Who is huda kattan

Today, Huda Beauty offers over products, from foundation, to concealer, lipstick, eyeshadow, brushes and more. In June, it launches a new makeup collection called GloWish.

In line with its roots, the brand has also kept its social media presence strong — Huda Beauty currently has over 48 million followers on Instagram and more than 4 million followers on YouTube. Here, Kattan shares her experience getting fired, following her passion, building her business, being inspired by her family, her routine and more. I was working on weekends. I was in the office first, out of the office last.

I was obsessed, and I got fired. My boss was like, "Why are you here? You don't belong here. Why are you not doing makeup?

I'm going to show you. I'm going to work harder. I remember thinking to myself, "I know this is for the better, and I know this is for a reason.

I know I'm going to look back and be like, this is the best thing ever happened," but it was hard to see as I was going through it. I called my friend Just thinking about what I could do to make people feel more beautiful and try to change the beauty industry — that was my calling.

I was having fun doing it. I love playing with makeup, so it was so fulfilling. If I didn't get fired, I would still be working in that company probably doing the same thing.

In the beginning, the Huda Beauty blog wasn't taking off. It took off in Dubai, and that was cool, but outside Dubai it didn't really hit for the first 12 months. After the 12 months, I felt like it started hitting. I was actually just using Facebook ads because it was cheap. I was investing in this thing, hoping it's going to pay off. Then I remember seeing people in different parts of the world start to take notice. I was like, "holy crap, this is actually working.

I kept setting goals. My first goal was to become the biggest beauty blogger in the Middle East. I think without those small goals, I would have really lost a lot of enthusiasm because it wasn't taking off in the beginning.

I would say it was not until the lashes hit, which was about three years later, did I really see that this is something big. This is something really big. When we were starting with the lashes, honestly it was a risk. Let's just do a couple thousand lashes and let's see what happens.

And it was really successful because I had already been blogging for a few years at the time. Here we are trying it out and succeeding. How much farther can we go? Truthfully, me and my family grew up super, super poor [in Oklahoma, then Tennessee].

My family was on welfare. My parents immigrated [from Iraq]. We are now shipping to your country! You can navigate to your local site. About Us. Hello my love! Get the latest beauty news straight to your inbox. Can't wait to connect! What's your email? Learn more. In her May cover star interview with Vogue Arabia, Kattan cites the American makeup mogul as her role model on her long quest to transform not only the cosmetics industry, but also the world.

Founders with vision are the ones who change the industry. They change the world. We have a long way to go, but I want to respect that. Nour Kattan wears dress, Versace at Little Angels. Huda Kattan wears jumpsuit, Iro at The Modist.

Although Kattan is known for expertly touting full glam more often than not, the Arab influencer is an inspiring champion of acceptance and self-love. Instead, she uses her far-reaching platform to raise awareness and generously spreads her success to enact social justice. We want to be change-makers.