A YOUNG woman who was mocked for flipping burgers at McDonald’s while studying has now built a booming business that’s landed her a quarter of a million pounds.
Emma Miles, known to her fans as @emslouii , says she was laughed at for grafting 40-hour weeks at Maccies, with just £7 to her name while studying at college.
Emma was working at McDonald’s at 18, with just £7 in the bankCredit: Tiktok/ @emlouiii
Now, at 21, she’s generated over £250,000Credit: Tiktok/ @emlouiii
After college, she swapped fries for files when she landed an office job, but she was sacked just a week later for “lack of concentration.”
That setback became her spark.
Emma started focusing on “self-improvement”, spending time working on herself at the gym whilst creating her own plan.
She soon came up with her own cosmetics brand, Ems Cosmetics.
Emma threw herself into creating her first products and started sharing her journey online.
One of her TikToks suddenly went viral and she woke up to find orders pouring in from around the world.
“I couldn’t stop crying,” she admitted.
She realised she had “little to no” stock at the time but fulfilled as many orders as she could and began expanding her business.
From that moment, she became obsessed with growing her brand.
Her hustle soon paid off, hitting £10,000 in sales on , then £20,000 in a single month, and eventually turning over £100,000 within a year.
Now, just a few years after being laughed at for working at McDonald’s, Emma has made more than £250,000 from her beauty business.
And she’s not stopping there.
Emma says her journey isn’t over yet and has plans to continue to expand her knowledge and “become better and better every day”.
Money maker
Emma isn’t the only entrepreneur raking in the cash.
Amy Todd used to spend sleepless nights trying to work how to pay off £15k of credit card – but a 50/30/20 rule and going on a “top-up” shop ban helped her pay it all off in two years.
But now she’s set to become completely debt-free by and has put away £8,000 in savings in a – and she’s on a modest income.
As well as earning extra cash from posting money-saving videos on her TikTok @amylearnstosave, she earns over £20,000 a year.
Meanwhile, a thrifty mum-of-five has revealed how she’s pocketed more than £4,200 in just one month, all by .
Becki, 33, who shares her journey on TikTok as @athomewithbecki , said she started selling festive sweaters in August – and her profits have snowballed ever since.
