Huda Kattan Biography
Huda Kattan is an Iraq-American makeup artist, beauty blogger, and entrepreneur. She is the founder of the cosmetics line Huda Beauty.
How old is Huda Kattan? – Age
The Iraq-American makeup artist is 37 years old as of October 2020. She was born on October 2, 1983 in Oklahoma city, Oklahoma in United States.
Huda Kattan Family
Huda was born in Oklahoma city, Oklahoma, as one of the four children. Her parents are both from Iraq. The family later moved to Cookeville, Tennessee, and then to Dartmouth, Massachusetts. She then attended the University of Michigan-Dearborn where she majored in finance. Huda is Muslim. One of Huda’s sisters is her business partner who is known as Mona; while another sister manages Huda’s social media named Alya. She holds both Iraq and American citizenship.
Huda Kattan Marriage – Husband
Huda is married. She met her now-husband by the name Chris Goncalo, of Portuguese origin, in high school. The two moved to Dubai in 2006, and were blessed with their first child known as Nour Gisele, in the year 2011.
Huda Kattan in Huda beauty
In the year 2006, Huda moved to Dubai with her father because he accepted a job opportunity as a teacher in the emirate. A few years later, Katten moved to Los Angeles, where she studied makeup. Among her clients were celebrities such as Eva Longoria and Nicole Richie. The makeup artist 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, Huda started a beauty-related WordPress blog which she named “Huda beauty” on which she would post makeup tutorials and tips.
In 2013, the makeup artist 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.
The makeup artist’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, foundations, concealers, baking powders and liquid eyeshadows. Huda achieved popularity on Instagram, attaining more than 47 million followers as of 2020. She is ranked #1 on the “2017 influencer Instagram Rich List”, earning $18,000 for each post of sponsored content. The makeup artist 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, Huda began starring in her own original Facebook Watch reality series entitled Huda Boss, alongside her Family.
Huda Kattan Net worth
The makeup artist has an estimated net worth of $610 million in the year 2019.