Cosmiq Studio
Benchmark study · Snapshot 30 June 2026

Founder-led
beauty:
who owns
the audience

33 of beauty's most-loved brands, the faces behind them, and the audiences they really command. Ranked by how hard each brand leans on its founder.

Ranked highest leverage first. Founder bigger = the founder's personal following dwarfs the brand (the brand rides the face). Brand bigger = the brand has outgrown its founder. Tap any visual to open the post.

FounderBrandBrand visualsLeverage
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez
240.7M followers
JLo Beauty
@jlobeauty
1.4M followers
173.4×founder bigger
Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande
363.5M followers
r.e.m. beauty
@r.e.m.beauty
2.5M followers
143.1×founder bigger
Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys
27.3M followers
Keys Soulcare
@keyssoulcare
216k followers
126.1×founder bigger
NikkieTutorials
NikkieTutorials
18.6M followers
Nimya
@nimya
214k followers
87.0×founder bigger
Kim Kardashian
Kim Kardashian
344.8M followers
SKKN by Kim · merging into SKIMS
@skkn
5.3M followers
65.6×founder bigger
Pharrell Williams
Pharrell Williams
15.3M followers
Humanrace
@humanrace
256k followers
59.7×founder bigger
Selena Gomez
Selena Gomez
405.2M followers
Rare Beauty
@rarebeauty
8.6M followers
47.1×founder bigger
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
20.4M followers
Rose Inc
@roseinc
481k followers
42.5×founder bigger
Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga
61.2M followers
Haus Labs
@hauslabs
1.5M followers
42.1×founder bigger
Miranda Kerr
Miranda Kerr
13.9M followers
KORA Organics
@koraorganics
486k followers
28.5×founder bigger
Tracee Ellis Ross
Tracee Ellis Ross
11.4M followers
Pattern Beauty
@patternbeauty
444k followers
25.6×founder bigger
Jonathan Van Ness
Jonathan Van Ness
5.1M followers
JVN Hair
@jvnhair
227k followers
22.5×founder bigger
Jessica Alba
Jessica Alba
21.9M followers
Honest Beauty
@honest
1.0M followers
21.2×founder bigger
Victoria Beckham
Victoria Beckham
33.0M followers
Victoria Beckham Beauty
@victoriabeckhambeauty
1.6M followers
20.5×founder bigger
Millie Bobby Brown
Millie Bobby Brown
70.7M followers
Florence by Mills
@florencebymills
3.7M followers
18.9×founder bigger
Kylie Jenner
Kylie Jenner
382.3M followers
Kylie Cosmetics
@kyliecosmetics
23.9M followers
16.0×founder bigger
Hailey Bieber
Hailey Bieber
58.1M followers
Rhode
@rhode
4.9M followers
11.8×founder bigger
Rihanna
Rihanna
145.6M followers
Fenty Beauty
@fentybeauty
13.3M followers
10.9×founder bigger
Jackie Aina
Jackie Aina
2.0M followers
FORVR Mood
@forvrmood
257k followers
7.6×founder bigger
Hyram
Hyram
722k followers
Selfless by Hyram
@selflessbyhyram
116k followers
6.2×founder bigger
Patrick Starrr
Patrick Starrr
4.2M followers
ONE/SIZE
@onesize
758k followers
5.5×founder bigger
Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Paltrow
9.2M followers
Goop
@goop
1.9M followers
4.9×founder bigger
Jamie Genevieve
Jamie Genevieve
1.3M followers
VIEVE
@vieve
304k followers
4.3×founder bigger
Trinny Woodall
Trinny Woodall
1.6M followers
Trinny London
@trinnylondon
647k followers
2.4×founder bigger
Mona Kattan
Mona Kattan
3.8M followers
Kayali
@kayali
1.6M followers
2.4×founder bigger
Charlotte Palermino
Charlotte Palermino
386k followers
Dieux Skin
@dieuxskin
187k followers
2.1×founder bigger
Sarah Cheung
Sarah Cheung
283k followers
SACHEU Beauty
@sacheubeauty
160k followers
1.8×founder bigger
Jess Hunt
Jess Hunt
1.7M followers
REFY
@refybeauty
1.0M followers
1.6×founder bigger
Marianna HewittLauren Ireland
Marianna Hewitt + Lauren Ireland
1.5M combined followers
Summer Fridays · co-founders
@summerfridays
1.5M followers
1:1same size
Gucci Westman
Gucci Westman
403k followers
Westman Atelier
@westmanatelier
538k followers
1.3×brand bigger
Emily Weiss
Emily Weiss
757k followers
Glossier
@glossier
3.1M followers
4.2×brand bigger
Huda Kattan
Huda Kattan
5.3M followers
Huda Beauty
@hudabeauty
56.1M followers
10.5×brand bigger
Amy Liu
Amy Liu
26k followers
Tower 28 Beauty
@tower28beauty
571k followers
22.3×brand bigger

Follower counts as of 30 June 2026 and move daily. Hover a visual to preview it, tap to open the original post. SKKN by Kim is merging into SKIMS.