5 Influencer Beauty Brands Primed For Cult Status, From Vivy Yusof To Gigi Hadid

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Huda Kattan
The name on every beauty junkie’s Instagram timeline, Dubai beauty blogger Huda Kattan is adored for her beauty tips, makeup tutorials and product reviews. With a background in professional makeup and a charming candour, she’s amassed 21 million followers to date, who are incurably devoted to her Huda Beauty cosmetics. Each new launch sells out in no time, so you’re lucky if you can get your hands on her sought-after Desert Dusk Palette and Liquid Mattes, just to name a few.
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Rihanna
A pop sensation in every sense, Rihanna has left her creative mark in everything from music, fashion, fitness, jewellery and now, beauty. Her debut Fenty Beauty line in partnership with Kendo Brands recently launched to a wild success, reiterating her flexible and ubiquitous influence. The complexion-focused line emphasises on inclusive beauty, offering a wide range of hard-to-match colours suffused with the ‘Rihanna glow’.
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Victoria Beckham
Following a phenomenal limited edition beauty launch with Estée Lauder last fall, Victoria Beckham follows up this year with a makeup line that doubles its offering, adding mascara, matte eyeshadows and perfecting powder to the mix. Fans can get the fashion (and now beauty) mogul’s girlboss colour palette of sultry tones, in themed collections inspired by Miami, London, New York and Los Angeles.
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Gigi Hadid
When news broke that the model-of-the-moment had stretched her legs into the cosmetic scene via a soon-to-be launched Maybelline collaboration, all hell broke loose. Employing a highly effective marketing strategy of suspense, it was only a matter of time before Gigi gave access to her sought-after beauty and sunny, Cali-girl looks, paving the exciting times ahead of influencer-branded beauty lines.
See also: Gigi Hadid goes retro for Max Mara accessories spring/summer 2017
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Vivy Yusof
Not long ago, our very own home girl Vivy Yusof welcomed a cosmetics range to her dUCk Group label, ticking off a long-standing dream and delighting her 1.2 million fans along the way. The makeup line features a full range of basics, including a lineup of lip products and colours, collectors' eyeshadow palettes and #nofilter triple-duty makeup removers. To cater to Southeast Asians’ diverse skin tones and types, the colours come in a myriad of shades and formulas are strictly free from paraben and animal-testing, too.