Before I started as a Scentsy consultant, I worked retail, which as many of you know, can require really long hours, especially during the holidays, and you really don't have much say in your schedule at all. Once I had children I didn't want to go back to those awful retail hours and miss out on my kids' basketball games or other family events. I wanted to not stress the holidays but rather enjoy them with my family.

I stumbled across Scentsy and absolutely loved the product from the moment I saw it. It's a really great product. I loved the safety benefits because I had young kids. And my husband being a builder, he loved the non-damaging effects from the candles because they don't produce any smoke or soot. I immediately bought some for myself and I thought "why not sell it?"

Like I said before, my husband's a builder, so we purchased some Scentsy candles for house warming gifts and I was so impressed that soon after, I called the home office and signed up to be a Scentsy consultant myself. The wonderful thing about being a Scentsy consultant for me, is that now I put my family's schedule in my calendar first and then I work Scentsy around my life, not the other way around. My kids love the fact that I am at every one of their programs, sporting events, and dance competitions. I am in control of my schedule.

I have a cute little story about when I decided to work as a Scentsy consultant full time. We decided to hold a family meeting to discuss the opportunity. During the meeting I told my husband and my kids that I needed one night a week to go out and do a Scentsy party. Thursday nights were going to be my party night. By doing one party a week, I made the goal to sell $2,000 per month. If each party generated $500 in sales, then I would meet the monthly sales awards and qualify for an extra 5% bonus. I also made the goal of getting 3 new recruits per month. When I made that change and actually set some real goals and focused on those goals my business really took off.

As a Scentsy consultant, my family now has a business that we can all work together. It's been amazing to spend that time together as a family working on specific goals. I believe I'm really teaching my kids to work for their goals, and they are really excited. They love everyone on my team and we have made some great friends and have a really good time.

I, with two of my Scentsy consultant friends who live on my same street, hold regular open houses for our neighborhood. Our open houses are great big neighborhood parties with contests and prizes where everybody has a really good time. My two friends and I don't have a lot of competition between us, but rather we help each other out and support each other. We have a wonderful time with lots of delicious food, and giveaways. We set up an amazing display and have a lot of fun. Our neighbors really look forward to our open houses.

I love hearing people's stories and building that personal connection with my customers. It's all about customer service and building that connection with your customers to keep them coming back to you, and that's my favorite part about the parties. It's as simple as having guests open up the testers, smell, and then tell me their memories, while I just step back and listen. I love that! The parties are so simple, but yet so personal.

My husband and I were so grateful to have Scentsy because with the building market struggling the way that it has, it has been very difficult. Our monthly income kept going down, but my Scentsy income was increasing month after month. It was definitely a great thing to watch and be a part of!

Scentsy is such an opportunity. I look and see the increases that we're having monthly and the increases we had last year in sales and recruits. This is definitely the place to be. Scentsy is just amazing!

Yes the economy is bad. I have lots of friends who have really been affected by that. But what a blessing Scentsy has been that we have something to keep us moving forward. Something that we have a little bit of control of so we don't have to be a victim of the economy and what is going on. Scentsy has taught me so much. It's taught me to manage my time a little better and has really brought me out of my shell as I hold my team meetings and do team prizes. I've always loved working with people and Scentsy allows me to do that in a fun, comfortable way. Scentsy has really enhanced my life, and I am so grateful.