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Award Category — Female Founders Awards

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Who are our industry’s most notable new pathfinders, serving up a healthy dose of inspiration (and amazing products, to boot?). Get the backstory on these incredible women who had ideas, and the courage and tenacity to act on them – whether they started by mixing batches of face creams to solve their own skin issues, or went from making up runway models to making their dream makeup line, or who decided that they were going to clean up the beauty industry’s act, one launch at a time. CEW’s Female Founders prove that you are unlimited in your potential, and that you don’t have to be a business whiz to become a true beauty titan.

Nyakio At Girls Inc

How About That: Female Founder Honoree Nyakio Grieco, Founder & CEO, Thirteen Lune, and Relevant: Your Skin Seen

Before Nyakio Grieco founded Thirteen Lune, the first ever retail site dedicated to…

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

More than 26 years ago Brook Harvey-Taylor set out to create a line…

Anisa And Her Husband In Iceland

How About That: Anisa Telwar Kaicker, Founder & CEO, Anisa International

It’s safe to say Anisa Telwar Kaicker got an early education in business…

How About That: Female Founder Honoree Alicia Grande, Founder & CEO, Grande Cosmetics

Alicia Grande built her brand the old fashioned way: working the trade show…

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How About That: Female Founder Honoree Tracee Ellis Ross, Founder & CEO, PATTERN Beauty

From the very beginning of building her brand, Tracee Ellis Ross set out…

Female Founders 2022

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 –…

Female Founders 2022

The 8 Beauty Entrepreneurs Making Their Mark on the Industry

Female beauty brand founders continue to energize and advance the beauty industry –…

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Meet 8 Female Entrepreneurs Transforming the Clean Beauty Industry

Once considered a niche trend, clean beauty has steadily catapulted its way to…

2021 Female Founders Awards

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Female Founders: Financial Advice for Indie Brands

CEW’s 2020 Female Founder Award honorees talk about staying self-funded and when to…

Female Founders: What Would You Do Differently?

CEW’s 2020 Female Founder Award honorees discuss the what they would do differently…

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