Beauty Spotlight: I Am fashionista

Hey Dolls! Today I bring you another beauty spot light about an up and coming online boutique and the owner Dajah Spence.




Tell me a little about yourself....

"My name is Dajah Spence. I am 21 years old. This is my 4th year at Bgsu, my major is Health care administrations with a double minor of business and gerontology.

I started I Am Fashionista this summer, I launched it July 1st."

Where did you get the idea to start your online boutique?

"I started I am Fashionista  this summer I launched it July 1st. I always had a lot of jewelry and my friends would always come over and borrow things, and they would always say you should start selling it. I was always like no this is my stuff I love it, A lot of the stuff I didn't even wear I just collected it. So one day I was at the bank and the bank teller was admiring my jewelry asked where I got it from, I told her I knew of a couple place with good deals and she told me I should start selling it. I talked to a couple of people that encouraged me to just do it. I was nervous at first, I've never started my own business before. I was never a business women or anything like that so I just had faith. And I'm doing okay I'm not rich or anything but im doing okay. "

What do you say sets your boutique apart from others?

"I have free shipping, my prices are very affordable. I treat my customers like they are somebody not just business. Sometimes I add free gifts to people's purchase depending on the price, when people have birthdays coming up I sometimes put something extra in there for them. I don't treat them as Just money. I always let them know when they post the jewelry don't forget to tag us and ill post it on the page.  I want people to feel like i am their go to girl when they don't have anything they know I have it. I want people to know you don't have to spend all this money to have nice things. "

Since your opening what are most proud of?

"I am proud that I was able to get this far. I never imaged that I would get this much support from people. To be able to come up with an idea and actually seeing my idea come to life. I talked to a couple of people that gave me some encouragement, and I was kind of scared. "What if people don't buy? What if they don't like what I like?" But that's just apart of taking a chance....Being able to make it this far. "

Where do you see yourself and brand  in 5 years?

I'm hoping to have thousands of followers. I look up to other brands like Rich girls. They support other businesses and that's what I love to do! I think its great how other small business are helping each other. I also see they have celebrities promote for them like Draye from basketball wives and things like that . So I'm hoping in five years to be up to where rich girls is at!"

Do you plan to step outside of Jewelry and maybe sell clothing pieces too?

"I sell others items like hats, scarfs. I don't think i'll go into selling clothes but I will do more then just jewelry. You know fashion accessories."

If you could Is there anything you would want to tell yourself 5 years ago, would you of started this sooner?

"I think this is the right time to do this. I have the right mindset, I have the funds for it. I was working really hard over the summer. I invested everything into my business I didn't get any help and I think this is the right time because I'm stable 5 years ago I wasn't."

Are you thinking about linking up with other Bg business?

"I haven't thought about it But that can potentially happen. I know fad watch is doing a lot with other small business that have started clothing lines and things like that, I'm hoping to network with them and link up with stuff like that."

 Is there anything else you would like to say?

"Everyone should follow _Iamfashionista on instagram, I have a Facebook like page, I'm on Pinterest all the social networks. I'm also going to start doing jewelry parties. Maybe at the end of this month beginning of October. I'm also going to have my models in fashion shows wearing my jewelry. I just want people to support "

After we wrapped up the interview Dajah and I just sat and chatted. We talked about different project we both are working and I was able to see that she is a very hard working person. I look forward to what she has in store for the future! Make sure you go over to her IG and Website to check out her pieces for sell and stay up to date on all the latest fashion accessories. Below I will list all of the links and pictures of the latest items on I am Fashionista. Be on the look out for more beauty spotlights!!

IG: _IAMFASHIONISTA_
Website: Fashionistajewlery.bigcartel.com
Email: iamfashionista216@gmail.com

(Prices for all of these items are on the website listed above and also available by email which is also listed above.)

Beauty Spotlight: Get #Binked

Hey dolls! So I have another beauty spot light for you today but this one is a little different. I started Beauty spot lights to shine light on some of my favorite beauty guru in the industry. I've decied to change that up a bit and shine some light on not only the well known people and brands but also up and coming people! So today I bring you an interviews I did with makeup artist/Nail tech from the BGSU campus which if you don't know is the  university  I originally attended. 

A little about "Bink" 

Bianca is a senior at BGSU and she is majoring in Psychology with an art minor. She currently a self taught nail tech and make up artist.

"So tell me what exactly does 'Binked and Binkism' mean?" 

"Bink began with me being weird. My freshman year, all my friends would go out and I would sit in my dorm room and play in make up. The summer after this year I started doing my nails again. My cousin originally taught me at the age of 12 because my mom said the only way I could get my nails done was if I did it myself so I did. Following this summer my roommate at the time told me I should do this on campus once we get back. I didn't think it would actually work but it did! That fall semester business was booming" 

"How was business your junior year?" 

 "Jr year I was focusing on my academic taking 17-18 credit hours so I couldn't do nails as much but I did so much my sophomore year people still wanted me  'Well can you fit me in ill come at 11pm'  also during my jr I stated getting payed for my makeup services sophomore year I volunteered so once I got a good reputation I was able to get contracts and actual  business and pay for my services. 

"What do you think it is that set you apart from other nail techs and make up artist on campus"

" Well being Bink is about getting your services to the best of my ability. Apart of that process is me, what sets me about is I genuinely  care! Its not about money to me I enjoy doing this I enjoy the relationship I build with my clients."  

"What is your ultimate goal with make up and nails?"

"My goal is to intersect cosmetology and art therapy, I can't tell you how  I'm going to do it because I haven't enter my masters program for art therapy to be trained on that area but I just know I'm going to do it! I see the relationship between the two and I believe I can connect the two. They are very diverse different fields but I just want to connect the two. I can't say I will have an art therapy studio, or nail studio, or make up studio but whatever I have I will be using all three together. 

"I can defiantly see the relationship between the two people love opening up to me as a stylist " 

"Exactly I can tell a child, a mother...I could tell myself you're going to see a therapist and the defense mechanism  being 'I'm not going to talk about my problems, I don't know you, I'm not crazy' but being an nail tech makeup artist this girls walk through the door and poor everything out to me. So I want be trained to handle what is being told to me and I want people to be comfortable with me. "

"So tell me about the event you have coming up? "

"This event is geared towards focusing on maintenance of healthy beauty. Not only will I have Bink, Binkism but also my friends business Hair crave that makes wigs. We will have everything from tutorials, educations sessions, healthy eating, makeup removal, nail remove everything! We will also have vendors that will be selling products including myself, haircrave, healthy snacks, maybe make up everything!"

"Will there be anymore events in the future?" 

 

"We would love to travel. There is a need for college women with fast paste life style who need help maintaining a healthy lifestyle and I just want to help eliminate that trial and error stage or help women in that stage get past that"

"So what is your next step?" 

"We'll I about to graduate BGSU class of 2014!! Then in June I want to start cosmetology school. Then go on yo get my masters and PHD! 

"So where can we find you?" 

"I am on Instagram Binkism #bink #binkism 

My email is binkedbinkism@gmail.com" 

Here are aome pictures of her work! 

I really enjoyed conversing with Bink for this interview and you will be seeing her face alot more! I look foward to working with Bink on projects in the near future! If you are in the BGSU/Toldeo area on Octber 5th 2013 be sure to come to her sip and shop event mentioned in this interview, I will be there along with other brands and organizations! Be sure to check back for more interview and of course everything else Blissfully unique has to offer you! 😘