Gabriela Hernández
Entrepreneur
Artist and cosmetic historian who is the founder and CEO of Bésame Cosmetics. Started in 2004, the company is a vintage makeup brand that recreates modern reproductions of classic luxury makeup from the 1920s, '30s, '40s, and '50s. I
She immigrated to the US when she was 12 from Buenos Aires. She received her fine arts degree from the Art Center in Pasadena, California.
As a child she was fascinated with her grandmother's sophisticated beauty routine, which is what inspired her to design her makeup company in the vintage style.
She, her husband and their two children live in Los Angeles.
Kiki Osinbajo and Marlena Stell are also CEOs and founders of cosmetic brands.