References: Marykay.com
References: Marykay.com
Her cosmetics were sold through events like household parties but she strived to make her company different. She did this by providing incentives and removing sales territories for the salesman. She always followed the golden rule; to “treat others as you want to be treated” and operated by the motto “God first, family second, and career third”.…
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Brianna is a very shy, independent person who is known for having a bold personality. She has had a strong passion for makeup since she was very little.It began from her watching makeup tutorials online and she became very interested. The author would like to share her passion with anyone who is interested in makeup as well and inform the audience about her love for cosmetology in general. Brianna is writing about where her interest for cosmetology came from and how she uses her own personal experiences to pursue what she likes to do. The author's attitude is very positive and uplifting about her passion for cosmetology and wants readers to be informed of how her experiences with make up.…
No single accomplishment or personal trait captures the essence of Madam C. J. Walker's legacy. Rather, her life is best summed up as being a Pioneering entrepreneur. Madam C.J. Walker was clearly a pioneer of the modern cosmetics industry. Tenacity and perseverance, faith in her and in God, quality products and "honest business dealings" were the elements and strategies she prescribed for aspiring entrepreneurs who requested the secret to her rags-to-riches ascent. Along the way, she provided educational opportunities and lucrative incomes for thousands of African American women who otherwise would have been consigned to jobs as farm laborers, washerwomen and…
She used her life savings, recruited nine friends, and started Beauty by Mary Kay on September 13, 1963. The company we now know as Mary Kay, Inc.…
A profile of Joelle Smart, a hairdresser with a new salon location in the basement of her home.…
At your request, I have prepared an informal report about Andrea Jung, who has become a very successful business woman. I was surprised to find out how much I identified with her and found myself wondering how far in my career I would have been had I followed my parents’ advice.…
One of her first clients, Toni Plummer, spoke about Kaylyn’s growth as an artist. “The first time she did my make-up she did a good job, but if that picture was compared to what she recently did, you could see the difference. Her choice in products and her confidence while doing my make-up was on another…
Melissa Patterson works for Radiance which offers facial reconstructive surgery, as a director for marketing. As the director for the Marketing Department, she is responsible for two different sub-departments in the company, that being the marketing and advertising department and public relations department.…
In the book “Speak”, a girl named Melinda Sordino experiences something very terrifying. The author, Laurie Halse Anderson, describes how Melinda was raped by an upperclassman that goes to the exact same high school as her. As result, Melinda is now scarred and mute, even though she wants to speak very badly to someone about her assault. Laurie Halse Anderson uses allusions and archetypes to show the difficulties Melinda faces. Such uses in the book are tree, cave, lightening, and for archetypal symbols…
The literacy narrative, “Mother Tongue”, by Amy Tan, is about the different kinds of Englishes which exist in Tan’s world and how she went against the grain to become a successful writer using the same kinds of Englishes she once despised. Tan recounts how she coped with communicating in a simplistic manner of English with her not so fluent mother, then on the other hand, learning to develop and hone her English skills in school. As a teen, Tan, under the orders of her mother, pretended to be her own mother on the phone because few people were able to understand what little English her mother was able to speak. Her belief that growing up with the broken English her mother used was a detriment to achieving high test scores on her English exams. However, Tan challenged herself by forgoing the stereotypical route of science and math expected in Asians and became an English major. Working through several drafts of her first major project, Tan was able to construct her breakthrough novel The Joy Luck Club with the help of her mother and the different kinds of Englishes she grew up with.…
Chief executive of Curls products, Mahisha Dellinger obtained leadership skills as an entrepreneur by the many challenges she faced growing up in Meadowview California in a single parent household with her mother and brother. Drugs activities and ongoing crime made her feel unsafe in her environment were some of the challenges endured in her early years. In addition to drug and the criminal activities in her environment, Dellinger’s mother would work long hours to provide for her family, and as a result Dellinger would be left alone to prepare for school, and complete homework assignments which persuade her to further her education. Another key point to Dellinger success and entrepreneurship, she learned how to switched her attitude to…
Mary Kay Ash was born on 12th May, 1918 in Hot Wells, Harris County, Texas. Her childhood experiences shaped the future of this visionary woman, and with a significant impact to the American history. Due to the illness of her father, her mother worked for 14 hours a day at a local food restaurant to take care of the family, while Mary Kay looked after her father along since she was young. Her mother always put the “you can do it” spirit in the young Mary’s mind. One time, Mary Kay’s mother went to work and she needed to take care of the illness father at home alone, she had to decoct medicine herbs for her father but she didn’t how to do it. So she called her mother to teach her step by step on the phone, but little Mary Kay was afraid, but her mother said to her gently ”you can do it ” . Finally, she did it. Since then, this sentence has inspired her when she encountered difficulties. When she was only seventeen years old, she married Ben Rogers then soon had three children, while her husband went to serve in World War II; she took the job of direct selling of books. Due to her amazing marketing skills, she earned an amazing $25,000 in just six months. While Mary Kay was enjoying her professional success, things at the personal front weren’t that smooth. Her husband was killed on the battlefield, and left her with three children. After her divorce, Mary Kay took up a job with Stanley Home Products, a direct sales firm. She became very successful in selling home care products but didn’t get enough recognition for her work. Her supervisors not only didn’t appreciate her work but also never raise her salaries. However, if a man did what she has done, somehow he can get an award. The inequality between…
It Starts in the Heart was about becoming who you are. Mary Kay consultant Sarah Ketter does an amazing job with this seminar. Students are informed of the story behind Mary Kay cosmetics and the struggle that Mary Kay went through. It helps students realized that they can do anything they set their minds to, as long as it is in their heart. Ketter also explain what is like being a boss and determining the schedule to follow. She explained that it is not as hard as everyone thinks it is. Ketter said that “being your own boss can be challenging but if you are doing what you love it is worth it.” If there are students who love make-up or want to become their own boss, the Mary Kay seminar is where students need to be.…
References: Born, P. (2005). New day dawning. Beauty Biz. May 1, 2005 p 26. Retrieved December 1, 2005 from: http://web5.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/790/921/76606092w5/purl=rc1_ITOF_0_A132422602&dyn=8!xrn_3_0_A132422602?sw_aep=uphoenix…