Only a couple of days left for this exciting year or 2009.. looking back this year, I’m sure as many people I went through a lot. Until beginning of this year I’ve always had a full time job and henna was a side business for me but I always wondered if it’s possible to have this as a full time business and do it well. it was a unfortunate/fortunate thing for me to get laid off in Jan this year to explore my dream to have my full time own business. Of course it wasn’t easy and it wasn’t the right timing either since it was Jan and it’s cold in NY for henna, and I knew nothing about running a business since I was just a graphic designer working in fashion. After a while I soon realized for me to be able to run this as a full time I need to do things differently than before then I came up with 3 great ideas this year.
1. Blissful Belly
Maternity henna for moms to be to get henna on the belly for a good luck and also for the pampering experience. I was lucky enough to work with an amazing photographer who specializes in maternity portraits. We are now offering henna and portrait package as well as individual service. we also offer gift certificate as this make a wonderful baby shower gift!
2. Luxe Glow
It’s a waterproof glitter that lasts for few days to over a week. This service was developed by the request of Indian bride who was able to use henna for the wedding( personal reason) and I came across this technique and prefected it for her wedding. I’m looking to offer this to a western brides as well as South Asian brides and i have been offering it to parties and special occasions. i have been getting such a great feed backs and everyone loves it.
3. Henna Therapy
Last but not the least, this is slowly taking it’s shape.. I’ve had this idea to offer henna workshop for cancer patients and this year I accomplished to get a site up, formed a group on FB, started talking to few people across the country to somehow do this nation wide. It still needs a lot of work but I’ll make it happen to make many women smile in the near future.
www.hennatherapy.org
Over all, it was a great year for me to grow and looking forward to growing together with wonderful people I connect with this year!
Have a Wonderful New Year everyone!
