By April MacIntyre Oct 24, 2009, 20:03 GMT
Entrepreneur Poppy King has made a big name for herself in the beauty industry. King started her own lipstick brand in 1992 in Melbourne Australia when she was about six months out of high school and had just turned 18 years of age.
The product is excellent; a sheer cherry-red perfect gloss, especially suitable for the chickens out there who normally shy away from a bolder mouth. Be brave, dip your toe into the red pool for lips with this gorgeous lipgloss, wearable on just about everyone. Not sticky, no funky odor or perfumes, just sheerly vibrant. Best new product for lips to hit my desk in a long time.
The drive to find the right lipstick led her to a successful career on two continents and a consultancy with Estee Lauder, along with her memoir recounting this journey just published in 2008, "Lessons of a Lipstick Queen."
Now for the first time ever, women own half the businesses in the U.S. and are set to equal men on the nation’s payroll. To celebrate this milestone of women in the workforce, King has partnered with Count Me In For Women’s Economic Independence to launch a sheer fire engine red gloss – aptly titled Fired Up – to help fuel the fires of women who are creating new jobs and leading the nation out of recession.
Good to know then that 100% of the profits from the sale of "Fired Up" will go to Count Me In, the leading national not-for-profit provider of resources, business education, and community for women entrepreneurs.
King has selected Count Me In, a group dedicated to promoting economic independence and the growth of women owned businesses to benefit from her creation of the Fired Up lipgloss. This group is the leading national not-for-profit provider of resources, business education and community support for women entrepreneurs seeking to grow micro businesses to million dollar enterprises.:
The non-profit Count Me In shares some illuminating facts:
Women-owned businesses employ approximately 27 million people
Women own 48% of all businesses in the United States -- that is 9.1 million businesses*
Women business owners contribute more than $3.6 trillion to the marketplace each year, and women account for more than 70% of consumer spending *
55% of women provide half or more of their household's income, yet 48 million women -- that is 80% of all women in the workforce -- earn less than $25,000 a year
*Facts from "The National Foundation for Women Business Owners"
“The power of red and its mystique is already embedded in our culture” says King. “From Rosie the Riveter’s trademark red lips during World War II, no cosmetic item has more power to get a woman Fired Up about the task ahead.”
This terrific gloss that supports a useful organization is available exclusively at www.lipstickqueen.com and is affordably priced at $14.
King's new venture, Lipstick Queen, is inspired by her drive to continue to create and refine the lipstick and lipgloss experience so many women, even most who despise makeup, adore.
Lipstick, more than any other cosmetic item, just makes you feel like a woman. King understands that confidence boost and exhilaration in finding that right color, texture, shade that's worth a million bucks when you apply, and everything just clicks.
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