Hey Ladies,
I wanted to share with you what is currently in the Younique Presenters Kit. The kit was launched on October 1st, in was also the first kit for the presenters in the UK!
I love all the products and will do separate reviews but in this video I just wanted to show you what you would get also if you wanted to join Younique!
If you have any questions please email me - workfromhomemumuk@outlook.com
If you would like to Join Younique and start your exciting business click HERE
Hope you are having a Great Day,
Victoria x
Sunday 26 October 2014
Thursday 16 October 2014
Strength and Growth Come Only Through Continuous Effort & Struggle
When you struggle in life it makes you grow, makes you become a stronger and better person. Everyone has struggles but it is what you choose to do with your problems that makes you the person you become later.
Do you.... feel sorry for yourself and expect other people to rescue you?
Or
Do you stand up for what you want, what you believe in and what you know you deserve??
My family have been through a tough year and a half, from only one parent working, my other half Phil, myself having to look after our 3 Children and be a stay at home mum, to Phil being made redundant, getting into contracting then loosing his job really close to Christmas. We only had enough for Food and Petrol to get to and from school until our application had gone through the benefit system.
I felt like a bad mum because I could not be able to afford Christmas Presents as the only money I had was to pay for food and petrol. I remember breaking down in tears in front of my mum and admitting buying Christmas Presents was not possible. My mum was amazing and did buy them for us. But deep deep inside if you cannot provide for your Children you feel a failure. I couldn't have crashed my Children world of Santa wonderland, its so magical for them but for us, it was a nightmare.
It was also an awful experience to loose our Car which was on finance. Having Cars on finance was the norm to us,we had both had cars for 5 years and not missed a payment. Missing 2 payments and we received a letter saying the car was being taken away. Having to have some stranger come to our house ask us questions, give him the paperwork and Keys and having to take our Children's carseats out and let it go. I had to be so strong, try not to cry, try not to feel like it was my fault, our fault. I had to listen to my eldest Child asking when we would have our blue car back. we had to be positive and think we have learned our lesson not to borrow money.
It was a hard time when we couldn't rent, when we were not entitled to help as the application hadn't gone through. It was also tough when I had to pay the rent from a cheque my Grandma had given me. It wasn't given to me for a months rent, it was intended to help get things we needed. But we were in a time of need and it was the only option we had. Infact it saved us from loosing our house as we had received a letter saying they wanted us out!
So this was a snippet of that time, but this time of struggle made us come to a decision that even working in employment to just pay the bills was not our reality. It was not the reality we deserved.
So we made the decision, the decision to change our lives into a new reality. Where we didn't worry about finances, paying Bills, the fact our Children could go swimming classes, Gynastics, Football whatever my little people were excited about. We decided we deserved to be able to go on date nights because we could afford a babysitter, we knew we deserved to go on holidays, to take the Children Disney to see their little faces in amazement. A life that we once dreamed about.
I know how hard it is to be a stay at home, having to look after Children is a demanding 'job' but when you are struggling financially, this is not right. I want to inspire Mums especially that they can still be a Stay at home Mum, that they can afford a babysitter so they can go out for a massage, go the gym, whatever they want to do that relaxes them. Each Mum needs a bit of time out, to think and appreciate what we have.
I want to show Mums that they can run an amazing business from home around their Children working only a few hours a day if they wanted too. I want People to realise that they have to change their reality as no one else can do that for you. You have got to make the decision to begin!
A Mum Can be a stay at home Mum and Run a successful Business, you just have to believe it, yes it may be hard at time but the result makes the journey so worth it.
I intend to Empower & Inspire Women to Dream Big and Find their Inner Sparkle.
Love Victoria x
This Post is Day 2 from My 7 Day Blogging Challenge at Alex Beadon.com
Do you.... feel sorry for yourself and expect other people to rescue you?
Or
Do you stand up for what you want, what you believe in and what you know you deserve??
My family have been through a tough year and a half, from only one parent working, my other half Phil, myself having to look after our 3 Children and be a stay at home mum, to Phil being made redundant, getting into contracting then loosing his job really close to Christmas. We only had enough for Food and Petrol to get to and from school until our application had gone through the benefit system.
