courtesy of Instagram/@hudaBeauty / Beauty newsBeauty / Beauty newsThese are the richest self-made female beauty mogulsForbes’ America's Richest Self-Made Women list includes Rihanna and Kylie, as well as Huda Kattan and Anastasia SoareShareLink copied ✔️June 7, 2019June 7, 2019TextAlex Peters Women in beauty are cleaning up. This week, Forbes released their annual list of America’s Richest Self-Made Women (we’ll leave it to others to hash out the hotly contested phrase “self-made”). Of the 80 women on the list, which includes Oprah Winfrey, Gap co-founder Doris Fisher and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, 10 have made their money – or at least some it – from the make-up and skincare industries. Rihanna, Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian all make the list, as do Anastasia Soare of Anastasia Beverly Hills and Huda Kattan. Perhaps lesser known, are Kathy Fields and Katie Rodin, founders of Proactiv – a dermatologist-developed skincare line which has been a teen-staple for years and recently announced Kendall Jenner as their newest ambassador. There’s also Toni Ko of NYX Cosmetics and Jamie Kern Lima from IT Cosmetics, who both sold their respective brands to L’Oreal. Kern Lima stayed on as CEO of IT Cosmetics after the sale, making her the first female CEO in L’Oreal’s history. And rounding out the list, Karissa Bodnar of Thrive Causemetics, a clean, vegan brand founded by Bodnar after her friend died of cancer. Of the nine brands represented on the list, it’s worth noting six were founded in the last decade with Proactiv (founded in 1995) being the longest-running company. However, women have long been making money through the business of beauty. Elizabeth Arden (Arden entered skincare in 1909) and Helena Rubinstein (who opened her first salon in 1915) made their fortunes through the beauty industry, as did Madame C.J. Walker and Annie Turnbo Malone who, by 1914, had become the first female self-made millionaires through their respective hair-care companies. Both the daughters of former slaves (Walker was the first of her siblings born into freedom, just a few years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed abolishing slavery), Walker and Malone’s success in a time of Jim Crow segregation and when women were still fighting for the vote was remarkable. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREWoke is back: Why blue hair is having a revivalEveryone wants to be Chinese now (in a respectful, non-colonising way) Dsquared2Dsquared2 turns up the Heated Rivalry at Milan Fashion WeekOlivia Dean: ‘I feel the most myself I’ve ever felt’In pictures: 31 times Kate Moss had the best beauty looks5 more body art and SFX artists you need to followHow a good passport photo became the ultimate flexMazzy Joya shares her 2026 beauty affirmations6 women on their changing relationship with pubic hairMake-up artist Saint Maretto is rewriting the codes of queer beautyIn pictures: Unpacking David Bowie’s beauty evolution through the yearsKianna Naomi shares her 2026 beauty affirmationsEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy