While she may be the head of MAC Cosmetics today, Aïda Moudachirou-Rébois was a self-proclaimed tomboy as a kid. Growing up in Benin in Western Africa, she was surrounded by family members who got dressed up for every occasion — dinners, weddings, ceremonies — but she had three brothers, and wasn’t exactly begging for her own makeup bag.
“I was always observing my mom, my aunt, and the women around me putting lipstick on and doing their eyes and their hair and putting on all these amazing hats,” she tells Bustle. “I was very inspired by how transformational and empowering it felt. Some of them didn’t have much, but they always looked put together, and that made them feel good.”
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