We Need Your Help Growing our Family Brand!
We need your help in getting us into our first brick and mortar store.
Project Description
Hi, This is Elevation Lifestyle we are a home and body care company. We make all natural and clean products...and the majority of our products are vegan but, we can't officially claim that until our certifications come through (future yay!) We started our company in 2019 and it was originally a lifestyle blog where we blogged about all things from our favorite meals, music, and clothing—it was family run and we had a great run and sizable audience.
Then, in 2020 the pandemic (aka, Ms. Corona, or the Panini) happened and we were left stuck—the blog wasn't generating enough income to support our actual livelihood that our jobs were subsidizing and on top of everything, I lost my mom, my anchor, my kids grandma, and our on earth angel. When she passed we didn't know what to do with our grief or what was going to happen. That is when we were reminded of our first love and that was making all natural body care products just for ourselves—my mom loved smelling good and smell good things, so we made up small batches and gave them as gifts to friends and family and when we discovered that they loved and used them, we decided to make it a business.
When we first started, we just wanted to get our products our there and start generating income and each time we'd set up our little 6ft table, we'd sell out within hours. Whether we were in a little mall or popping up in the middle of a town center. That is when we knew we had a great product on our hands.
But, we also learned a very valuable lesson—you cannot smell through a computer, but some people buy with their eyes that is when we invested in our packaging and really started to grow our product line. We still noticed that a lot of our customers that purchase through our website are returning customers—not a bad thing but we know we can capture more hearts if we started to make ways to to growing our foot print in the body care business.
That is when we started wholesale and consignment, where store owners can sell our products for us and in return we'd get a flux of new customers. For a long time we loved this process and still love it because it pays our bills and keeps our business thriving and growing but, we know we could be making a nice bit if we had our own something.
This is where we need your help, we are hoping and aiming to raised 25k ( we're flexible ) so we can open our very first brick and mortar store before the holidays or early 2023. We've learned that people love our products in person because they can actually test in person and smell in person and can see us make it in person.
Our store is going to be a representation of us as a brand, it's going to be clean—lots of whites and woods. In the store you'll be able to test before you buy, you'll have the opportunity to see us make product on the floor and see what we actually put in it and genuinely know we don't skimp on quality. In addition to taking classes at our store. We'll also carry other small and growing brands in the store to compliment our product line.
Oh, and as a thank you once our store is open and running it is our goal to reach back out to I Fund Women to partner on our E.L. Fund, so we can pay it forward to another small brand and this is something we want to do quarterly.
We know we can become the next...you know who...just made natural and cleaner. With a business like ours, you can know that you are investing and in the future buying quality product that actually works for your body and home. We stand by our product and can honestly go to bat for it as well. With your donation, you can rest assured that it's going to be put to good use.
We thank you in advance and hope to reach our goal.
Updates
The Campaign FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions:
Can we have a breakdown of where our money is going?
-We have entire blog post dedicated to that on our website :)
How soon after the campaign ends will the store open?
- Tentative date is October 2022 at the latest of January 2023, we live in a state where real estate moves quickly.
When will gifts be shipped?
- We'll send those out as donations come in. So, in line with our regular shipping time of 3-5 business days. You'll get an email within 24 hours so we can confirm things and get addresses etc,
Any more questions email [email protected] or [email protected] for updates or further questions or to be sent our entire pitch sheet.
- Take 25% off our site
- Plus, we'll send you a free gift of your choice.
Just Because I Care.
Take 15% off our site.
use code 'thankyou10'
include your email so we can tie the discount to your email—we don't want just anyone using it, right?
- Take 25% off of our site.
- take 25% off our site
- plus, we'll send you two gifts
- we'll also include you in our progress email
- take 25% off our site
- plus, we're going yo send you a self-care package ($100 value)
- inclusion in our progress email, with your links as well :)
- take 35% off site
- gift package (150$ value)
- test some coming soon products
- invite to store opening (pre-launch party)
- inclusion in our progress email newsletter with links to your things.
- plus, we'll send you a care package of things we're loving at the moment along with some our goodies.
- take 45% off
- gift package (200 dollar value)
- test some coming soon product
- invite to store opening (pre-launch party)
- inclusion in progress newsletter with links to your things :)
- quarterly care package, we'll send a bunch of things we're loving at the moment along with our things
- take 50% off of our website
- gift package ($200 value)
- test some coming soon products
- invite to store opening (pre-launch party)
- inclusion in our progress email and we'll include your links and list as an investor—you're in our history, baby!
- plus, a fat—thick quarterly care package of things we're loving and some of our products
- donor/investing listing inside the store
Rewards
- Take 25% off our site
- Plus, we'll send you a free gift of your choice.
Just Because I Care.
Take 15% off our site.
use code 'thankyou10'
include your email so we can tie the discount to your email—we don't want just anyone using it, right?
- Take 25% off of our site.
- take 25% off our site
- plus, we'll send you two gifts
- we'll also include you in our progress email
- take 25% off our site
- plus, we're going yo send you a self-care package ($100 value)
- inclusion in our progress email, with your links as well :)
- take 35% off site
- gift package (150$ value)
- test some coming soon products
- invite to store opening (pre-launch party)
- inclusion in our progress email newsletter with links to your things.
- plus, we'll send you a care package of things we're loving at the moment along with some our goodies.
- take 45% off
- gift package (200 dollar value)
- test some coming soon product
- invite to store opening (pre-launch party)
- inclusion in progress newsletter with links to your things :)
- quarterly care package, we'll send a bunch of things we're loving at the moment along with our things
- take 50% off of our website
- gift package ($200 value)
- test some coming soon products
- invite to store opening (pre-launch party)
- inclusion in our progress email and we'll include your links and list as an investor—you're in our history, baby!
- plus, a fat—thick quarterly care package of things we're loving and some of our products
- donor/investing listing inside the store