Huda Kattan

Career history

Named one of America’s Richest Women

Forbes ranks Kattan ahead of Beyoncé and Kim Kardashian on its list of America’s Richest Self-Made Women. Kattan announces plans to expand into skincare, and launches a fragrance brand, KAYALI, with her sister, Mona. Huda Beauty launches Lip Contour Pencils They sell out at Sephora, Dubai Mall, in four hours. More products, including Liquid Matte Lipstick and Textured Rose Gold Eyeshadow Palette, follow. Launches Huda Beauty “I did not want to become the CEO of Huda Beauty. It was not my goal in life, because I knew I would have to become a bit tougher, and be an alpha female. And it’s not a fun job. I see so many people like, ‘I wanna be a CEO,’ and I’m like, ‘Why? Is your goal to be a creative person?’ Because it’s hard to manage both.” Trains as a make-up artist (after being fired) “When I lost my job I was like, ‘F*ck all of this.’ It changed my life. It was the catalyst to me becoming who I am.” Huda Beauty launches in Selfridges, London In the same year, Kattan was listed as the third most powerful beauty influencer by Forbes, and named on Time magazine’s annual list of the internet’s most influential people.

Launches online shop Shophudabeauty.com

Starts blogging on YouTube as Huda Beauty “I was the first beauty blogger in Dubai and people were like, ‘Why are you doing beauty?’ Everyone was doing fashion. But my thing was beauty – more specifically, hacks. I grew up reading all these magazines but I didn’t want to be a beauty editor, I wanted to be more behind-the-scenes.” Make-up artist, Revlon “I was doing a lot of free shoots at the time when someone introduced me to Gucci Westman who was the head make-up artist. It was nice to get paid regularly. I think it was about £500 a month.” Recruiter, Robert Half Recruitment, Michigan “I was all about my CV. It was like your CV is your ‘worth’. I don’t even have one now!”