Rare Beauty: the story behind the success of Selena Gomez’s make up brand - Katie Welch
Uncensored CMO5 Mars 2025

Rare Beauty: the story behind the success of Selena Gomez’s make up brand - Katie Welch

Rare Beauty is a brand built on the inclusive approach to beauty set by their celebrity founder, Selena Gomez. They've taken the US market by storm and so I'm speaking to their CMO, Katie Welch, about how they've done it. From strong positioning and making a difference in mental health across their customer base to growing a strong presence on social media (with a little help from their founder with over 400m Instagram followers), Rare Beauty is a wonderful success story of a challenger brand.

Timestamps

00:00 - Intro
00:50 - Katie’s career background
07:46 - How Katie joined Rare Beauty
11:09 - The challenges of launching a startup beauty brand
14:19 - The positioning of Rare Beauty
16:21 - New guest host interruption
16:58 - Being true to the brand positioning
19:48 - Being a purpose led brand
22:47 - Addressing the pressures of social media
26:27 - Building the Rare Beauty brand on social media
28:22 - How involved does Selena Gomez get in the Rare Beauty brand
29:57 - The secret to a successful product launch for Rare Beauty
33:00 - Dealing with the growth challenges of a scale up
40:36 - Evolving the Rare Beauty community
42:24 - What’s next for the Rare Beauty brand?
42:47 - Being an entreprenuer in a startup
45:09 - Katie growing her own social accounts

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