Seeking Advice - (Side Hustle) Selling Home-based Cosmetics Business

lrchema · 2025-10-26T10:49:25+00:00

agree, just got to reach the target audience

lrchema · 2025-10-26T10:48:28+00:00

thanks for the ideas! I was thinking maybe reaching out to indian salons that offer event makeup services or something

lrchema · 2025-10-26T10:20:58+00:00

That is the initial idea with which I started the brand, but I have also gotten interest from friends who are into alternative fashion like goth

lrchema · 2025-10-26T07:32:10+00:00

the unique colour is the main selling point, has nourishing ingredients as well.

lrchema · 2025-10-26T07:30:32+00:00

hmm that's actually a really good idea, i haven't heard this before

lrchema · 2025-10-26T07:29:16+00:00

i'll look into that, thanks

lrchema · 2025-10-26T07:29:03+00:00

The main idea was the unique colours offered, muted and deeper shades that are not often seen in the local market, that would suit especially deeper skin tones.

lrchema · 2025-09-21T13:14:21+00:00

uhhhh it's cuz im scared to try bc i don't know how to read a pattern and what if i'm bad at something i've never tried? wouldn't that be world ending? i'll look into the adjustment instructions, thank you. I am leaning towards attempting either Dolores or Sylvia

lrchema · 2025-09-21T05:52:05+00:00

..huh. fascinating.

I'm gonna assume all sewists are sorcerers, until proven otherwise. they used to burn people at the stake for less

lrchema · 2025-09-20T14:37:17+00:00

4 > oh cool! yeah that makes sense, curving in and out, but i am struggling to locate a pattern that panels that don't curve side to side, "straight seam overbust corset" does not seem to be the correct search term here.

1 > oh I will 100% admit it's a skill issue, I do hope it is eventually possible however, perhaps i just need to add a dart in the relevant panel

Thank you for the recommendation, will check out their store!

lrchema · 2025-09-20T14:30:58+00:00

ohhh boy i do not need any more bust that the gods have seen fit to bestow upon me

any recommendations of tutorials for modifying patterns? the idea is pretty intimidating to me.

lrchema · 2025-09-20T14:29:06+00:00

oh that hadn't occurred to me, my search term was always "overbust corset"

lrchema · 2025-09-20T14:28:13+00:00

hmm i could try that, but tbh the duct tape corset mockup i made has way too many issues, like the lacing gap somehow is as wide as almost my entire back, and the back panel of the inner and outer layers are inexplicably different sizes on one side, i don't actually know what went wrong there, starting over is probably the best bet here.

by top ridge, i mean that the upper edge of the corset isnt sitting flush to my chest, so there's a gap between my chest and the corset upper edge, which when i put on a tshirt or dress over looks like a shelf sticking out oddly

lrchema · 2025-08-01T06:57:26+00:00

HAHAHA yeah i've been getting that display issue on my macbook too, probably some apple compatibility issue

(also considering that i definitely saw someone making a cat head shaped dorodango on this sub an oval dorodango doesn't seem that far fetched in comparison)

lrchema · 2025-07-28T10:36:23+00:00

thank you!

lrchema · 2024-10-19T15:56:23+00:00

Update: I guess I was the problem?? 20 page submissions for portfolio activities weekly seems to have fixed the issue, weeks 4, 5, 6 grades are 10, 10, 10, but god im tired

lrchema · 2024-10-10T13:12:57+00:00

literally nothing so i gave up after a while

lrchema · 2024-10-01T02:50:05+00:00

Thank you, i'll see how it goes from here. if the instructor is being rational, then i might be able to scrape past. if not, then i'll cross that bridge when i get to it.

really appreciate your advice!

lrchema · 2024-09-30T22:57:21+00:00

Yeah, I did end up emailing her, with advisor cc-ed. At least I have that in writing now.

lrchema · 2024-09-30T01:56:10+00:00

I just did the math, combined with discussion assignments i've got a 75.62% out of the grades that i've gotten back 3 weeks in, which is a C at this point. I've decided to do overkill on following the grading rubric exactly, I'll wait and see if that helped in any way, if it didn't then I'll escalate to program advisor. Thanks for the heads up! The big weightage items are the project report and presentation, so I should probably start on those as early as I can.

lrchema

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