Huda Kattan (born October 2, 1983) is an American makeup artist, beauty blogger, and entrepreneur. She is the founder of the cosmetics line Huda Beauty. Beginning in 2018, Kattan began starring in her own reality series, Huda Boss, alongside her family.
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Early life
Kattan was born on October 2, 1983 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, as one of four children. Her parents are both from Iraq. The family later moved to Cookeville, Tennessee, and then to Boston, Massachusetts. Kattan attended the University of Michigan-Dearborn where she majored in finance.
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Career
In 2006, Kattan moved to Dubai, since her father was offered a teaching position there. A few years later, Kattan moved to Los Angeles, where she studied makeup artistry. Among her clients were celebrities such as Eva Longoria and Nicole Richie. Kattan then returned to Dubai where she became employed by Revlon as a makeup artist. 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.
In 2013, Kattan founded a cosmetics line which, like her blog, is also called Huda Beauty. Her first product, a series of false eyelashes, was released through Sephora. The Huda Beauty label achieved success with the sales of the false eyelashes, which were famously worn by Kim Kardashian.
Kattan's company, which is based out of Dubai, later began to offer other beauty products, including eye shadow palettes, liquid lipsticks, lip liners, highlighter palettes, foundation, and false nails.
Kattan achieved popularity on Instagram, attaining more than 20 million followers as of 2017. Kattan is ranked #1 on the "2017 Influencer Instagram Rich List", earning $18,000 for each post of sponsored content. Kattan has been described as "a Kim Kardashian West of the beauty influencer economy", and was declared one of the "ten most powerful influencers in the world of beauty" by Forbes magazine. She was chosen as one of "The 25 Most Influential People on the Internet" by Time magazine in 2017.
In 2018, Kattan began starring in her own original Facebook Watch reality series entitled Huda Boss.
Personal life
Kattan is married, and she first met her husband when she was a teenager. The couple have a daughter. Kattan is a Muslim. One of Kattan's sisters is her business partner while another sister manages Kattan's social media.
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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