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We have a niece and she is trying to sell cosmetics and frankly she is overweight and her skin is not pretty at all , constant acne and such and she does not even wear makeup herself and her clothes are not what we all would call sales type .Sometimes she just gets clothes out of the dirty clothes bin In other words she is more the t shirt and jeans type instead of skirt and panty hose type .I dont even believe she owns a skirt or nice business type shirt , I just dont think it is a good idea for her to sell cosmetics and dont think she would be successful at it . How could we tell her , without hurting her feelings too much ? Or should we just be blunt ? I guess I should have said this too . Her uncle tried to give her a gift card for clothes and she gave it back to him saying she did not need new clothes but thanks .I wish I could afford to do something for her but I cant afford new clothes for myself right now .
Last edited by phonelady61; 12-01-2012 at 03:39 PM..
Since she's interested in selling that stuff, maybe she'd be open to some loving type advice. tell her appearance counts in any selling job, and offer to give her some lessons or pointers. Or if you can, help her get a couple of new outfits. (Christmas is coming!)
Having sold cosmetics myself right after college, I can tell you this-- you don't need to be the one to break it to her. The industry will only hire people who have a certain "look"-- go into any department store and you will notice what I mean. Further, each line has a specific image. MAC salespeople look different than Clinique than Chanel, etc. If she is doing a door to door business like Avon or Mary Kay, she will learn very quickly to market the products better by taking care of herself, or get a new source of income. Who knows, maybe she will rise to the occasion and use this opportunity to take more care with her appearance.
I agree with the other responses - if she hasn't asked for your opinions or advice, it's not your place to give it to her. She will eventually figure out on her own that she is not right for this venture and she will move on. Either that or she'll figure out she needs to clean up her act. She is an adult right? Let her live her life and make her own decisions.
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