I started my online makeup business with no money and made $97,681 in sales last year. The key to my success was turning disappointments into opportunities.
, stocking with it her lashes and makeup for locals to buy in person. Last year, she generated $84,074 in online sales and $13,607 in vending-machine sales, amounts Insider verified with documentation. She has four other vending machines today and, in, signed a lease for a storefront in Caldwell, Idaho, which she plans to open on April 15. I started a side hustle that turned into my own businessI was a stay-at-home mom, in this repeat pattern at home, and I needed to get out.
I started my business with $800 and used a credit card to finance it. I racked up credit-card debt starting this business, but it wasn't a big amount. Leyva Beauty started with just lashes because that's the only thing I could afford, but little by little, I started adding cosmetics. It was about three months in when I saw that people wanted to buy from me. Then I wanted to add more to the table for products. I started with a lip gloss and grew from there. Leyva signed a lease for her storefront in February and plans to open her shop in April.My first vending machine was in Caldwell, Idaho, at a marketplace called Oakes Brothers. It gave me a year lease, and I was bringing in so much clientele for them.
That's when I started venturing out to Boise, Idaho. I ended up relocating to an indoor food court called Chow. That vending machine has done even better than it did in Caldwell.
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