Huda Kattan is a Middle Eastern makeup artist and YouTube personality who created the blog Huda Beauty, one of top 20 beauty blogs in the world, and runs a YouTube Chanel with 1.8 million subscribers.
Beautiful and successful Huda is a role model to women worldwide. Read about her road to the top and find out her net worth, personal info and social contacts.
Early Years
Huda Kattan was born on the 2nd of October 1983 in Oklahoma to Iraqi parents. She grew up with two sisters and a brother in Tennessee, but the family moved a lot. Huda’s interest in beauty and fashion started when she was 14 years old and she learned it from her older sister Alya who was, at the time in her 20s, already a beauty addict.
Huda studied finance at the University of Michigan and in her spare time regularly emailed friends and family about new beauty products, in the process developing her concept of a beauty blog.
For a couple of months Huda Kattan worked in finance recruitment, but kept updating her social media pages on beauty until she decided to give up her job for blogging.
Career Development
In 2010 Huda started a beauty blog following an advice from her sister. In 2012 she opened Huda Beauty Instagram account that quickly made 20.000 followers.
All the sisters where in the business together. They started by selling handmade artificial eyelashes that became popular fast and where selling through Sephora, a French chain of cosmetics stores.
Huda Kattan joined YouTube in 2007. Her channel Huda Beauty is dedicated to posting makeup tutorials and tryout videos, made by Huda herself and they are extremely popular because she does not feel shy about trying out literally anything in search of the best beauty shortcuts and tricks.
Huda Beauty, as of May 2017, has 1.8 million subscribers and 110 million views, while her blog is among the top 20 in the beauty business.
Personal Life
Huda Kattan is married to a Colombian named Christopher Goncalo, who she met as a student. They got married in 2008 and soon moved to Dubai. Their daughter is called Nour Giselle.
Huda is very close to her family. From the start of Huda Beauty she did business with her sisters. Huda also has a brother named Khalid. Her sisters are called Alya, Mona and Halida.
Biography
Full name: Huda Kattan
Nick name: /
Date of birth: October 2, 1983
Birth-sign: Libra
Birth place: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Residence: Dubai, UAE
Age: 34 years old
Occupation: Makeup artist, YouTube personality
Education: University of Michigan
Awards: /
Personal Life and Family
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: Iraqi
Religion: Unknown
Father name: Ibrahim
Mother name: Unknown
Brother name: Khalid
Sisters names: Alya, Mona, Halida
Marital status: Married
Husband: Christopher Goncalo
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Children: Nour Giselle
Hobbies: /
Pet own: /
Personal Look and Measurements
Height: 170 cm (5 feet 7 inch)
Weight: 60 kg (132 pounds)
Body: Slim
Hair Color: Dark brown
Eye color: Green
Shoe Size: Unknown
Measurements: 86-58-89 cm (34-23-35 inches)
Dress size: 30-32 (EU) 0-2 (US)
Bra size: 34 B
Distinctive Features: Big dark eyelashes.
Net Worth and Salary
Huda Kattan has an estimated net worth of $4.5 million. She has an annual salary of $600.000, meaning she earns $50.000 per month.
Social networks
Huda has over 20 million followers on Instagram.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hudabeauty (@hudabeauty)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hudakattan (@hudakattan)
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hudabeauty (@hudabeauty)
Snapchat: RealHudaBeauty
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/hudabeauty/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/hudaheidik/
Blog: http://hudabeauty.com
Interesting Facts about Huda Kattan
Before starting her blog, Huda Kattan went to world famous makeup school of Joe Blasco in Los Angeles.
Although she is the face that sells the brand, behind Huda Beauty stands the creativity and passion of two more dedicated Huda’s sisters, who worked as a team from the start. Mona does the strategy, Alya coordinates social media. Huda’s husband and father also help with the business.
Huda Beauty has 22 employs and also sells its own beauty line focused on artificial eyelashes and nails.
There is a Huda Beauty Vending Machine.
Huda Kattan is often compared with Kim Kardashian because of their physical resemblance.
Huda does her own makeup. It takes her 45 minutes every day and she spends several hours on the web following on beauty trends.
Huda occasionally does makeup for celebrities and she especially likes working with Eva Longoria.
Quick Summary
Huda Kattan isa Middle Eastern makeup artist followed by millions of people on social networks for her amazing makeup and beauty hacks.
Huda’s Instagram profile has 20 million followers and her YouTube Chanel 1.8 million subscribers. She founded Huda Beauty blog about makeup that is among the top 20 in the business.
Thanks to the publicity she gets and her own make-up brands, Huda Kattan earned a net worth of $4.5 million.
Huda is married to Christopher Goncalo, and they live in Dubai, UAE, with their daughter Nour Giselle.
Beautiful and successful Huda is not just a woman to admire, but a brand that inspires women around the world.