What being a Jamberry Consultant is doing for me...

Wow! Well, I had never thought that I would find myself doing a home-based, direct sales business!  Never wanted to, never had any interest, never considered it...not since I had tried and failed at a couple of ventures a couple of decades ago.

So here I find myself, a Jamberry Consultant, full of all of those feelings that I'm sure anyone starting any kind of business has, nervousness, fear, insecurity.  Have I been hugely successful?  No, not yet, but I have been successful...because I have tried, because I have sought guidance, because I have stepped out of my comfort zone, yet again.  I am going to be 40 this year, and I find that it's been in the last 2 years that I have stepped out of my comfort zone and done so many new things!! And I want that to keep happening!!!

So what has being a Jamberry Consultant done for me, aside from pushing me out of my comfort zone? It has really forced me to rely more on God's description of me.  As someone who suffers from abandonment issues, and rejection issues, doing a business like this really forces me to hold onto God's hand and believe what He says about me.  It has caused me to step out of my comfort zone and start doing things that I would have never imagined myself doing before.  It has given me something to look forward to each day because I am enjoying myself and what I am doing for the first time in a long time.  It has given me hope that life will get better for myself and for my family.  It has given me something to work on that helps me feel good about myself and it helps that having awesome looking nails makes me feel pretty and want to try harder to take care of myself.

All in all, this experience has been so positive and something that I have desperately needed in my life!!!!

Alicia'sWrapsodies: Official Launch Party!!!

Alicia'sWrapsodies: Official Launch Party!!!: Come on over and join in on my Facebook Launch Party!!!  It will be loads of fun! There will be games, and prizes and giveaways!!!!!! Alic...

Official Launch Party!!!

Come on over and join in on my Facebook Launch Party!!!  It will be loads of fun! There will be games, and prizes and giveaways!!!!!!

Alicia's Wrapsodies Official Launch Party

I hope to see many new people there!!!!!

First Party!!!!!!

Wow!!!  Well, I just wrapped up my first online Facebook Jamberry Party!!!  I feel REALLY good!!!
It's just been a really good day for me and Jamberry!!! And I REALLY needed a good day.

While I did meet my party goal, I was feeling discouraged that things weren't going as quickly as I wanted them to, or that I wasn't getting the orders I needed.  Especially since, for my personal goal, I only have until March 31 to complete it.

But tonight's party, was just fun!!!! And I needed that!!!  I love the fact that while I was technically "working", I was just sitting there having fun on Facebook!!! How many people get to say that?
Plus, I think that perhaps I had a successful meeting and business contact today!!  I really enjoyed it.

I was at an appointment for one of my kids, and I was checking them in and noticed that the receptionist had on bright purple (my favorite color btw), polish.  And she is a bubbly lady, full of personality and very nice.  So when we were checking out I took the opportunity to hand her a catalog, and she was SO excited!!!!  She was probably the most excited person I have ever met...when handed a catalog, and we got into a conversation and it just went really well.  I had such a positive feeling!!!

I had to go back that afternoon because I had scheduled a last minute appointment for one of my other children, and so I made her an accent nail sample pack, and included the instructions, a handwritten card thanking her for her interest, a full sheet of accent nails, an alcohol wipe and a 7 day challenge card, plus a hostess brochure.  When I checked in for my afternoon appointment, I handed her an envelope and told her I had a gift for her.  I went to sit down in the waiting room, and I could hear her laughing with excitement!  She was so EXCITED!  And it made me HAPPY!  I felt like I was HELPING her!!!  It's weird, it's nail wraps, but I felt like I was helping her because apparently doing her nails is something she loves to do.

I will always remember her, and I hope, despite the vast amounts of people she sees every day that she will remember me too. I left feeling very good about everything.  I didn't even really care so much about meeting my goal at that moment, as I was starting to feel confident that this is something that I really CAN do!!!  It was a boost that I needed when I was starting to get discouraged.

I DO care about meeting my goal.  But now I feel more confident that I can do it.

I'm meeting more and more people who notice my nails now, and I am getting better at applying them.  My party tonight went so much better than I had ever dared hoped.  Sales had nothing to do with it, fun, and interaction had everything to do with it.

Jamberry has gotten me to start coming out of my shell.  Jamberry has given me something positive to do and work for and goals to attain, where I see results.  As a stay at home mom to kids, some of whom have emotional or mental disorders or issues, it is something that I have needed.  I only wish I would have discovered it earlier.

I see a future for myself and my family now.  I see changes happening, changes that I am a part of making, and it feels good!!!

Excitement and Determination!!!!!

Oh my, what a day!!!!!!  Today I opened my Facebook launch party!!!!  I am running it until next Tuesday, and ending with a live event. Oh so much hope and excitement.  

I also just printed out and posted the incentive trip poster on my bedroom wall. I have never really finished anything before and I want this to be a first.  I want to earn this trip so badly!!!!  But I have sooooo many points to earn and I'm not even a 10th of the way there yet........

I have watched my husband stress over money for so long, and we have lived paycheck to paycheck for so long that I really want this to work!!!!!!  I am bound and determined to do everything possible to work this business.

Now...to get over my FEAR!!!!  Doing something new is always scary!  And this is BIG and NEW.  There are so many things to be afraid of.  But I have reached a time in my life that I don't want to live in fear anymore.  I just want to live!  

I know it's funny, I just did my wraps last Thursday and it hasn't even been a week, and I am so ready to do them again just so that I can try some of the tips and also to take more pictures of my own and of my own manicures!!!  

Seriously, if I can do these manicures, anyone can!!!!  

I am so excited that I can hardly contain it!!  I hope that I can keep it up!!!

Possibilites

I am so excited to start this blog! I have recently joined Jamberry Nails as an Independent Consultant.  I am an Independent Consultant!!! Wow, that's exciting!!! This is a whole new start for me!

I am so looking forward to the possibilities of this new venture in my life. 

Why Jamberry?

I joined Jamberry because I love having nice looking nails, however...I am HORRIBLE at doing my nails.  They always look unevenly polished, or they smear before I am finished, or if I do finished I mess them up before they dry, then, even if I do get them all finished and they dry, they usually end up chipping.  And Salons?  If...and when...I get a manicure, it's usually very rarely and on special occasions.  I simply can not afford to take myself to the salon every other week for a manicure.  

A couple of months ago I saw one of my friends posting pictures of her nails.  Then another, then another, and eventually I saw the name Jamberry.  Then I ran into someone else who was using Jamberry and was a consultant.  After everything that I had seen and after talking to that one person I was ready to go.  I knew that this was the opportunity for me and I just couldn't wait to get started! And I had never even tried the wraps! But they looked so easy! They were beautiful and some were elegant and some were fun and I was just so excited and felt like I really needed to take advantage of this as soon as I could.  That's how excited I was!!!!!

I got my kit, I ordered some other things, including a car decal...which I got put on today and was just so excited.  I have been handing out catalogs and business cards and I am so ready to go!  

Now, I need to book some parties!!!  

If you are interested, just let me know!!!

I can be contacted at Google+, Facebook.com/AliciaberryJams,

I am on Twitter and Instagram also.  If you just want to shop, go

to AliciaGilbert.jamberrynails.net

I am so excited for what the future holds!!!! Looking forward to many positive changes!!!!!