My First Purchases!

As mentioned in my previous post, with the initial £169 starter kit, I received £300 in credit to start purchasing my samples. It is worth mentioning that Stella & Dot provide a list of suggestions for new Stylists of optimum samples. This is pretty useful, as it can be overwhelming deciding what to purchase initially. I made my choices below from the Stella & Dot New Stylist Samples recommended list.

1. Somervell Necklace in Gold 
2. Nancy Studs in Gold
3. Renegade Cluster Bracelet in Gold
4. Christina Link Bracelet in Gold
5. Zoe Lariat Necklace
6. Sardinia Chandeliers
7. Chelsea Tech Wallet - Poppy
8. Palm Springs Scarf - Navy Stripe Elephant
9. Tia Cross Body - Mosaic Tile

The video shows these samples in more depth and gives you a feel of what the jewellery and accessories look like on a normal person, not some gorgeous model!

                         

The Starter Kit

To join Stella & Dot, I paid an initial investment of £169. This provides me with the box of goodies below. The Tia Cross Body - Mosaic Tile handbag that you can see was an added giveaway to new Independent Stylists (that's the official title) joining in the month of February 2014. 

The Stella & Dot Starter Kit

I also received £300 in 'free' accessories (I put free in parentheses as I paid £169, so it really isn't 'free' is it?!)

I also have my own Stella & Dot website which is fantastic and so professionally done. The whole process was seamless and took less than 10 minutes.

All in all, I guess it's pretty reasonable for starting up your own business. The 'Stylist Lounge' as it's called is the intranet for Stylists and contains all kinds of useful training, marketing materials, extra resources and everything that was in the kit can also be found here, in soft copy.

One last thing to mention, the presentation of the Starter Kit is superb. The packaging and the way the Tia Cross Body bag was protected is really impressive. So far so good...