Fenty Beauty Receives ‘Launch of the Year’ from Beauty Inc.

Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty line wins Beauty Inc’s “Launch of the Year” Award.

Beauty Inc is a part of a larger company called WWD or Women’s Wear Daily. WWD is known by many as the “bible of fashion.”  Each year, the beauty section of WWD hosts an award section for the most innovative brands, products, places, and people. Awards include:

• Founder’s Award
• The Impact Award
• Influencer of the Year Award
• Retailer of the Year Award and several more.

This year, Beauty Inc honored Urban Decay founding partner and CCO Wende Zomnir well as WWD’s Pete Born.

Thank you @wwd for this incredible honor! It’s humbling to have @fentybeauty be recognized by the beauty industry in this way! I have to shout out my Kendo family for being top notch in this business and for taking your time to perfect each product! Glory is Yours Lord.

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During the award show, Rihanna was honored for her makeup brand, Fenty Beauty, and given the “Launch of the Year Award” in the prestigious section. Fenty Beauty was released in Spring 2016. Since it’s release, the brand has was named “Invention of the Year” by TIME magazine, become one of the first to release a shade of concealer for all skin tones and recently released their first lipstick. The brand is also cruelty-free.

Fenty Beauty is sold on their website as well as Sephora and Harvey Nichols.