Producing "Jungle Queen" beauty products
Catherine
Kitengela, Kenya
100% repaid
Entrepreneur
Name
Catherine
Member since
September 2016
On-time repayments
114 installments • 41%
About Me
My names are Catherine Bakari Born brought up in Kenya.Lived almost all my life in Nairobi.Went to school up to secondary Education then college after that worked in different companies later opened my own business oasis dreams beauty parlour and while the i financed my course training with Kenya funguo foundation Kenya where i learned beauty production and business management.Since then have been learning from on line course Like AMI and others
But only recently i decided to expand my business to venture into my own beauty production for my oasis beauty product. I have website and i sell on line so i online almost all the time
I m out going open minded spiritual and curios person and especially on business fields
Have hard my ups and down in business and life and i m the kind that believes in crawling whenever i cant wal,walk when i cant tun but always on move never give up
My Business
Yah i love talking about my business because i love it.It started from scratch i mean no starting capital but client and no equipment but my hands .No beauty product but a bottle of massage oil and my own beauty product for personal use
I started by hiring a small space in a hotel in Miliman then i was an employee of a hotel that was known then as Heron court
The place where i use to hire small space was near by walking distance form my work and home so there was no transport cost.
Started with my friend and slowly client i use to attend to at sauna at my place of work would then come to my hired place for facials treatment steaming was done with bowl of hot water and towel to cover my product were natural like eggs white York as face mask avocado lemon honey mix hair treatment and the shampoo i could afford then form local shop
Within as short period of time i had more than enough client and hire d professionally trained therapy is and beautician barber to join me paid on commission i did home and office boarding school visit for hair cut hair do and manicure pedicure
my i registered my company under oasis dreams beauty parkour and today i have even till number for same business Thanks to God and shall forever be grateful to Safari com for communication and mpesa payment then now till use even on line
Loan Proposal
Love this part because just can't wait to do my usual save 10% to my fixed account is a tradition i started and excellent way so in short $1.5USD to fix account $8USD for additional chemical required for buying finished chemical for my liquid soap production and sernitizer hand wash
$5USD to buying unlimited package call sms bundle as well as data bundle for my modem
That help with phone and online communication with clients as well as placing free classified and renuwing old on line and digital magazines
I do marketing and take free business managment course online thus funds that goes to that field is very important last but not least is remaing balance around $1.2 USD goes to buying good quality packaging materials for my ready product for sale
Soon will need international standard packaging material since got neighbouring country orders just awaiting lock down to finish then i trasport to tanzania and uganda
All thanks to Zidisha for connecting us with our lender
I mean is huge shift from an employee to employer is miracle to me Thank you Shukrani
Income Source
Thanks my business is doing much better than before because liquid soap and bar are in high demand
Have more orders than I can manage because I still do manual ly
So my only challenge is slow production and large quantities required to meet the increasing customer demand
With school open and cufew hour reduce even hotel need soap
Thanks
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Loan Info
Project Type
Classic Loan
Disbursed amount
$30.00
Date disbursed
Jun 11, 2021
Repayment status
On Time
Projected term
1 week
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