British Beauty Council's Millie Kendall on the UK cosmetic industry's next big opportunity

By Sarah Parsons | Published: 10-Dec-2021
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The entrepreneur, CEO and Pure Beauty's debut Achiever of the Year has achieved a number of landmark firsts for the British beauty sector

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Millie Kendall is Britain's beauty boss. There may be nearly 300,000 #beautyboss posts on Instagram claiming the top spot, not to mention the countless celebrities heralded by the press as 'beauty bosses' after launching a cosmetics line.

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