Makeup artist Janica Sandy has launched a line of products which are weekly being supplied to all three counties and is seeing increases in the products ordered by her customers as well as an increase in customers.
Janica’s beauty line, ‘Ul Image’ is an organic line of wellness and natural products. Among the products offered are her turmeric line which includes three different turmeric soaps, and Turmeric Even Tone for nighttime skincare. Her luxury body butter is a glow butter with shea butter as the main ingredient and then there is Oh So Body Butter (original and lavender scented). The line also has a charcoal and bentonite clay face mask and face Soap, Meringue Powder and Meringue Soap (the soap is used for anti-aging while the powder is used to make a tea), a lip scrub and lip balm. The Ul Image best seller is a turmeric set called Intimate Set, which is a polish designed for the underarms and other intimate areas of the body.
This weekend, she is adding a reed diffuser, with a customised blend of essential oils to be used in aromatherapy for stress relief and to create different moods.
The idea to launch a wellness and natural products line came to her in 2017 when she had launched her cosmetics line, but Janica postponed it having received the opportunity to study at the John Casa Blanca’s Institute in Vancouver, Canada. While in Canada, Janica placed third at the International Makeup Artist Trade Show Battle of the Brushes Competition in 2018.
The beauty specialist shared that she was forced to create the line after she started having hormonal breakouts while stores were closed as a result of the pandemic. She began by creating a product to help herself, and it worked according to photos shared on her Facebook business page.
All her products, Janica pointed out, are made from all natural products and essential oils. They have no synthetic ingredients.
Janica has experience in aromatherapy customised natural products having worked for a store of its kind in Canada.
Once her products were created, Janica and several volunteers tested them on themselves first. Once results were proven, the beauty specialist uploaded them to her Facebook page in May and business kicked off. Many people have praised her products, particularly Ul Image’s Intimate Set.
Her products are sent to locations at Bartica, Berbice, Linden and the Essequibo Coast on a weekly basis. As a result of her booming business, Janica has had to hire three employees – one full-time and two on a part-time basis.
Business, Janica said, has exploded in such a way that she has clients who have reached out from the Caribbean, the US, and Canada who have placed orders but because of the pandemic are currently on a waiting list. Another person has reached out to Sandy to work as a sales representative for her to sell her products in the US.
Janica is also wholesaling original products such as 100% natural shea butter.
Some of Ul Image’s products are sourced locally. However, Janica said that certified organic oils cannot be found on sale in Guyana, so she purchases them online. “For our products, we use the best. They are FDA certified which is why you see amazing results,” posited Janica.
The beauty specialist can be contacted via her Facebook or Instagram accounts @The Beauty Boutique or at 689-0888.
