Since starting Henna I have found an unbelievable passion for it. It relaxes me, it makes me happy, I get many compliments, and have had a lot of people encourage me to take things further and further.
Right now I do boothes at SCA events and Renn Faires when I can. I've done one birthday party as well. These have all been through people who know me though.
I have a very busy beach near me and it is something I feel could be insanely popular and know that it is because there is one henna booth on one side of the beach that has non-stop business. I spoke to them about working with them but they were only willing to pay me $8 hour. I responded to say how about I pay then $8 an hour to use the space for a few hours each week. :) There answer was a obvious no.
What I've done:
I've taken my portfolio to several shops to ask about subleasing space without any luck.
I've spoken with the boardwalk director and they will not allow me to setup a booth independantly (and I definitely can't afford to lease a full store).
I've spoken with the local farmers market who said I can sell material and items with henna on it; but can absolutely not do Henna on customers.
I've spoken to another local henna business and they're willing to work with me on a 60 me / 40 them basis, but they are about an hour and a half away from me, so that didn't work out.
I've advertised on craigslist with no hits.
So..... I'd love some ideas... I work a full-time job in medical billing, but would really love to do this part-time and maybe eventually full-time. Quite simply, it makes me happy.
How did you get your start? What do you do to find events / gigs / parties / or even a permanent booth?
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