Avon Products Inc.

I sell Scentsy.

I sell Avon.

Okay, there's a ton of other people out there doing that.

I'm not saying that that can't be entrepreneurial.

But if you tell me, let's say you sell Avon or you say you sell some kind of makeup product, I help women understand how to apply makeup that's best for their skin.

Or I help women find the best colors for their makeup or their lipstick.

I help women... find affordable products for skincare.

Like, okay, you're solving a problem.

And I really think it's a fascinating look at the beauty industry.

I learned things like there are 20 times more Avon ladies in Brazil than there are people in the armed forces.

I mean, the number of chemicals...

Some might say that's

quite good.

Well, do you remember Avon ladies? Yeah, of

course I do.

I used to love the Avon catalogue.

Because she was studying at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University where she completed a law degree.

She was the face of Avon.

You know, Avon? Massive makeup brand.

Huge brand.

Do you know how I know about, well, not how I know everyone in the world kind of knows about Avon, but do you know how I first learned about Avon? And I reckon there might be one or two people who have this shared experience.

Was it a traveling salesman? No.

Sales lady.

Edward Scissorhands.

Aunt Maria, for one, my mom would take me over there and she would cut my hair because she had a cosmetology license.

But she had a room in the back because Aunt Maria on the side sold Avon.

And so she had a room in the back that was full of Avon products.

And I knew any time I was going over to Aunt Maria's, either for Christmas or birthdays or anything, that she would give me a bunch of Avon.

So I have a similar room in the back, not full of Avon, but full of other stuff.

So I'm going to go into the gift room, and I'm going to pick out something at random for Rick.

Remember,

Fuller Brushman.

Or the Avon lady as she used to be.

Don't you wish you were this happy, resourceful woman? And look at her jeweled pin, a reward for success.

She's in the beauty business, representing Avon, the world's largest cosmetic company.

These are people that buy products from a company like Fuller Brush at a discount and sell them at a markup door-to-door, and they keep the profit.

It is a very simple business.

So her sister Federica was home studying and she's the one who answered the phone.

Emanuela told Federica that a man approached her outside the school saying he was a representative of Avon and offered her a job handing out flyers for this fashion show.

So...

You know, like, okay.

Now, here's a thing.

I don't know if, is Avon still a thing? I think Avon might still be a thing.

So back in the day, for those of you who are unaccustomed to this, Avon was a...

I don't want to say it was the original MLM because I think that might be Tupperware.

Again, if they're tied to your brand, you can still do all the things.

Can we use Mary Kay as an example? Mary Kay, Avon, all of those direct sales beauty brands consultant businesses doesn't tie into your brand if it ties into your brand there's your it's going to sell without you doing more work than you have to what I mean is For instance, you could have beauty products in a basket on your desk or in your car.

You take it to an sports outing.

You take it to a networking event.