A Manufacturer Down and a Trademark to go...

I had a meeting yesterday with my cosmetic manufacturer and my line could be up and running in just a couple of months!!  I am SO excited and things should work out a lot smoother than I had initially thought.  This makeup is going to blow your socks off!  I will be trademarking my name in the next week or so, so stay tuned because I will be announcing it as soon as everything is squared away!  I am beyond excited and I cannot wait to get my line and my name in stores.  

I will keep everybody posted on what will be happening next!!!!!!

xoxo

Come Follow Me!

Hey there everyone! I would like my friends to come and get involved in the "making makeup" process!  Please come to makingupamanda.blogspot.com and follow my blog.  I will use my "followers" for surveys and things like that (here and there) to figure out what people want for their cosmetics.  It's a great way for me to see what everyone likes and for you to see the process that I am going through to get this line up and running!! :)  Thanks for all of your support!

You can also follow me at twitter.com/amandaboggs or linkedin.com/in/amandaboggs which is an amazing site to make great business connections.

Look forward to connecting with all of you soon :)

market research shows...

I did a huge Facebook poll yesterday for my eye shadows that I am making.  The poll asked if women liked loose powder, pressed powder or both.  I had such a huge response to this question!  Many people just replied with one word answers which is what I had expected.  What I didn't expect and really appreciated were all of the people that gave explanations as to why they wanted loose, pressed or both and what other types of eye shadows they really liked.  All of the answers will really help me in the future and allow me to create a more appealing cosmetic line.  Thank you to all of my ladies that were apart of the survey and i look forward to collecting your thoughts and ideas in the future!
much love!

Chin up, Buttercup

Things have been progressing very slowly lately but I have a feeling things are about to pick up soon.  I just booked a couple of photo shoots which will be great since I can use my prints to build my resume website.  Also, I am thinking about tweaking my makeup line and making it very simple for the time being.  My boss told me a couple of weeks ago that I shouldn't try to develop my entire line and think that it will all launch at once.  I've been thinking about it and she was very right.  It would cost me SO much money to launch everything at once....and there is so much money that goes into packaging, labels, logos, patents, trademarks, websites, etc.  It can be very discouraging but I'm trying to keep my chin up and push through.  I'll make it....it will just take time :)