Top 5 Celebrity Beauty & Skin Care Brands

Jan 24th, 2022

Jacquelyn Mueller, associate editor, Global Cosmetic Industry

Huda Beauty, founded by Huda Kattan, was the No. 1 celebrity beauty brand.

Money.co.uk has released the top five hottest beauty brands after looking at Google data searches for celebrity businesses, and the number of Instagram followers and hashtags for each company.

Previously: The Most Searched Beauty Products in 2021: Tajmeeli

Top five hottest celebrity beauty brands:

Huda Beauty
Kylie Cosmetics
Fenty Beauty
Jeffree Star Cosmetics
Florence by Mills

Top five hottest celebrity skin care brands:

Kylie Skin
Fenty Skin
Supergoop!
Humanrace
Kora Organics

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