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while forbes blows smoke up kylie jenner’s ass, a real self-made black make-up mogul is making moves

July 19, 2018
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Move TF over, Kylie Jenner! The real Billion Dollar Queen of cosmetics is none other than the luxury make-up artist, Pat McGrath. All my beauty gurus will recognize Pat’s name as the creator behind some of the most luxe, insanely pigmented eyeshadows, lipsticks, and lip glosses on the market.
Born in Northampton, UK, to a mother who migrated from Jamaica, McGrath is a truly self-taught artist who used issues of Vogue to study her craft. Now, after just two years on the market, Pat McGrath Labs is one of the most coveted and high-performance make-up brands on the market.
A $60 million deal with New York-based investment firm Eurazeo now brings Pat McGrath Labs’s valuation at an estimated 1 billion dollars.
No trust fund or famous family necessary.

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