I felt like a bad mum because I could not be able to afford Christmas Presents as the only money I had was to pay for food and petrol. I remember breaking down in tears in front of my mum and admitting buying Christmas Presents was not possible. My mum was amazing and did buy them for us. But deep deep inside if you cannot provide for your Children you feel a failure. I couldn't have crashed my Children world of Santa wonderland, its so magical for them but for us, it was a nightmare.
It was also an awful experience to loose our Car which was on finance. Having Cars on finance was the norm to us,we had both had cars for 5 years and not missed a payment. Missing 2 payments and we received a letter saying the car was being taken away. Having to have some stranger come to our house ask us questions, give him the paperwork and Keys and having to take our Children's carseats out and let it go. I had to be so strong, try not to cry, try not to feel like it was my fault, our fault. I had to listen to my eldest Child asking when we would have our blue car back. we had to be positive and think we have learned our lesson not to borrow money.
It was a hard time when we couldn't rent, when we were not entitled to help as the application hadn't gone through. It was also tough when I had to pay the rent from a cheque my Grandma had given me. It wasn't given to me for a months rent, it was intended to help get things we needed. But we were in a time of need and it was the only option we had. Infact it saved us from loosing our house as we had received a letter saying they wanted us out!
So this was a snippet of that time, but this time of struggle made us come to a decision that even working in employment to just pay the bills was not our reality. It was not the reality we deserved.
So we made the decision, the decision to change our lives into a new reality. Where we didn't worry about finances, paying Bills, the fact our Children could go swimming classes, Gynastics, Football whatever my little people were excited about. We decided we deserved to be able to go on date nights because we could afford a babysitter, we knew we deserved to go on holidays, to take the Children Disney to see their little faces in amazement. A life that we once dreamed about.
I know how hard it is to be a stay at home, having to look after Children is a demanding 'job' but when you are struggling financially, this is not right. I want to inspire Mums especially that they can still be a Stay at home Mum, that they can afford a babysitter so they can go out for a massage, go the gym, whatever they want to do that relaxes them. Each Mum needs a bit of time out, to think and appreciate what we have.
I want to show Mums that they can run an amazing business from home around their Children working only a few hours a day if they wanted too. I want People to realise that they have to change their reality as no one else can do that for you. You have got to make the decision to begin!
A Mum Can be a stay at home Mum and Run a successful Business, you just have to believe it, yes it may be hard at time but the result makes the journey so worth it.
I intend to Empower & Inspire Women to Dream Big and Find their Inner Sparkle.
Love Victoria x
This Post is Day 2 from My 7 Day Blogging Challenge at Alex Beadon.com
Wednesday 15 October 2014
Who is Victoria Wilkinson?
I have decided to take part in a blogging challenge hosted by an Inspiring Business Lady, Alex Beadon. I just had to take part and I know Alex's challenges will bring out the best of me, and my blog.
So Here goes....
Who am I?
My names is Victoria Wilkinson, I have just turned 29 ( keep thinking i'm 28 still) and I live in Cheshire, England. I have been with my other half Phil for 10 Years now and we have 3 beautiful Children, Annabelle, Callum and Joseph. I am also expecting baby No4 in January so as you can imagine this is a busy household.
Both Phil and I have been working from home a year and tried building another business which to be honest didn't go to plan but we are not quitters and are working on different projects each. We have gone through a very tough year financially, loosing jobs, our car, nearly our home at one point but we are here positive that we are changing our lives.
When did I start Blogging?
I started blogging about 3 years ago now when my daughter was 2 and my son was 5 months, I was a stay at home mum and wanted to do something that used my brain in a different way, as going back to employment wasn't the right option financially. I set up a mummy blog called Love Being Mummy To Two, I learned so much about myself, that I was more than just a mum, I had an identity too. I carried this blog on, had to change the name to Love Being a Mummy when my youngest was born. My Mummy Blog was my stepping stone to working online, it broke me further out of my comfort zone.
Who is my Blog For?
This blog is aimed at Mums that work or wish to work from home around their Children. My mission is to inspire other ladies out there that they don't have to suffer when they have a child. They do not have to make the decision to go back to work in employment just to help pay the bills or struggle financially by being a stay at home mum, I want ladies to know that there is a better way.
What have I been working on lately?
You may have read that I have recently joined a new cosmetics company here in the uk called Younique. It launched October the 1st and I am the 47th Presenter here in the UK, so that is very exciting. I didn't actually want to start up another business with being so busy already but I knew that this was the opportunity for me, the best opportunity to help as many people as I can.
