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Business Blunder! Jenelle Evans’ Cosmetics Company Isn’t Registered With the State

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Oct 15, 2019 7:52 pm·

By Chelsea Duff

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When it comes to her business, Jenelle Evans just keeps finding herself in hot water. Though she recently slammed rumors about her business, a new report indicates that JE Cosmetics isn’t actually registered with the state of North Carolina. According to Radar Online, the makeup company isn’t recognized by the government. Check out the gallery below to see all the details on Jenelle’s business.

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Jenelle Evans Cosmetics Company Is Not Registered With the State

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Unofficial

According to Radar, JE Cosmetics is not an official “business entity.” Missing paperwork lead to the company not being recognized by the state.

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Issues

A spokesperson for the North Carolina Secretary of State’s Office confirmed that the Teen Mom 2 alum’s makeup brand “is not registered with the state of North Carolina.”

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Mistakes

“There was an attempt to register the company as an LLC in November 2017, but the registration was never completed,” they explained. “A letter was sent, but there was no response since then.”

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Working

Companies operating in the state of North Carolina are required to register before conducting business, but Radar couldn’t find registration for the cosmetics company in that state or others.

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Paperwork

The outlet also checked California, New York and Delaware, but JE Cosmetics wasn’t a registered business entity in any of those three states either.

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Papertrail

According to Radar, the makeup company also had similar issues with trademarking its name. Though Jenelle, 27, filed to trademark “JE Cosmetics” in November 2017, it was abandoned in October 2018.

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Rights

Luckily for the star, she was able to file a Notice to Revive Application for the trademark in April 2019, and the status is currently live.

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History

The report comes on the heels of Jenelle denying that her company was dropped by the manufacturer and a public relations company.

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Hot Water

In September, the star addressed rumors by insisting she was the one who had cut ties with the other companies.

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Giveaway

“We are sorry for anyone not happy with their kits,” Jenelle wrote in an Instagram Story she later deleted. “We will be doing meet and greets/giveaways for the kits while coming up with new products!”

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Back to Work

In another Story, she told fans not to assume anything unless they got their information directly from her. “Our make up company is currently switching formulas. New products coming soon!” she continued.

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Cancelled

A month before that, the star also dealt with claims the venue set to host her launch party had cancelled the event over her family’s dog killing controversy.

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Pushed

In that situation, the star also claimed it had been her decision to call of the event. Instead of cancelling it, however, she told fans it had simply been postponed.

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Private

“My [JE Cosmetics] launch is a private event,” she wrote in August. “Now that the location was leaked/posted without consulting me about it, we have decided to cancel our venue and change locations.”

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Moving Forward

The star later held her own event while in New York for Fashion Week, inviting friends like 90 Day Fiancé‘s Ashley Martson.

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Controversy

It seems like pretty much everything that can go wrong with the JE Cosmetics launch has, but Jenelle might want to get her own business affairs in order before finding new companies for the cosmetics line partner with.