The cosmetics or beauty industry is a very competitive market, but if you have the required skills, no one is going to question you before shedding out money from their pockets.

There is something attractive about the beauty industry, because of which several independent entrepreneurs are joining daily. It is a space filled with colors, where people come to interact confidently about their formulas, fragrances, and other services.

If you have a professional background in the beauty or cosmetics industry, like cosmetology, or makeup artistry, or if you have dreamed of a bigger part of this dynamic industry, there is a lot of opportunities that await - including below 15 businesses with their aura;

Table of Contents

1. Soap Making Business
2. Aroma Therapy
3. Start a Beauty Blog
4. Beauty Webinar Organizer
5. Beauty Salon
6. Beauty Product Affiliate Marketing
7. Fragrance Selling
8. Sell Herbal Beauty Products
9. Formulation Consultation
10. Image Consultant
11. Makup Artist
12. Nail Art Shop
13. Skincare Consulting
14. Small Batch Natural Skincare Product Manufacturer
15. Beauty/Cosmetic Photographer

1. Soap Making Business
You can always learn how to manufacture soaps, which are a mixture of simple fats and alkali. Since old age, people are making soaps, and sold them for bathing, cleaning cloths, and even adding fragrances to make them more attractive to use.

There are several youtube videos, that teach how to manufacture soaps, and this is something easy to do, as it requires you to have oils like coconut oil, almond oil, or some other essential oil, and then you are good to go.

Its recipe is also simple. You can check out the below article to know how to make your soap.

How to make Natural Liquid Soap?

You can even search on how to set up a soap-making business and get a step-by-step guide to do the same. Also, because of the Pandemic, there is a demand for more liquid soaps these days.

Or else, you can even buy some molds and manufacture designer or flower shape soaps, which will surely attract people from all over the world.

2. Aroma Therapy
Aroma Therapy might be defined as treatment with aromatic essential oils. It can be used by anybody for physical, psychological, or spiritual well-being daily. 

Aromatherapy relies on essential oil to achieve a gentle, nurturing effect on the Body and Mind. These oils can be used on the skin, in the bath, and through inhalation to promote relaxation and well-being.

You can open a Salon with aromatherapy, or can provide essential oils as a business startup idea, as more and more people are using it during Yoga sessions these days.

3. Start a Beauty Blog
If you are a beauty enthusiast and have good knowledge about cosmetics and their use, you can start a beauty blog and start earning money as ad revenue or for promoting company products.

4. Beauty Webinar Organizer
If you like the marketing side of the cosmetics or beauty industry, you can host webinars with regards to beauty, and invite people and professionals to this webinar.

You can keep an entry fee or monetize these webinars by selling your cosmetic products or services during these webinars.

And this works, because people need a platform to communicate. Like-minded people would like to come to these webinars to talk about their products, services, or even there might be some raw material vendors, who might want to sell their products by giving small presentations in those webinars.

Also, people who want to keep themselves updated with the happenings in the cosmetic or beauty industry would like to join those webinars.

You can start by connecting with people on LinkedIn or Instagram from the cosmetics industry, and tell them that this webinar will help them connect with big brands, and new customers, and then you can approach people around you, who might be interested in joining your webinar. Keep it on some weekend afternoon for the best result.

5. Beauty Salon
Beauty parlors or salons provide products and services that enhance the client's physical appearance. Everyone wants to manage their hair growth, so this will surely bring you profits.

This one will have some upfront investment, in form of some space to open a salon. But if you are trained enough, you can even start it in your home.

6. Beauty Product Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate Marketing means when you sell products for a company for some commission. You don't have to do door-to-door selling. 

If you have good followers on Instagram or Facebook, you can connect with companies for their affiliate programs, and sell their products. For every product sold, you will receive some commission.

You can also merge blogging and affiliate marketing. Once your Blog becomes famous, you can start adding links to affiliate companies, which will help you earn money.

7. Fragrance Selling
It would be great if you can formulate your fragrances. But you can also sell fragrances of companies. The fragrance industry is a multi-billion dollar industry globally. It includes scents, perfumes, deodorants, body sprays, etc. 

You can establish a production business or you can only sell these products with an exclusive retail arrangement.

8. Sell Herbal Beauty Products
Consumers worldwide prefer herbal beauty products such as skincare products, hair care products, makeup products, and others. The market share of herbal beauty products is on increase since 2019. 

9. Formulation Consultation
If you have good knowledge about the formulation of beauty or cosmetic products like soaps, creams, oils, and gels, etc, there are companies and start-ups, who would pay you handsomely for each formulation you create.

Some formulators even get around 5 Lakhs minimum for each formulation.

To set up a business for the formulation, you will have to connect with people from the cosmetics industry, and the best way is Social Media Network and not any social network, but the one that is specific to the cosmetics industry - thewiki Network.

You can register on this website, and then start connecting with people from the cosmetics industry, especially from research and development backgrounds. You can pitch them your formulation, and ask for your commission, or else, you can sign an agreement to help those companies with formulating new products on a month on month basis, which is a great start indeed.

10. Image Consultant
Image Consulting is all about providing advice to your clients about beauty makeovers, clothing fitness, color basics, and instructions for enhancing self-confidence that helps them to look and act their best professionally. An individual having true passion and interest in helping others can initiate this business part-time from his/her home location.

Several well-established image consultants started at home only, and they are paid handsomely, and they even consult several VIPs of the world.

11. Makeup Artist
If you have the required skills and you love doing makeup on others' faces with different cosmetics, you can start this business from your home location and as part-time as well. 

As a makeup artist, you will provide service to clients looking for their special days like weddings, or professional events.

For one wedding makeup, a makeup artist can get anywhere from 5K to 35K per person, and there are around at least 5 to 10 people waiting in line to get their makeup done for a wedding.

12. Nail Art Shop
Nail art is an emerging industry. And this industry is growing fast. If you want to start a niche business in the fashion and beauty industry, you can consider starting a nail art shop or an online tutorial for the same. This will just require you to plan for marketing, and you are good to go ahead.

13. Skincare Consulting
If you have the right skills, skincare consulting is one of the most profitable home-based beauty business ideas that can be started with less capital. Skincare consulting is providing service to clients to find the right combination of skincare products to enhance the health and appearance of their skin.

14. Small Batch Natural Skincare Product Manufacturer
For the people who are interested in keeping this environment safe, there's never been a better time to enter the skin and body care industry. 

As a small-batch manufacturer, you can manufacture skincare products from ingredients readily available in your kitchen or garden. Although, this requires good manufacturing and testing ethics.

15. Beauty/Cosmetic Photographer
Do you have a nag towards cosmetics and photography both?

Well, you can merge these two hobbies, and become a beauty photographer. There are endless opportunities in this field.

You can work on individual projects and create your portfolio on Instagram or a Blog. You can also ask for freelance jobs from start-ups and even established companies for small-scale projects.

And when you have gained good experience, and have a fan following, you can charge hefty amounts for clicking and sharing photographs of models and cosmetic products on your platforms.

There can be several other business ideas as well, which we will keep on adding, as and when available. Meanwhile, you can also mention business ideas that you think I must have missed by mentioning them in the comment section below, and I will surely add the same in this Blog.