What I want people to take away from the blog?
I want people to come over to my blog, read a post or more and think wow if this busy mum of 3/4 can do it so can I!! I want to inspire and motivate ladies into action and have as much value here for them as possible to help them with their businesses. I want people to come over to my blog and love my posts, what I share with them and want to return, over and over.
Thank You for Reading Todays Post, Victoria x
So Here goes....
Who am I?
My names is Victoria Wilkinson, I have just turned 29 ( keep thinking i'm 28 still) and I live in Cheshire, England. I have been with my other half Phil for 10 Years now and we have 3 beautiful Children, Annabelle, Callum and Joseph. I am also expecting baby No4 in January so as you can imagine this is a busy household.
Both Phil and I have been working from home a year and tried building another business which to be honest didn't go to plan but we are not quitters and are working on different projects each. We have gone through a very tough year financially, loosing jobs, our car, nearly our home at one point but we are here positive that we are changing our lives.
When did I start Blogging?
I started blogging about 3 years ago now when my daughter was 2 and my son was 5 months, I was a stay at home mum and wanted to do something that used my brain in a different way, as going back to employment wasn't the right option financially. I set up a mummy blog called Love Being Mummy To Two, I learned so much about myself, that I was more than just a mum, I had an identity too. I carried this blog on, had to change the name to Love Being a Mummy when my youngest was born. My Mummy Blog was my stepping stone to working online, it broke me further out of my comfort zone.
Who is my Blog For?
This blog is aimed at Mums that work or wish to work from home around their Children. My mission is to inspire other ladies out there that they don't have to suffer when they have a child. They do not have to make the decision to go back to work in employment just to help pay the bills or struggle financially by being a stay at home mum, I want ladies to know that there is a better way.
What have I been working on lately?
You may have read that I have recently joined a new cosmetics company here in the uk called Younique. It launched October the 1st and I am the 47th Presenter here in the UK, so that is very exciting. I didn't actually want to start up another business with being so busy already but I knew that this was the opportunity for me, the best opportunity to help as many people as I can.
What I want people to take away from the blog?
I want people to come over to my blog, read a post or more and think wow if this busy mum of 3/4 can do it so can I!! I want to inspire and motivate ladies into action and have as much value here for them as possible to help them with their businesses. I want people to come over to my blog and love my posts, what I share with them and want to return, over and over.
Thank You for Reading Todays Post, Victoria x
Friday 3 October 2014
I am a Founding Younique Presenter for the UK
So Exciting ....... Younique has now launched in the United Kingdom :)
For a few weeks now I decided that I couldn't turn the opportunity down as its so successful in the United States. Plus I love makeup, what girly Girl doesn't?
On October the first at 10am Younique opened its website up for UK recruits, I had butterflies, I just knew that so many UK girls would be signing up. So as soon as I saw the UK button I filled the form as fast as I could with a 1 year old causing mischief. As soon as I pressed the Submit button I was so excited to recieve an update telling me I was 47th UK Younique Presenter.
Younique Corprate had predicted that the first 999 spots would be taken up in under 24 hours. They were infact taken up in 26 minutes!!
I am so excited about this opportunity as it is exactly what I have been looking for the last year. I love working with Women, I love inspiring mums especially that they don't have to either struggle in a job they hate, or the fact they want to be a stay at home mum. Also to inspire the stay at home mums that struggle financially that they don't have to struggle.
I have been in another network marketing company that trains you on all the aspects on being a great entrepreneur so I can take away what I have learned and teach my team how to succeed.
I will be receiving my Younique Presenters Kit in about 3-5 days time so watch out for that blog Post.
Check out my Video talking about Joining Younique officially .....
See You Soon, Victoria x
Monday 22 September 2014
My Mission in life..... is to Teach
Since becoming a mum 5 years ago, a lot of things changed in my life including my dreams, my desires. Except one thing, my mission to teach others.
Prior I wanted to teach Children in a Primary School, I even went to university for a year but realise it wasn't the path for me.
When I got pregnant with Annabelle my plan was to go on maternity leave then become a child care assessor and teach adults to become nursery nurses or classroom assistants.
When I had Annabelle that plan disappeared.
I then KNEW what I wanted... I wanted to be a stay at home mum. I didn't want someone else looking after my daughter whilst I was out at work. I didn't want to be earning my money and paying childcare near enough the same. What was the point. My daughter was only young once and I was not going to let work stop that special time.
