the business is done by you inviting friends to your home for a workshop. You start by using Urban Botanic's Scent Personality Test to find what scent family you are most likely to be attracted to (but you aren't limited to creating from just that family). Next, you create your scent by choosing from the available 66 perfume oils, and then place your creation into a hypo-allergenic parfum spray, nourishing lotion, shower gel or bubble bath. You get to name your fragrance and keep the recipe so that it can be duplicated later, if you wish. How fun is that?! You have your own unique fragrance that is you!
I found Urban Botanic by chance while looking up something else online. The name intrigued me, so I clicked on it. After reading about it, and emailing back and forth with Shawna (my manager, now) I had a lotion created for me. Loving it, I ordered a U.B. Scents kit in my scent personality family. I created products for myself and my family and friends, thinking all along, "I should be doing this as a consultant!" The rest is history.
My first workshop was for 12 year old girls this past Saturday and it was so much fun! They did a great job!
I have loved "smelly things" since I was little. I even used to try to make my own perfume out of rose petals and tap water when I was young (it only turned into a gooey mess). Potpourri, incense, candles, several perfumes and body sprays and lotions -- I've collected it all over the years. Now I have Urban Botanic. They've impressed me with their product ingredients -- no alcohol, formaldehyde or lanolin -- and with their people and program. I'm proud to be the first to bring this company to the Portland/Vancouver greater area!
My son has inherited my love of scents. At 5 years old, he loves to create his own lotions to put on after his bath (he has good mixing scents, but leans towards the fruity and baking scents). I will publish his "Fruityesque" creation at another time.
Who would have thought that I would start a new business while also working a regular FT job, plus being a wife and mother? Well, I did! It is a fabulous company called Urban Botanic and there is not another business like it.
As a Fragrance Designer with Urban Botanic, I assist you in making your own custom scent based on what you like. You know all the celebraties that have their own fragrances? Well, now you can, too! You can even have several to suit your mood, an event, or anything. Your children can even create, too.
Most of the business is done by you inviting friends to your home for a workshop. You start by using Urban Botanic's Scent Personality Test to find what scent family you are most likely to be attracted to (but you aren't limited to creating from just that family). Next, you create your scent by choosing from the available 66 perfume oils, and then place your creation into a hypo-allergenic parfum spray, nourishing lotion, shower gel or bubble bath. You get to name your fragrance and keep the recipe so that it can be duplicated later, if you wish. How fun is that?! You have your own unique fragrance that is you!
I found Urban Botanic by chance while looking up something else online. The name intrigued me, so I clicked on it. After reading about it, and emailing back and forth with Shawna (my manager, now) I had a lotion created for me. Loving it, I ordered a U.B. Scents kit in my scent personality family. I created products for myself and my family and friends, thinking all along, "I should be doing this as a consultant!" The rest is history.
My first workshop was for 12 year old girls this past Saturday and it was so much fun! They did a great job!
I have loved "smelly things" since I was little. I even used to try to make my own perfume out of rose petals and tap water when I was young (it only turned into a gooey mess). Potpourri, incense, candles, several perfumes and body sprays and lotions -- I've collected it all over the years. Now I have Urban Botanic. They've impressed me with their product ingredients -- no alcohol, formaldehyde or lanolin -- and with their people and program. I'm proud to be the first to bring this company to the Portland/Vancouver greater area!
My son has inherited my love of scents. At 5 years old, he loves to create his own lotions to put on after his bath (he has good mixing scents, but leans towards the fruity and baking scents). I will publish his "Fruityesque" creation at another time.
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