Global cosmetics markets generate billions of dollars annually.
In 2021, revenues from the cosmetics market amounted to about $80.74 billion.
Statistics and market numbers website Statista estimates that this revenue will reach about $131 billion by 2026.
And just as women are the password behind the prosperity of this market and its billions annually, some women are also the password for making profits.
As there are a large number of actresses, singers, models, and businesswomen who entered this world and made profits in it, which included them in the lists of millionaires.
Here are some of the most notable female faces in the world of beauty brands:
Rihanna .. a fortune of 1.4 billion dollars
It is true that most of the wealth of the American singer Rihanna (35 years), which is estimated at $ 1.4 billion - according to the American magazine "Forbes" - came from her artistic works as a singer mainly, but the world of cosmetics generates millions of profits for her, and she ranked 22nd in Forbes list of American self-taught women for the year 2022.
The fortune of the 35-year-old American singer Rihanna is estimated at $ 1.4 billion (Getty Images)
This wealth, which the billionaires list entered after the world of millionaires, came thanks to the success of the Fenty Beauty line.
The beauty company she launched in 2017 was able to double its revenues in 2022, and Rihanna owns her company jointly with French luxury retailer LVMH.
Pat McGrath.. a billion dollar beauty company
British beauty expert Pat McGrath, 57, owns a beauty company worth a billion dollars, according to Forbes, and the magazine added her to its list of the rich over fifty years, for the year 2022, and she ranked 57.
McGrath is the founder of cosmetics company Pat McGrath Labs, which launched in 2015 and quickly grew to be worth a billion dollars.
Although she did not receive formal training or education in the world of makeup, she was able to achieve a wide presence on social networks, as she is followed by 4.6 million people on "Instagram".
Anastasia Siwar .. fortune 660 million dollars
The American-Romanian beauty expert, Anastasia Sowar, 65, has a fortune estimated at $ 660 million, according to Forbes.
She came 38th on the magazine's list of American self-made women for 2022, although when she immigrated to the United States she was not fluent in English, nor could she get a credit card.
Anastasia began working in a beauty salon in the United States, and after 3 years, specifically in the year 2000, she launched eyebrow products under the name (Anastasia Beverly Hills), and succeeded in making her name in shaping and filling the eyebrows of the rich and famous, then she launched her own cosmetic line.
In 2018, the company received an investment from private equity firm TPG that was valued at $3 billion.
Kylie Jenner .. a fortune of 600 million dollars
American reality TV star Kylie Jenner, 25, has a fortune estimated at $600 million, according to Forbes, which added her to its list of American self-made women for the year 2022, ranking 41st.
The youngest member of the "Kardashian" family made the bulk of her fortune thanks to her work in the field of cosmetics, and she broke into this field in 2015, when she used $ 250,000 of her earnings as a model to launch a collection of lipsticks.
In 2020, Kylie sold 51% of her company, Kylie Cosmetics, to a publicly traded company for $600 million, getting about $540 million before taxes, and it turned out that the company was much smaller than what the family had claimed for years, which led to Kylie lost her "billionaire" title, but she still owns 44% of her beauty products company.
American reality TV star Kylie Jenner, 25, has a fortune estimated at $ 600 million (French)
Huda Kattan.. fortune 400 million dollars
The American-Iraqi beauty expert, Huda Kattan, 39, has a fortune estimated at $ 400 million, according to Forbes magazine, which she included in her list of American self-made women for the year 2022, and she ranked 69.
Kattan was an unhappy employee at her job and quit in 2010 to launch her blog as a make-up artist.
Three years later, she and her sister established Huda Bueaty, and began selling false eyelashes.
But she now sells more than 140 products, from eye shadow to lip gloss, and has annual sales of about $200 million.
Huda, who has more than 50 million followers on Instagram, claims she has never spent money on ads.
Some of the company's shares were sold in 2017, and private equity firm TSG Consumer Partners acquired a small stake in a deal valued at $1.2 billion.
Huda Kattan launched her second startup in Dubai in 2018, a perfume company called Kayali.