However as lovely as it is spending all day and night with your children it is also amazing to be bringing money into the household.
Every path I take takes me to one thing I love, teaching. Whether its teaching children or adults. This time my mission is to teach others that there is a better way of life.
I want to get my message to the people in the world that need to know that struggling each month to pay the bills shouldn't be their reality, that having to work and not spend time with their children does not have to be the only way. I want to teach others that they can have an amazing life and a business they love, its not a dream it can be a reality.
My main mission comes from the heart, it is to show the mums out there that you can be a stay at home mum AND a work at home mum.
You do not have to choose work or stay at home, why not have both. I know lots of mums that feel they have to work as its the only way to pay the bills, the mortgage but are sad and jealous that other mums can stay at home with their children. Or stay at home mums that struggle to pay the bills, that don't have a lot of money to take their children to nice places, even playbarns.
Whatever circumstance is not ideal for most mums. I will show mums and teach them how to have a business and life they love. This is my mission.
Saturday 13 September 2014
Younique by Victoria Wilkinson- My Business
I thought I would tell you all about my Business :)
I am a founding uk presenter for an Amazing Cosmetics Company Called Younique.
What is Younique?
Younique is a cosmetics company which was started by a Brother and a Sister from America. Derek Maxfield an already successful entrepreneur and Melanie Huscroft with a background in Marketing, Business and Sales.
About the products
Younique's Products are all natural, high quality ingredients with unnecessary fillers. The result of using scientific research to produce beautiful products for virtually every skin type. Younique's goal is to use science to help nature provide healthy clean and pure cosmetics.
Here are some images of some of the cosmetics Younique sells...
About the opportunity with Younique
Younique is the fastest growing direct sales company to date, one of the reasons is the products are amazing. Youniques Famous 3D Fiber Lash Mascara is their best seller, selling 10,000 sets per Day! Women are excited and experiencing success financial joining a family of like minded women who inspire one another every day. Women are reaching their true potential and achieving the things they have always dreamed about in a safe family environment! Many are doing this at home around young families.
From day one of registration, a brand new Younique Presenter joins the family and is able to immediately start selling the products through her very own simple yet feature rich e-commerce store. You will get instant access to the Younique Virtual Party System, Younique back office and to a wealth of easy to reference training material.
What is amazing is Younique pays a presenter 3 hours after each sale, so if a mum wanted to go and get food or nappies, after that sale or sales it is possible though either a Younique card or transferring the money to your bank account. Your customers buy through your e commerce store and the products get sent straight to their home so easy for the presenter as no packaging up, delivering and easy for the customer.
Younique is also the first direct selling company to market and sell almost exclusively through social media. Also having virtual parties from the comfort of everyones home, so unlimited people can attend. This is what I Love, no taking prams out in the cold to collect catalogues.
Younique mission statement I believe in 100% which is....
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See You Next Time, Victoria x
I am a founding uk presenter for an Amazing Cosmetics Company Called Younique.
What is Younique?
Younique is a cosmetics company which was started by a Brother and a Sister from America. Derek Maxfield an already successful entrepreneur and Melanie Huscroft with a background in Marketing, Business and Sales.
About the products
Younique's Products are all natural, high quality ingredients with unnecessary fillers. The result of using scientific research to produce beautiful products for virtually every skin type. Younique's goal is to use science to help nature provide healthy clean and pure cosmetics.
Here are some images of some of the cosmetics Younique sells...
About the opportunity with Younique
Younique is the fastest growing direct sales company to date, one of the reasons is the products are amazing. Youniques Famous 3D Fiber Lash Mascara is their best seller, selling 10,000 sets per Day! Women are excited and experiencing success financial joining a family of like minded women who inspire one another every day. Women are reaching their true potential and achieving the things they have always dreamed about in a safe family environment! Many are doing this at home around young families.
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From day one of registration, a brand new Younique Presenter joins the family and is able to immediately start selling the products through her very own simple yet feature rich e-commerce store. You will get instant access to the Younique Virtual Party System, Younique back office and to a wealth of easy to reference training material.
What is amazing is Younique pays a presenter 3 hours after each sale, so if a mum wanted to go and get food or nappies, after that sale or sales it is possible though either a Younique card or transferring the money to your bank account. Your customers buy through your e commerce store and the products get sent straight to their home so easy for the presenter as no packaging up, delivering and easy for the customer.
