Learn More About the AVON Opportunity

Hey, beauts. As you all know I am an AVON Representative. I am very proud of the AVON brand, what they stand for and how they give back. In today's blog post, i'd like to elaborate on that as well as listing other great reasons for selling AVON. After reading this post, if you find that starting your own AVON business is for you, SIGN UP HERE. 

AVON is the world's number one fundraiser for the breast cancer cause. Since 1992, the AVON Breast Cancer Crusade has been working tirelessly to help prevent, treat, and ultimately eradicate this disease. With more than $815 million raised and donated to breast cancer programs around the world.
In 2004, the AVON Foundation for Women launched Speak Out Against Domestic Violence: an initiative to build awareness, educate, and improve prevention and direct service programs. Through the end of 2014, in the U.S. alone, we have contributed nearly $40 million for the domestic violence cause.

To learn more about the AVON Foundation for Women and how AVON makes a difference in these causes, CLICK HERE.

Here are more positives about joining the AVON family:

- Becoming an AVON Representative takes 5 minutes and a one time starter fee of only $15. This is the lowest starter fee in all of the direct selling beauty industries. 

- You decide your hours. You work from home or on the go! You are your own boss. When you are an AVON Representative, you are in business for yourself but never by yourself. There is an immense support system in the Sisterhood of AVON. 

- Your AVON eStore is FREE. There is no monthly, weekly, bi-weekly, or yearly cost to you for this service. Your eStore is a big help to you in your business as you are not limited to your customer base. As long as your customer is in the United States, they can shop on your eStore! The Direct Delivery option on your eStore makes it so your customers orders ship directly to their home address. Your online sales will combine with your face-to-face sales and can boost your earnings level. In addition to that, you will earn 20% of each online order, no matter how much your customer has spent. 

- New AVON Representatives are eligible for huge incentive opportunities. Currently, the incentive for new AVON Reps is the Hit $100 Challenge. If your first campaign is at least $100, you will earn a variety of samples and receive $20 banked. At the end of your first five campaigns, if you have sold at least $100 each time, you will earn a rebate of $100, plus a bonus bundle of full sized products valued at $100! You must place six orders of a min. $100 consecutively to qualify for this all. You can use these products for your own personal use or sell them and make additional money. 

- You can work while having complete trust in the AVON company. AVON is coming up on their 130 year anniversary! You can rest assure that this is NOT a work-from-home scam or scheme. 

- Qualify for unlimited earnings and earn up to 50% of your total sales! The more AVON you sell, the more money you make. So, work hard - have fun - and get creative! 

- When you are an AVON Representative, you get the inside details on upcoming products and items before their launch date. You will also have the opportunity to purchase these items, before they debut, and at discounted prices. 

- AVON provides you an option to take part in the AVON Representative Savings Plan as well as Scholarship Opportunities. This could be the year to get awarded for your studies!

- FREE online training courses that you may take at any time that is most convenient for you, through the AVON University. This is highly recommended as these courses truly ready you for the start of your AVON business. 

- When you are ready, you may also take part in AVON Sales Leadership and build your own downline. This is a rewarding program in so many ways! 

Please refer to my previous blog entries on How to Start Selling AVON | How Selling AVON Works and New AVON Representative FAQs + Answers for additional information.

The Pink Issue

Hey, beauts! We're getting ready for a new campaign to launch online at youravon.com/ssandis and welcoming the month of October. Known for Fall sweater-weather, candy bars, haunted houses, pumpkin-spice-everything -- BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, it is Breast Cancer Awareness Month!!

How can purchasing AVON products make a difference for the cause?

Check out the "Pink Pages" where AVON will donate 20% of the 

net profits of those products!

PINK PAGE ITEMS/PRODUCTS:

Introducing Fergie's Newest Outspoken Fragrance: Outspoken Party! When you purchase ANY Outspoken by Fergie Fragrance, AVON will donate $5 to the AVON Breast Cancer Crusade. The new Party fragrance mixes pink peony, luscious raspberry, and creme bruelee. Get the Eau de Parfum Spray AND Scented Body Lotion BOTH for $25!

Outspoken Fresh, Outspoken (Original), and Outspoken Intense 

ALL included in the Pink Pages Promotion.

AVON will donate 20% of the net profits when you purchase Mega Effects Mascara (available in 3 shades: Black, Blackest Black, and Brown Black) $10 each.

The ALL NEW Perfect Brow Gel is also included in the Pink Pages Promotion. When you purchase this new beauty product, AVON will donate 20% of the net profits to the AVON Breast Cancer Crusade. (Shades available: Light Brown and Dark Brown) INTRO SPECIAL $4.99 each.

