Jamberry Nails announced its official launch on June 9 into the direct sales party plan industry, and an Austinite is among its sales team.

Monica Lillis of Austin is a Jamberry Nails independent consultant. The company designs and sells nail shields for in-home use. The shields last two to three weeks for fingers and six to eight weeks for toes.

Jamberry Nails has been in pre-launch operations since July 2011, according to a press release, and the company has grown to 4,000 independent consultants in the past 10 months.

For more information, visit Lillis’ website, www.fancynails.jamberrynails.net.