Younique is also the first direct selling company to market and sell almost exclusively through social media. Also having virtual parties from the comfort of everyones home, so unlimited people can attend. This is what I Love, no taking prams out in the cold to collect catalogues.
Younique mission statement I believe in 100% which is....
Here are some more images of the products on, including the amazing 3D Fiber Lash Mascara!
See You Next Time, Victoria x
Thursday 11 September 2014
What have I learned being a Mumpreneur so far?
I have been a Mumpreneur for 14 Months now which has flown by! I will tell you about what companies I have been part of and also what I have learned this last year and a bit from them.
What Companies have I been part of this last year?
14 Months ago I made the decision I wanted to start working online, as I loved blogging I wanted to earn an income through it. I googled, looked for videos on you tube and came across a mum of twins from Australia who was working with a company called Empower Network. I did some research and naive at the time thought I would easily make some money, it looked easy enough. With this company you paid a monthly subscription for trainings, I didn't pay too much, I wasn't that stupid. I have to admit I didn't learn much in that company, I had not a clue what I was doing, I needed support and easier training.
I came across a American Beauty Called Ashley who was an affiliate marketer just like I was trying to be however with a different company called 'The Internet Lifestyle Network' the online training here teaches people with no experience how to be an entrepreneur. Also how to market any business online. Ashley was seeing success and seemed someone I would get on with. This company is monthly subscription also.
I gained so much confidence as I completely stepped outside of my comfort zone with sharing my life on social media, creating videos to put on you tube plus being a team leader. I also did this around 3 Young Children, I worked around them in the day plus all night, maybe staying up until 1.30 am,( because I wanted too). I have to admit it was frustrating as I know how much I could give to the business, to our future but my Children were number 1 so had to find the right balance.
When I go Pregnant with Baby number 4, I had to re evaluate my business and my routine. I decided that carrying on the ILN business was not possible with 4 young Children, even being pregnant with 3 Children. Reasons being I had to sleep more, my health is so important. I also realised how much my business took over my life, even time with the Children. Thinking back I wanted time out, to be Victoria not Mummy. With the business you can make a lot of money and I feel you need to be around all day/night and that just is not possible. I felt that My other half Phil could solely run the business and I was to concentrate on the Children which mums know is a full time job in itself.
When I was about 18 weeks Pregnant past the yucky pregnancy stage Something was niggling me, I missed running a business, feeling the excitement of making my own money again, most importantly having that Independence I love. I remember sitting down thinking what I could do around 4 Children, still be a stay at home mum but not feel I had to be running a business all day and night.
Younique popped into my head, infact I had turned down an invite to find out more a few weeks prior but something had changed. Ashley my ILN Sponsor was doing brilliantly in Younique and as the company is launching October 1st I thought I had enough time to plan my business and share the opportunity with UK Girls!
What have I learned?
I believe you learn something from every experience how small it may be. So with the first Company I learned not to be so naive, one person's success doesn't mean I will be. I have to admit I didn't learn anything from the training but its not to say another person didn't, Part of the problem was I didn't have time to listen to audios. I needed to know how to market step by step.
With The Internet Lifestyle Network I feel I have learned so much, I have changed so much as a person and I know my confidence and pride in myself has risen. I have gone from shy entrepreneur wannabee to an actual Entrepreneur running my own business from home.
I have learned to change my mindset completely around, this is not easy to do as we are brought up to think in a certain way. I made the decision with myself I was going to be successful and we did well,being on the leaderboards for a while, getting recognised by the company owners for our hard work.
I have learned to build relationships with people from all over the world, mainly in America. I chat to some lovely people regularly and have lots in common. Before I worked online I wouldn't have dreamed of saying I have friends from all over the world. Your outlook on the world really changes.
I have learned how to market which is crucial to any business, so for instance I know how I will market Younique as I already been trained in ILN. Yes there are some things I will learn as I go along but I know a great amount already therefore I can help my team to market correctly.
Most importantly I have realised what my goals are, what I want to achieve, I have learned to dream big and know that I am capable.
What Companies have I been part of this last year?
14 Months ago I made the decision I wanted to start working online, as I loved blogging I wanted to earn an income through it. I googled, looked for videos on you tube and came across a mum of twins from Australia who was working with a company called Empower Network. I did some research and naive at the time thought I would easily make some money, it looked easy enough. With this company you paid a monthly subscription for trainings, I didn't pay too much, I wasn't that stupid. I have to admit I didn't learn much in that company, I had not a clue what I was doing, I needed support and easier training.
