Selling BeautiControl? I bought the kit last week and I have made money already, but I want to know if anyone is making money consistently. This is my first venture so I was hoping someone on here could give me some feedback on their experiences with the company. I will say that the women I have met, the directors and such, were awesome! They definitely made themselves available to me and they live around me too, which gave me some comfort. Any who if you have dealt with them please share your thoughts and some tips on how to be successful. Thanks

I used to sell it. I used more than I sold. Once I went through friends and family, it was just hard to get "clinics" as they called them then. They did quite a few things I didn't like, along w/some things that were kind of shady. One interesting thing is my directors, and other ones in my area, put down Mary Kay because it was such a "pink" line, but also because they used "parties", whereas we did clinics. Well, they changed their tune and suddenly doing spa parties was where it's at. I did love the Regeneration Gold when it first came out. It truly worked miracles. However, the stuff ate the labeling off the bottle! And when I reported it in, (along with problems w/their capcasain(sp) weight loss pills, they never replied, and the director made me feel like a troublemaker.

They also liked to reward your efforts with cheap, and I mean cheap, jewelry. It wasn't even real sterling. Mine went bad within 6 months. They have great eyeliners (there are only about 6 companies in the world that make eyeliners, so theirs are comparable to dept. store items) and the prices on their makeup, or glamour line, were very reasonable. The money is made on skin care.

They also lied about being taken over by Tupperware. They first said it was a partnership, then they admitted it was a merger, and then, finally, they said it was a Takeover. I heard they since have kicked Jinger and Dick out, but I haven't checked to see if it was true.

I did have fun with the image consulting side, although the training is nowhere near what a true image consultant (who sells her service, not items) does. The downside was that we did people's "colors" long after it went out of vogue. I just didn't agree with a lot of what I was taught. Almost everyone looks great in royal blue, and Maroon does bring out everyone's eyes. Yellow overpowers many people, and mustard....well, nobody looks good in that color near their face. Yet, they taught us that people who came up as "warm", especially the "autumns" could wear it. The kits got a LOT cheaper as I saw newbies come in.

My director was very fake. She was very aggressive and was your friend as long as she could get something from you. She claimed she was quite successful, but she taught us to do some underhanded things that I refused to do, and despite her claims of wealth, she had financial problems. She bought so many products. Her "success" came from her inventory stash. She complained about driving 50 miles to do a clinic and sold ONE eye pencil. I did meet other directors I liked much better, but of course, you can't change directors, as the recruiting director "owns" you. I also had an issue with the quarterly minimum. I bought more than I sold. I really thought that repeat business would help my business along; however, that was not the case.

On the up side, I LOVED it when I would do a makeover and I would start with a certain type of woman who, after being showered with compliments and fixed up, would walk a bit taller and just exude happiness and confidence. The most touching was a lady who was a victim of a controlling husband and was also a victim of his abuse. She was so afraid he would beat her up for coming home with makeup on. After seeing who she could be with the right tools, she went home and started plans to leave him. He harassed her for wearing makeup, but she left the house with his anger behind her and her sister plus husband waiting at the curb. Needless to say, a divorce was next in the cards. That's stuff that you don't learn in training. I honestly don't know if much changed once the Tupperware sale went through. Jinger was to stay on as a "consultant" for awhile, but again, I heard she'd been let go.

I'd rather be a customer of the line than a salesperson. Mary Kay was our biggest competition. Yet you were so limited in using the Beauticontrol name in any advertising or selling products out at a trade show or anything. It was like they didn't want us to use their branding, which really hurt sales because not a lot of people had ever heard of Beauticontrol.

Did you see the movie starring Parker Posey? She played Jinger, although she really hyped it up more than Jinger did, if that was possible. They took a little dramatic license, but some of it was true. Jinger and Dick were already successful when they took over the business. She had like a 2 or 3 story CLOSET! What bugged me is that she flaunted it (people who were top sellers at their conventions in Dallas were given a tour of her fabulous home and closet) as if you, too, could do it by selling Beauticontrol. Yet, their money was there before and also came from other investments.

I'd google Beauticontrol complaints and see what comes up. I haven't done it in awhile, but I imagine some things are still there. I hope Tupperware has forced some improvements, but I felt BC was kind of the stepchild who doesn't get attention.

HTH

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