Adding Hair Dryers, Shampoos, and Weaves to Salon Inventory

Krisple

Kitale, Kenya

35% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Krisple

Member since

January 2015

On-time repayments

29 installments  •  7%

About Me

i was born in kenya eastern province in meru district..i was brought up in a small family consisting of four family members.we used to be one boy and three
girls..i was th last born that was back in 1993.by that time my dad was working in nairobi so we could hardly ee him..my mother was workin in a center
almost five kilometers from home.i lately joined school on 2000.i was admitted in a local primary school for my nursery school studie..at school things
changed..i could no longer talt to my sisters, my mum.again life there started becoming intresting..making many friends was awosome.playin most of the time was fantastic.i started knowing
how to write.by that time we used pencils..of which i later got introduced to pens.truly life in primary was amazing.only that some times it got hard to
mybe wake up early.the eight year seemed long but it was just like one long year because i noticed that i was almost through with reading hen i got to
class six.by that time i was taken to a bourding school where i got my self busy after my dad gave mi some of his life experiences.i was alwais adviced to
avoid troubles,drugs and theft.o completing the school i was among the top ten in our school class eight..i had qualified to join a provincial high shoool
at that time..
at times waking up was again a challenge because i was used to waking up late.anyway, i adapted later after punishments started ruining my high school life.
after my be two year is when i realised that my life there was short..actualy i got more serious on the third year in high school.defenetly i did well
in the final exam..it was amazin to get through with books..little did i know that am from a fryng pan to the real fire itself .the other part of life was a nightmare....I thot of starting my business bt I didnthave funds.bt one day I thought of making a simple kinyozi..I got some funding from my sister who was by that time living in Nairobi.i had an old shaving mashine whch I started jokingly shavin little kid who came across me..it was all amazing..at my place of origin things there are hard because people there are farmers and I didn't want to become one because it seemed tiring.simply life at home was nt pleasing because .at times while at home there was no time to play again my leisure time was so limited..i could just go what movies at my neighbourhood..at times we could go for football..other times may be visit my friends..

My Business

after my high school i was idle at home until when i went to stay with one of my sisters who was by that time was living in nairobi.i got there but there was
no job..i started getting ntrested to shaving,i called little childrenand shaved them free of charg.it was intresting..trully i
liked it; i got much intrested until when i raised a topic to my sister who promised to start for mi a barber shop.after my be an hour she got mi some cash
and started arrangements.i brought up u good barbershop..truly during the first week i made very little.. i had not even as single clue on how to shave or make any hair style..by that time i got a clue
on how to make more. decided to target the young people..i used to get small kids shave them free of charge..bt trully it was amazing.i now started to
get some idea of how things work. as i worked there emerged an issue.by that time i used to make mybe atleast thee hundred per day, my sister gave mi
some unbearable orders whch were realy a hit..bt anyway i mananged.thre i started bcoming famous.i could shave big people by then.after an year there
came a bigger issue.i noticed my sister hade slowly started turning mi to her slave slowly. later on there is u a guy who advise to mi to join a college
which i could get all waht i needed.i did so i askd my sister if could join an i was greanted the chance..i got some little advance funds from my mum and joined
brilliant beauty college in early the year of 2012.there i got al the information i needed.i could join morning classes and later resume to job..
bt by then the job decresded due to my absence,my sis was again not pleased with the low income..time pased until i could no longer stay at my sisters place
that is wnen i got a good job here i kitale..that is after ai completed my diploma in cosmetology..again life there at kitale became terrible after some time
simply because i had not adapted to it..bt sooner igot used to the dust and the scorching sun..thaat is where currently working under blue mrecury salon services..
the job itself is encouranging bt at times ther are some few days that things dont work as i planat my place we offer all kind of hair cut.we do manicure /pedicure.we do hair setting..we also do blow drys..normal plaiting..normal weaving choose this kind of business simply because u earn a lot of time within no time, it is nt that much exhausting..and also it is my hobby..am planning to do many things with the loan..like
-add my cosmetic stock.
-extend the room of where I work.to increase space.
-buy some new products.
-get some new advanced shaving mashine.
-replace my old blowdry..
-buy ear piercing mashine.
-increase some services like ear piercing..
-make the place attracting by painting,,.
-replace my old reception fittings.

actually it costed mi around 50000 shillngs to start the whole project.at this time am capable of making 1000 per day.if there is extra enough money I send some to my bank account..he other part is I help fund my cousin who is back in high school.i also send some few to my parents back at home and the little remaining I use it to re stock mt products.an some rare maintanance

Loan Proposal

I inted to add more equipments.like more blowdrys.i also need more chemicals.like treatments..i also want to add the products..i also have a greater plan I plan to start selling cosmetics..like shampoos.treatments.like braids, weaves en all the sort..i also want to expand the working place.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$100.00

Date disbursed

Feb 9, 2015

Repayment status

Late

Projected term

6 months

Lenders

investor

Candiac, Canada

P

patrickberkeley

Burlington, United States

Bruno

São Paulo, Brazil

O

ocnis

Seattle, United States

C

Chad

United States

B

BigRosie

United States

KM

Kirsty M

United Kingdom

C

CSM

Berlin, Germany

Robert

Sweden

Matt B

Stratford Upon Avon, United Kingdom

JG

Jake Gibson and Beverly Picardo

San Francisco, United States

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