My First Party

So last week was my first Mary Kay party! It was exciting, scary, fun, and crazy.
Exciting - the thrill of starting your own business.
Scary - the thought of starting your own business.
Fun - spending time with your friends and family.
Crazy - well that was my family that attended. 

This was my 'viewing' section. I laid out products that were for sale only for everyone to see the color in person and get a better grasp on the size. I sold almost everything on this table. The only things not sold were a few eyeshadow colors.

My wonderful mother let me host my first party at her house since her house has more room than mine. Her house is in a rustic ranch theme with wood floors so it made for an adorable rustic set up.

Guys, I made pink chocolate!! Okay so I used food coloring but it made for some super cute sweets!!

I also offered a selection on wine for the event. The wine was still chilling at this point. I found these cute small wine glasses at the Dollar Tree, six for a dollar! 

For savory food, I made lil smokies. I found a fun twist on the usual smokies on pinterest that involved beer and brown sugar and gave it a whirl. I made about 80 of those little buggers and only ten were left!! The craker/chips were different flavors, they were not a big hit. I think I would have done better with some ruffels to with the smokies. Lesson learned.

Now my setup for the product overview and hand facials was super simple. I tried to find a small table and had no such luck, but I did find an old highchair! 

Now let's get down to business, I know you want to know the good stuff. How much did I make?

Well between 10 guests I made 1300 that night. By that following Monday (Some had to wait to get check or whatever reason) I had made a grand total of over 1500 in wholesale!! Now, as a consultant half of that amount is pure profit. So my front pocket total was 750, in one weekend with 10 guests.

I couldn't believe it! My husband was in awe. Now guess who has some play money to spend in Vegas this week!!

I can't wait to see how my next party goes!

Now, I don't like to put this at the bottom of this fun post since it seems like an ad, but I know some of you are going to be curious about it. This business and the program that I am in may seem appealing to you and maybe you have some questions. Awesome! Contact me and let's see if we can set up a time to chat a little more in detail. I just don't want my post to come off as a recruiting technique. I will touch on recruiting on a different post. 

Hope you enjoy this short post! I will be back next week with some before & afters with a fun review!