BOBBI BROWN

by Elyse Glickman

Bobbi Brown is the mother of three boys and one cosmetics empire. But when pressed to trace her success to one defining moment, the sweetly humble Brown credits her own mother for unleashing her inner artist. "The story goes that when I was a little girl, my mother gave me a box of makeup and a pad of paper, and told me to paint pictures before dinner," Brown recalls. "A half hour later, when Mom came back, she found that not only had I painted my own face, but I'd painted my dolls' faces too."

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