I've worn pretty much every hat in the beauty industry, from blogger to makeup artist to YouTube influencer to Instagram influencer to journalist.
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.
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.
Long-lasting makeup is all in the setting! I always bake in areas where I am prone to shininess and I find it really helps for keeping my skin looking great all evening.
In the Middle East, I can't walk down the street without being recognized. In the States, I'm totally fine going out.
I always felt like a misfit.
We think big and we dream big.
I've been put in multiple boxes as blogging and as an influencer and not really perceived as a businesswoman, and that's something that I've really had to grow into.
I would never buy skin care from a makeup brand - full transparency. It feels like the opposite of makeup.
I wake up at 6 A.M. and start with yoga. I'm by no means a morning person, but I've trained myself to become one. My husband wakes up at 4:30 A.M., so he makes me feel like a loser. When you wake up and no one is in the bed, it kind of gets you up.
Huda Beauty is doing so well, we've grown like crazy.
I want to shake things up, I want people to talk about it. It's really important that our brand flips the industry upside.
With Huda Beauty Angels, we're investing a portion of our personal family wealth to women-led brands that we believe in!
Being women behind a massively growing business is not an easy task, and the journey to find the right investors and to secure true partners has proven that.
A lot of people don't always know how successful our brand is and we don't ever talk about it. But it's exciting to see the brand resonate so well with people.
Kids used to tell me I was weird all the time. When I got older, I wanted to embrace my name and I put it on everything. And I also wanted to embrace being weird.
To start my makeup, I like to put a nice amount of foundation on, and it's really important that it's not oily so it actually sticks to the skin.
I can understand getting compared to the Kardashians.
We didn't grow up superwealthy.
Anytime I think about my office, I think about creativity.
