O.C.'s Hidden Gem
In a showroom in Irvine, behind a plain door in a vanilla office park, the Cookie sisterhood is going gaga.
The creator of the eponymous line of costume jewelry that is sold in a growing number of living rooms across the country is making a surprise appearance.
Cookie Lee – black and white and pink all over, and shimmering with 12 bracelets on her right wrist alone – is greeted like a rock star as she walks into the showroom, where sales consultants stock up on her latest creations.
Cookie (real name: Debra Lin) not only has enriched herself through her booming party-plan jewelry business, but also hundreds of independent sales consultants – some of whom regularly earn a monthlyincome near $30,000.
High-performing consultants – almost all but a handful are women – score free family cruises to places like Alaska, Hawaii and Cancun. More than 60 have earned $45,000 Mercedes-Benz cars.
Cookie (a childhood nickname) is chilling at her two-story, waterfront home in a gated community in Newport Beach with her husband and children, Steve, 16, and Katie, 14.
The 50-year-old mother’s rapidly growing business allows her to be both a business mogul and a doting mom – which is the whole point.
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