I came across several bits of news about a few cosmetic party plan companies.
Affordable Mineral Makeup has a new owner, Arlene Sherman. According to the announcement, customers will be receiving the “same great product and service.” There was no mention of whether or not the consultant opportunity will change, but the sign-up options are still available on the website.
Although I have no idea when it happened, Mineral Girlz also has “new” owners and doesn’t seem to be accepting new consultants at this time.
Again, I don’t know when it happened, but Beautiful Diva seems to be out of business – their website is gone.
In other cosmetic company news, Kay Napier is coming up on her one year anniversary as Arbonne International LLC’s CEO. Having recently emerged from bankruptcy reorganization the company is looking to build success by supporting its consultants and producing new products.
In their recent release of the “DSN Global 100″ Direct Selling News listed the top companies based on 2009 wholesale revenue. The top five companies all sell makeup. They are Avon, Alticor Inc. (Amway), Vorwerk & Co KG (JAFRA), Mary Kay and Natura Cosmeticos. There are probably more than another two dozen cosmetics companies on the list, including Arbonne International LLC and Tupperware (which owns BeautiControl).
It seems makeup continues to be a popular product for direct sales consultants and customers.
In more news, Avon Products, Inc. has agreed to purchase jewelry company Silpada Designs in a deal that’s should be completed in September, 2010. No major changes to Silpada’s daily operations are expected. The current management team will continue to run Silpada as a stand alone business with the party plan model and consultant base remaining intact.
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http://www.avoncompany.com/investor/businessnews/index.html