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From the year’s breakthrough beauty products to inspiring leaders in the industry, CEW’s signature awards keep you in the know on what and who you need to know right now, with behind-the-scenes content — and more — that you can’t get anywhere else.

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How About That: Female Founder Honoree Brook Harvey-Taylor, Founder & CEO, Pacifica Beauty

Brook is a “nose.” In college, she worked at a wine store once a week, where her boss offered to send her to sommelier school. She went to school, but…
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How About That: Anisa Telwar Kaicker, Founder & CEO, Anisa International

Anisa Telwar Kaicker’s very first job was working at a McDonald’s in Bellevue, Tennessee when she was just 15 years old. Several years later she started working in her family’s…
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How I Became: Nancy Mahon, Chief Sustainability Officer, Estée Lauder

As told to Kate Sullivan How did I ever get this job at a beauty company? I didn’t even go to the prom. After law school at NYU, I became…
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Nikki Eslami: How I Became Founder of Bellami Hair and Created New Theory Ventures

As told to Faye Brookman When I was about 17, I was given three options concerning my future…lawyer, doctor, or failure…pick one. Failure wasn’t an option, so I went to…
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Kory Marchisotto: How I Became Chief Marketing Officer at e.l.f. Beauty and President of Keys Soulcare

As told to Victoria Kirby The e.l.f. Super Bowl commercial with Jennifer Coolidge: we did that in three weeks. From concept to shoot was actually two weeks, plus a week…
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Hilla Ram: How I Became SVP, Global Hair Care Brands and Global Beauty Analytics & Insights Leader, P&G Beauty

As told to Annie Tomlin I was born in Tel Aviv. I had the standard family: an older sister, my mum, and my dad. When I was six, my family…
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Christina Fair: How I Became President of Dermatological Beauty N.A., L’Oréal USA

As told to Kavita Daswani I was a tomboy growing up, started driving by age 13, and was quite the risk-taker. I wanted to be the first female race car…
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How About That: Female Founder Honoree Alicia Grande, Founder & CEO, Grande Cosmetics

Early on in Alicia’s beauty career, she started her own radio show, “The Health Buzz,” where she interviewed top experts and doctors about the latest beauty trends and innovations. Her…
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How About That: Female Founder Honoree Tracee Ellis Ross, Founder & CEO, PATTERN Beauty

In addition to going to school in New York as a child, Tracee Ellis Ross also went to school in Paris and then boarding school in Switzerland before moving back…
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Alison Hahn: How I Became Senior Vice President of Makeup & Fragrance at Sephora

As told to Victoria Kirby People who work in beauty often say it’s always been in their blood because their mom or grandmother taught them about makeup or skin care…
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5 Reasons Not to Miss CEW’s Star-Studded Virtual Beauty Founders Roundtable

Female beauty brand founders continue to energize and advance the beauty industry – from elevating ingredients and the social conversation, to redefining what beauty means today. No matter their medium…
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CEW Announces 2022 Achiever Award Honorees

CEW Announces 2022 Achiever Award Honorees Celebrating women’s achievement, empowerment, and excellence in the beauty industry is at the core of CEW’s DNA, namely through its Achiever Awards program. For…

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