THINK PINK with the Anew Vitale Skincare Collection! When you purchase any of the Anew Vitale products in Campaign 22, AVON will donate 20% of the net profits to the AVON Breast Cancer Crusade. (Up to 1 million $$ and in Campaign 22 ONLY) This would be a beautiful time to start your skincare regimen and Anew Vitale is a fabulous choice. Reducing the size of pores and evening skin tone makes for a fresh and radiant face!

Vitale Regimen: 

Gel Cleanser, Eye Gel Cream, Day Cream SPF 25 or Day Lotion SPF 25, and Night Cream.

Love AVON fine jewelry? I do, too! In Campaign 22, we can treat ourselves (or gift others) with stunning pieces and its all for the cause!! The Sterling Silver Sentimental Band Ring features four different inscriptions, choose from, Sister - Mother - Daughter - or - Family. $19.99 each (was $39.99 each) Inspired. Fearless. Grateful. Those are the inspirational messages to be found on the new Sterling Silver Special Sentiment Rings. They are valued at $34.99 but are at a SPECIAL PRICING of $14.99 each! Once again, AVON will donate 20% of the net profits of each of these items when purchased. youravon.com/ssandis

Get ready to turn some heads in this classy yet sexy Zip-Detail Ruched Dress! This stunning knee-length dress in eye-catching marsala is ruched at the side for a universally flattering look $19.99. Pairs gorgeously with the all new T-Strap Kitten Heel $29.99. Snag a new fashionable look while supporting the cause because this is another Pink Page Promotion that AVON will donate 20% of the net profits on to the AVON Breast Cancer Crusade!! (win, win)

What upcoming events can you see yourself donning this amazing look!?

Super cute and amazingly comfortable Memory Foam Jewelled Slippers (now with 2x the Memory Foam!!) Soft colors include: Grey, Pink, or Purple. SPECIAL PRICING of $9.99 each pair! AVON will donate 20% of these net profits to the AVON Breast Cancer Crusade (Again, up to 1 million $$ and in Campaign 22 ONLY). These slippers will be $14.99 each pair so that, coupled with the donation from AVON, make it the best time to order.

You cannot help but think of Skin So Soft when talking about AVON. Skin So Soft Bath Oil is the classic AVON product. In Campaign 22, AVON will donate 20% of the net profits (up to 1 million $$) of every purchase of the Skin So Soft Breast Cancer Awareness Soft & Sensual Bath Oil (16.9 fl. oz. bottle) $10 Get softer, smoother skin all over in just one bath!

I hope you have enjoyed this Pink Issue Blog Post! 

Let's raise money for Breast Cancer Awareness with purchasing some of these incredible AVON products/items!!

SHOP NOW AT youravon.com/ssandis

Power Up Your Beauty Routine

Hey there, beauties! Campaign 20 has officially hit my AVON eStore. In this entry, I want you all to see the how certain products once "powered up" can give you a new sense of empowerment in yourself. Once you are more empowered, you can in turn empower others.  And that is a beautiful thing.

The Anew Power Serum has made its official launch to AVON, although you may have noticed that you have been able to purchase it, online exclusively, during the Pre-Sale! The price on it is still at a special of $29.99 and you can read all about this new skincare product HERE.

Get ready to power up those lashes with the Mega Effects Mascara, on sale at the fabulously low price of $7.99 (Reg. $10) Learn how you can use the Mega Effects product line to master that oh-so-trendy and dramatic cat eye. CLICK HERE to read the how-to.

Power up your lippy look by daring to be bold and trying a new Ultra Color Bold Lipstick shade. My favorite is Pink Punch! It is such a fun shade and wearing it makes me feel fierce and fearless! The UC Lipstick line is on sale in Campaign 20 for $5.99 each. (Reg. $8 each)

I just LOVE my AVON makeup!!

Part of your beauty routine includes that quick spritz of your signature fragrance. Rare Amethyst is a relatively new parfum spray to AVON and it features notes of plum, violet, and rich sandalwood. It is now ON SALE for just $12.99 for the 1.7 fl. oz. bottle. (Reg. $23) Power up your beauty with this glamorous and captivating scent. 

Its time to power up that wardrobe of yours and get your Fall looks ready! The all-new Leopard Print Button-Front Tunic is sophisticated enough for work yet sexy for after dark. Features ruched sleeves and a flattering high-low hemline. Starting at $19.99! Pair this tunic with the all-new Cushion Walk Wrap-Around Ankle Bootie. Chunky 2 1/2 inch heel. Special pricing of $39.99 (Will be $44.99) 

In closing: Let's empower women together! When you shop the AVON Foundation's Empowerment Collection, you are supporting the cause to bring awareness to Domestic Violence. (A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the cause.) In 2004, the Avon Foundation for Women launched Speak Out Against Domestic Violence, an initiative to build awareness, educate, and improve prevention and direct service programs. 

