I did party plan for 3 years with Virgin vie at home and absolutely loved it....in fact it was doing that that got me interested in beauty. My confidence grew so much and (even though I say so myself) I was very good at it.
We had a message board on the consultants' site where we all shared ideas.
For anyone moving to a new area it's a great way to meet people.
There are many upsides and downsides to it:
When it's good it's good, but then when you get a few people cancelling parties, or you don't get your bookings it's very disheartening.
How good your manager is really makes a difference, I had a fantastic manager who had high standards, was very professional, and her training was excellent. At the same time she was not pushy and didn't make you uncomfortable if you weren't doing loads of parties.....she motivated you rather than pressurised you. They have targets and incentives and some of them can make you feel guilty if you're not selling as much as they'd like you to!!
It is a great way for you as a beauty pro to promote your business as you will meet loads of people. Just be aware of DPA, I would suspect that the DPA part of the BS order forms etc. will ask the customer if they are happy to recieve info etc from BS....therefore you would be unable to use the details from these to say send promos relating to your beauty business......so you will need to take customer details seperately for this (hope that makes sense)but this is easy enough to do.
The downside of BS as opposed to VV is that there is a body shop in just about every town centre, so you have less chance of repeat business from your customers as if they run out of their skincare or foundation they are more likely to pop into the shop than ring you up to order one.
I'm certainly considering going back as a Christmas Consultant, as I know I can earn a good amount coming up to Christmas, with very little outlay and few hours work.
Good luck with it, I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
Lou x
