A biography for Huda Kattanhasn’t been written yet.
“I felt like I was not a cute kid, and I remember seeing people transform. It was actually when my sister was in the beauty pageants and I was in some pageants. I didn't win any. I always got that like, participant trophy, but I fell in love with the way makeup could transform people.”
“I fell in love with Instagram.”
“I'm a Sephora girl.”
“I feel the same way about makeup that I do about food - I don't want the big companies to give me my food. I want the niche mom and pops who care about their food making it. I don't want the Kraft cheese, I want the niche cheese.”
“My husband and I love the saying, success is not owned. It's rented, and rent is due every single day, and I really and truly believe that.”
“I grew up in Tennessee, where no one was really hairy, and with sisters who were so beautiful - my little sister was a pageant girl. But me, I was this weird-looking hairy child. I had more than just a unibrow; I feel like I had a mustache, a goatee.”
“I can spend a minimum of $4,000 a month on makeup.”
“The eyes are so telling. That's how you engage with people and bond with them. I love direct, strong eye contact.”
“Makeup and beauty is essentially art so I really can't say that I dislike any trend. I love seeing innovation and creativity. It feeds my soul!”
“In the Middle East, I can't walk down the street without being recognized. In the States, I'm totally fine going out.”
“I'm not on my phone when I eat.”
“We know now data is so powerful, and you can learn so much about yourself and creating product with data.”
“I try to take breaks from makeup on the weekends. I try to not to wear any on Fridays and Saturdays. It's good to let your skin breathe and it's good not to depend on makeup, to feel comfortable in our skin.”
“As a kid, I never felt attractive at all.”
“For the longest time, I just felt like I had to be really, really harsh to be taken seriously as a CEO.”
“That was honestly one of the biggest learnings for us: to stay true to the value we believe our company offers, and to not allow people to undercut us just because we're women.”
“Over the years, I've really put in the time to achieve flawless skin.”
“It's really important that we take away the shame associated with female hair loss and hair balding. It's just another beauty issue that we all can get through as soon as we start to feel more comfortable talking about it.”
“I was born in Oklahoma.”
“I grew up in Tennessee. I loved to wear full glam. I used to want to wear flash lashes every single day. I remember wearing them once and someone was like, 'Are you wearing false lashes?' I felt embarrassed. In the U.S., it's perceived as though you're trying too hard.”