Through the end of 2014, in the U.S. alone, we have contributed nearly $40 million for the domestic violence cause. AVON's Speak Out Against Domestic Violence programs work to engage people to talk about their experiences and so victims know that they are not alone! 

To learn more about the AVON Foundation for Women and to shop the products mentioned in this post (plus more!) visit youravon.com/ssandis 

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13 Big Moments In Beauty History

Happy Monday, beauties! Since the beginning of time, women have primped and pampered themselves to feel attractive, healthy, poised and confident — all in the name of beauty. But the word’s very definition is one that’s constantly changing, as much as the cultures that define it and are defined by it.

Enjoy a bit of time travel as we recount some of history’s most important beauty moments and trends, from 4,000 B.C. to today.

1. 4,000 B.C. Cleopatra’s makeup was more than just a fashion statement. According to National Geographic, her heavily lined lids actually protected against infection. The low dose of lead salt in kohl, a mixture of animal fat and lead, increased the body’s production of nitric oxide, which stimulated the immune system and helped fight disease-causing bacteria.

2. 1370 The first “modern” perfume was made for Queen Elizabeth of Hungary. The scent, known as Hungary Water, was made of scented oils in an alcohol solution.

3. 1500 Another queen, this time Queen Elizabeth I — you know that Queen Elizabeth — popularized the use of makeup. She used white lead and vinegar to create a ghostly white countenance and then tinted her lips crimson with beeswax and plant-based dyes.

4. 1880s Queen Victoria denounced the use of makeup. She thought it to be vulgar!

5. 1911 It’s been said that false eyelashes were invented by American director David W. Griffith to widen the expressive eyes of the actresses in his silent films. But a patent was actually granted to a Canadian woman named Anna Taylor in 1911. False eyelashes wouldn’t become popular with mainstream women until the ‘40s.

6. 1912 Activists like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Charlotte Perkins Gilman who walked in the New York Suffragette Rally of 1912 wore vibrant red lipstick to signify both liberty and rebellion, proving once again that lip color can become a badge of female strength.

7. 1929 Avon launched its line of color cosmetics at a time that could have been potentially disastrous: during the Great Depression. However, the business thrived thanks to Representatives who could travel and meet face-to-face with customers, even in the most rural of settings. Some now call it “the lipstick effect” — studies show that in times of economic distress, many women turn to their favorite makeup item for a boost.

8. 1939-1945 During WWII in Britain, all cosmetics were rationed except for lipstick, which was thought to have boosted morale. Female nurses in the armed forces were also stuck to the bright shade as lipstick was thought to have a calming effect on male soldiers.

9. 1946 Eva Perón was as not only a political activist and trail-blazing First Lady of Argentina, but also a style icon. Her honey-blonde locks were always fashioned in a pristine, voluminous chignon — creating #hairenvy throughout the country and world, long before the advent of the hashtag.

10. 1974 The seventies were a big decade for the women’s liberation movement in the U.S. and beyond: Switzerland finally gave women main election voting rights in 1971, Oxford University opened their doors to women in 1972, and the U.S. passed the Domestic Violence Act, making domestic violence no longer a “private matter” in 1976. It was also a year of change in the fashion and beauty industry. Beverly Johnson became the first black model to grace the cover of American Vogue.

11. 1980s Big hair and shoulder pads weren’t the only looks that defined this decade. With the launch of MTV in 1981, the fierce and fun beauty looks of pop princesses influenced women all over the U.S. Over-the-top eye shadow, thick liner, rosy cheeks, full lips and bushy brows — girls just wanna have fun a full face of makeup!

12. 2013 Super Typhoon Yolanda devastated many parts of Southeast Asia, including the Philippines. Recognizing the power of a pick-me-up, Department of Education Secretary Armin Luistro called for donations of beauty products with the goal of gifting them to teachers in the affected areas. Avon was honored to provide makeup kits, including tubes of brightly hued lipstick. “Avon feels very much humbled to be given this privilege, through our lipsticks, to have a role in these teachers’ heroism as they return to their teaching posts for the sake of the students whom they serve,” commented Faith Fernandez Aranton, Avon Philippines’ Head of PR and Communications.

13. 2015 Today the “power brow” is having a moment. Look to none other than mark. Ambassador Lucy Hale and her perfect arches for evidence. Women are using tweezers sparingly and filling in brows with pencils and powders to get strong, confident brows.


What will be the next big moment in beauty? 

Only time will tell.