I came across a American Beauty Called Ashley who was an affiliate marketer just like I was trying to be however with a different company called 'The Internet Lifestyle Network' the online training here teaches people with no experience how to be an entrepreneur. Also how to market any business online. Ashley was seeing success and seemed someone I would get on with. This company is monthly subscription also.
I gained so much confidence as I completely stepped outside of my comfort zone with sharing my life on social media, creating videos to put on you tube plus being a team leader. I also did this around 3 Young Children, I worked around them in the day plus all night, maybe staying up until 1.30 am,( because I wanted too). I have to admit it was frustrating as I know how much I could give to the business, to our future but my Children were number 1 so had to find the right balance.
When I go Pregnant with Baby number 4, I had to re evaluate my business and my routine. I decided that carrying on the ILN business was not possible with 4 young Children, even being pregnant with 3 Children. Reasons being I had to sleep more, my health is so important. I also realised how much my business took over my life, even time with the Children. Thinking back I wanted time out, to be Victoria not Mummy. With the business you can make a lot of money and I feel you need to be around all day/night and that just is not possible. I felt that My other half Phil could solely run the business and I was to concentrate on the Children which mums know is a full time job in itself.
When I was about 18 weeks Pregnant past the yucky pregnancy stage Something was niggling me, I missed running a business, feeling the excitement of making my own money again, most importantly having that Independence I love. I remember sitting down thinking what I could do around 4 Children, still be a stay at home mum but not feel I had to be running a business all day and night.
Younique popped into my head, infact I had turned down an invite to find out more a few weeks prior but something had changed. Ashley my ILN Sponsor was doing brilliantly in Younique and as the company is launching October 1st I thought I had enough time to plan my business and share the opportunity with UK Girls!
What have I learned?
I believe you learn something from every experience how small it may be. So with the first Company I learned not to be so naive, one person's success doesn't mean I will be. I have to admit I didn't learn anything from the training but its not to say another person didn't, Part of the problem was I didn't have time to listen to audios. I needed to know how to market step by step.
With The Internet Lifestyle Network I feel I have learned so much, I have changed so much as a person and I know my confidence and pride in myself has risen. I have gone from shy entrepreneur wannabee to an actual Entrepreneur running my own business from home.
I have learned to change my mindset completely around, this is not easy to do as we are brought up to think in a certain way. I made the decision with myself I was going to be successful and we did well,being on the leaderboards for a while, getting recognised by the company owners for our hard work.
I have learned to build relationships with people from all over the world, mainly in America. I chat to some lovely people regularly and have lots in common. Before I worked online I wouldn't have dreamed of saying I have friends from all over the world. Your outlook on the world really changes.
I have learned how to market which is crucial to any business, so for instance I know how I will market Younique as I already been trained in ILN. Yes there are some things I will learn as I go along but I know a great amount already therefore I can help my team to market correctly.
Most importantly I have realised what my goals are, what I want to achieve, I have learned to dream big and know that I am capable.
Wednesday 3 September 2014
How I became a Mumpreneur
I want to take you back previous to working online so you can get a better view of where I was to where I am now.
Before I had my Daughter Annabelle I was a Nursery Nurse in a lovely Private Nursery in Cheshire. I had worked there for 3 years and did work my way up to a supervisor of their after School Club. Back then I always felt I wanted to do something more challenging and started a Teaching Degree in the evenings, once a week. My aim was to become a Primary School Teacher so I would earn a good wage for my family.
When I became a mummy to my first Child Annabelle, Phil and I decided that it was financially better for myself to be a stay at home mum as I would pay out in childcare fees what I had earned that month. We relayed on Phil's wage and a top up of tax credits, which isn't a lot with 1 child. When Annabelle was nearly 1 I started to work as a mother's help and as I only had 1 child my mum easily could look after her for the 5 hours each Monday. If I didn't have my mums help I would have had to put Annabelle into childcare which I wouldn't have done as in my opinion the money would not have been worth it. That job didn't work out, and thinking about it now, I just wanted to make my own money and have some me time as well as some independence.
