Bobbi Brown

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This article is about the CCO of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics. For the daughter of Whitney Houston, see Bobbi Kristina Brown.

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For other uses, see Bobby Brown (disambiguation).
Bobbi Brown
Bobbi Brown at 2009 Heart Truth fashion show.jpg
Bobbi Brown backstage at The Heart Truth fashion show in 2009
Born (1957-04-14) April 14, 1957 (age 67)
Chicago, Illinois
Nationality American
Occupation Make-up artist, businesswoman
Children 3 sons

Bobbi Brown (born April 14, 1957) is an American professional makeup artist and the founder and CCO of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics.[1][2][3][4][5] Brown has written eight books about makeup and beauty.[6][7][8] She is the Contributing Beauty & Lifestyle Editor of Health magazine and Beauty & Lifestyle editor of the Elvis Duran and the Morning Show radio broadcast.[9][10]

Logo of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics
Bobbi Brown concept store at Britomart in Auckland, New Zealand

Biography

Born to a Jewish family in Chicago, Illinois, Brown graduated from Emerson College in Boston with a degree in theatrical makeup.[1][2][6][11] In 1980, she moved to New York City to work as a professional makeup artist.[1][6] Brown became known for a makeup style that included moderate and natural tones, which was a stark contrast to the bright colors used at the time.[1][12][13] In 1991, she and a chemist released a line of new lipsticks under the brand Bobbi Brown Essentials, which debuted at Bergdorf Goodman in New York City.[11] The success of her makeup line led Estée Lauder to buy the company in 1995.[1][2][14] Her work has since been featured on the covers of magazines such as Elle, Vogue, Self and Town & Country.[2][15][16] Brown was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2013.[3]

Bobbi Brown Essentials

In 1990, Brown worked with a chemist to come up with ten natural lipstick shades.[6][17] In 1991, the ten shades debuted under the name Bobbi Brown Essentials at Bergdorf Goodman.[18] The following year, she released yellow-toned foundation sticks.[18] Estée Lauder Companies Inc. bought Bobbi Brown Essentials in 1995; Brown retained complete creative control of the makeup line.[17] In 2007, the first freestanding Bobbi Brown Cosmetics retail store opened in Montclair, New Jersey with a makeup school in the back.[1][5] In 2012, Bobbi Brown’s cosmetics were estimated to represent approximately ten percent of Estée Lauder Companies’ total sales.[17] As of January 2014, there were approximately thirty free-standing Bobbi Brown cosmetics stores.[14]

Other product lines

Bobbi Brown has a collection of six fragrances named Bobbi, Beach, Bath, Almost Bare, Bobbi’s Party and Bed.[18][19]

In 2013, she collaborated with Safilo Group S.p.A. to produce an eyewear line, Bobbi Brown Eyewear.[20][21]

Books

Causes

Bobbi Brown Cosmetics launched The Pretty Powerful Campaign for Women & Girls on International Women’s Day in 2013.[23] Pretty Powerful supports organizations that seek to empower women through job skills training programs and girls though education.[14][24] Beneficiaries to date include Dress for Success, the Broome Street Academy High School, and the Girl Rising Fund.[14][25][26]

Personal life

Brown is married to Steven Plofker, has three sons, and lives in New Jersey.[5][27] She spends her summers in Bay Head on the Jersey Shore.[28]

References

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  27. ↑ Galant, Debra. "The Makeup Maven of Montclair", The New York Times, February 16, 2003. Accessed November 28, 2007.
  28. ↑ Fleming, Kristen. "The Life Aquatic; Makeup maven Bobbi Brown enjoys the simple life on the Jersey Shore.", New York Post, February 15, 2009, backed up by the Internet Archive as of February 18, 2013. Accessed September 2, 2011. "While most well-heeled New Yorkers head east to their sprawling Hamptons manses every weekend, cosmetics kingpin Bobbi Brown goes south—to the considerably more laid-back Bay Head on the Jersey Shore."

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