New AVON Representative FAQs + Answers

THIS IS THE COMPANY that puts mascara on lashes and food on the tables. That fights wrinkles with one hand and Breast Cancer with the other. That knows the value of a perfect lip, but still opens its mouth and speaks out against Domestic Violence and for women’s financial independence. This is the company that not only brings beauty to doors, but also opens them. The company that supports more than 6 million Representatives in over 100 countries. This is AVON. The company that for more than 125 years has stood for beauty, innovation, optimism and above all for women.


Some of the FAQs inquired by potential new Representatives:

How do I get started?

It takes just 5 minutes to sign up! Fill out a registration form {Use Reference Code ssandis at the bottom of the form} and choose your tools to set up your online business immediately. Just $15 gets you started and makes you an official AVON Independent Sales Representative. To learn about any additional costs associated with being an AVON Representative, click here.

What happens after I sign up?

You’ll be directed to the New Representative Center – your go-to resource for immediate info and support. Your welcome kit will be mailed to you. You’ll also be contacted by your AVON Sales Leader {that would be me!} AND your District Sales Manager to welcome you, answer every question, and guide you as you start up your business. Basically, you have a ton of support!

Can I earn back my start-up fees within 30 days?

Most AVON Representatives do! Simply by launching their business to family and friends, start-up costs are covered – plus earnings. The tools and programs available to a new representative help get you off to a great start.

How much can I make selling AVON?

Your earnings match your efforts, and your passion. You have the opportunity to grow your earnings as you grow your sales. Build on your success by inviting people into the AVON business and earn on recruiting efforts and team sales. Your success is unlimited!

How do I place orders?

AVON provides free online training courses through the AVON University. These courses are highly recommend as they are incredibly helpful and will even do a mock order so you can feel confident when the time comes to place your first order. When selling face-to-face, simply collect payment with your Customer’s order, then place the order via your New Representative portal online. Products will be sent directly to you to then deliver to your Customers. For your Customers ordering online, through direct delivery, you’ll receive payment and earnings through direct deposit or as a credit to your AVON account – that’s it!

How can I be successful?

Building relationships is at the heart of our business. Whether it be face-to-face, or online, selling AVON gives you the opportunity to build on the relationships you already have – and help you create new ones. Add to that a love of beauty, a passion for success, and all the amazing support you receive when you become a Representative, and you’re on your way for unlimited rewards and success.

Can I be successful selling online only?

Yes! AVON is fully integrated in social media so there are tons of opportunities to promote your business through Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and more. Plus, AVON has its own mobile APP so you can connect with and grow your client base from your smart phone to make money any time, anywhere.

What is direct selling?

It’s about direct contact with your customers, being your own boss, and having your own business. You can work independently, or with a team. You can work from home and create the work/life balance that’s just right for you and your family. However you choose to sell you’ll be part of a warm, welcoming community of people and beauty lovers just like you.

If you have any additional questions or would like me to cover anything else, please contact me and/or comment below. Thank you and I look forward to working with you and guiding you toward your planned success!

What AVON Has Done For Me

Before starting my journey and #beautiful story with AVON, I was unsure of myself... doubts in my own self took over. Sure, I had more than enough going on at home with family life and housework - BUT something in ME was missing. Something for me was missing. 

I looked into direct selling companies and of course AVON was high on the list. For starters, its #legit. AVON has been around for almost 130 years.. they clearly are doing something right. Also, AVON has the lowest priced start up kit in the direct selling beauty industry. Only $15. The eStore that is provided to me to have customers shop on and get their orders delivered directly to them, is FREE. Always. The AVON Foundation that supports Breast Cancer Awareness and Domestic Violence Awareness, really means a lot to me. AVON is giving back in such a powerful and emotional way. And the Customer Service? I love it. If I have to call in about an issue or question I have, no matter whom I talk with, it always gets corrected and taken care of. They do not just write you off. You are not just a number to AVON --- you matter. Millions of Representatives have flourished, not only in a monetary value but on a personal level. 

That is where I have found myself. Family and friends have noticed --- I am confident. I am proud of AVON and what I am doing. I am proud of myself. I have my own business! It is fun, rewarding, and is a key part in defining who I am and what I am doing in my life. 

Since starting my own AVON business I am more outspoken. You have to be! The most interesting take on this for me is just how easy and naturally it came about. I have struggled my entire life with anxiety and depression. AVON has launched me out of my own shell and i'm becoming a strong and more #independent woman. 

My hope is to continue to grow with my #business and for those who are struggling with themselves in a way as I was... that they too can find that #AVON can help them.  I truly feel this way. I was happy before AVON but with it, I am more.  You can be, too! It takes less than 10 minutes to get started and the excitement that fills you will just spill on to others!! I've met so many amazingly helpful and friendly people along the way. Every day there is something new and exciting waiting to share with the world. Thank you for allowing me to share this with you.