A Year later I then had a 2 year old and approx a 6 month old and wanted some independence.. again, something also for me... again. As much as I am grateful and was grateful to be a stay at home mum it could be lonely and you do miss doing something that satisfies you other than your Children. This is when I started my mummy blog, I wasn't bringing money to the household but I was bringing free toys, baby food etc that I was reviewing. It was exciting as my blog was like I was running a little business, creating content, interacting with other bloggers, viewers and also pr agencies. I felt accountable. I also found blogging by chance via facebook, I loved it and it really helped my anxiety I was prone too.
2 Years later when I had 3 children, a 4 year old, a 2 year old and a baby I felt like I didn't want to blog for free products anymore, I wanted to have the money to buy the products myself. Also I felt I was really juggling the children and the blog and I didn't know what I was going to get out of it, I had lost my enthusiasm, I was quite unhappy. It didn't help the fact that due to our finances, my other half swapping jobs as he had to, we were not getting along very well. I am sure anyone worrying about their finances especially with young Children is finding their relationship tough.
I knew I loved blogging however I wanted to blog for money, I came across online marketing which was completely new to me,. But I wanted independence, to bring money in, and be able to look after the children myself if the worst happened to our relationship. It's quite hard to write private things such as the fact we nearly separated but I want you to see the whole picture.
Working online as a Mumpreneur really suited me, I could still be a stay at home mum, have something for me, bring money to the household. It changed me as a person, my outlook on life changed 3 months later. I will go into that on the next post.
Hope You Are Having a Great Day, Victoria x
Before I had my Daughter Annabelle I was a Nursery Nurse in a lovely Private Nursery in Cheshire. I had worked there for 3 years and did work my way up to a supervisor of their after School Club. Back then I always felt I wanted to do something more challenging and started a Teaching Degree in the evenings, once a week. My aim was to become a Primary School Teacher so I would earn a good wage for my family.
When I became a mummy to my first Child Annabelle, Phil and I decided that it was financially better for myself to be a stay at home mum as I would pay out in childcare fees what I had earned that month. We relayed on Phil's wage and a top up of tax credits, which isn't a lot with 1 child. When Annabelle was nearly 1 I started to work as a mother's help and as I only had 1 child my mum easily could look after her for the 5 hours each Monday. If I didn't have my mums help I would have had to put Annabelle into childcare which I wouldn't have done as in my opinion the money would not have been worth it. That job didn't work out, and thinking about it now, I just wanted to make my own money and have some me time as well as some independence.
A Year later I then had a 2 year old and approx a 6 month old and wanted some independence.. again, something also for me... again. As much as I am grateful and was grateful to be a stay at home mum it could be lonely and you do miss doing something that satisfies you other than your Children. This is when I started my mummy blog, I wasn't bringing money to the household but I was bringing free toys, baby food etc that I was reviewing. It was exciting as my blog was like I was running a little business, creating content, interacting with other bloggers, viewers and also pr agencies. I felt accountable. I also found blogging by chance via facebook, I loved it and it really helped my anxiety I was prone too.
2 Years later when I had 3 children, a 4 year old, a 2 year old and a baby I felt like I didn't want to blog for free products anymore, I wanted to have the money to buy the products myself. Also I felt I was really juggling the children and the blog and I didn't know what I was going to get out of it, I had lost my enthusiasm, I was quite unhappy. It didn't help the fact that due to our finances, my other half swapping jobs as he had to, we were not getting along very well. I am sure anyone worrying about their finances especially with young Children is finding their relationship tough.
I knew I loved blogging however I wanted to blog for money, I came across online marketing which was completely new to me,. But I wanted independence, to bring money in, and be able to look after the children myself if the worst happened to our relationship. It's quite hard to write private things such as the fact we nearly separated but I want you to see the whole picture.
Working online as a Mumpreneur really suited me, I could still be a stay at home mum, have something for me, bring money to the household. It changed me as a person, my outlook on life changed 3 months later. I will go into that on the next post.
Hope You Are Having a Great Day, Victoria x
Monday 1 September 2014
Welcome to My Blog- A post introducing me :)
Hey my Name's Victoria and Welcome to my Blog!
I thought that it would be great for you to get to know about me and my life...
Bit of Background- So I am 28 years Old and Live in Cheshire, England, I have 3 young Children Annabelle, Callum and Joseph and expecting baby number 4 (another boy) in January with my other half of 10 years Phil.
