Among the lessons learned ladies sexy lingerie in shepherding Nubian Skin to this stage of its development, Hassan said she'd made an early misstep in hiring other people to do some of the work she should have done.

"Watching money is incredibly important. large size lingerie We were managing all these orders, and we thought, 'We'll outsource that.' And it cost us an absolute fortune," she said. "We'd negotiated based on a certain assumption, and we were smashing those assumptions." Now, she said, "we ship U.S. orders based out of a warehouse in the U.S., and for everywhere else we pack ourselves," which saves thousands of dollars.

"A lot of times, you can underestimate cheap lingerie sets what you can do, and in the long run you can save a lot of money . if you try and do it [yourselves] first and try not to throw money at the problem."

Seeing Beyonce sport the Nubian blue laca eunderwear Skin line in front of millions of adoring fans was a major thrill for Hassan. Now, she's aiming for another star turn: a huge display at a retail store.

She wants women of color to be able to walk into a department store and see Nubian Skin products and realize that finding their own personal "nude" has become a nonissue. "I would love for it to be a household name. That's when I would say, 'Wow, we've made it.' "