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Huda Kattan
Huda Kattan (born October 2, 1983) is an American makeup artist, beauty blogger, and entrepreneur.[1][2][3] She is the founder of the cosmetics line Huda Beauty.[1] Early lifeHuda Kattan was born on October 2, 1983, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,[4] as one of four children.[5] Her parents are both from Iraq.[4] The family later moved to Cookeville, Tennessee, and then to Dartmouth, Massachusetts.[6] Kattan attended the University of Michigan–Dearborn where she majored in finance.[4][5][7] After not having much success in her finance job, Huda quit and became a makeup artist. [8] CareerIn 2006, Kattan moved to Dubai with her father because he accepted a job opportunity as a teacher in the emirate.[5][6] A few years later, Kattan moved to Los Angeles, where she studied makeup.[3][4][6][9] Among her clients were celebrities such as Eva Longoria and Nicole Richie.[4] Kattan then returned to Dubai where she became employed by Revlon as a makeup artist.[3][5] In April 2010, upon the advice of one of her sisters, Kattan started a beauty-related WordPress blog which she named "Huda Beauty" on which she would post makeup tutorials and tips.[4][5][6][7][10] In 2013, Kattan founded a cosmetics line which, like her blog, is also called "Huda Beauty."[1][5][6][7][11] Her first product, a series of false eyelashes,[5][6] was released through Sephora.[7][12] The Huda Beauty label achieved success with the sales of the false eyelashes, which were famously worn by Kim Kardashian.[7] Huda's company, which is based in Dubai, later began to offer other beauty products, including eye shadow palettes, liquid lipsticks, lip liners, highlighter palettes, foundations, concealers, baking powders and liquid eyeshadows.[3][5][6][9][11][12] Kattan achieved popularity on Instagram, attaining more than 47 million followers as of 2020.[1][2][5][9][12][13] Kattan is ranked #1 on the "2017 Influencer Instagram Rich List", earning $18,000 for each post of sponsored content.[5][14] Kattan has been described as "a Kim Kardashian of the beauty influencer economy",[6] and was declared one of the "ten most powerful influencers in the world of beauty" by Forbes magazine.[15] She was chosen as one of "The 25 Most Influential People on the Internet" by Time magazine in 2017.[5][13] Kattan has reportedly personally influenced whole brand and product lines sales in the region. In 2017, after she has mentioned Foreo product on her YouTube channel, brush sold out in a week in Harvey Nichols and Bloomingdale’s Dubai.[16] In 2020, Kattan was listed on Fortunes 40 under 40[17] In 2021, Kattan was ranked number one on cosmetify Beauty Influencer Rich List.[18] In 2018, Kattan began starring in her own original Facebook Watch reality series entitled Huda Boss,[19] alongside her family. In 2021, Kattan participated in a campaign to provide food and donated one million meals through her cosmetics company Huda Beauty.[20] Philanthropy and activismThrough her cosmetics brand, Huda Beauty, Kattan has participated in various philanthropic efforts. In June 2020, Kattan announced that Huda Beauty will donate $500,000 to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.[21] In 2021, Kattan and Huda Beauty started a petition for beauty brands to disclose when they've retouched or edited their images or videos, to help dismantle "toxic" social media beauty standards.[22] Through her beauty brand, she has also supported the Asian American community,[23] Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) and food drive initiatives such as 100 Million Meals.[24] Kattan has also used her social media platforms to share her opinion on the Gaza-Israel war.[25] In May 2021, Kattan and her company, Huda Beauty donated $100,000 to Help India Breathe, a COVID-19 relief fundraiser launched by former monk Jay Shetty and his wife, Radhika Devlukia-Shetty.[26] In November 2023, Kattan donated $1,000,000 to two humanitarian organizations in Gaza, Doctors Without Borders and Human Appeal.[27][28] Personal lifeIn high school, Kattan met her husband, Christopher Goncalo, who is of Portuguese heritage.[29] The couple moved to Dubai in 2006, got married in June 2009, and had their first child in 2011.[5] Kattan is Muslim.[7] One of Kattan's sisters is her business partner, Mona; while another sister manages Kattan's social media, Alya.[6] Kattan was a friend of actress Eva Longoria for over ten years. However in 2024 they had a falling out over Longoria's continuing support of Israel.[30] AwardsIn November 2023, Kattan was named to the BBC's 100 Women list.[31] References
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