How I Started A $700K Beauty Company At 14 Years Old

In October 2018, Aaliyah Arnold founded her online beauty and skin care brand BossUpCosmetics when she was only 14 years old. Now at 18 years old, the Houston native expanded her line-up, offering a wide selection of products from eyeshadow pallets and lipsticks to blushes to brushes, along with her signature lip glosses.

With over 1.5 million followers on TikTok, she shares a behind the scenes peek into her business where she received shoutouts from pop artist Meghan Trainor and makeup artist James Charles.

Note: This story was produced for Fortune Magazine’s The Ground Up series.

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