I don't think I knew what 'Vogue' was as a child. I grew up in a little town in Tennessee, so that wasn't something we ever would think of.
I want to shake things up, I want people to talk about it. It's really important that our brand flips the industry upside.
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.
With Huda Beauty Angels, we're investing a portion of our personal family wealth to women-led brands that we believe in!
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.
The thing that helped me most when I started my own business was my experience as the president and PR director of student associations in college. Because of that I knew how to create and run an organization and how to really make things - even hard things - happen.
I've worn pretty much every hat in the beauty industry, from blogger to makeup artist to YouTube influencer to Instagram influencer to journalist.
Going to school and formal education wasn't all that impactful to me, but it was the people that I met at school that really made such a difference.
The Dior Show Maximizer, the lash plumper, is one of my favorite products that I've used for so long.