When did I start Blogging?- I have been a parent blogger for 3 years now, I have a blog called 'Love Being a Mummy' which was 'Love being mummy to Two' previously. When I had 3 children I thought, sounds a bit mean as I love the three- haha!
Why did you Start Blogging?- I decided to start blogging for a few reasons, to be my little project, to use my brain other than mummy stuff, even though I mostly wrote about the Children, to get products to review as we didn't have a lot of money.
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Favourite Mummy Blogging Moments?- Myself and My little girl met Elmo, going to a next Event and a Startrite Event where Annabelle and Callum were catwalk models. We really did a lot of things that is not possible without having a blog.
What I have learned from my Parent Blog- I have definitely been grateful of certain opportunities like going to the Next Event, been given next vouchers to dress my children for the day, spoilt, as were the Children! My blog gave me the confidence to start an online business and the fact I knew I wanted to blog as a business.
When did you start working online? I started my online business last July, I chose a affiliate marketing company that trains you how to be an entrepreneur, so you learn as you Earn. My other half joined me in October on the side of his job, then soon after lost his job unexpectedly and joined me full time. Phil, my other half still runs this business, I had to stop when I fell pregnant.
Why did you start working online? - I started because I wanted to make money and gain independence. Relationships are hard when you have financial worries and especially 3 children included. I wanted to bring money to the household and also have an income incase the relationship didn't last. Thing this is partly because my mum was a single mum and if that was to happen to me I wanted to prepared and not worried about money to pay for things for my children.
Why Did you start this Blog? - Since I stopped helping Phil with our business I have had time to think about what interests me and what I would like to do, accomplish around my soon to be 4 Children. I decided that I love blogging especially to the female audience, especially mums and they will understand or be interested in my mum type posts or how much I have to juggle my time. I also am started a new business that is aimed for females as its makeup, and I am looking forward to sharing photos and videos of the products, what better place than my blog. I decided that this blog will have a mixture of mum posts, mumpreneur posts, makeup posts and my other interests. I'm looking forward to gaining followers that enjoy my posts too and interacting with them on other social media such as facebook, twitter etc!
I hope you enjoyed finding more about me, hope you enjoy my posts and I will see you on other social media :)
I thought that it would be great for you to get to know about me and my life...
Bit of Background- So I am 28 years Old and Live in Cheshire, England, I have 3 young Children Annabelle, Callum and Joseph and expecting baby number 4 (another boy) in January with my other half of 10 years Phil.
When did I start Blogging?- I have been a parent blogger for 3 years now, I have a blog called 'Love Being a Mummy' which was 'Love being mummy to Two' previously. When I had 3 children I thought, sounds a bit mean as I love the three- haha!
Why did you Start Blogging?- I decided to start blogging for a few reasons, to be my little project, to use my brain other than mummy stuff, even though I mostly wrote about the Children, to get products to review as we didn't have a lot of money.
-
Favourite Mummy Blogging Moments?- Myself and My little girl met Elmo, going to a next Event and a Startrite Event where Annabelle and Callum were catwalk models. We really did a lot of things that is not possible without having a blog.
When did you start working online? I started my online business last July, I chose a affiliate marketing company that trains you how to be an entrepreneur, so you learn as you Earn. My other half joined me in October on the side of his job, then soon after lost his job unexpectedly and joined me full time. Phil, my other half still runs this business, I had to stop when I fell pregnant.
Why did you start working online? - I started because I wanted to make money and gain independence. Relationships are hard when you have financial worries and especially 3 children included. I wanted to bring money to the household and also have an income incase the relationship didn't last. Thing this is partly because my mum was a single mum and if that was to happen to me I wanted to prepared and not worried about money to pay for things for my children.
Why Did you start this Blog? - Since I stopped helping Phil with our business I have had time to think about what interests me and what I would like to do, accomplish around my soon to be 4 Children. I decided that I love blogging especially to the female audience, especially mums and they will understand or be interested in my mum type posts or how much I have to juggle my time. I also am started a new business that is aimed for females as its makeup, and I am looking forward to sharing photos and videos of the products, what better place than my blog. I decided that this blog will have a mixture of mum posts, mumpreneur posts, makeup posts and my other interests. I'm looking forward to gaining followers that enjoy my posts too and interacting with them on other social media such as facebook, twitter etc!
I hope you enjoyed finding more about me, hope you enjoy my posts and I will see you on other social media :)
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