Quotes from Huda Kattan

In the Middle East, I can't walk down the street without being recognized. In the States, I'm totally fine going out.

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.

For the longest time, I just felt like I had to be really, really harsh to be taken seriously as a CEO.

I think my story relates. When I started out, all I had was my passion and grit.

There's something sexy about a lip with a hint of red in it.

I have the worst skin ever. If I don't take care of it religiously, I break out every single time without fail.

A lot of beauty brands, they'll really infiltrate the States. But going out of the States, they struggle.

Our goal at Huda Beauty is to inspire anyone and everyone to create their own idea of beautiful with all of the products we offer.

I realized that my purpose really is to inspire people.

I fell in love with Instagram.

Every once in a while I need a break from Instagram; like six hours long.

This transition of being a woman and a breadwinner - it took some time for my dad to get used that. It took some time for my husband. I was like, gosh, I've worked so hard to be here, and then all of a sudden I don't know if I feel comfortable being here.

I would never buy skin care from a makeup brand - full transparency. It feels like the opposite of makeup.

I wake up at 6 A.M. and start with yoga. I'm by no means a morning person, but I've trained myself to become one. My husband wakes up at 4:30 A.M., so he makes me feel like a loser. When you wake up and no one is in the bed, it kind of gets you up.

I love red laser therapy or red light therapy and you can do it at your home and it's really convenient. Kim Kardashian used it to get rid of her psoriasis and I've been using it for years.

Makeup and beauty is essentially art so I really can't say that I dislike any trend. I love seeing innovation and creativity. It feeds my soul!

The minute you decide to do what you love to do, you have made a life plan for yourself and a career choice.

I've worn pretty much every hat in the beauty industry, from blogger to makeup artist to YouTube influencer to Instagram influencer to journalist.

I felt like I was not a cute kid, and I remember seeing people transform. It was actually when my sister was in the beauty pageants and I was in some pageants. I didn't win any. I always got that like, participant trophy, but I fell in love with the way makeup could transform people.

I always felt different and it was because I was Middle Eastern. Where most people were very fair, light-skinned, and had blue eyes, I was hairy with dark hair and dark skin.

What can I say? I'm a Southern girl.

I feel like I've mixed my Middle Eastern and Western loves together.

I really don't like monkeys.

That was honestly one of the biggest learnings for us: to stay true to the value we believe our company offers, and to not allow people to undercut us just because we're women.