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Victoria Beckham has revealed her daughter Harper’s ‘really bad’ battle with acne has inspired the teen to launch her very own beauty brand.
The former Spice Girl, 51, whose own beauty and fashion business is worth a whopping £500million, explained the aspiring entrepreneur, 14, has been chomping at the bit to start up her own business ‘for years’.
The teen is said to be launching her debut beauty range aimed at Gen Z and Gen Alpha, inspired by South Korean cosmetics, this summer. Read the full story here.
Back in October it was revealed that the Beckhams had trademarked the name HIKU BY Harper, putting the steps in motion for the upcoming beauty line.
During an appearance on the Aspire with Emma Grede podcast, Victoria opened up about her daughter’s budding business for the first time: ‘She came to me two or three years ago and she was really struggling with her skin.
‘She used to have beautiful skin, but like all young girls she was enticed by beauty brands and she was putting a lot of product on her face that was not suitable for her skin and consequently ended up going to see a dermatologist because her skin was really, really bad.’
Victoria detailed her own battles with acne and said she could relate to her daughter’s struggles: ‘[Harper] said “I want to create a brand because I know what I want and I don’t want other people to have to go through what I have been through”‘.
Victoria said the ambitious teen even approached her with PowerPoint presentations in the early stages of getting her beauty line off the ground.
‘One [PowerPoint] about this brand that she wanted to create because she was struggling with her skin’, she said. ‘And the other one was a reason as to why I should let her have a perm’.
Victoria Beckham, 51, has revealed her daughter Harper’s ‘really bad’ battle with acne has inspired the teen, 14, to launch her very own beauty brand
Victoria added: ‘I’m so proud of all my children, but you know Harper is very ambitious, she’s very appropriate but I don’t know what I expected to be honest.
‘I mean, she’s been sitting on my lap taking part in beauty development meetings ever since she was little.’
Harper has become increasingly visible on her mother’s Instagram posting makeup tutorials and TikTok dances, and last year even launched her own account.
Victoria even previously joked that Harper will either become a beauty mogul or a stand-up comedian, saying her daughter is ‘hilarious’.
Harper has often emulated her famous mother by featuring in beauty tutorials on Victoria’s Instagram platform.
Victoria will be on hand to offer tips and advice on beauty after her own successful line helped save her ailing fashion business.
The Beckham matriarch’s fashion label had been in the red since launching in 2008, but in 2023 fortunes turned around thanks to her $40 eyeliner.
Victoria, whose own beauty and fashion business is worth a whopping £500million, explained the aspiring entrepreneur has been chomping at the bit to start up her own business ‘for years’
Victoria recalled her own battles with acne and said she could relate to her daughter’s struggles (pictured 1997 in the Spice Girls)
